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Guitar Hero 4 Songs Revealed, Includes Billy Idol; Details on New Guitar, No GH3 DLC Support
by Chris Faylor, Jun 20, 2008 8:46am PDTThis fall's release of Guitar Hero World Tour (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) will be accompanied by the rumored touch-sensitive guitar, publisher Activision has confirmed.
Though the title will support all previous Guitar Hero guitars, the new wireless instrument adds a touch pad below the five standard fret buttons. IGN claims the pad lets players "mimic a slap bass" and tweak sustained notes.
In all, the game is said to sport over 85 master tracks, but will not be compatible the existing downloadable content for Guitar Hero 3. Rival Harmonix has stated its desire to make future entries in the competing Rock Band series compatible with all RB DLC.
Thus far, bands and tracks confirmed to appear in Guitar Hero World Tour are:
- Sublime - "Santeria"
- Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
- Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
- Van Halen
- The Eagles
The touch-sensitive guitar was first unveiled in a leak of marketing materials earlier this week. While those materials further detailed a $180 price point and a number of bands, the only other Activision-confirmed tidbit was that the Foo Fighters will be involved.
Meanwhile, the following artists and tracks are believed to be included due to leaks, Activision-issued media, or record label announcements.
- At the Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor
- Def Leppard
- Aerosmith
- Jimi Hendrix
- The Doors
- Smashing Pumpkins
- KoRn
- System of a Down
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Interpol
- Muse
- The Police
- Blink 182
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Commonly known as Guitar Hero IV, World Tour adds drums and vocal support to the mix, along with a focus on music creation. It is not yet known if the instruments of World Tour will be cross-compatible with Harmonix's Rock Band and Zoe Mode's Rock Revolution or vice versa.
As with Guitar Hero 3 and Aerosmith, Neversoft is developing the PS3 and 360 editions of Guitar Hero World Tour, with Vicarious Visions on the Wii edition and Budcat handling the PS2 iteration.
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I know this has been a big question, but in reality why would this happen? I understand that there will be people who already have RB who will not buy GH4, but these are two separate companies who are competing for customers.
Why would they make their game compatible with another company's hardware? It doesn't make any sense. Would I love it if they DID? Sure. I own RB and I'm not loving having to shell out another $180 for a new set of controllers, but I understand why I would be forced to (if I wanted GH4 badly enough).
This shouldn't even be a question or a concern. Making hardware work with more than one company's game is the job of the third-party designers.
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Okay, now about that slider thing on the guitar. It works in several different ways. You can use it to tweak your notes while you play, with much greater control than the whammy bar offers. The whammy simply lowers the pitch, but the slider lets you distort and go nuts on a note. There are sections with clear notes that mean you need to tap the slider, without hitting the fret, and there are sections where you can use the slider to distort your note, and then you have to "catch" the note using the slider.
What.
There's "make it more realistic" and then there's "jesus christ it's a fucking rhythm game."
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Article: http://ekstrabladet.dk/kup/elektronik/article1019696.ece
Song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FdDrDa9PGJg
I can't complain, this song is probably one of my favorite rock songs of all time.
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