am i the only one that dislikes the RB and GH games?

i see alot of people buying these games, but for some reason i just cant really enjoy them :( i try to and i dont think i suck too bad at them its just i dont think they deserve the credit they get. To me they are just dance mats but for your fingers

that and i hate having cheep bits of plastic all over

i kinda agree. why not get a real guitar and jam with some friends...?XB360_John

I have a real guitar. I learned something from the experience. I suck at real guitars.

That is a weak argument though. I like playing FPS games, but I am not about to go out and join the military to do it for real...

[QUOTE="XB360_John"]i kinda agree. why not get a real guitar and jam with some friends...?SpruceCaboose

I have a real guitar. I learned something from the experience. I suck at real guitars.

That is a weak argument though. I like playing FPS games, but I am not about to go out and join the military to do it for real...

that is quite an weak/ignorant statement itself really, you know comparing risking your life to socializing with friends :roll:

that is quite an weak/ignorant statement itself really, you know comparing risking your life to socializing with friends :roll:

XB360_John

Ok. I like playing Mario games. I am not going to go out and start jumping around. Racing games and real life racing, etc.

We play games as an escape from reality, where as in many cases we could just do the real thing. But that defeats the purpose of playing the games.

agreed, Im sure there great fun, but there the same price as games which involve a lot more than pushing buttons

i see alot of people buying these games, but for some reason i just cant really enjoy them :( i try to and i dont think i suck too bad at them its just i dont think they deserve the credit they get. To me they are just dance mats but for your fingers

that and i hate having cheep bits of plastic all over

o0_L0st_B0y_0o

Please do not compare DDR to RB or GH...DDR is much harder and physically enduring than either

I have only the one game, Guitar Hero 3, and playing it at anything higher than medium difficulty always ends up with me sitting down at the Piano. For the higher difficulties, you actually have to memorize the songs, so why not do it on a real instrument, it's not that much harder.Tylendal

What you don't have to memorize songs.. I play at expert and I can beat almost all songs playing them the first time.

DDR, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Wii Music etc. I don't even call those things games.Bigboi500

what would you call them?

I'm on a guitar forum. It's quite amusing how many people hate them there.xSuperBlobx

A portion of a Rolling Stone interview with Slash...

RS: Has the huge success of Guitar Hero boosted your rep even further?

Slash: Yeah, but the flip-side of that is I met this kid who came up to me and was blown away by the fact I was the guy in the Guitar Hero game, and he kept going on about that. Ten minutes later he goes, "Do you play real guitar?"

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]DDR, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Wii Music etc. I don't even call those things games.HarlockJC

what would you call them?

At first I loved to play those...

Now I am starting to hate them...

[QUOTE="XB360_John"]i kinda agree. why not get a real guitar and jam with some friends...?SpruceCaboose

I have a real guitar. I learned something from the experience. I suck at real guitars.

That is a weak argument though. I like playing FPS games, but I am not about to go out and join the military to do it for real...

Those aren't the same. It would be a better comparison to say you would aren't about to buy a gun and go to a shooting range.

Not my cup of tea either. I just watch other people play.

nope i dont play those kinds of games eitherjohnnyblazed88

[QUOTE="XB360_John"]

that is quite an weak/ignorant statement itself really, you know comparing risking your life to socializing with friends :roll:

SpruceCaboose

Ok. I like playing Mario games. I am not going to go out and start jumping around. Racing games and real life racing, etc.

We play games as an escape from reality, where as in many cases we could just do the real thing. But that defeats the purpose of playing the games.

-_-' your missing my point though, that playing the real thing is easy and accessable....and FUN. going by your examples i can't see myself enjoying jumping around as much as i would in a mario game, nor is it accessable for me to respawn in WW2 time after time.

Also it doent matter if you're not great at playing the guitar, hell neither am i. but i can still enjoy it more that playing some scripted songs by hitting some plastic buttons.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="XB360_John"]

that is quite an weak/ignorant statement itself really, you know comparing risking your life to socializing with friends :roll:

XB360_John

Ok. I like playing Mario games. I am not going to go out and start jumping around. Racing games and real life racing, etc.

We play games as an escape from reality, where as in many cases we could just do the real thing. But that defeats the purpose of playing the games.

-_-' your missing my point though, that playing the real thing is easy and accessable....and FUN. going by your examples i can't see myself enjoying jumping around as much as i would in a mario game, nor is it accessable for me to respawn in WW2 time after time.

Also it doent matter if you're not great at playing the guitar, hell neither am i. but i can still enjoy it more that playing some scripted songs by hitting some plastic buttons.

The real thing is easy to some. I find playing the guitar to be excruciatingly hard and not fun at all. Its all in how dexterous you are with your fingers.

Dont forget DDR too. Gimicky. I dont like themLOXO7

DDR has been out now for the last 15 years. I think it has moved past the gimmicky stage by now.

[QUOTE="XB360_John"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="XB360_John"]

that is quite an weak/ignorant statement itself really, you know comparing risking your life to socializing with friends :roll:

SpruceCaboose

Ok. I like playing Mario games. I am not going to go out and start jumping around. Racing games and real life racing, etc.

We play games as an escape from reality, where as in many cases we could just do the real thing. But that defeats the purpose of playing the games.

-_-' your missing my point though, that playing the real thing is easy and accessable....and FUN. going by your examples i can't see myself enjoying jumping around as much as i would in a mario game, nor is it accessable for me to respawn in WW2 time after time.

Also it doent matter if you're not great at playing the guitar, hell neither am i. but i can still enjoy it more that playing some scripted songs by hitting some plastic buttons.

The real thing is easy to some. I find playing the guitar to be excruciatingly hard and not fun at all. Its all in how dexterous you are with your fingers.

then get some friends who cant play too, i mean...have you heard some of the indie bands lately?

[QUOTE="LOXO7"]Dont forget DDR too. Gimicky. I dont like themHarlockJC

DDR has been out now for the last 15 years. I think it has moved past the gimmicky stage by now.

i like the cut of your jib harlockJC its reeeeeal nice

then get some friends who cant play too, i mean...have you heard some of the indie bands lately?

XB360_John

No. I avoid most indie bands, and most modern music in general, as I feel most modern music now has nothing to say anymore.

[QUOTE="XB360_John"]

then get some friends who cant play too, i mean...have you heard some of the indie bands lately?

SpruceCaboose

No. I avoid most indie bands, and most modern music in general, as I feel most modern music now has nothing to say anymore.

quite right, i was actually taking a dig at indie music with my previous comment.

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

[QUOTE="XB360_John"]i kinda agree. why not get a real guitar and jam with some friends...?Republican11

I have a real guitar. I learned something from the experience. I suck at real guitars.

That is a weak argument though. I like playing FPS games, but I am not about to go out and join the military to do it for real...

Those aren't the same. It would be a better comparison to say you would aren't about to buy a gun and go to a shooting range.

RB and GH rape the soul,creativity,artistic beauty out of music,i would rather much see kids picking up an instrument than play this game...much like how i see ipods as raping music.looking at a computer screen on your' mp3 player isnt the same as holding a 12" record in your hand and looking at the art layout.

but what do i know?.i'm a elitist snob that collects vinyl,and makes noise projects on a 4-track in my basement. )

i like them, but i would never buy one of them. there are not nearly enough songs to satisfy me. what they need to do is build a game where you put songs in and it creates in game button things for it.

I.E. audiosurf but in guitar hero style. that game i would buy, because i could play an endless amount of songs and never get bored playing the same songs over and over.

RB and GH rape the soul,creativity,artistic beauty out of music,i would rather much see kids picking up an instrument than play this game...much like how i see ipods as raping music.looking at a computer screen on your' mp3 player isnt the same as holding a 12" record in your hand and looking at the art layout.

but what do i know?.i'm a elitist snob that collects vinyl,and makes noise projects on a 4-track in my basement. )

Cocacolacowboy

i would say that's a bit extreme. some people are not good at real instruments, and this is a way to equalize it. would you rather have 3 year olds reading salvador dali and neil gaiman? not everyone is good at playing an instrument and you have to respect that.

and ipods ruining music? they have only made music more accessible to everyone.

i kinda agree. why not get a real guitar and jam with some friends...?XB360_John

i feel your pain brother. i hate those games with a passion.

ppl should try REAL music creation instead of that crap. i dont see whats so good about those games. wow you press the buttons that appear on screen.....big deal!

im sure there is more to it which is why ppl find it fun etc but for me.....meh