Bobby Kotick has said that GH is being reinvented, by new studios, for a modern and more demanding audience.

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I know you have all been waiting for this, right? Rock Band 3 must be getting old now.

Now, how many drum pads will the new drums have? Rock Revolution is still number one in that terrirtory, so we can only hope this new one has no less than ten, because as we all know more pads means a more authentic experience.

"...word has come straight from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that the game is currently being reinvented for a modern, more demanding audience."
 
I assume by more demanding, he means less demanding. Expect pop. Lots of pop.

If they can find a way so that I don't ever have to buy more instruments again and can just keep using the ones I got, even on next-gen consoles and everything, then I'll be pretty happy.

"Bobby Kotick... " 
 
*leaves thread*

I'm calling it: Iron sights will be involved somehow

"...word has come straight from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that the game is currently being reinvented for a modern, more demanding audience."  I assume by more demanding, he means less demanding. Expect pop. Lots of pop.

I haven't cared about a music game since Rock Band came out in 2007. 

I keep thinking that the fake-instrument genre is going to die, yet somehow keeps on truckin'.

Well, that was a fun five minutes without Guitar Hero, wasn't it? I'll at least look at the coverage of this game, but I'm really not expecting much more from it than trying to play catch-up to Rock Band 3 in a way that remains as accessible to the general public as possible.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/23/guitar-hero-to-be-resurrected-retooled-and-launch-reunion-tour/  I wonder what kind of big changes they could make.

@SuperfluousMoniker said:

"...word has come straight from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick that the game is currently being reinvented for a modern, more demanding audience."  I assume by more demanding, he means less demanding. Expect pop. Lots of pop.

So, the songs people actually want to play?

"Lets Dance: Scandinavian Metal" 

@Xolare said:

@Atramentous said:

"Lets Dance: Scandinavian Metal"

Keep talking...

You have to do DDR style foot motions in front of a kinect while strumming on one of those real guitars. You can only get full points if you hair is so long it covers your eyes and you have a lip piercing. kinect can tell.

@HandsomeDead: You like playing Guitar Hero songs that just repeat the same chord for two and a half minutes? I think that audience is served already by Singstar or whatever it's called. And Just Dance.

What's the console equivalent of playing a state fair?

For a modern audience? I didn't know 2 years ago was so far back in the day.  
 
Someone go explain the definition of a fad to that little gremlin looking twit.

So they laid off all of those people and disbanded the Guitar Hero business unit for absolutely no reason, then?

Oh, wait. Money.

Theatrhythm Guitar Hero.

Rebbeca Black Friday Confirmed then?

@SuperfluousMoniker said:

@HandsomeDead: You like playing Guitar Hero songs that just repeat the same chord for two and a half minutes? I think that audience is served already by Singstar or whatever it's called. And Just Dance.

I like playing songs that are fun, not the too-long noodly metal that's plagued the franchise since the second game.

@TotalEklypse said:

For a modern audience? I didn't know 2 years ago was so far back in the day. Someone go explain the definition of a fad to that little gremlin looking twit.

Two years ago, gamers were much less jaded towards Activision. I don't know how they're going to do it, but it sounds like he's going to make a rhythm game for people that don't like Activision.

The Guitar Hero

@HandsomeDead said:

@SuperfluousMoniker said:

@HandsomeDead: You like playing Guitar Hero songs that just repeat the same chord for two and a half minutes? I think that audience is served already by Singstar or whatever it's called. And Just Dance.

I like playing songs that are fun, not the too-long noodly metal that's plagued the franchise since the second game.

Your mini bio says so many awful and uninteresting things about you that is directly related to music.

Why. Dear god, why.

Do those so many things all equate to 'he doesn't like metal'?

music based games are over and they should stay that way

@HandsomeDead said:

Do those so many things all equate to 'he doesn't like metal'?

No, they equate to you have a generally bad taste in music because the music is the stuff of the Top 40 rock charts and/or the Billboard charts, which, admittedly, I find odd considering you have a pretty good taste in movies. I've no idea what your taste in videogames are, though.

I play real guitar, so until they have something where I can hook up and play for real, then I'll be interested. Like this http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rocksmith-is-no-pretender-to-the-guitar-game-throne/3489/

@Xolare said:

@Atramentous said:

"Lets Dance: Scandinavian Metal"

Keep talking...

You have to do DDR style foot motions in front of a kinect while strumming on one of those real guitars. You can only get full points if you hair is so long it covers your eyes and you have a lip piercing. kinect can tell.

Guess what.

I still don't want to play rhythm games.

Oh man, I hate it when people says that it's gonna appeal to modern audiences. That either means 1: You're going to have to use your whole body to play five notes on a guitar, 2: Guitar Hero is coming back in 3D, or 3: zombies are somehow going to be involved.

And it hurts too, this game franchise got me back into video games, and now watching it flounder is sad.

i would HONESTLY prefer dj hero WAY MORE, i had a lot more fun with it in recent years and the mixes they make are mostly pretty great