Guitar Hero 4 – Preview

 

According to the new Game Informer article, the successor of Guitar Hero 3 will include:

- Create a song. Although these exclude vocals due to storage and possible copyright issues.
- You’ll be able to name your song as well as create album art. After you’ve done all that you can upload it to GH Tunes where anyone can download it.
- You’ll be limited to 5 songs at first. But depending on the ratings you get you’ll possibly be able to upload 10 or more.
- The song sharing mode will be in the Wii and PS2 versions also, but GI says it’s unlikely that it’ll be as robust as the PS3 and 360 versions.
- Drums, bass, vocals guitar
- Create a rocker
- Create a guitar and drums
- All songs will be master tracks
- They don’t want to discuss specifics on track listing out of fear of being scooped by the competition. However they confirmed 4 bands: Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime.
- A new guitar designed by Red Octane that includes a new input mechanic that’ll “impact the way you play GH in the future”.
- GI saw see through notes while playing that Neversoft said was the new input mechanic and that they were trying to patent.

Whoa, I didn’t expect a create-a-song option. The instruments were expected but all master tracks? That’s impressive.

Theres alot of rumours surrounding Guitar Hero 4 … and as usual alot revolve around the song list, with many people saying that the makers are planning on adding song from heavier bands with great guitars such as Dragonforce, Children of Bodom, Slayer etc… but the one thing that will put them off this is the vocal lines, if a person can actually sing as well as Z.P.Threat of Dragonforce, or Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom… why exactly aren’t they in a band touring the world making millions.

This has already been proven in Rock Band … the songs become a little bit more limited with the addition of vocals into the mix as before hand, you could have songs like Slayers, Raining Blood, and the likes, because you didn’t need someone to hit vocals like that, then you get to Rock Band, and none of the original tracks have that rawr factor. But then, thanks to the wonders of downloadable content, your able to download heavier songs, and I suppose that makes it better, it just also means that you need a few throat lozenges at your side for when you’re done with the songs.

I’m hoping that the create your own setup is extended a bit further then on Rock Band, I mean … that was good and for first time we could have a guy looking like ourselves (if you have hair like one of the presets etc…) but why don’t they put in that extra bit of work on it and push it to be more like an Oblivion or WWE create your own character setup, yea…alot of options, but god it was worth it.

I seriously can’t wait for Guitar Hero 4, being one of these guys whose currently bought every one out, and preordered Rock Band the second I was able to, I love these music games and now with Guitar Hero 4’s create your own song, OMFG. Its gonna be EPIC

(Please note – the bulk of this preview came from the May 12th post on ButtonBasher)