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Music is the Weapon in Harmonix's Chroma

Hidden Path and Harmonix collaborate on this music-themed, free-to-play first-person shooter for PC.

Feb. 17 2014

Posted by: Jeff

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Chroma

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@deathsandwich: The SR4's dubstep gun is based on CorridorDigital's youtube clip. I recommend the video if you haven't seen it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4

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Looks cool. Would really like to see Harmonix do something innovative after all the Guitar Hero stuff.

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@mrjorowe: thats what i thought too, but this trailer is great. im eager to see some gameplay now!

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Dubstep guns just got real!

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So I guess that Digital Corridor video was pretty influential among games designers then.

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What is the world coming to when even Harmonix can't make a machine gunless game :(

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Free to Play \o/ at least I can't get suckered into paying up front for another supposedly music orientated piece of disappointment, I looking at Beat Hazard & KickBeat -.-

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"Join the fight". Against notes? Evil composers? ?????? ? ?

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All I ask for is visual interest. And boy howdy am I visually interested.

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@karlpilkington: Lol. Would you pay six dollars if the saxophone looked like it came from Tron's grid?

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@joshwent said:

Looks cool + don't trust them to not employ shady F2P shit = pass

Well, you're fun! You know that GB is pretty tight with Harmonix, right? Why not at least wait for a review before jumping to conclusions? This trailer said basically nothing about the game itself.

That said, I'm certainly not sold on it... But curious to see more!

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All i thought when i watched this video after the tagline "music is the weapon" is Oh, so this is who Aerosmith was fighting against

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The greatest musical FPS has already been created, though.

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@byrjun said:

Is this what happened to ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER?

I'd like to think that Phil Fish (Fez), Nguyễn Hà Đông (Flappy Bird) & ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER (douche) are sipping on margaritas in the Bahamas. You know, the ones with the little umbrellas...

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@darkdragonmage99 said:

so dubstep guns for everybody

John Drake is probably to blame for the dubstep gun pitch. He likely said something similar to, "Hey! It worked for Saints Row, plus Giant Bomb & their community loves dubstep!"

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Is this what happened to ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER?

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Has music ever not been the weapon? I mean really?

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so dubstep guns for everybody

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@johntdrake: You guys are the largest conundrum ever in my life. I don't listen to music (yes I know that's weird) at all. But I've owned pretty much every (non-dance)Harmonix game going back to Amplitude and Frequency. Hell, I beta tested netcode for Frequency with the PS2's network adapter. WHAT CRAZY HYPNOWAVES ARE YOU BEAMING INTO MY HEAD.

Edit: Also, this means I'm totally into this and signed up for the alpha.

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Signed up for the Alpha immediately. I think it's a neat concept, and could really spice up the F2P shooter scene. "Loadout" is currently filling that slot for me.

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Hidden Path and Harmonix

:)

collaborate on this music-themed

:D

free-to-play

:(

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Hope you can take skooma in chroma. Man, they shoulda called this skooma, such a great word.

Isn't it just? I love that it evokes both the name of a drink, and somehow the status effect it bestows. They're smart cookies them Bethesdas.

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That literally told me nothing about how this game is going to play.

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Can I choose my own music? If not, this would get real boring, real fast.

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Unfortunately I'm getting more of, "Blarg, it looks like Shootmania" vibe instead of a "It's like a game based around the dubstep gun!" vibe.

Where in the hell is Fantasia?

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Laughing at everyone on IGN in the comments saying "Still better than CoD lol", etc.
This looks really cool, I want a Flight Tracker 2000 EX minigame in here somewhere, or a mariachi band map.

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I love how Saints Row IV's DubStep Gun inspired an entire game.

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Dubstep you say? Yes, I will have that, thank you.

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Man, really excited to see how this all works, if anyone can pull it off Harmonix can.

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The dubstep alone makes this game already seem dated.

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Buzzwords Buzzwords Buzzwords!

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Hope you can take skooma in chroma. Man, they shoulda called this skooma, such a great word.

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No "blaring Justin Bieber songs as a nuke" jokes yet?

Well there we go.

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I am really happy for Harmonix, even if this isn't exactly my thing. It's PC-only for now so I'm out (don't have a gaming PC), it's free-to-play so the jury will remain out on how the monetization feels, and it's early-access which I'm not always super pumped about. Nonetheless, the concept is super intriguing so if it turns out to be awesome, well, all those other things don't really matter I guess.

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Gabber kickdrum gun confirmed?

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Saints Row 4 continues to revolutionise the gaming world.

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I want to use awesome old love songs as my weapon. So people will now know the shame of getting shot in the face by a song like "Kiss Me"... This needs to be the best game ever.

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Guys, I just heard on Reddit that you have to pay Diet Cokes to unlock music tracks? I donno, Harmonix; I think I'll stay away from this one.

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looks neat

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Cool? Not so sure.

I'll have to see gameplay and how every match doesn't sound like an awful mess of notes.

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Keep watching this trailer over and over. I really want to play. That somber music they had playing at the end is definitely the style i'm choosing.

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@johntdrake: the amount of diet coke you drink and your apparent lack of diabetes already make you a shady motherfucker in my eyes

Not sure if joke. No sugar in Diet Coke. No calories.

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@johntdrake: the amount of diet coke you drink and your apparent lack of diabetes already make you a shady motherfucker in my eyes

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May we all praise the Saint's Row franchise for its humanitarian work to break down barriers and pave the way for dumb video game ideas like this one. I'm so proud.

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John Drakes Diet Coke addiction is finally yielding the fruits we've all been waiting for.