Rocksmith, Ubisoft’s upcoming music instruction title, teaches you to play a real guitar. Part of that progress toward rock stardom is “Dynamic Difficulty,” which you’ll learn about in this video segment.
The music game genre isn’t just drowning in the RIAA’s profits–the lack of innovation is wrecking a potentially unique gaming segment.
An argument can be made that music games didn’t push the envelope in 2010 and I would not disagree. Still, Lego Rock Band dared to be slightly different by combing Harmonix’ familiar mechanics with TT Fusion’s whimsical aesthetic. Aimed at letting everyone from junior to grandpa get in on the virtual jam sessions, Lego Rock [...]
My biggest gripe against the rhythm game genre as a whole is the heavy reliance and focus of the guitar as the central gameplay element. Certainly, it would be insane for me to expect games /platforms entitled Guitar Hero and Rock Band to have a killer tuba peripheral and accompanying songs, but would a Tuba [...]
When Harmonix released Rock Band for iPhone earlier this month, many pundits deemed that Tapulous and its successful Tap Tap Revenge series was doomed to be crushed by the face of virtual music games. Even if that knee-jerk response happens to prove correct, Tapulous ain’t going out without tossing roundhouses; the company announced that Tap [...]
Lego’s push into the video game world has resulted in the creation of several fun, family-friendly titles that have deftly balanced lighthearted, comical gameplay and the quirky, colorful quality associated with the plastic bricks. Even the most diehard fans would confess that the games leaned a tad kidde in respect to challenge, but that changes [...]
Harmonix and MTV games have done a stellar job of torturing music-sim fans desperate to don mop-tops and skinny suits. After revealing snippets of the 45 on-disc songs at E3, the two companies have decided to toss us dogs a bone by revealing 15 tracks from The Beatles: Rock Band. The songs span the Fab [...]
Our buds over at Joystiq claim to have word from a reliable source that what you’ll see after the jump is the official track list of Activision’s upcoming Guitar Hero 5. The lineup certainly looks impressive with the like of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Gamma Ray”, and “All Along the Watchtower”, but I so want [...]
