So, as a gamer, I like a bit of fake-instrument-playing. What's not to love? Some great songs, like Journey's Any Way You Want It (though why Don't Stop Believin' isn't on Rock Band yet, I'll never know...) will always be fun for me to pretend playing, whilst parading round my room in my boxer shorts, acting strung out on heroine.
It's with this reasoning, that Activision, "the new EA" as some are calling them, are trying to cash in on every segment of the music market by branching into the mediocre/amateur DJ-ing circuit. This is probably my personal music taste speaking, but this idea sounds so bad. Like, Power Glove bad. For one thing, who would want to do this? This sounds like it really is taking a game to the same level as actually doing it in real life. Except it's game-ified! For the kids!
In development for nearly two years, (hey wait.. Didn't Rock Band first out about 2 years ago?) gamers will apparently be able to "mash-up" tracks, to form all those remixes you've wanted to hear for so long... You know, everyone's just been itching for that "Stevie Wonder/The Human League" remix... Right?
I know, I seem rather (if by that, you mean "resolutely") skeptical about all this. But we do have to remember that Guitar Hero seemed just this crazy to us, back in 2005. Yes kiddies, it's been 4 years since the first one. I can barely believe it either.
Then again, Guitar Hero was at least moderately original at the time (even if it did remind me 100% of Amplitude on the PS2... Man, now that game was good. Tripped me out on vision alone). This game may seem like another cash-in, but I'll be holding out on crushing this game completely until after I play a demo myself.
/blog post.
Thank god that's over... See Dave, this is what happens when you let people listen to bad music! Bad music = bad games!
Fuckin' Soulja Boy...
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