giancarlo123x
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This is awesome, the a7x stuff is pretty damn cool so I'm glad to see they're quickly adding on to it.
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Guitar Hero Live |OT| Not a Band Game
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Cheat Code
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All the songs come with the game, it's just that a good bulk of them are streamed online.
BenjaminBirdie
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Yeah it sounds really counter to how I personally like music games.
I remember unlocking "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups in RB3 (2? No, pretty sure it was 3) and pretty spending an entire Saturday playing it. I'd never heard it before and instantly fell in love with it.
If I'd heard it on GHTV I'd have to like burn through tokens to do that?
What?
Great song, but I preferred GH: World Tour's charting of Lazy Eye. RB2 did release a month before WT and had the song first, though.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
It was Rock Band 2.
Either way, it seems like it'd be a turn-off to the Scorehero crowd.
How will this pre order stuff work? Will I get the songs when I have ordered at Amazon or do I need to do some crazy stuff?
toymachine
Member
Can't say anything till the embargo lifts but I am excited for this game to be in everyone's "living room"
edit: doesn't require XBL/PS+
https://twitter.com/Zzeno/status/656161513162559488
edit: doesn't require XBL/PS+
https://twitter.com/Zzeno/status/656161513162559488
How long till the embargo is lifted?
Technically it's already the 20th in Australia and Europe soon
toymachine
Member
October 20th at 9 AM PST
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I don't think you need to be a Scorehero level bruh to want to replay songs at your personal whim.
I guess it depends on how you approach the game. If you just want the fantasy of being a guitar player, it's less important what the song or context is. But I always loved Guitar Hero and subsequently Rock Band because of how much I appreciated the construction of a great song afterwards.
I don't think its a code or anything, looks like a limited time deal for a short period on GHTV and then probably a new group moves in for premium shows. Weezer I would assume would be right after and they constantly rotate fresh content in and out of GHTV.
heres the quote from the website.
oh shit! You basically are in the eyes of synyster gates! That's badass!
THERE YA GO FOLKS.
picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM picking this at 9 PM
I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING INSIDE this game was ridiculously fun at PAX
I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING INSIDE this game was ridiculously fun at PAX
I do.
If you guys are looking to top the score charts on day one, it's impossible.
At
At
level 9, you unlock 'Guitar Upgrades.' Spend those coins (NOT hero cash) to upgrade your guitar including more hero power pickups, higher multiplier, faster filling multiplier, and more score per note.
Cipher Peon
Banned
Back on being 100% down for it again!!!! Woooooooo
toythatkills
Member
Is that for real because that's fucking bullshit if so.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Good ol' Activision.
are these permanent unlocks? or temporary boosts?
Cheat Code
Member
To be fair it's the exact same thing Rock Band Blitz did. Those sort of power ups aren't available in the Live portion, so those leaderboards will be fair game.
Baron von Loathsome
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I'll take your word for it. I didn't play much of Blitz.
Best news of the day, their last album is still so good.
toythatkills
Member
But Rock Band Blitz was really fucking shit.
Cheat Code
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It was bloody great. Not a word against it.
Well, it was great. Every time I play it now it freezes constantly.
Neuromancer
Member
I tried it at Target today and wow it was really tough! By the end I was getting booed and lots of thumbs downs. Mostly I couldn't quite wrap my head around pressing different rows of black and a white button at the same time. It actually made me excited for it because I'll actually have to learn how to play a new music game and not just coast like I have since the original Guitar Hero.
My only complaint is the guitar is too small for my tastes. If I had to guess it was retailers asking for that so it wouldn't take up as much shelf space but it is kind of a bummer.
My only complaint is the guitar is too small for my tastes. If I had to guess it was retailers asking for that so it wouldn't take up as much shelf space but it is kind of a bummer.
My only gripe was you had to play it online. Otherwise, yeah, same. Loved it loved it.
What difficulty was this?
TheExhaustedWalrus
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Is there a demo kiosk in Gamestops?
dangerskew
Member
Yes, at least the GameStop in my small college town has one. Just a guitar hanging at the PS4 demo kiosk.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Yep. I saw one at Target yesterday as well.
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
I'll have to go by and look but chances are there is one. I am very cautious about this game as a once-diehard GH fan. The 6-button approach seems like a way to make way for more chords which are easily the boring type of songs in rhythm games. I've yet to see any HOPOS in the game, unless those come at veteran difficulty.
Cheat Code
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Some of the metal stuff gets pretty crazy, HOPOs across colors too. There is no way they could do a Hanger 18 or a Ghost Walking with no crazy HOPOs.
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
That's fair and now that I'm thinking about it it does change the challenge quite a bit. Hangar 18 is crazy enough.
Green Yoshi
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Has every console its own guitar?
streetsahead123
Banned
Will this be available at Gamestops tonight or do they have to wait until tomorrow morning?
Cheat Code
Member
The guitar used in promotional images has a generic sync button rather than a PS/XB/Wii U symbol, so it's possible the peripheral is generic. The retail versions may be proper logos though, someone else will have to confirm that.
Hispanicguy
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For those looking for a demo location at gamestop:
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/pages/events/BeAGuitarHero/
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/pages/events/BeAGuitarHero/
TriangularDuck
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I am the number one Weezer fan and I am beyond stoked about this
Neuromancer
Member
Normal, which is what I usually play these games on.
Cool, that means I'll buy it somewhere in the near future.
You know? I just realized that this might be the first guitar game I can finallly play in...harder difficulties.
In previous ones, I always had to play on easier difficulties because anything that required more than 3 fingers was like out of my reach. But didn't cared, since I played just for the colors and music. XD
So I always ended choosing easier ones along hyperspeed. Since this one only requires 3 fingers, I could actually play more difficulties...or well, will try.
In previous ones, I always had to play on easier difficulties because anything that required more than 3 fingers was like out of my reach. But didn't cared, since I played just for the colors and music. XD
So I always ended choosing easier ones along hyperspeed. Since this one only requires 3 fingers, I could actually play more difficulties...or well, will try.
dangerskew
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Wow, GHTV not using guitar stems is pretty awful news to hear. Hopefully the game manages to feel okay anyway.
Dying to see more video of the Expert charts. Or is the Expert equivalent in this Veteran? I think the store demo said Expert, but I might be remembering incorrectly.
Dying to see more video of the Expert charts. Or is the Expert equivalent in this Veteran? I think the store demo said Expert, but I might be remembering incorrectly.
What is a guitar stems?
It's the guitar track that is broken away from the rest of the audio, so they can mute it when you miss a note without muting the whole song.
Cheat Code
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It's the solo guitar track. Traditionally Guitar Hero (and Rock Band still does) used separate tracks for each instrument so that when you miss the audio would cut out. Guitar Hero Live does not. While this gives them a little more freedom with music, as they don't need to have separate tracks available, a good chunk of people really like the cutting of audio.
dangerskew
Member
A master audio track containing just the guitar in the song. Guitar Hero/Rock Band mute the guitar when you miss a track, which lets the rest of the song continue as normal. GHTV will just be using the one track for the whole song, without masters. This means that missing a note will result in the entire song having its volume slightly lowered when you miss a note.
Hope that explained it okay.