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    Guitar Hero 5

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Sep 01, 2009

    The fifth game in the core Guitar Hero franchise, and the third in the series from Activision and Neversoft. Though the game goes by the Guitar Hero moniker, it features full-band gameplay like its predecessor, Guitar Hero World Tour.

    New Drums For Guitar Hero 5

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    Edited By jeff
    Engadget noticed this pair of photos of what's presumably the new drum kit that Activision will release alongside Guitar Hero 5. The shots were, I guess, up on RedOctane's official store blog, but they've since been pulled. 
     
    I know some of you (Ryan included) felt that the Guitar Hero World Tour kit was the best set of video game drums on the market. So what do you think about an upgraded version of those drums? 

     
     


     
     
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    Engadget noticed this pair of photos of what's presumably the new drum kit that Activision will release alongside Guitar Hero 5. The shots were, I guess, up on RedOctane's official store blog, but they've since been pulled. 
     
    I know some of you (Ryan included) felt that the Guitar Hero World Tour kit was the best set of video game drums on the market. So what do you think about an upgraded version of those drums? 

     
     


     
     
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    #2  Edited By DaSoul

    FIRST!!!Just kidding,i might get the new gh for these

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    #3  Edited By phlegms

    Im holding out for those sweet Beatles Rock Band drums.

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    I won't be getting this, but atleast the drums look of higher quality.

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    #5  Edited By damnboyadvance

    I've never bought Guitar Hero, and never will. I'll stick with Rock Band. The only rhythm game by Activision I'm getting is DJ Hero.

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    #6  Edited By ToxicAntidote
    I really hope they work better then the drums from World Tour.  Those where sometimes low sensitive, had to hit really hard on the red one.

    @DaSoul
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    " FIRST!!!Just kidding,i might get the new gh for these "
    I bet you're just sitting in front of the screen and updating the website every 10 seconds.
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    #7  Edited By Naikori

    They look okay. Nothing that special. I'll just stick with my Rock Band drums.

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    #8  Edited By rinkalicous

    I have more drums then you can shake a stick at. Hah!

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    #9  Edited By papercut

    is that the wii version? im sure i see a wii remote strapped in there

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    #10  Edited By Linkyshinks

    Well they look nice, I guess if the build quality is as good as the last, then there's no doubt it's a fine set, possibly finer than the last with natural improvements.


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    #11  Edited By lemon360

    i haven't liked music games since rock band 1. got really boring

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    #12  Edited By Keeng

    Pass. Why buy Guitar Hero when Rock Band exists?

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    #13  Edited By OmarStyles9

    And why buy Rock Band when acoustic guitars exist? Just kidding, These drums look good, but its the game that attracts people, and Rock Band 2 is THE game but I dont see GH5 being better than RB2, so yeah.

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    #14  Edited By PLWolf

    Whether you like RB or GH, it doesn't matter, the GH Drums are still the best on the market and these look awesome.

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    #15  Edited By erinfizz

    I get the feeling I would be the crap out of my hand on that controller area. That set is pretty tho...

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    #16  Edited By Akeldama

    ah for fuck sake 

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    #17  Edited By A Likely Story

    They look a lot nicer than the current World Tour drums, however I prefer Rock Band's kit with the added cymbal expansions.

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    #18  Edited By Death_Burnout

    No more fucking instruments...please!! im begging you...ah forget it.

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    #19  Edited By JJOR64

    Looks cool but, I not buying anymore instruments unless they came with super hot babes.  I was super disappointed with the GH:WT guitar.  I thought it was ass.

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    #20  Edited By MrRedwine

    I'm getting the Beatles drums because I'm kind of a sucker.

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    #21  Edited By ezdude

    yes, yes, yes, yes Keep going, keep making it more and more complicated until it totally becomes a real drumset which I can use to practice actual drumming!!!!

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    #22  Edited By skrutop

    If I didn't already have the RB2 drums and the cymbal pack, I might consider upgrading to this. 

    I really don't like how the wii-mote creche sits so far out in front.  It feel like I'd inadvertently hit it all of the time.  I'm guessing that the 360/PS3 versions are a little more compact in that space.

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    #23  Edited By deadmonkeys

    I guess GH is entitled to a drum kit update (since RB has had 2 sets) but...
    FUCK this SHIT. As long as we keep buying these plastic instruments, they will continue making them. STOP BUYING THIS CRAP.


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    I might actually buy these.


    I've been holding out until they (toy drum manufacturers, basically) got the hang of it.

    Maybe it's time to jump in. I'm old and conservative now, y'see.


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    #25  Edited By harrisonave

    You know what?  Fuck this.  Fuck this.  There was a time when I was all about Guitar Hero.  I loved rhythm games SO much.  Then around Guitar Hero 3, things just went sour. 

    Fuck it!  I'm not buying anymore of this crap!

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    #26  Edited By pepper_2000

    Um, what has changed?

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    #27  Edited By Demyx

    Still haven't gotten a band game, so idk. I want the Beatles game though.

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    #28  Edited By Jerome85

    ill keep my ions

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    #29  Edited By Reverseface

    Me beaty beat drum

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    #30  Edited By DukeTogo

    I've never bothered to set up my drums from the first RB box.  I just don't have the room for them and the time I played a friends they were far too loud for me to even consider doing so.  I've heard that the later drums addressed the noise issue, but I'm not dropping more money when I've got a set of unused drums in the first place, not to mention the lack of room again.

    Maybe Rock Revolution got it right after all, it's small at least.

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    #31  Edited By Nat3TheGreat13

    I have no  room for more peripherals.

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    #32  Edited By jakob187

    Seriously, Ryan?  I mean, sure, I guess for being the pack-in set that comes with a game, the World Tour kit might have been "the best", but the Ion Drum Rocker kit is DEFINITELY the way to go.  Absolutely INCREDIBLE set of drums for the music/rhythm games.  The pedal feels right (as compared to the lame-ass pedal with the World Tour set), and the pads and cymbals were also quality and felt right.

    I don't know.  Maybe it's just that it felt awkward to me playing "Master of Puppets" on the World Tour set after rocking out on an Ion kit for so long.  =  /

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    #33  Edited By FlipperDesert

    I haven't brought a full band game yet so... Sure?

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    #34  Edited By TheHBK

     I like the look of these better, the full cymbal should also make for some better playing.  The logitech ones look crazy though but aparently, they will cost a pretty penny. $230 if I remember correctly but those only have the 3rd of the cymbal.

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    #35  Edited By BinaryDragon

    The foot pedal sucks on the GT drum set. Have they fixed that?

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    #36  Edited By flaminghobo
    @Rinkalicous said:
    " I have more drums then you can shake a stick at. Hah! "
    *Cue Drum Roll* These drums seem like pretty good quality, still not buying them though. I have no room for ANY plastic instruments.
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    #37  Edited By Surllio

    Hey, the cymbals don't look like crap this time out.  They look like the rock band cymbals.

    And look, a bar to rest the foot petal on....just like rock bands.

    At this point I'm waiting on Guitar Hero: Rock Band but not really edition.

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    #38  Edited By Oni

    Own ION set, thusly do not care. For what it's worth, the World Tour drums were pretty shitty. Technical issues abound. When it didn't have those, the quality of the drumkit was offset by the less-than-stellar drum charts on GHWT, and using them on Rock Band was terrible as it would map toms to cymbals and weird shit like that.

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    #39  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

    This is getting disgusting. When will it end?

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    #40  Edited By RoyaleWifCheese

    No more, goddamn it! What was wrong with the last kit? Are we getting a new unlicensed guitar too?

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    #41  Edited By RHCPfan24

    I did not like Guitar Hero: World Tour's drums; these will probably not be much better. PASS.

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    #42  Edited By vilhelmnielsen

    I didn't like the quality of the first, and the fact that the pedal wasn't attached to the drumkit. If RB2 peripherals doesn't get realeased here soon, Activision will probably get my money, which is a thought I hate.

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    #43  Edited By Vision

    It sure is going in the right direction especially with the cymbals.

    But the brain is horribly placed it should either be where it was before or to the side.

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    #44  Edited By zityz

    I'm wondering how well the kick petal holds up. I have the rb2 set with all 3 symbols and the kick-petal is STILL garbage. my buddy plays the kits a hella lot so he broke the petal ( he mostly plays expert so) even though the thing has a metal plate on it the thing is still wonky and shitty.

    I'm hoping the GH petal works better like the Ion kit's does.

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    #45  Edited By TerraDelu

    All drum kits should come with solid metal kick pedals. The medal plate on the Rock Band 2 kit still broke after my fat ass rocked that shit for a while. I since bought a no-name all metal pedal, and it's great, except it doesn't attatch to the bottom of the kit.

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    #46  Edited By Jayzilla

    yeah, instead of 3 or 4 different kits, i just opted to buy a real kit. i hear girls like real m usicians over fake ones. and the ones that like fake drummers more than real ones, my mom said to stay away from them.

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    #47  Edited By Kolonel_Kool

    I need these!  Wait... I have RB2 drums.  How much plastic do I need?

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    @FuzzYLemoN said:
    " This is getting disgusting. When will it end? "
    NEVER!
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    #49  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Most of us could care less. Last Guitar Hero game I bought was 3, and I bought Rock Band, but I can't bring myself to buy Rock Band 2, basically a game I already own, since all of my DLC works with 1, no reason to buy 2.

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    #50  Edited By Grim_Fandango

    Shit... More crap in my room, touche guitar hero... touche....

    Look's an aweful like the Ion drums for Rock Band, meh, i'm sold.

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