When Activision's Guitar Hero to the market, gamers and critics went nuts over how fresh, innovative, and how awesome the game was. Then came along Guitar Hero 2, which I thought was the best of the series, and blew everyones minds. Years later, EA stepped into the world of rhythm games with Rock Band and people once again went totally bananas over how innovative and fun it is. Then the sequels came along.
One thing that kinda irks me when it comes to the gaming industry, besides the numerous amounts of sports games (I'm looking at you Madden), is the fact that big name gaming industries always try to milk their beloved titles for what it's worth and as a result the quality of the game suffers. Prime examples include, the Lego series (OK honestly you guys should've stopped at Lego Starwars, because after that every other game is pretty much the same shit just with a different franchise) and aforementioned rhythm games like Rock Band and its sequel, Rock Band 2(the playlists nowadays suck ass). And it was only a matter of time before these two big name titles collided to create, Lego Rock Band.
Ok guys w t fuck. Words cannot even fathom how pissed I am.
GAH
-Mike
For a large part I agree, and calling all rhythm-based sequels "innovative" is retarded.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in terms of Rockband and Guitar Hero, sequels are NECESSARY. There are no other games like them, and people want to use the huge electronic instruments they paid for for more use! And they want more songs! Having some updated concepts thrown in there, too, is always nice because we also want at least a bit of change.
see the thing is, i have no problem if people buy Rock Band 2 if they haven't gone out and bought Rock Band. But for those of us who have already bought the first game are getting kinda shafted, like you're pretty much getting the same game, with slightly updated visuals, an good (not great) playlist, and new costumes. i don't see why they couldn't just make it a download for a little cheaper, then sell the bundle with the game and "instruments" at regular price.
ReplyDeletebut like look at it now, Lego Rockband? like c'mon from what I've seen already, it's just gonna be a so-so game that's gonna heavily rely on the fact that it's Lego you know. big cash grab man