Guitar Hero: Van Halen

[toymachineSH]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/van-halen-gh5-band-hero-for-2009

this thread should be fun

*gets popcorn*

[Aragha]

This is overkill.

I mean, it's cool and all for the people who like Van Halen, but can't they just release a ton of songs for download?

[brobot]

Cannibals

[murph]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I want VH DLC for RB.

F Activision.

[back_blows]

I'll forward to GH:VH.

[sillystou]

*Hey, since we're gonne be dead soon, why not go out with a bang!*

[Apples]

I get Aerosmith and Metallica, but do these guys really have enough good material to justify a whole game?

A full game seems like something reserved for only an elite top echelon of artists, and as good as they are I wouldn't put VH up there.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

And I bet none of those songs in the expansion games export to the main game.

[back_blows]

I get Aerosmith and Metallica, but do these guys really have enough good material to justify a whole game?

I'd imagine alot of the game will focus on Van Halen and 1984.

[Magnet]

They're not seriously going to make a game called Band Hero. Please tell me they're not.

As for a GH: Van Halen, that's probably close to the least surprising game announcement ever.

[nicko68]

Awesome! I'm in for GH:VH no problem.

I have no idea what Band Hero is. Is that their name for GH:WT2 ? Kinda lame.

And what is GH5 vs. Band Hero? Does that mean GH:WT was GH4? And while I can excuse the expansion packs for not being able to use the DLC tracks, Band Hero, or GH5 (whichever is the sequel to GH:WT) had better.

It's so confusing.

[theantkid12]

Toymachine, you pick fun at this, just by your original post I could tell. You listen in on what the people of the opposing "faction" say, and laugh basically.

But for gods sake, did you for one time think that Guitar Hero is pumping out useless game after useless game? Just send the songs out for DLC, it would make a lot of peoples' lives easier.

Band Hero, DJ Hero?? They are overusing the good name it used to be...

[Baanu_Rass]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I want VH DLC for RB.

F Activision.

:( This :(

Also I finally understand why people hate Toymachine.

[jeccaneko]

I'm not surprised. Activision has stated they want to release more Guitar Hero games. That's partly why they took away Tony Hawk from Neversoft - so Neversoft can spend all of their time putting out Guitar Hero games.

Aerosmith, fine. Metallica, fine. But I really don't see how Van Halen can make a good band game.

[topperharley]

I get Aerosmith and Metallica, but do these guys really have enough good material to justify a whole game?

I'd put them on the same echelon as both of the bands you mentioned. Higher than Aerosmith, actually, since even the Van Hagar albums weren't nearly the decline in quality that the stuff Aerosmith put out after Done With Mirrors was. Not to mention that the band editions include a lot of songs by bands that inspired and were inspired by the band in the title.

But yeah, the GH exclusivity pains me every time I think about it. I want VH in RB, dammit! :mad: I blame Gary Cherone...

[bermuddy]

i want a fat sammy haggar as the vocalist in this game. with a hawaiian shirt.

[toymachineSH]

Toymachine, you pick fun at this, just by your original post I could tell. You listen in on what the people of the opposing "faction" say, and laugh basically.

But for gods sake, did you for one time think that Guitar Hero is pumping out useless game after useless game? Just send the songs out for DLC, it would make a lot of peoples' lives easier.

Band Hero, DJ Hero?? They are overusing the good name it used to be...

Microsoft Points are a rip off in Canada. I'd rather full games to be honest. I just like playing all these games- I don't feel an obligation to feel betrayed or offended by anything these companies do. It's all business.

For the record though I think GH: VH is a stupid idea- but the guitar solos will be fun :D

[Apples]

I'd put them on the same echelon as both of the bands you mentioned. Higher than Aerosmith, actually, since even the Van Hagar albums weren't nearly the decline in quality that the stuff Aerosmith put out after Done With Mirrors was. Not to mention that the band editions include a lot of songs by bands that inspired and were inspired by the band in the title.

But yeah, the GH exclusivity pains me every time I think about it. I want VH in RB, dammit! :mad: I blame Gary Cherone...

Perhaps I am just not privy to their body of work. Whenever I see them mentioned, its usually in the context of a few main hits and nothing else.

[jeccaneko]

I'd put them on the same echelon as both of the bands you mentioned. Higher than Aerosmith, actually, since even the Van Hagar albums weren't nearly the decline in quality that the stuff Aerosmith put out after Done With Mirrors was.

Yes, but I don't feel like Van Halen is as well known to the general public. I feel like Van Halen, in general, caters a bit more toward people who listen to just, well, rock. I mean, random Joe off the street can probably name you more Aerosmith or Metallica song titles than Van Halen song titles.

[hawkofva]

Money is tighter than ever before for most of the world!

I know, let's triple the output of games! Surely they'll buy those instead of also buying games that don't involve plastic instruments!

Die hard Guitar Hero players will never play another genre again, EVER! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[theantkid12]

I just realized something...

Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, EVH Character?

Eddie Van Halen, Guitar Skills, Eruption?!

****!

[topperharley]

i want a fat sammy haggar as the vocalist in this game. with a hawaiian shirt.

I will probably buy the game regardless, but this would solidify my decision.

[murph]

I get Aerosmith and Metallica, but do these guys really have enough good material to justify a whole game?

A full game seems like something reserved for only an elite top echelon of artists, and as good as they are I wouldn't put VH up there.

woah, woah, woah there Apples. them's fightin' words. Eddie could mop the stage with Joe Perry.

[bermuddy]

I will probably buy the game regardless, but this would solidify my decision.

i should do the marketing campaign. i'm a genius.

[nicko68]

I cant' believe "Band Hero". All the people who questioned Guitar Hero:World Tour's name saying it should be called "Band Hero" are getting their wish, I guess. It was lame then, it's lame now.

[topperharley]

I mean, random Joe off the street can probably name you more ... Metallica song titles than Van Halen song titles

Granted, I'm a VH fan, but I don't think I could name more than... five Metallica songs. At least, not without help from the internets.

[whofan]

Microsoft Points are a rip off in Canada. I'd rather full games to be honest. I just like playing all these games- I don't feel an obligation to feel betrayed or offended by anything these companies do. It's all business.

For the record though I think GH: VH is a stupid idea- but the guitar solos will be fun :D
I disagree. Microsoft points are more expensive here, and a pain, but at least I have the option to choose what I want, instead of having a disc full of songs I don't like all that much just to have the few songs that I want to play.

[jeccaneko]

Granted, I'm a VH fan, but I don't think I could name more than... five Metallica songs. At least, not without help from the internets.

Enter Sandman
One
Fuel
Sad But True
Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven

There you go. No, I didn't cheat. That was off the top of my head. I'm not a Metallica fan either. But then again a local radio station has their weekly Mandatory Metallica blocks. (98 Rock, anyone?) So, at least in my local area, even people who don't listen to rock really seem to know a whole bunch of Metallica songs. I feel like my area isn't exclusive in knowing at least the radio hits either.

I wasn't picking on you either, I was just bored and being a devil's advocate. :D

Edit: LOL And for some reason I just now thought of Battery and Ride the Lightning... stuff that's in Rock Band.

[murph]

GH: VH would be another rental for me, like GH: Metallica. I'm too much of a fan to not play these games and these classic songs. But I would prefer them as RB2 DLC and wish to not put any $$ in Activision's pockets.

[bermuddy]

sammy needs a beer too

[toymachineSH]

I disagree. Microsoft points are more expensive here, and a pain, but at least I have the option to choose what I want, instead of having a disc full of songs I don't like all that much just to have the few songs that I want to play.

I'm speaking on my own personal opinion since the previous person asked. I have a pretty wide taste in music and quite honestly there were a lot of songs in GHWT that appealed to my musical taste so I don't feel ripped off because there are a few foreign songs in the game I don't like- nor will I feel ripped off for GH:M. I'm interested to see who GH:VH will feature in the non-VH artists category.

The Kinks? lol

[Meatwad555]

Has anyone kept count as to how many Guitar Hero games there are?

[topperharley]

sammy needs a beer too

And that goofy smile he always has on his face to show off how huge his caps are and how cool he thinks he is (which is not nearly as cool as everything else thinks he is).

[Fennz]

this thread should be fun
*gets popcorn*


I couldn't help but laugh.

[murph]

Has anyone kept count as to how many Guitar Hero games there are?

March - Guitar Hero Metallica
June - Guitar Hero Greatest Hits
August - Guitar Hero - Hard Rock Van Halen
September - Guitar Hero 5
October - DJ Hero
November - Band Hero

plus another DS version. even the Tony Hawk franchise was treated with more dignity than GH.

[bermuddy]

And that goofy smile he always has on his face to show off how huge his caps are and how cool he thinks he is (which is not nearly as cool as everything else thinks he is).

plastic 1980s style sunglasses too.

[jeccaneko]

Has anyone kept count as to how many Guitar Hero games there are?

Not as many as there have been DDR games. Activision needs to work to catch up on that. :D

[topperharley]

plastic 1980s style sunglasses too.

and the Goldilocks hair?

[Sayburr]

Wonder if they are going to do full motion capture like they did for Metallica. Wonder if Diamond Dave can still to the flying leg splits like he did when I saw them in the 80's? Wonder if there will be any of VHIII on the disc?

Guess they will also have The Kinks on the disc since they were a big influence on VH...

[kiggidykev]

Not entirely surprising that Activision would go the disc route instead of offering DLC.

I don't really like Van Halen enough to buy a game based around them.

[bermuddy]

and the Goldilocks hair?

most definitely. with a goatee and some stubble.

[Fizzeler]

this thread should be fun

*gets popcorn*

Agreed :D

I like Van Halen I might get this

[nicko68]

GH: VH would be another rental for me, like GH: Metallica. I'm too much of a fan to not play these games and these classic songs.

What a fan. Activision gets no money from you for the game you just have to play with the classic songs you love.

[classicrockdude]

i might buy it... Harmonix..please show us you are better then them

[mimic]

Van Halen? They suck.

I do look forward to GH: Chumbawamba coming out, it's only a matter of time.

[skullpit]

Hooray for saturating the market with subpar music games. GH3 was the last GH game I purchased and that was because I didn't know how crappy a job Neversoft would do. I will never purchase another GH game again. RB fo life!

[rowtheboat]

gh metallica should be last rythm game...UNTIL RB3!!!!!!!!!!!

[killer_roach]

Microsoft Points are a rip off in Canada.

Yeah, whereas PSN DLC is a bargain in Canada. Have come "this close" to setting up a Canadian PSN account for that reason.

And yeah, Van Halen is a band that, for all their influence and notoriety, is really alarmingly short on hits. Not sure why they're getting their own game, apart from them being exclusive to Activision.

[nicko68]

I just hope the whole plastic instrument genre doesn't die, and HMX continues to release DLC after Activision kills off GH with too many releases. I'm all for semi-annual or even quarterly releases, but seriously, something almost every month in the fall?

[General Lein979]

More isolated Van Halen vocal tracks? Hell yes!

Edit: This makes me want to play Van Halen Asteroids (http://www.retroblast.com/20090127732/Latest/Van-Halen-Asteroids-Mod.php).

[nicko68]

Well, here are the list of tracks on the VH Greatest Hits CD which I own.



1. Eruption
2. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
3. Runnin' With the Devil
4. Dance the Night Away
5. And the Cradle Will Rock...
6. Unchained
7. Jump
8. Panama
9. Why Can't This Be Love
10. Dreams
11. When It's Love
12. Poundcake
13. Right Now
14. Can't Stop Lovin' You
15. Humans Being
16. Can't Get This Stuff No More
17. Me Wise Magic

[mimic]

I just hope the whole plastic instrument genre doesn't die, and HMX continues to release DLC after Activision kills off GH with too many releases. I'm all for semi-annual or even quarterly releases, but seriously, something almost every month in the fall?

It's already starting to happen. There seems to be a cloud of "that was a fad, only losers play it now" that is hanging over these games. I don't really care, if the kids are starting to think it's not cool then I'm not cool!

Seriously though a lot of people I know have been selling their stuff. It's annoying me, I'm having to look for strangers online to be my new rock band friends. Also seems like nobody on my friends list plays anymore.

[nicko68]

It's already starting to happen. There seems to be a cloud of "that was a fad, only losers play it now" that is hanging over these games. I don't really care, if the kids are starting to think it's not cool then I'm not cool!

Let them go back to their Halo 6. :)

[Alright_Computer]

Wow, how many games is that coming out this year? I'd rather have quality than quantity, thanks.

[mimic]

Let them go back to their Halo 6. :)

I never really thought that playing fake plastic instruments was cool anyways.

My 12 yo cousin used to play a lot. Found out she sold her guitar, she said people at school make fun of people who play that now. Lame, whatever these are the same people that think highschool musical is cool.

My friends selling it is what bothers me, they're adults.

[Magnet]

If they stick to all masters, I honestly don't expect to see much from The Kinks. If there are usable masters for early songs by The Kinks though, that would be amazing.

[davidshek]

They're not seriously going to make a game called Band Hero. Please tell me they're not.

Well, I'm thinking that it can't just be a duplicate of GH:WT, since there's gonna be a GH5 also...So Band Hero must be...a marching band game!

Think of it as a combination of DDR and GH. You have to both play your instrument and do field patterns on a floor mat at the same time! :eek:

Of course, it'll have to include some new instrument peripherals like trumpet, flute, tuba...


But yeah, the GH exclusivity pains me every time I think about it. I want VH in RB, dammit! :mad: I blame Gary Cherone...

Most of us just choose to ignore the fact that Cherone was ever a part of VH. He's great in Extreme, but just...no, Eddie. BAD decision! *whap*


Has anyone kept count as to how many Guitar Hero games there are?

I seem to recall Activision announcing last year that they planned to release 9 separate GH titles this year...

[leftover_crack]

why cant they get a band i actually like to make a whole game

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

I think they split up the 'main' guitar hero franchise in order to pump out more releases

I think GH5 is going to be a guitar only/centric game, and what was GHWT is now called Band Hero.

If so where does that leave the GHWT dlc for the poor schmucks that bought it?(luckily I'm not one of them.)

[toymachineSH]

why cant they get a band i actually like to make a whole game

like Anal ****?

[topperharley]

So Band Hero must be...a marching band game! Of course, it'll have to include some new instrument peripherals like trumpet, flute, tuba...

You mean like this (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales)?

[murph]

What a fan. Activision gets no money from you for the game you just have to play with the classic songs you love.

exactly. i am a fan of those bands but not Activision. i don't want to give them a single penny more. if this was DLC for RB2, i'd be all over it. but Activision is too busy locking up exclusive bands and issuing all the $60 games they can possibly get out the door.

[Apples]

March - Guitar Hero Metallica
June - Guitar Hero Greatest Hits
August - Guitar Hero - Hard Rock Van Halen
September - Guitar Hero 5
October - DJ Hero
November - Band Hero

plus another DS version. even the Tony Hawk franchise was treated with more dignity than GH.

Take the first letter of each month and you get: M. Jason.

Secret hint about future disc releases? Maybe branching into Friday the 13th?

[leftover_crack]

like Anal ****?

lmfao

i guitar hero game dedicated to grind would be sick


nd i dont like anal ****

im more into spazz and napalm death

and of course kirk foggs african adventure

[nicko68]

If so where does that leave the GHWT dlc for the poor schmucks that bought it?(luckily I'm not one of them.)

At worst, the DLC will still work when I insert the GHWT disc. :)

[back_blows]

lmfao

i guitar hero game dedicated to grind would be sick


nd i dont like anal ****

im more into spazz and napalm death

and of course kirk foggs african adventure

Lets get some Porn/grind bands like Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis.

[solidsnakejt]

Take the first letter of each month and you get: M. Jason.

Secret hint about future disc releases? Maybe branching into Friday the 13th?

lol maybe...they are milking the franchise so much that soon milk will cost 4.50$ per pint

[leftover_crack]

Lets get some Porn/grind bands like Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis.

porn/grind isprob the worst version of grind

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

GH:VH should be fun. I want to play Unchained.

[back_blows]

porn/grind isprob the worst version of grind

It's also the funniest.

[killer_roach]

lol maybe...they are milking the franchise so much that soon milk will cost 4.50$ per pint

At that price, I'll stick with Guinness. It's cheaper. :)

[FlyGuyLXI]

They better damn pray the DLC from WT carries on to GH5.

[murph]

coming soon...Guitar Hero: The Flamethrower

[whofan]

I Love how it says "A Childs Toy" in those quotes. What a great movie

[davidshek]

You mean like this (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales)?

Glad to see somebody caught that reference. :)

[hawkofva]

I will rent it if only to play "Humans Being" at least once. Might consider a buy if the rest of the setlist is decent. I'm certainly more likely to buy that than Metalica...

[T-Hybrid]

Two notes.

1) "GH: Van Halen" once again proves Activision doesn't give a crap about supporting the WT platform, as they again pass up an opportunity to release some AMAZING DLC and instead shove it on a disc.

2) "Band Hero" would be the stupidest thing ever...since they've already got that in WT. But once again, this is likely a way for them to pre-load an excuse for why they won't allow WT to support BH content.

[CloudWolf]

Lets get some Porn/grind bands like Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis.

Guitar Hero: Torsof*ck would be epic :D

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

coming soon...Guitar Hero: The Flamethrower

I nominate this for quote of the day.

[xXjAmEZXx]

And I bet none of those songs in the expansion games export to the main game.

how long does it take to swap discs? like 10 seconds.


jeez can these guys go 10 minutes wihout making a GH game?

[Nitz13]

how long does it take to swap discs? like 10 seconds.

Kind of annoying if your having a party and have to switch between 5 + Guitar Hero games.


coming soon...Guitar Hero: The Flamethrower

Epic!
Don't forget Guitar Hero: The Breakfast Cereal, Lunch Box and Doll (would that be a Bobby Kotnik doll?)

[AxlVanHagar]

Man, they really are milking that franchise to Hell and back. That being said if a VH game does rear it's head I will have no choice but to take a look at it. Provided the set list is primarily made of songs from the "classic six-pack" I may crumble and pick it up. You'd think I would have learned after GH:WT but nooooooo.

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in! :o

[gosox333]

No suprise here. We all were expecting something like this to happen anyway.

I'm more suprised that this isn't a Hendrix game.

[Lord_Mhoram]

Band Hero?!?!?

I'm passing on GH:Metallica (not a huge fan) right away - I'll wait 'till I can grab it for 30 used somewhere. Van Halen is a favorite band - and with the whole 25 band songs 20 guests songs that GH seems to do, you could get a really solid tracklist of VH song.

GH 5 - however that turns out, might be a purchase. Depends on game and tracklist.

But that is what 4 or 6 SKUs for 1 year, and doesn't count the handhelds (GH:M, GH:GH, GH5, GH:VH DJ and Band). Sheesh.

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

Message to Activison: QUANTITY WILL NOT MAKE UP FOR QUALITY, AT LEAST WITH VIDEO GAMES. COMING OUT WITH 5 GAMES IN A YEAR WILL ONLY MAKE YOU SEEM STUPID AND THE QUALITY WILL GET REALLY LOW!

[Kreepman]

Take the first letter of each month and you get: M. Jason.

Secret hint about future disc releases? Maybe branching into Friday the 13th?

How the hell do you notice that? lol

[ArmsAreLoud]

GHVH could be fun. I don't approve of all of the games they're putting out (those poor Neversoft employees... Their fingers are going to fall off with all that coding), but hey, I'm still a GH fan.

[alex_rb]

Can't believe the amount of Guitar Hero games being released this year! Just ridiculous.

[Ralphy2009]

how long does it take to swap discs? like 10 seconds.

Yeah. I know. I can't wait to play a five song setlist of full-band Queen in GH!

*GH:WT already in console*
*Play three songs in succession*
*remove GH:WT and insert GH: Metallica*
*Play one song*
*remove GH: Metallica and insert GH: Greatest Hits*
*Play one song*

How ridiculously convenient!

[benson111]

:(

Man.

-SIGH-


I really wanted to hate Activision.


But.



I cant.

Butheads.


They got me mah. I gotta haz thes Gamrz.


:(