guitar players : what is your opinion of "guitar hero"

Lost_Clay
Lost_Clay Posts: 1,085
edited November 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
me'self i think it's kind of lame, i almost instantly want to scream at kids to go out and buy a cheap 30 dollar acoustic instead, on the flipside i've never tried it, but seen the set-up, looks kind of fischer price-ish

am i alone?
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Lost_Clay wrote:
    me'self i think it's kind of lame, i almost instantly want to scream at kids to go out and buy a cheap 30 dollar acoustic instead, on the flipside i've never tried it, but seen the set-up, looks kind of fischer price-ish

    am i alone?
    Meh, it's a blast to play.

    I'm terrible at it, but I was rockin' 'Bulls On Parade' pretty hard on the weekend haha.
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  • Guitarhero27
    Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    1. They freakin' stole my name.
    2. I always end up picking up my guitar when everyone else is playing
    3. #2 annoys everyone else
    4. #3 annoys me
    5. I don't like Guitar Hero
    6. I like me.
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  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    idk, all of my friends talk about it and it gets kinda annoying. but then again i hate all videogames and get annoyed when they talk about any kind of things you could actually do in real life with practice anyway
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    Most guitar players have a very elitist viewpoint towards the Guitar Hero games. It's a shame too. The Guitar Hero games are just that... GAMES. It's like saying racing games are lame because you're not out on the street racing a real car. It's just meant to be fun. And it sure as hell is fun.
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  • rigneyclan
    rigneyclan Posts: 289
    I'm a guitarist and I love Guitar Hero. I don't get why a lot of other guitar players don't like it.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    I play guitar and I like Guitar Hero.

    Granted I suck at Guitar Hero and am actually much better at the real thing...
    Weird!
  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    it's cool for like 20 minutes but then just makes me want to play reall guitar..or bass in my case
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Pile of wank. Peter Green is probably the second greatest guitar player of all time, and he only plays one note every ten years. But that note means something.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    it's cool for like 20 minutes but then just makes me want to play reall guitar..or bass in my case

    Yeah, it does get old quick!
    After a few songs I get bored with it and in fact I only ever "want" to play it when I'm around a bunch of people and I'm good and drunk.
  • Jooooosh
    Jooooosh Posts: 74
    I'm not into video games so I can't say I really like or dislike it. All my friends enjoy playing and it gets boring to watch, though.

    I do, however, hate it when people take pride in being remotely proficient at that thing -- you should actually work for bragging rights, playing freebird on expert is not an accomplishment.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    i feel like i have just entered the scary door....

    it's a game. no different to a racing game, a shooting game or any sort of game. some people like games, some people don't. personally, i love it, much fun can be had with your friends playing it. if i wanna play my guitar i do it. if i wanna play guitar hero, i do it. the two are not intertwined for me.
  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Well, I've been playing guitar for what, more than 40 years? I don't have the game but my ten year old neighbor has guitar hero and whooped my ass! :D
    It was fun for a bit and good for some laughs, but it wore off for me pretty quick.
    It IS funny how some purists say, oh, well, it's not like the real thing! Neither is the game Asteroids! That was my favorite. Haha,,, I don't know anybody that really ever went to space in a little triangle and shot real asteroids. :)
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    1. They freakin' stole my name.
    2. I always end up picking up my guitar when everyone else is playing
    3. #2 annoys everyone else
    4. #3 annoys me
    5. I don't like Guitar Hero
    6. I like me.
    I agree with you...it's freakin' annoying. The few times I play, I end up wanting to play the ACTUAL song and instead of pressing buttons, I slide up the plastic fretboard.
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  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 108
    DOSW wrote:
    Most guitar players have a very elitist viewpoint towards the Guitar Hero games. It's a shame too. The Guitar Hero games are just that... GAMES. It's like saying racing games are lame because you're not out on the street racing a real car. It's just meant to be fun. And it sure as hell is fun.
    Absolutely, the elitist anti guitar hero attitude stinks. As you said it's a game, it has five coloured buttons and a strum bar, it's a game not the real thing nor is it trying to be.

    It's a hell of a lot of fun but it can be frustrating when you are struggling on a section especially when you can actually play it on guitar. :)

    Don't get upset about the game, it's silly to, just enjoy the game it's loads of fun. If you don't like it then fine but don't be snobby about it. Unless of course you extend your view to every other genre of games :)
  • Pearler
    Pearler Posts: 191
    yeh fun. gh is option 1 after christmas dinner is all over. option 2 is have a nap. I normally go for option 2.
  • Pearler
    Pearler Posts: 191
    does it matter if your not a guitar player ?

    im not a guitar player. sorry bout that.

    *snorts*
  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 108
    Pearler wrote:
    yeh fun. gh is option 1 after christmas dinner is all over. option 2 is have a nap. I normally go for option 2.
    After Christmas dinner option 2 is the only option :)
  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Hebejebe wrote:
    After Christmas dinner option 2 is the only option :)
    +1
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    Lost_Clay wrote:
    i almost instantly want to scream at kids to go out and buy a cheap 30 dollar acoustic instead

    That shows you missed the point of it. People don't buy guitar hero because they think real guitars are too hard to play, or because they actually want to play a real guitar. It's a game that doesnt represent any real ability that relates to guitar (although independence of fingers helps). Anyone with a decent sense of rythm and hand eye coordination can do it. It's like "Dance Dance Revolution" with your hands. Go to an arcade and you'll see a bunch of 15 year old white and asian kids playing DDR, not Britney's backup dancers.
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  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    I enjoy the hell out of the game.

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