JBLars
12-04-2007, 05:54 PM
So here's something that's been driving me nuts since day one. What were the criteria for the guitars that went into the game?
I ask because there's all the different Jackson Warriors and King Vs, but not a single Rhoads (arguably their most famous design), Dinky or Soloist. As for Fender, the game ships with a maple-board Strat controller. How come I can't get a (single-neck) maple-board Strat in-game? Clapton's "Blackie", Hendrix, EVH, Malmsteen, Blackmore, even Sambora. The most iconic Stratocasters kinda lean toward those with maple fingerboards. Is there any real reason that was left out? I don't know the ins and outs of the guitar models, especially with the animations and loading screens taken into account, but it just seems (to me, and I'll cop to just being one opinionated fan) that there was an opportunity here for FMIC to really get deep with their classic instruments, as well as their current models. I mean, the Big Block is okay, but where's the Aerodyne bass? Or more from the Squier side, like the Venus, or the OBEY stuff? Or the Guild Pilot? Where's the really funky stuff, like the Performer, or an Antigua finish?
Barring that, a more robust create-an-axe coulda been SO much fun. Not that the current one isn't, but to have just a touch more flexibility in finishes, pickguards, matching headstocks and the like woulda just put it way over the top for a guitard like me.
Any thoughts, those who would know?
I ask because there's all the different Jackson Warriors and King Vs, but not a single Rhoads (arguably their most famous design), Dinky or Soloist. As for Fender, the game ships with a maple-board Strat controller. How come I can't get a (single-neck) maple-board Strat in-game? Clapton's "Blackie", Hendrix, EVH, Malmsteen, Blackmore, even Sambora. The most iconic Stratocasters kinda lean toward those with maple fingerboards. Is there any real reason that was left out? I don't know the ins and outs of the guitar models, especially with the animations and loading screens taken into account, but it just seems (to me, and I'll cop to just being one opinionated fan) that there was an opportunity here for FMIC to really get deep with their classic instruments, as well as their current models. I mean, the Big Block is okay, but where's the Aerodyne bass? Or more from the Squier side, like the Venus, or the OBEY stuff? Or the Guild Pilot? Where's the really funky stuff, like the Performer, or an Antigua finish?
Barring that, a more robust create-an-axe coulda been SO much fun. Not that the current one isn't, but to have just a touch more flexibility in finishes, pickguards, matching headstocks and the like woulda just put it way over the top for a guitard like me.
Any thoughts, those who would know?
