The game is not as good as Rock Band, but the instruments are way better then Rock Band, but it is still a fun game.
Instruments:
Pro
-Drums Feel Awesome ( They are way better and more responsive and stronger then the Rock Band Set.)
-Midi input so smart Rock band should have did this to begin with
-Very quiet I love how quiet it is very high quality they really feel like my Roland pads.
Con
-The Velocity thing doesn't really work. I believe it making a issue with the red button for people, because if you throw in rock band in my case works perfect and that goes for every button.
-The Pedal Sucks.
Pro
- The Guitar Feels really solid also prefer this over the Rock Band one, The Touch section is really fun and way easier to use then the Rock Band Button Frets.
Con
- The strum bar sucks to me I don't know what they are thinking, I prefer the Les Paul.
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The Game Its Self:
In A way this is all con, but I'll add some pro
Pro
-The Game is called Guitar Hero.
-The Set List are fun to play, Charts are just fun which is nice.
-Story/Script
-Online Play 4 VS 4
- The New Guitar Part things I have no idea what to call them are really cool addition. Like new chords they added and touch spots.
-The Drum long notes like the guitar is a nice little addition.
Con
-The Audio rate doesn't sound like its of a high quality.
-The Colors aren't as bright as Rock Band, They don't feel lively
-HMX doesn't make it.
-Menus seem messy and aren't easy to navigate
-When you miss a notes I really don't know I am missing the note, the new meter for you combo is in a bad place they should have left it the same GH3 one.
Neutral
-The Graphics, Animation they are just fine. I do like when you hit a symbol your drummer will repeat no matter what, but truth in these games I don't care all that much about graphics.
-Some of the animations are cool
-I like the venues(Especially the NYC one in Time Square)
Wrap up
-It really feels like they aren't going to continue the way RB is with Download content, Rb Feels Like a platform where this feels like a sequel will come out and my content wont transfer if I buy songs for that reason I don't know what my chances are of downloading songs.
-Rock Band Just feels like they put heart into the game and not money as much, they take risk I am not sure how to explain this exactly. HMX Gameplay seems more solid from the notes to how they have the crowd sing with you it feels like home and the true foundation. Where Neversoft seems really like the Call of Duty at world at war and HMX is COD4 they build the foundation and other team uses there engine to copy, but just not quite as good.
So I agree with ign how they gave it a 7.8 I would have gave it an 8 though and RB a 9. I think if HMX was still with Red Octane we would have a perfect 10 game. That split and now with these new instruments prove they should have never split up who ever decided how that worked is crazy.Also one last thing I think GH can fix a lot of issues with a patch for even a better experience with the game. Overall I still love the game and any music game is fun to me I just to switch between rockband and GH to play a song I want. If I was to get one I wouldn't I would get Rock Band Standalone wait for some GH instruments.
I know there is probably mistakes in here and people don't agree probably, but this my opinion there is more issues I am sure of people have and I might have also, but I forgot.