Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band

[Robot Commander Diamus]

If you havent checked it out there is going to be a GH 3 which is to be released in October.

And to add to that madness a whole new game similar to but add a few more elements is Rock Band which is like guitar hero but, you get a mic, drums, and a bass to play as twill be most awesome but expensive.  

[SUPERQUEERO]

I'm a huge guitar hero fan and I was not even aware of this! Thanks for the post, now I'm going to research this on google like teh nerd i am. whee  

[milkfarts]

Rock Band is made by Harmonix and Red Octane right? I might pick that up after GH3.  

[[-M!ntyFreshness-]]

i'm excited for rock band, i heard it's only for 360 though.
i'm getting GHIII when it comes out. ^3^

 

[Sheedo]

My GH craze died down quite some time ago, I don't have much interest for it, though I don't deny I'll probably play GH3, just not regularly.

Now, when it comes to Rock Band, I have one concern, the drums. Are you serious? A 5 set only? The pads alternating as cymbals too? Hell, I drum in real life a bit, and play Percussion Freaks on Expert Real (the hardest difficulty) and pass most songs in the game with an S grade. And PF uses a 4 set with cymbals. So if RB doesn't add anything to the mix, I'll be pretty disappointed. I'd settle for a double kick at least.

I consider myself a big simulation gamer. I play DDR, ITG, ParaParaDancing, Percussion Freaks, Stepmania, Guitar Hero, a little BeatMania and love Motorcycle and war simulations. I know the pick up and play factor is what makes games like GH and Rock Band become popular and sell, but the difficulty is what ultimately makes the game stick.