Anyone else noticed that during E3 360 conference?

[Wanny1]

No one cared after each announcements of that Guitar Hero Developper and everyone applaused and the crowd was yelling after EACH Rock Band Announcements from Harmonix Alex Dev.

I found it funny..

[Reveries]

is there anywhere i can find the video for these announcments :( i missed it on tv

[needLEEr]

No one cared after each announcements of that Guitar Hero Developper and everyone applaused and the crowd was yelling after EACH Rock Band Announcements from Harmonix Alex Dev.

I found it funny..

That's because Rock Band is better and everyone in the audience are experienced/intelligent gamers. They know what's good, and they know who is better. GH3 sucked, I don't care what any GH fanboy says. There's not much to be excited for about GH:WT, considering it's Rock Band: Neversoft Edition

[Hajime]

The music editor stuff looked mildly cool. Still wouldn't even consider getting the game though. I'm a little disappointed by exclusivity of bands, though.. although if AC/DC remains a Rock Band exclusive, that'll show them =p

[Sveppi]

I also found it funny when the Guitar Hero guy came out and said "I'm really excited to be hear to tell you about.....Guitar Herooooo" and maybe two guys in the crowd yelled.
Classic.

You can find the whole thing here: http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html
You'll have to rewind a bit though.

[sa_nick]

I also found it funny when the Guitar Hero guy came out and said "I'm really excited to be hear to tell you about.....Guitar Herooooo" and maybe two guys in the crowd yelled.
Classic.

You can find the whole thing here: http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html
You'll have to rewind a bit though.

Haha! yeah, it was almost a "riiiiidge racer" moment.

[Sarge51]

This is too much win in one thread. :D

[RockBandRocker]

Yeah, that was funny. :D

People know that Rock Band rules and GH drools. :)

Alex definitely threw down (although I don't think he knows it). The Red Octane guy got blown away.

[Fred G. Sanford]

Too bad GH is laughing when it comes to sales

[Reveries]

I also found it funny when the Guitar Hero guy came out and said "I'm really excited to be hear to tell you about.....Guitar Herooooo" and maybe two guys in the crowd yelled.
Classic.

You can find the whole thing here: http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html
You'll have to rewind a bit though.
awesome thanks!

[BYC]

blah blah blah blah blah blah

What was that?

[CantStopTheHopp]

Too bad GH is laughing when it comes to sales

But then, nobody has every accused most Americans of spending their money wisely :rolleyes:

[Knights_of_Ni]

The Red Octane guy it seemed like paused for audience applause...when there was none. Harmonix rules the music game scene!!!

[4-Play]

i thought it was just my hateful mind towards GH but that was real i guess no one cheering for their announcements, i alreayd feel better about myself now

[xxpigxx]

My wife saw that (I was too busy foaming at the mouth (not in a good way) over the ridiculous speech thatt was being made). She busted out laughing . .

[Tender-Surrender]

CAn anyone give a time to rewind to?

[Knights_of_Ni]

I also loved how they saved the Rock Band 2 announcment for the last of the music games. Kudos to the confrence audience for knowing who the true leader of this industry is!

[RockBandRocker]

CAn anyone give a time to rewind to?

^ The music games start at about an hour and 40 minutes in.

Just FF slowly until you see the GH logo. You HAVE to watch it. The audience seemed disinterested in it.

Rock Band 2 is the third music game shown. Alex gets introduced at about an hour and 50 minutes. The BEST was saved for last. :)

[arageddon]

Lol that guy's facial expressions were funny. It looked like he was forced to act rock n rollish. Another great moment was when he threw up the horns and yelled "Metallica!" I thought it was sad no one even clapped.

[Tender-Surrender]

Activision is an evil company, and that guy is so full of it... God, I hate Activision.

I know he is from Red Octane, but that doesn't change the fact that I hate Activision.

[RockBandRocker]

Tender-Surrender:

I posted the times (above) for you.

[captainsamus]

Hey, when GH4 (software only) is sub thirty bucks used or new, I'll totally pick it up just to play the guitar tracks and mess around with guitar in the music maker. I'm not gonna spend a dime more on that series, though, especially not another set of drums.

I'm still 5x more excited for RB2, however. At least I know Harmonix isn't going to screw up the charting like Neversoft did with GH3.

[Fretbored]

Rock Band just layed a nice duke on World Tour.

[Tender-Surrender]

I'm still peaved over the fact that Activision is screwing up the Music Game genre.. getting exclusive deals with big artists. That is not what this game stuff is about. Of course all these companies are businesses and are looking for the most money they can get, but god damn them for doing such a thing.

They have 4 good bands on board. Aerosmith, The Eagles, Metallica, and Van Halen. Sure I can live without these bands as I never listen to em, but I would love to play some of their biggest hits on the game that I have invested in, but leave it to Activision on screwing that up. I hope their game sucks and flops.

Judging by their track record, I would not be surprised.

I wonder what ever happened to all the love Metallica was showing to Harmonix. Activision must have offered them a fat sum of cash.

[Fretbored]

GH can never 1up RB.

[JoshuaB81285]

I'm still peaved over the fact that Activision is screwing up the Music Game genre.. getting exclusive deals with big artists. That is not what this game stuff is about. Of course all these companies are businesses and are looking for the most money they can get, but god damn them for doing such a thing.

They have 4 good bands on board. Aerosmith, The Eagles, Metallica, and Van Halen. Sure I can live without these bands as I never listen to em, but I would love to play some of their biggest hits on the game that I have invested in, but leave it to Activision on screwing that up. I hope their game sucks and flops.

Judging by their track record, I would not be surprised.

I wonder what ever happened to all the love Metallica was showing to Harmonix. Activision must have offered them a fat sum of cash.


Metallica isn't "exclusive". As far as I know, the only ones who were exclusive were Aerosmith, Van Halen, & The Eagles. If Metallica were exclusive, we wouldn't be getting "Battery" on-disc for RB2.

[RockBandRocker]

No, they aren't exclusive.

GH can get NEW Metallica and keep it. Did anybody notice that you would have to download the new album twice, if they wanted it. Once for GH3 and once for GH: WT.


Let Rock Band get OLD Metallica. You know, the stuff that rocks. ;)

[andyb24]

Im kinda upset about the exclusive crap. I really wanted to play some Van Halen and Hotel California on Rock Band.

Oh well, I'm still not touching a GH game after GH Aerosmith was **** in the form of a disc.

[Moo Cow]

What's with the hostility towards GH over here? Why do people have to make it some ****ing war? There can be two similar games, you know. GH3 was a great game, and I'm sure the new GH will be a hell of a lot of fun.

Not everything has to be a ****ing competition.

[Ultrace]

Too bad GH is laughing when it comes to sales
"Now, let's have a look at the sales chart. When you took over this account, Frog, Conquistador was a brand leader. Here you introduced your first campaign, 'Conquistador Coffee brings a new meaning to the word vomit'. Here you made your special introductory offer of a free dead dog with every jar, and this followed your second campaign 'the tingling fresh coffee which brings you exciting new cholera, mange, dropsy, the clap, hard pad and athlete's head. From the House of Conquistador'. Why, Frog?"

"Well, people know the name, sir."


Is it poor form to use a Monty Python sketch to make a point? Maybe so, but one so rarely gets the opportunity...

[Kaptankrunch92]

What's with the hostility towards GH over here? Why do people have to make it some ****ing war? There can be two similar games, you know. GH3 was a great game, and I'm sure the new GH will be a hell of a lot of fun.

Not everything has to be a ****ing competition.

I agree with you...if GH3 was actually good, they really overplayed a lot of aspects of it. It was littered with ads, the graphics were sub-par for a company like activision, and the smoothness of gameplay was shoddy at best. I wouldn't bash activision so much if they actually could make a good quality game and weren't so damn money hungry. If activision and hmx were two companies that both made games of the same quality I'd have no problem with them kinda co-existing, but activision has proven that all that they will do is screw up this genre with crap, that why I hate them.

[RockBandRocker]

What's with the hostility towards GH over here? Why do people have to make it some ****ing war? There can be two similar games, you know. GH3 was a great game, and I'm sure the new GH will be a hell of a lot of fun.

Not everything has to be a ****ing competition.

^ What have you been smoking?

GH3 was a big steaming pile of s**t compared to the first 2 (and a half) games.

GH, GH2 & GH:'80' are better than GH3.


It is a safe bet that GH:WT will be a major disappointment like GH3 & GH: Aerosmith. The GH games have gone down the drain, and the MAJORITY of gamers know it.

It's not a competition. It's a commonly held belief/knowledge. Just because YOU can't see it doesn't mean others can't. Wake up and smell the coffee. :)

[Moo Cow]

^ What have you been smoking?

GH3 was a big steaming pile of s**t compared to the first 2 (and a half) games.

GH, GH2 & GH:'80' are better than GH3.


It is a safe bet that GH:WT will be a major disappointment like GH3 & GH: Aerosmith. The GH games have gone down the drain, and the MAJORITY of gamers know it.

It's not a competition. It's a commonly held belief/knowledge. Just because YOU can't see it doesn't mean others can't. Wake up and smell the coffee. :)

Says you. Unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't the world.

Like I said - it's ****ing stupid that people bash on GH so much. I would guess that if Harmonix had created the same game you'd all be on your knees kissing their asses and saying how great it is.

It's quite transparent that the hostility is based mostly on the fact that the company shifted out and another one was put in place. Had Harmonix made it as they had the other 3, I guarantee you'd be singing a different tune.

Quite frankly, it's pathetic.

[cdestey]

applaused

Vos, is that you?!?!

[Axe Man]

What's with the hostility towards GH over here? Why do people have to make it some ****ing war? There can be two similar games, you know. GH3 was a great game, and I'm sure the new GH will be a hell of a lot of fun.

Not everything has to be a ****ing competition.

Then tell that to Activision, they seem hell bent on keeping up their end of the controller wars.

[Kaptankrunch92]

Says you. Unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't the world.

Like I said - it's ****ing stupid that people bash on GH so much. I would guess that if Harmonix had created the same game you'd all be on your knees kissing their asses and saying how great it is.

It's quite transparent that the hostility is based mostly on the fact that the company shifted out and another one was put in place. Had Harmonix made it as they had the other 3, I guarantee you'd be singing a different tune.

Quite frankly, it's pathetic.

lol actually no...GH was really a steaming pile of crap, there's not doubting it, especially if you look up reviews for GH2 and GH3 and compare them. If hmx had made that game instead of activision, I would hate it just as much because when a game company gets a lot of money, you expect a really really good game to come from some of that revenue. Plus you have to realize that activision/neversoft have a pretty bad track record with other games...look at the last two of the Tony Hawk games, man how many of those are there now 50?

[MostSpartan14]

Says you. Unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't the world.

Like I said - it's ****ing stupid that people bash on GH so much. I would guess that if Harmonix had created the same game you'd all be on your knees kissing their asses and saying how great it is.

It's quite transparent that the hostility is based mostly on the fact that the company shifted out and another one was put in place. Had Harmonix made it as they had the other 3, I guarantee you'd be singing a different tune.

Quite frankly, it's pathetic.

You're right, if Harmonix made GH3 we would have loved the game because Harmonix would have actually made it good.

[Moo Cow]

Harmonix developed/started the GH franchise. The first GH was developed by Harmonix, Red Octane, and MTV Games.

Activision came on board for GH2 & GH:'80's, but Harmonix still developed it.

Check your history!

Harmonix DID create the game, a**hole.

Harmonix created Guitar Hero 3? Funny, I don't see them on the developer list.

Re-Read my post and then reply again.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Says you. Unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't the world.

Like I said - it's ****ing stupid that people bash on GH so much. I would guess that if Harmonix had created the same game you'd all be on your knees kissing their asses and saying how great it is.

It's quite transparent that the hostility is based mostly on the fact that the company shifted out and another one was put in place. Had Harmonix made it as they had the other 3, I guarantee you'd be singing a different tune.

Quite frankly, it's pathetic.

I liked GH3, and GH : A, but honestly if HMX HAD created both of those games we wouldn't be having this conversation, because they would have charted it from a musician standpoint and not a how hard can we make this chart type thing.

I noticed it a lot while playing STP on GH : A. They had you jump back and forth from the green to the orange button A LOT on expert. it seemed they were just making the button pushes difficult to hit in order to make it harder for expert, instead of charting it more actual music playing wise if you know what i mean.

[Moo Cow]

I noticed it a lot while playing STP on GH : A. They had you jump back and forth from the green to the orange button A LOT on expert. it seemed they were just making the button pushes difficult to hit in order to make it harder for expert, instead of charting it more actual music playing wise if you know what i mean.

I'll agree with that. The charting on some songs was terrible - but many of the songs were still fun enough - especially One. Favorite song a GH/RB game yet.

[85ftw]

Says you. Unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't the world.

Like I said - it's ****ing stupid that people bash on GH so much. I would guess that if Harmonix had created the same game you'd all be on your knees kissing their asses and saying how great it is.

It's quite transparent that the hostility is based mostly on the fact that the company shifted out and another one was put in place. Had Harmonix made it as they had the other 3, I guarantee you'd be singing a different tune.

Quite frankly, it's pathetic.

Lets think for two seconds your on the Rock Band forums, not guitar hero forums. Secondly Guitar Hero will never be better than Rock Band because its hard to make something better when the people who invented the concept and developed the series are still around. Rock Band is just a better designed and executed game, Guitar Hero 2 was great so was 1, 3 was ok it was fun playing through once. See unlike Guitar Hero, Rock Band is a game you can play over and over again and enjoy it at the same level from the first time you played it I mean hitting like 103024032432 notes is fun but hitting more realistic notes and the amount is closer just makes you get into the game that much more. If your going to keep asking questions on why we don't like Rock Band it is because first off its the Rock Band forums secondly most of the owners of Rock Band have guitar hero 1 or 2 or 3 or 80's and they didn't like the way the series was going and switched over to Rock Band so, if you want to get sympathy points go post on anything forum..

[RockBandRocker]

Harmonix created Guitar Hero 3? Funny, I don't see them on the developer list.

Re-Read my post and then reply again.

Your post was talking about GH on the whole (not just GH3).

If you had only mentioned GH3, I would have responded appropriatly. However, you just said GH, indicating you were talking about the GH franchise as a whole.

I'll delete my post, but make yourself clearer next time.

[Xenoburst]

"Now, let's have a look at the sales chart. When you took over this account, Frog, Conquistador was a brand leader. Here you introduced your first campaign, 'Conquistador Coffee brings a new meaning to the word vomit'. Here you made your special introductory offer of a free dead dog with every jar, and this followed your second campaign 'the tingling fresh coffee which brings you exciting new cholera, mange, dropsy, the clap, hard pad and athlete's head. From the House of Conquistador'. Why, Frog?"

"Well, people know the name, sir."


Is it poor form to use a Monty Python sketch to make a point? Maybe so, but one so rarely gets the opportunity...

Since no one has said this yet...

There is ALWAYS room for more Monty Python.

Always.

[NegativeCreep]

I'll agree with that. The charting on some songs was terrible - but many of the songs were still fun enough - especially One. Favorite song a GH/RB game yet.

the ugly singer from gh makes me feel sick. My brother rented GH: A a week ago and it was a waste of $7 and my time. The ugly graphics/ animations, the boringest setlist ever that made no sense, and other things that make GH annoying like flat music drowned out by stupid sound effects like the annoying thunder noises from star powers and stupid clanking from missing a note