am i the only one sick of the guitar hero craze?

jpoppyz · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject:

well, in my opinion, the EBA songlist was pretty lackluster(although jumpin jack flash and walkie talkie man are both good songs), but i still have a blast with that game.
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Mike Blitz · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

supazio · Trick Member Joined: 30 Dec 2005

Mike's right. If you don't like the Guitar Hero music, there's about a NO% chance you'll like the game.

TyTiger · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

I think Guitar Hero is alright, I vastly enjoyed its prequel and the songlist has alot of songs that I like. I will agree, GH's fanbase will pretty much scoff and compare everything else to it, but that's how it is with EVERYTHING else.

However this example has already been stated.

What I can't wait for is if/when Guitar Revolution (GF US) will come out, so I can

1. FINALLY play Guitar Freaks
and
2. see what the GH C-suckers will say about it, and then proceed to prove them wrong.
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jpoppyz · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:14 am Post subject:

i actually like a lot of the music on GH2, i mean i listen to more music than just j-pop. Sure, i'll take utada hikaru or mika nakashima over any artist on guitar hero(as far as listening goes), but thats just me and my weird music tastes. but in all honesty, i really like YYZ by rush, the trogdor song(who doesnt?), and a few others i dont remember the title to that were really cool songs on GH2. i understand im not gonna see ayumi hamasaki on any US music game ever. I ACCEPT THAT!! im not gonna whine about the songlist because i know most people with normal music tastes like it, as i learned with elite beat agents. its not the songs that kill it for me, its the overly repetetive gameplay(since most songs last 4+minutes) and simplicity of the grading that kills it. why? because i totally dug spanish castle magic on guitar hero 1. why? because it was under 3 minutes and never got too repetetive. that ones the one song i really enjoy on guitar hero.

i really dont get why songs are so long, because i know from enough DDR with friends that waiting is a doggy, expecially when theres only 1 controller in the room. they could AT LEAST make shortened versions on quick play. thats just my 2 cents.
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Mike Blitz · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject:

cfusionpm · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

the music in GH IS too long. at least every one of my friends who plays it agrees with me.

i love the game, but i hate playing it cuz the songs are so goddamn long. i'd rather see a lot more shorter songs than fewer, longer songs. maybe have a couple full versions as bonus or something. i think it was just lazy on the developer's side, because that means they dont have to do any audio editing work; just throw in the song as is.
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Mike Blitz · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

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jpoppyz · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

since cfusionpm is the only one here who takes what i say into consideration, i guess i'll tell you what the problem is: i dont know why i dont like the game. i like the songlist(it's not my #1 choice of music, but GH and GH2 both had a lot of songs i like on it), i love music games, i like weird controllers, and i like the overall "look" of the game. in fact, the moment i saw some E3 thing of Guitar Hero, i thought it looked like the coolest game ever. then i played it, and it just felt "blah." well, it could be because the songs are too long and repetetive. Problem there: i love the 5th mix long songs on DDR; hot limit is one of my favorite DDR songs of all time to play. but in guitar hero, it just all feels so bland. i just lose interest after playing for about 3 minutes. maybe the game just isnt for me.
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Dark Hogosha · Trick Member Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Yes, I do know what you mean with the song length. I've heard the complaint from others, and there are more than a few times where the song just gets repetitive and drawn-out. It really depends on the song sometimes, though. Like for me...I personally think Hot Limit is about 3 minutes too long.

In fairness to the people in this thread, however, you started off the thread pretty much goin' WAAAAH I HATE GH!!!11one, and that's usually not a good way to get positive attention. Especially on the intertubes.
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El Band Geek · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

I don't dislike GH, but I kinda get annoyed by all the buzz its gotten. To be honest, one of my favorite parts of being an ITG player (and this pretty much goes with any other bemani/rhythm game) is the kinda small, tight-knit community. When you have a game like GH that is trying to bring the music/rhythm genre "mainstream" it almost feels like its trying to take away from that smaller community feeling (the reason I don't play DDR anymore btw). I like being able to make little jokes and such with my friends that no one else gets (example - in jazz band, if one of our instruments is slightly out of tune "Oh crap, reed way off").

and there's my $00.02
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Mike Blitz · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject:

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Mike Blitz · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject:

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devilzukineternal2 · Basic Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004

I like how Mike Blitz at least admits that "Americans and frat boys" play GH, which shows the demographic the game goes for... people who don't appreciate the game for what it is, want to pick up a plastic toy guitar and go "ZOMG look guys I'm so good at this badass game"

Seriously. Stop arguing. We're not 12 anymore, although I wouldn't put it past some people if they really were 12. We're not going to like every single game that gets put out on the market. We're not all going to like every song on every music game. None of this drama queen bullcrap, okay kiddies?

EDIT: JPop for life, if you can't handle long songs, why do you like Hot Limit? That's a long version song on 5th mix. Seems odd, no?

As far as weeaboos go, I know people who play Bemani games and are not. Ironic that you have FLCL as your signature though.... do you even know what a weeaboo is? =/
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