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Guitar Hero 3 set for fall w/ ONLINE MULTI; Wii version to have DLC, guitar add-on
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Holy crap yes. Just saw this and I pooped myself. Red Octane now confirms that GH3 is coming this fall for the PS2, PS3, Wii and 360. But "online play" is really vague: does it mean leaderboards or full-on co-op? I'd think the latter would conflict with EA/Harmonix's Rock Band.
And more important, we can put to rest the "guitar shell" debate.
EDIT: So Gamespot is reporting that the "online play" is, infact, co-op and competitive online play.
Color me fucking stoked.
And more important, we can put to rest the "guitar shell" debate.
In an interview with IGN UK, Red Octane co-founder and president Kai Huang not only reconfirms that Guitar Hero 3 is headed for the Wii, 360, PS3 and PS2 (information that was found and subsequently pulled from RO's site last week), but also says that the much-speculated-upon Wii version will in fact use a guitar-shaped controller peripheral instead of solely relying on the Wii standard controllers. He also revealed that the Wii version will have downloadable content and even mentions "online play," although whether this means active online play with other people or passive online leaderboard activity (as in Guitar Hero 2 360) is unclear.
This would be the first non-VC Wii game that allows for a microtransaction to add new content to an existing game.
From the IGN UK article:While the development team is still exploring innovative ways to use the remote, Kai Huang told us: "We are really excited about the Wii game because there are so many options for the Wii remote. However, you will play the game with a guitar peripheral and it will be similar to a guitar you've seen in the past."
He also confirmed that Guitar Hero III on Wii contains features included in other versions of the upcoming game—such as online play and downloadable music.
EDIT: So Gamespot is reporting that the "online play" is, infact, co-op and competitive online play.
Color me fucking stoked.
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It can "conflict" all it wants - EA/Harmonix's Rock Band has nothing to do with RedOctane, Activision, and NeverSoft's Guitar Hero 3, from what I understand.
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If it's going to be anything like what's happening with 360, I'll have no problem going without DLC.
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Maybe all we'll get as far as DLC goes for GH2 is GH1 songs, and then be forced to purchase GH3 for new new songs.
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Exactly. That is fucking gay. There is absolutely no reason that I should have to buy an additional retail release of Guitar Hero. If they want to release a new edition in the fall, which contains GH1, 2, and DLC up to that point as a kind of a value pack, thats fine. But I know that is not what GH3 will be. It will probably be a (partially) different set of songs, with enough new features to make GH2 feel old.
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and let this be a lesson to you, activision. nerds will turn on you at the drop of a hat.
If so then yay.
Although I guess the wireless would be neat.
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Wasn't a USB hard drive confirmed for the Wii not too long ago?
I'd suspect that would be available by the time this is out.
*sigh* I understand the financial aspects of it, but why not release a DLC update for GH2 to add the new content/features? Let the average consumer purchase GH3 on the holiday season, and let us embrace microtransactions. They could drop new songs in seperate DLC packs between now and this fall, and offer the big update on the same day as GH3's release. It could cost me $30 in microtransactions between now and fall, and I wouldn't mind, because I'd know I wouldn't have to put up with the same bullshit EA pulls with their sports games every year.
Well, it means that there won't be a need to pull out the PS2 when wanting to play Guitar Hero with friends and family. :P
Wii Sports and Guitar Hero in one system? Party madness.
• PS3-only and Wii-only gamers will have their first crack at the franchise
• 360-only gamers may sting from having just bought GH2, but a lot of people will buy the game solo and it could be a good incentive to get that second guitar
• PS2 gamers probably won't have DLC options, but they do have the megahuge install base
• And on top of all of it, Rock Band could sway buyers away
Tucking the Wiimote into your back pocket while rocking out gives the realistic feeling of a wireless guitar setup on-stage, I guess.
Well... considering the price of DLC songs... do you really want to just buy one version and fill it with hundreds of songs?
Now the only question is where we're plugging this guitar in at, the Wii Remote or the GCN controller port? I secretly hope its the GCN controller port, since you would be able to use a PS2>GCN controller dongle (which I already have) and use your existing PS2 guitar controllers.
So they are excited about what the Wii controller can do... but won't be using it?
at the price they're charging? I think you'll be better off with GH3....
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Downloadable content was never supposed to "solve" the "problem" of getting the consumer to buy yearly installments of a game franchise. For a publisher, that's not a problem, its a business model. They don't want you to buy downloadable content instead of buying new games. They want you to buy downloadable content in addition to new games.
Yea... It's a nice way of saying the controller is great but it serves no purpose in their game. You know... it really is OK for a game to come out on the Wii that doesn't use the Wii controller.
Why the hell not? Me spending $30 or so on DLC to be equivalent to GH3 should be pretty damn close to matching their financial gain, after you factor distribution costs on retail media into the equation. Why do they prefer to pass the distribution costs onto us, rather than just save a crap ton of money delivering it digitally?
All I care about is if that dollar gets passed on to me.
It's because every time a third party developer is asked about the Wii, Reggie is standing just off camera holding up a sign that says "Talk about how exciting it is" and making threatening gestures.
I thought the Wii just had an accelerometer. It'd be activating star power at odd times if it doesn't have a tilt sensor.
I was thinking more of something like this.
Bart = developers. Reggie = guy with boot.
Because we know how Reggie likes to kick ass.
I hope GH3 will let us create our own levels using songs saved on an SD card.
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Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
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Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
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The games should be fundamentally the same and use the same controller but with different music. You won't need to buy the guitar again if you already have one, you just buy the game on it's own and double your track listing.
Additionally, the price per song is far cheaper if you buy the whole game, rather than song packs, at least for now. That, and the ability to add new characters, venues, and perhaps some gameplay tweaks/improvements, none of which would make sense to do through DLC, really, when they can just sell a new game.
The Wii has both. Accelerometers and tilt sensors and little gnomes that look at the sensor bar.
I'm just getting the impression that some people think GH2 is obsolete as soon as 3 comes out. Which is silly.
I have the Ps2 versions and GH 1 is definitely not obsolete. It just depends on which songs I feel like playing.
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-I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness. Really anything by them.
-Stairway to Heaven by Zep, because you gotta.
-Classical Gas.
-Ball and a Biscuit by the White Stripes, because that would be so enormously fun.
Oh and I'm totally with you on Stairway and White Stripes... Though as far as the Stripes go I'm not picky with the song.
They could go with Seven Nation Army and get the radio fans really cumming.