Guitar Hero 5 + Avatars

Avatars are officially creepy.

You guys didn't get your own trailer!? Oh man that is not cool.  Not cool.

That lip articulation is amazing.

As long as I get my bionic arm from the avatar store, and as long as it works in-game...nobody will get hurt.

its really weird how his mouth doesnt move when he sings

Awesome. Looking forward to this.

only worth it if you can have a mix of avatars and normal characters. I mean bands fronted by creepy little people, think about it.

You can see the bottoms of their feet in this video!  Guess I don't need to buy natal anymore.

oh hell yeah

that loooks reallly good actually.

what is the song? I haven't heard it in years and the name escapes me.

eh this looks creepy. especially with the way xbox avatars always seem to have that blank expression on their faces.

and lol the singer looks like he is trying to go down o the mic with his mouth always open like that

" what is the song? I haven't heard it in years and the name escapes me. "

" what is the song? I haven't heard it in years and the name escapes me. "

I will most likely get the game, since I like the series. But will have to see how this plays with the Avatars. Would be funny to see the Giant Bomb gang up there performing. Would be even better if they were up there playing some Midnight Brown. 

nope

Well, i think thats cool, i think.

It will save me the cringing of looking at the guitar hero character models.

That is actually pretty cool but i don't buy any of the GH/RB games because im not spending all that money on tiny fisher price instruments

however i heard Pearl Jam is getting a rock band.. that might turn me around

If Sony actually gave a shit about making Home a compelling platform, they would work for similar integration. A Home avatar in a game might be pretty cool, actually. 

aw you guys didn't get your own band

How much do you wanna bet that you'll have to pay 200 Spacebucks to download a license that enables the feature?

To be absolutely honest, probably the coolest thing Activision / Neversoft has done so far for the Guitar Hero franchise - unfortunently not worth the purchase for this, I hope Rock Band can adapt/steal this into their platform soon

He sings like Ashlee Simpson...

Awesome feature, 360 needs more avatar intergration in their games. But...........rather get Beatles RB than this still.

Ain't nothing wrong with this.

Wow, what a cheap gimmick.

I'll wait for my Beatles Rock Band.

be honest, that looked kind of amazing.  

I don't think the avatars really work for this kind of thing. The singers face was either :D :0 or :o and didn't really move to the words and the animations looked pretty weird to me

A nice idea, not really a game changer, and frankly something that was supposed to be part of the NXE anyway.  The only thing that's weak is the fact that GH5 already has a much more robust character creator with far more options with clothing and the like.  Using your avatar is limiting the choice of looks by a large amount.  Maybe if the game had avatar versions of the clothing, but the video shows standard stuff.

As for the Home avatar argument, it's not the same, since all 360 owners have an avatar (even if it's the default one).  Where Home is still an optional download that isn't really tied to the PS3 in terms of the interface.  Maybe if Home was made into some sort of virtual interface that replaced the XMB as the standard interface, and your avatar was a constant entity you interacted with, but that would be a huge mistake unless Home was made far more streamlined and faster.

Part of me also thinks this is somehow an attempt at copying the Lego Rock Band thing.  While not Lego, it is a way of making GH5 appear comical with cartoony characters similar to Lego.  It also gives the game a friendlier look, where all the former games were still very focused on the "Devil's music" looks with typical imagery, this makes it look almost like a kid's game.  Something I'm sure Activision will sell as a bullet point.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Wii version has a similar feature with Miis.

" @Tuggah said:

" what is the song? I haven't heard it in years and the name escapes me. "

erm.....its right there on the video?   Song 2 by Blur "

" He sings like Ashlee Simpson... "

Who the hell is gonna use this? Ah, who am I kidding. Everyone is probably going to use this at some point. I wish this avatar stuff would just die though. It's unnecessary.

Not like this....

I may be a sucker but I thought that looked awesome. Can't wait to see the YouTubes that come out of this feature.

I think this is a really neat idea.  Would rather have my Avatar rock out then stand there and do nothing, like in Uno.

Maby I'll have to get this game since it has Blur - Song 2 thats just probebly my favorite song ever.

Its pretty weird since the first time I heard it was on radio on my way to buy Fifa 98 and then as it turns out the song was in the game. It all comes back to games :)

Also is Tuggah an idiot?

So you can make your Guitar Hero dude look like your avatar.

But you'll soon be able to make your avatar look like other game characters.

So with this game I'll be able make Delta Squad in to a band? SOLD!

Haha! looks well funny . it'll be cool if use of the avatars will be used in guitar hero and more. Hopes up!!!

I want to see my avatar in other games. Like Splinter Cell: Conviction or MW2. HELL YES!

...This is ridiculous, but TOTALLY AWESOME.

Well... They do look better than normal GH character models. So that's a plus

i got half way through before i turned it off,

You guys are going to need to put a video up with your avatars playing.

I suppose it's a nice feature for those who want it but I'm not one of those people. I'd much rather have a more realistic-looking character in my game.

the singer looks like he would give a blowjob to the mic instead of singing. :|

Sorry, looks pretty stupid