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muddi900
07-21-2008, 01:56 PM
From Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/jimi-hendrix-joins-guitar-hero-world-tour/)


Activision today (officially) scored a major player for Team Guitar Hero (take that Rock Band!), landing Jimi Hendrix, who will make his posthumous "video game debut" in Guitar Hero World Tour. Hendrix will feature as a playable character in the game, and two master tracks from the fire-casting rock star will ship on the game disc:

* "Purple Haze (Live)" (recorded in 1969 at the San Diego Sports Arena)
* "The Wind Cries Mary"



Excuse me, while I touch the sky.
Camel
07-21-2008, 02:23 PM
Kiss the sky? ;)

Or "this guy", if you prefer (http://www.kissthisguy.com/)...
Sandman
07-21-2008, 02:26 PM
Live music in a rhythm game? No thanks.
OmegaVader
07-21-2008, 02:26 PM
I love Rock Band and I love Guitar Hero 2, but I think they're going too far by actually putting Hendrix's image in the game.

I also hope they don't have exclusivity. I would hate for Hendrix's music to be limited to the inferior gameplay of post-GH2 games.
OmegaVader
07-21-2008, 02:36 PM
Live music in a rhythm game? No thanks.

Live music is fine. A few of the Who tracks released for Rock Band are live....Young Man Blues and My Generation in particular are great.

and some bands are simply better live. Grateful Dead, anyone? here's hoping. Hendrix's best albums are definitely his live ones; Band of Gyspys, for example.
torrefaction
07-21-2008, 02:36 PM
Did someone just say No Thanks to live Hendrix?

My hear burns with the hatred of a thousand suns.
MelbaToast
07-21-2008, 02:37 PM
I love Jimi Hendrix and really wish this was in Rock Band.
SilentScreams
07-21-2008, 02:38 PM
Kiss the sky? ;)

Or "this guy", if you prefer (http://www.kissthisguy.com/)...

Heh, "dick with a glove".
f1sh3r
07-21-2008, 02:41 PM
hendrix could go off on some crazy tangents live, so i'm guessing this is a tame(r) recording. good to see a real guitar hero in a game called guitar hero tho.
Sandman
07-21-2008, 02:44 PM
Did someone just say No Thanks to live Hendrix?

My hear burns with the hatred of a thousand suns.

Live music in a rhythm game just doesn't seem like it fits for some reason.
asimonk
07-21-2008, 02:47 PM
Live music in a rhythm game just doesn't seem like it fits for some reason.

Thank god I'm not the only one that thinks this.
MelbaToast
07-21-2008, 02:49 PM
Thank god I'm not the only one that thinks this.

You're a playing a guitar player, in a band, performing a live show. How does live music not fit?
SilentScreams
07-21-2008, 02:49 PM
Live music in a rhythm game just doesn't seem like it fits for some reason.

Got to agree with you on that. Live music is never the same as the studio version. I prefer live music, but in a rhythm game, having music that isn't perfectly in time doesn't seem right.
Mac
07-21-2008, 02:52 PM
Live music in a rhythm game? No thanks.

You've got to be shitting me.


Absolute proof that you can't please everybody.

Hendrix single handily sold me on this game.
Bone
07-21-2008, 03:10 PM
Did someone just say No Thanks to live Hendrix?

My hear burns with the hatred of a thousand suns.
No kidding. This signifies greatness coming to GH.
Bone
07-21-2008, 03:15 PM
Live music in a rhythm game just doesn't seem like it fits for some reason.
I don't understand this reasoning.

Is it because tempos can change during live playing? Even click-tracked studio songs incorporate some tempo shifts. Most good rock bands were recorded live in a studio anyway, to capture the live feel.

And Jimi's backing band was tighter than a metaphor about tight stuff. Musicianship ain't what it was back then.

And to me, GH and RB are Performance games, not rhythm games. They evoke the live feel of being in a band, so a live song actually fits even better than a studio one.
IrishWhiskey
07-21-2008, 03:16 PM
I'm confused: Wasn't Hendrix already in GHI with Spanish Castle Magic?

And yeah, I'm stoked for Hendrix, unfortunately I'm a bit more stoked for Rock Band than GHIII at the moment. Unless the instruments are cross compatible, there's no way I'm getting both.
IrishWhiskey
07-21-2008, 03:17 PM
Live music in a rhythm game just doesn't seem like it fits for some reason.Have you tried The Who pack? Because it works just fine there.
torrefaction
07-21-2008, 03:32 PM
I'm confused: Wasn't Hendrix already in GHI with Spanish Castle Magic?

And yeah, I'm stoked for Hendrix, unfortunately I'm a bit more stoked for Rock Band than GHIII at the moment. Unless the instruments are cross compatible, there's no way I'm getting both.

The instruments are cross compatible.
tombofsoldier
07-21-2008, 03:33 PM
I can imagine playing Star Spangled banner: you'd see the weirdest stuff scrolling by "Create oscillating feedback, green green blue ? ? ?, oh forget it"
Wackman3000
07-21-2008, 03:35 PM
Got to agree with you on that. Live music is never the same as the studio version.

You're right, its better. :)
torrefaction
07-21-2008, 03:36 PM
Also, source on compatibility:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168811
IrishWhiskey
07-21-2008, 03:52 PM
The instruments are cross compatible.So the Rock Band 1 and GHIII instruments work with GHIV? Excellent. Then I'll be picking up both discs as soon as they are out.
Teh Super King
07-21-2008, 04:25 PM
Wonder how the drums work from rock band with GHIV since they don't have both the cymbal and not only do you activate star power by hitting both cymbals last I heard, but there will only be 4 pads on the rb drums and 3 pads plus two cymbals so it'll be interesting to see how well the rb drums will work.
Bone
07-21-2008, 04:35 PM
I read in JAL's thread that GH4 will show one less drum pad in its patterns when RB2 drums are attached. Whether GH4 will recognize RB2's optional cymbals as unique remains to be seen.
Exodus
07-21-2008, 05:04 PM
Live music is awesome. Yes studio music does 'sound better' but some music is just better live. Can't you people even appreciate an acoustic performance?

Oh wait we need our studio equipment so we can have no talent hacks cover up for their lack of actual skill or talent.
TheFlyingOrc
07-21-2008, 06:00 PM
Whether or not they got Hendrix, the fact that Neversoft will do everything they can to make the songs simply difficult, not fun, underscores any number of songs.
bapenguin
07-21-2008, 06:54 PM
All Along the Watchtower please.
f1sh3r
07-21-2008, 07:24 PM
All Along the Watchtower please.

now THAT would be hot.
Exodus
07-21-2008, 07:43 PM
All Along the Watchtower please.

The only way I could agree more is if I showed up at your house with a case of beer and we drank it all in recognition that that would be a good fucking idea!
divinechaos
07-21-2008, 07:55 PM
Have you tried The Who pack? Because it works just fine there.

The main difference? Harmonix. They have amazing sound mixing abilities and they actually know how to chart notes to match the music. This is why GH: WT will fail.
Wellscha
07-21-2008, 10:07 PM
I want Voodoo child!
Rock Bandit
07-22-2008, 02:18 AM
Seeing how the instruments are compatible I'll be Gamefly'n this. Hopefully the charts hold up because it doesn't matter how big the artist is, if it's not fun to play then it's just a waste of a good license.
Earth Djinn
07-22-2008, 08:12 AM
Well, it seems Ill be getting both games.
spdiscus
07-22-2008, 10:02 AM
Compatibility: I've heard that GHIV supports RB instruments, but I haven't heard any confirmation that the opposite is true. Any links? My googling finger is broken.
Rock Bandit
07-22-2008, 10:51 AM
Compatibility: I've heard that GHIV supports RB instruments, but I haven't heard any confirmation that the opposite is true. Any links? My googling finger is broken.

Activision knows for sure their drums work with RB1 but without any hands on with RB2 can't give a 100% there. However since RB2 is a gussied up RB1 I'd put the possibility at 99.9999899%