Guitar Hero 5 + Avatars

Finally i can look like an idiot, and so can my AVATAR YEAH!!!! + can my Mii join in?

P.S Synchronized Jumping is still TOTALLY RAD MAN

NOOOOOOOOOOO

No thank you. Seriously. I don't see the value of this feature. Maybe once the cool ODST armor and stuff comes in this will have some merit but I don't want to see some psuedo-looking version of me playing this game.

pretty weird if you ask me... and that lip syncing is also weird.

plz dont make me shell out another 100 bucks. so poor. please...

They have to work on mouth sync. But still! Awesome! What cha gonna do about this shit ROCK BAND 2!?

They definitely don't fit in as well as the normal characters, but I think some people are missing the point.  Avatars are basically like Mii's.  Some people have spent a lot of time, and dare I say, money on tweaking their avatars.  It's much easier to feel attached to them, then it is with some random persona you spend 2 minutes making in Guitar Hero or Rock Band or whatever.

Yes, it looks silly but it makes it a little more fun, in my opinion.
Here's hoping ODST has a mode where we can use them in firefight!  again, they'd be so out of place but it would be fun.

... But why would I ever use my avatar when I can just make a dude that can actually lip-sync? In fact, cut out the last part of that question, why would I ever use an avatar in anything?

Activision is going all out on Guitar Hero 5! It's basicly do or die for them right now.

That song still reminds me of Starship Troopers .

What the hell. Kotaku, Gamespot and Gametrailers get their own custom vids. Where's the love for Giant Bomb/Destructoid?

Yea look really weird and don't fit into the game at all.

" Not like this.... "

That actually seems kinda cool

There's better Blur songs than Song 2 but I c wut they did thar

this is pretty funny looking.

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

Sorry, looks pretty stupid

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

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.

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

i got half way through before i turned it off,

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

...This is ridiculous, but TOTALLY AWESOME.

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

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

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!

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?

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

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

Not like this....

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.

" He sings like Ashlee Simpson... "

" @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 "

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.

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

be honest, that looked kind of amazing.  

Wow, what a cheap gimmick.

I'll wait for my Beatles Rock Band.

Ain't nothing wrong with this.

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

He sings like Ashlee Simpson...

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

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

aw you guys didn't get your own band

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. 

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

Well, i think thats cool, i think.

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

nope