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offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 17:09 [#02336654]
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I did some research and Guitar hero looked a bit better, so
I got that (4th one).

And tonight I just got drums, guitar AND mic for £111. But
then I read a review of the Guitar Hero drum kit and it said
they weren't very good...

But I guess it'll just be cool to have these new toys to
play with! ^^

So what's your experience of these games?


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 17:13 [#02336657]
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What I found is that I'm better at laying the guitar flat
and using it as a disastrously designed keyboard.


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-10-15 17:47 [#02336675]
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you will need at least two friends


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 17:57 [#02336677]
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This. Playing a game like this alone leaves you with the
depressing punch that you're sitting alone in your front
room/bedroom playing with a plastic toy, strumming as if you
had just solidified an air guitar.


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-10-15 17:59 [#02336678]
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yes. i have never played one of these stupid games and
really dont see the appeal. i prefer real instruments. i
also have no friends.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:02 [#02336680]
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Shit, what? :O

Now you tell me... :(


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:02 [#02336682]
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haha!

:D


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:03 [#02336683]
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The appeal is supposed to be that you can "be your favourite
rock star", that is if your favourite rock star spent his
days alone dwelling in a slummy front room gazing at tetris
blocks cross a line while pressing buttons as if he were a
pointless automaton.


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:04 [#02336684]
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But then again I enjoy rhythm games somewhat as I basically
like to test my dexterity.


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-10-15 18:12 [#02336686]
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in all seriousness i agree. this gameplay mechanic of 'push
the right button at the right time' is pretty fucking lame.
it might be more sophisticated but its still essentially
track and field with music. mash the buttons. did you ever
play Stroker? :)


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-10-15 18:13 [#02336687]
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stroker.


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:15 [#02336688]
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I've never heard of it, but the Wiki sells it:

The game "play" went into different phases, the first one
by reaching an erection by moving your hand up and down at a
defined rhythm. Later on you start rubbing your penis using
the joystick up and down.

Much like in real life, things like premature ejaculation
may happen and you would have to slow down or pause your
rhythm to avoid the inevitable.



 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:16 [#02336690]
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Way to suck the fun out of it... :(


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:16 [#02336691]
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K, you are forgiven to some degree. :)


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-10-15 18:19 [#02336693]
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enough


 

offline Descent from the salt of Satan's sweat. (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 18:20 [#02336694]
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But the thing is, do you need to spend money on a peripheral
based game to test your dexterity? I could make a Beatles
joke about John and Yoko's band being called The Plastic Ono
Band at some time, but I just did.


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-10-15 18:46 [#02336697]
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the games are fun and nice for teens, kids, younger people,
but it's really lame to see drunken dropouts spend whole
days going over the same 50 songs to test their reflexes.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 19:05 [#02336702]
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Well, I didn't buy it to test my dexterity.

I bought it cos it was fun. :)


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 19:06 [#02336704]
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Hm... is it sad if a student does that very same thing? I
haven't got a whole lot else to do... :/

And have you played the game, pulseclock?


 

offline Maught on 2009-10-15 19:20 [#02336710]
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The drums are definitely worth the money (for me, at least).
You can think of the drum set and Guitar Hero game as being
similar to typing games you may have played in school when
you were learning to type. The game tells you where to place
your fingers and what order to press the keys in and, after
a while, you don't need the game to tell you how to type, or
in this case, how to play the drums.

With the drums, you can go into the Recording Studio in GH
4, choose 1 of about 12 drum sound sets, and then play
whatever you want for as long as you want (or, supposedly,
you can hook the drums up to a computer through a midi cable
and then use your own drum sounds - I haven't tried this,
yet). I like to open up Reaktor, start up a synth loop, and
then improvise some beats. That's much more fun and
satisfying than sitting there squinting at my monitor,
drawing beats with a mouse.

I can understand why some people might think the guitar
playing is a waste of time or whatever (though the main
reason why they think that is that they are joyless old
men), but, with the drums, you're actually learning to play
a real instrument.


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-10-15 19:28 [#02336712]
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yeah i like it. i never said the game wasn't fun, it's just
not worth spending every second of the day on.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-15 19:28 [#02336713]
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Thanks for re-instilling my faith in GH. :)

Yeah, being my forgetful old self I forgot to mention that
GH (not Rock Band, might I add) has such opportunities.

I was gonna say that, too- I am always away that that peeps
on this board, though I think they are sound fellas and all,
may be a bit more cynical towards stuff than others.

SO have you got GH 5? I was gonna buy it, cos I saw it for
£30, which is really cheap for such a new game, but I
didn't in the end. Now it's gone... :(


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2009-10-15 20:07 [#02336715]
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it took ringo starr 3 months to finish the easy drums


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-10-16 06:11 [#02336743]
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a friend of mine had this so i bought legends of rock (#3)
for 40€ because it was great to play classic rock,
i played the other games at friends´ and was quite
disappointed by the song selection.
legends is the only decent game of those imo.
when i finished it after a coule of days, it was still fun
to
play a few times with or against the buddies.
now its lying in the corner aswell with my other games.
i bought a keyboard and got a learning software now,
mastering a real instrument is quite difficult :)


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-16 09:01 [#02336752]
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Only thing is, it only supports guitar, so no drums/ mic...
:(


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2009-10-16 09:14 [#02336754]
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Never played them, don't see the attraction, have no
intention of playing.
There is a certain "Alan Partridge" aspect to this,
pretending to rock out with a plastic guitar.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-10-16 09:47 [#02336761]
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of course its the cheesiest thing ever made :)
made it even more fun!
the only bad thing was it didnt play a false note when you
hit the wrong button, that would have been a laugh, he.


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-16 10:55 [#02336773]
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Didn't want to play this game and it didn't appeal to me
whatsoever. However, after a few friends called round with a
copy, (and a few smokes later) i played it and loved it and
went out and bought a copy the next day.


 

offline Maught on 2009-10-16 18:23 [#02336861]
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I don't own GH 5, but I have spent a bit of time playing it,
and I didn't think the songs were as fun as those on World
Tour, overall, which was unexpected, since I actually like
more of the songs on GH 5.

Anyway, you needn't be in a hurry to buy it, because, by the
time you're tired of World Tour, the price of GH 5 will
probably have dropped.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2009-10-16 19:03 [#02336865]
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the best guitar hero songs were in the first three games

the rest is more hit and miss.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-16 19:34 [#02336866]
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lol- yeah, it is a mite expensive! :(

But I agree- I will soon have the mic and drums, which will
add a new dimension. By the time GH5 price has dropped, I
will buy it! ^^


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-16 19:35 [#02336867]
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It is funny that those who don't like it have never played
it, lol... jokes on you, guys! :D


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-10-16 19:36 [#02336868]
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Where'd you hear that?

Um, wait... I am not particularly concerned... ;)


 


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