Hmm I'm all for a modern take on Fantasia. Fantasia is simply an animated artistic concert film. So you could do all sorts of stuff with it, but this doesn't seem like that. That trailer though is very not game like so who knows yet. If it'd fun though then who cares? Maybe Disney just sees Fantasia as "innovative music" thing.
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Fantasia: Music Evolved Announced (Disney/Harmonix, 360/XBO, Kinect, 2014)
- Thread starter RobotRocker
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R_thanatos
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I was laughing ...
..and then i saw this
Yeah euh , looks like child of eden meets dance central...
Not intrested.
Stone Ocean
Member
E3 hasn't even started yet and we already have Gif material
Gears of War isn't made my MS but it is still published under the MS Game Studios banner, this game is being published by Disney Interactive.
SlipperyMoose
Member
I am so sending Chernabog to mess up Harmonix...
Some of you guys haven't fucking watched Fantasia I take it.
I have seen Fantasia. Relax.
Seriously, guys, what's wrong with this game isn't Kinect. Heck, in theory letting the player being the director of the orchestra, the maker of the sound seems like a good fit for the Fantasia franchise. But...but...what does this have with Fantasia? Where are my classic music themes? The oniric atmospheres...AND WHY THE HELL FUN AND BRUNO MARS ARE IN THIS?!? WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO WITH FANTASIA ARGH ;_;
Deadceptor
Member
"Bruno Mars. Fun."
Nope.
Nope.
semiconscious
Member
guitarhero
Member
Well, I'm kinda curious now. I'm not worried because some HMX employees are also part-time musicians (and had bonus songs in GH1/2), and they should know how to make justice covering Queen.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Um, Yen Sid? The title? That's all I can come up with.
It's part of their expanded audience move. They want to get all the people on board who watched the actual fantasia when they were young. Basically all people aged 80 and above.
RobotRocker
Member
I am so sending Chernabog to mess up Harmonix...
Some of you guys haven't fucking watched Fantasia I take it.
I'd be shocked if they didn't have a few of the Classic songs and pieces in there, honestly. Seems like they are using some of those songs to help sell the game to a mainstream audience.
I like the concept, not too fond of the music but I'm reserving judgement till I see it in action properly.
And the same idea was what made The Beatles Rock Band great. In Harmonix we trust.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Is this a Microsoft IP? No? No.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Not a big Disney fan but I LOVE Fantasia and I have a lot of respect for Harmonix.
Unfortunately this trailer is just uncredibly unappealing to me.
This is just a teaser so the final game will hopefully be much better but I won't be able to play this until they port it to PS3 or Wii U. I own a 360 but Kinect just doesn't work in my apartment...
Unfortunately this trailer is just uncredibly unappealing to me.
This is just a teaser so the final game will hopefully be much better but I won't be able to play this until they port it to PS3 or Wii U. I own a 360 but Kinect just doesn't work in my apartment...
OH MY GOD FANTASIA IS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD PLEASE BE TRUE.
Please don't be Kinect based, I will definitely have to buy one
Your post shows exactly why it should be Kinect based actually
Midnight Moon
Banned
Well, I can't be buying an Xbox One for just one game. So I guess I'll just have to skip it already. Looks cool but a bit ugly right now.
suddenlyissoon
Member
I was all ready for something awesome and then...
JennyTablina
Member
This is really Make Mine Music: Music Evolved - as the that package film covered Disney's adventures into more modern music but hey - may as well just mess with the legacy of fantasa some more right.
When I heard it, I had images of my mind of messing with the harp and lute style lines in Tocatta and Fugue, playing with the shy goldfish and the dancing thistles - and getting to fight the mighty chernabog with the power of Ave Maria.
But no, we make a vague concept out of the one part of fantasia everyone knows about and chuck the rest out.
When I heard it, I had images of my mind of messing with the harp and lute style lines in Tocatta and Fugue, playing with the shy goldfish and the dancing thistles - and getting to fight the mighty chernabog with the power of Ave Maria.
But no, we make a vague concept out of the one part of fantasia everyone knows about and chuck the rest out.
Black Mantis
Member
Looks like a natural evolution of Dance Central (mixed with Child of Eden) too me, could be cool. I'd like to see more about the "Create" portion of the game, if they can do something compelling there, they could have a winner.
Very interesting premise I was wondering when someone would package this kind of musical experimentation as an actual title glad to see it's Harmonix
Some examples from people hooking their Kinect cameras up to music programs.
Dance Controlled Kinect Music
Kin-Hackt Body Instruments Collection - Arms (Ableton Live and Kinect)
Kinect Dubstep
And my favorite. Imagine the crazy shit you'll be able to do with the Xbox One version of the camera.
Live Looping with Ableton and Xbox Kinect
Some examples from people hooking their Kinect cameras up to music programs.
Dance Controlled Kinect Music
Kin-Hackt Body Instruments Collection - Arms (Ableton Live and Kinect)
Kinect Dubstep
And my favorite. Imagine the crazy shit you'll be able to do with the Xbox One version of the camera.
Live Looping with Ableton and Xbox Kinect
RPG_Fanatic
Member
...Thanks for trampling on a piece of my childhood Harmonix. How was that trailer anything like Fantasia.
Phonomezer
Banned
OMG I love Fantasita ;_;
Haters everywhere by the look of things. It's okay, maybe this will be a PSKinEyect game somewhere along the line.
Haters everywhere by the look of things. It's okay, maybe this will be a PSKinEyect game somewhere along the line.
VICTORsaurio
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not here for this
vagabondarts
Member
Why? Why call it fantasia? It literally is fecal
That trailer...
That trailer...
dragonflys545
Member
Lmao at the music hahahaha
Pound_lb003
Member
Oh my goodness... You people contesting those 15 Exclusives.
Stop spreading stuff you don't know about. It hasn't been said one way or the other, whether it's Microsoft Published, or their IP.
They said exclusives. And they'd be stupid for not counting this as an exclusive. Because it is exclusive, and it is a big deal.
Stop spreading stuff you don't know about. It hasn't been said one way or the other, whether it's Microsoft Published, or their IP.
They said exclusives. And they'd be stupid for not counting this as an exclusive. Because it is exclusive, and it is a big deal.
So this is the summery of the reactions:
- NeoGAFers hate games that are aimed for other groups of people then Male Gamers between 14-35
- NeoGAFers hate companies that are known for having a broad audience, like Disney, doing games that are not aimed for Male Gamers between 14-35
- NeoGAFers thinks that make games aimed for children or women are "Fallen Studios" or "embarrassing"
Disney and Harmonix doing a music themed game that aims to a bigger audience then the Final Fantasy/Call of Duty/FIFA Male Gamer – and people are getting really upset.
Relax, this games was not aimed at you……so please look away without getting angry,
- NeoGAFers hate games that are aimed for other groups of people then Male Gamers between 14-35
- NeoGAFers hate companies that are known for having a broad audience, like Disney, doing games that are not aimed for Male Gamers between 14-35
- NeoGAFers thinks that make games aimed for children or women are "Fallen Studios" or "embarrassing"
Disney and Harmonix doing a music themed game that aims to a bigger audience then the Final Fantasy/Call of Duty/FIFA Male Gamer – and people are getting really upset.
Relax, this games was not aimed at you……so please look away without getting angry,
After watching that trailer, I'm curious why this has the Fantasia name at all.
No, seriously. A kinect dance game with modern music and a few classical pieces could easily be marketed on the strength of Harmonix's prior successes. The Fantasia "brand" has virtually no pull. So what is the point?
I'm half-wondering if Disney is gearing up to rebrand "Fantasia" as an imprint for some sort of pop music video series. Kinda like the Tinkerbell to Disney Fairies transition.
No, seriously. A kinect dance game with modern music and a few classical pieces could easily be marketed on the strength of Harmonix's prior successes. The Fantasia "brand" has virtually no pull. So what is the point?
I'm half-wondering if Disney is gearing up to rebrand "Fantasia" as an imprint for some sort of pop music video series. Kinda like the Tinkerbell to Disney Fairies transition.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
If you love Fantasia, why the fuck would you love this?
Hey, if it was Mickey mouse doing spells, I totally would have bought this.
More complete and utter misunderstanding as to why people don't like this. Get off your soapbox, you're in the wrong house.
Pound_lb003
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
not what i was expecting
Phonomezer
Banned
What's wrong with it?
The game may be decent and all, it's just the Fantasia brand everyone is taking offense at. It has nothing at all to do with this game.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Phil Spencer, Don Mattrick, Major Nelson, Aaron Greenberg and others have all stated the 15 are all Microsoft Studios published.
It's you who doesn't know, I'm afraid.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
It has no resemblance or link to Fantasia outside it being a music game. Rock Band, Dance Central, and Harmo Knight are as much Fantasia games as this is.
How is it a big deal?
Trailer sucks but the article at Polygon makes the game sound more interesting. I really hope the game is as free-form as they say and let you come up with creative remixes on your own. But then you have to wonder what the game objectives are.
Hopefully they'll get some classical music in there too since it's got the Fantasia name on it. I realize they can't sell a game with trailer text like "featuring hits by Modest Mussorgsky...Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky," but come on, Fantasia needs orchestral music too.
Hopefully they'll get some classical music in there too since it's got the Fantasia name on it. I realize they can't sell a game with trailer text like "featuring hits by Modest Mussorgsky...Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky," but come on, Fantasia needs orchestral music too.
What the fuck does Fantasia have to do with this at all?