New Guitar Hero game expansions announced
February 19th 2008 04:35
Game publisher Activision has announced a forthcoming entry in their successful rhythm game franchise, called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. It consists exclusively of tracks by that particular band. Presumably, this means that we shall be seeing future band-specific versions of the successful franchise. Why they didn’t choose to make the Aerosmith songs available as downloadable content for GH3 is beyond me, but anyway, my question to you is: What bands would you like to see with their own separate Guitar Hero expansion?
My picks:
GH: Metallica (I think Master of Puppets or Call of Ktulu would make for great finale songs. In fact, they should just shove all of their classic 80s albums, in their entirety, in the game!)
GH: Queen (Although Killer Queen was featured in the original GH, I don’t think that is a particularly guitar-heavy track. There are some great tracks on their first couple of albums which are kind of proto-thrash metal, like Brighton Rock, Ogre Battle, and Stone Cold Crazy, which would be perfect for inclusion in GH)
GH: Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark or Hallowed Be Thy Name would be my picks for the finale. They sound pretty climactic. So far, only classic Maiden has been made available in GH games, which is no bad thing, but I’d like to see some Somewhere in Time or Seventh Son tracks in a Maiden expansion. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner would rival GH3’s Through the Fire and Flames, by Dragonforce, for difficulty; and there is some pretty freaking heavy stuff on the Seventh Son disc, like the title track)
GH: AC/DC (Oh yeah, baby!)
GH: Pink Floyd (I’d love to see Dogs from the Animals album in this proverbial expansion. It’s one of my favourite Floyd songs from a very underrated album. The track contains some classic Gilmour solos)
GH: Black Sabbath (I know there’s been plenty of Sabbath in GH already, but I’d like to play their albums in their entirety. And I’d include their material from the 1980s with Ronnie James Dio as well)
GH: Led Zeppelin (This one I’d pay full price for. For the finale track, I’d suggest Achilles Last Stand. When I think ‘epic’ Zeppelin, I think Achilles, and not Stairway. Stairway to Heaven really shouldn’t be in the final tier, it’s not that hard to play, and it’s not particularly reliant on guitar until the solo near the end. Whereas songs like Achilles Last Stand or The Song Remains The Same are pretty musically complex. I know that GH: Led Zep will probably never happen, because the band rarely licenses their music for movies, let alone videogames. But I can continue dreaming)
Or maybe Activision should consider a series of different GH titles featuring different genres, so you won’t have guys saying ‘There’s too much metal in this game’ or ‘Why is there so much whiney emo garbage in the game, ZOMG!, etc’. For instance, GH: Metal would include everything from Sabbath to NWOBHM to Bay Area Thrash to nu-metal, to metalcore, etc. Then you could have GH: Blues Edition, which would contain Cream, Rolling Stones, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, etc. I know this next offering will probably never see the light of day but GH: Prog would be interesting (Rush, Floyd, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, et al). With different titles
catering for different musical tastes, how could you go wrong?
What do you guys think?
My picks:
GH: Metallica (I think Master of Puppets or Call of Ktulu would make for great finale songs. In fact, they should just shove all of their classic 80s albums, in their entirety, in the game!)
GH: Queen (Although Killer Queen was featured in the original GH, I don’t think that is a particularly guitar-heavy track. There are some great tracks on their first couple of albums which are kind of proto-thrash metal, like Brighton Rock, Ogre Battle, and Stone Cold Crazy, which would be perfect for inclusion in GH)
GH: Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark or Hallowed Be Thy Name would be my picks for the finale. They sound pretty climactic. So far, only classic Maiden has been made available in GH games, which is no bad thing, but I’d like to see some Somewhere in Time or Seventh Son tracks in a Maiden expansion. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner would rival GH3’s Through the Fire and Flames, by Dragonforce, for difficulty; and there is some pretty freaking heavy stuff on the Seventh Son disc, like the title track)
GH: AC/DC (Oh yeah, baby!)
GH: Pink Floyd (I’d love to see Dogs from the Animals album in this proverbial expansion. It’s one of my favourite Floyd songs from a very underrated album. The track contains some classic Gilmour solos)
GH: Black Sabbath (I know there’s been plenty of Sabbath in GH already, but I’d like to play their albums in their entirety. And I’d include their material from the 1980s with Ronnie James Dio as well)
GH: Led Zeppelin (This one I’d pay full price for. For the finale track, I’d suggest Achilles Last Stand. When I think ‘epic’ Zeppelin, I think Achilles, and not Stairway. Stairway to Heaven really shouldn’t be in the final tier, it’s not that hard to play, and it’s not particularly reliant on guitar until the solo near the end. Whereas songs like Achilles Last Stand or The Song Remains The Same are pretty musically complex. I know that GH: Led Zep will probably never happen, because the band rarely licenses their music for movies, let alone videogames. But I can continue dreaming)
Or maybe Activision should consider a series of different GH titles featuring different genres, so you won’t have guys saying ‘There’s too much metal in this game’ or ‘Why is there so much whiney emo garbage in the game, ZOMG!, etc’. For instance, GH: Metal would include everything from Sabbath to NWOBHM to Bay Area Thrash to nu-metal, to metalcore, etc. Then you could have GH: Blues Edition, which would contain Cream, Rolling Stones, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, etc. I know this next offering will probably never see the light of day but GH: Prog would be interesting (Rush, Floyd, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, et al). With different titles
catering for different musical tastes, how could you go wrong?
What do you guys think?
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