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Forbes calls Rock Band a Guitar Hero knockoff |
Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Activision, Bobby Kotick, Electronic Arts, Forbes, MTV
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In a recent piece on Activision's big boss Bobby Kotick, Forbes recently accused Electronic Arts' Rock Band (360, PS3) of being a "shameless knockoff" of Guitar Hero:
EA also teamed with MTV to sell Rock Band, a shameless knockoff of Guitar Hero that added drums, bass and a microphone to the world of make-believe rock stars. EA says it is returning to an "auteur model" of designing games, taking bigger chances on fewer ideas.
Shame on you, Forbes. You know how much the truth hurts. EA responded to the accusation with a very firm no comment statement. "Unfortunately we can't comment on this," said an EA rep. Speaking of knockoffs... don't you guys just love the drum and mic peripherals in Guitar Hero World Tour?
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Being the first Neversoft has done it was normal, Now with GHWT they got it on track, the songs are good, the game offers a better experience than GH3.
Rock Band 2 is just a polished Rock band 1, but just on the same level as was GH2.
Rock Band 3 (whenever they want it out) will most likely bring new features. Thank god it's not this year. One a year is kinda cheap, I like how they offer you new songs each weeks.
GH is run in a cheaper and greedier way, just look at GH Metallica. Why do you think they have 28 Metallica songs in it? and then fill the rest with other's songs. I'm sure they have GH:Metallica 2 in head.
Rock Band has its share of cheap greediness too. With atrocities like AC DC Live. (much worse than anything GH ever done)
Get a bundle and then both games and play both.
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That would make GH:WT just GH2 since the others were just expansions?
I just dont understand what you expect to be added between games.. its not like you can add a new instrument every time, the only thing you can add to these games between versions is new songs.
And yes, GH is just a rip off of Guitar Freaks.
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Rockband is the best of it's kind, love live RB.
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Not sure if you can do that on the wii.
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Do it now!
Seriously, the GH instruments are way better but RB is a better game all around.
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However, Harmonix, who made FreQuency and Amplitude, were the first to really delve into rythm games, and the first to use Mainstream licensed music.
Harmonix was really the first to make a rythm game. It was called The Axe: Titans of Classic Rock on the PC. It was released in 1995, 2 years before Konami's first foray into rythm gaming, BeatMania, which was released in 1997.
The Axe:
http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p+agg+sql+1:20475
So, yeah, really saying Harmonix ripped anything off when it comes to rythm games is just wrong.
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This doesn't hold true with RB and GH, however lol.
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