New Guitar Hero announced; it's shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYIkYh-yec

>Two rows of three buttons
>First-person only
>Everything is live action
ACTIVISION: FUCKING SHIT UP IN INNOVATIVE WAYS




Confirmed artists:
American Authors
Carrie Underwood
Ed Sheeran
Fall Out Boy
Gary Clark, Jr.
Green Day
My Chemical Romance
Of Monsters and Men
Pierce the Veil
Skrillex
The Black Keys
The Blitz Kids
The Killers
The Lumineers
The Rolling Stones
The War on Drugs

By my count:
5.5 legitimate artists
3.5 flash-in-the-pan bullshit
6 "literally who"s
1 stupid bitch

Confirmed songs:
American Authors/"Best Day of My Life"
literally what

Of Monsters and Men/"Little Talks"
I can't STAND the girl's voice on this song. Can't STAND it.

The Black Keys/"Gold on the Ceiling"
One of the better songs the band did after selling out, I suppose. Pretty boring, though.

i only count 3 literally whos, but basically all of them are flash in the pans

this is pandering at its finest and I doubt it will sell well.

Really? There are six names there I have never heard before in my life.

I'm kind of worried about The Rolling Stones. If history repeats itself, Harmonix will be completely unable to get anything from them, and not-Neversoft will completely waste their ability to actually use the band's music, by not doing that.

The three I don't recognize are American Authors, Gary Clark Jr., and The Blitz Kids. All else I've either heard of, or I know that one song they have.

At this point I've lost track of which rolling stones songs have been in either game, but I can't imagine there's very much good stuff remaining. Unless they intend this to be a complete reboot and they go after songs that have already been in the game.

My biggest worry is, based on the current setlist, they're really after the modern music market (aka people that have probably never actually played guitar hero before). A vast majority of these bands have only been around/widely recognized since the late 2000s, and half the fun of rhythm games is discovering new music.

I agree. Green Day and The Rolling Stones are really the only post-2000 artists there, and they'll probably use a song from Uno/Dos/Tre, so Green Day's out.

I also wouldn't put it past them to reuse old songs, but even if they don't, The Rolling Stones still have enough good songs that haven't been used. A quick Google shows that they've done the following:

Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
Paint it Black
Sympathy for the Devil
Stray Cat Blues
Honky Tonk Woman
You Gotta Move
I'm Free
Satisfaction
Prodigal Son
Under My Thumb

Kind of a sub-par selection, to be honest.



As a note, the Fall Out Boy song is My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark, which is fine by me. The only decent song from the last two albums.

Confirmed tracks that are set to appear in the game are:

Alter Bridge - "Cry of Achilles"
American Authors - "Best Day of My Life"
Band of Skulls - "Asleep at the Wheel"
Biffy Clyro - "Sounds Like Balloons"
Blitz Kids - "Sometimes"
Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"
Ed Sheeran - "Sing"
Fall Out Boy- "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark"
Gary Clark Jr. - "Don't Owe You a Thang"[sic]
Green Day - "Oh Love"
Jake Bugg - "What Doesn't Kill You"
Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks"
The War on Drugs - "Under The Pressure"

Looks like a 0/10 so far.

i cannot control my vomiting

Oh shit, we've got, like, half the soundtrack now.

alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (literally who)
Alter Bridge - "Cry of Achilles" (bad band)
American Authors - "Best Day of My Life" (literally who)
Band of Skulls - "Asleep at the Wheel" (literally who to everyone but me; not one of their memorable songs)
Biffy Clyro - "Sounds Like Balloons"
The Black Keys - “Gold on the Ceiling” (boring song from the post-sellout albums)
Black Veil Brides - "In the End"
Blitz Kids - "Sometimes" (literally who)
Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats" (0/10 garbage see me after class)
Ed Sheeran - "Sing"
Fall Out Boy - “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" (only decent song from that album)
Gary Clark Jr. - "Don't Owe You a Thang"[sic] (literally who)
The Gaslight Anthem - “45” (literally who)
Green Day - "Nuclear Family" (horrible)
Green Day - “Oh Love” (decent enough i suppose)
Jake Bugg - "What Doesn't Kill You (literally who)
Judas Priest - "Breaking the Law" (SHIT)
The Killers - “When You Were Young” (do you remember GH3?! i do)
The Lumineers - “Ho Hey” (literally who)
My Chemical Romance - “Na Na Na Na” (the best song from danger days, even if that isn't much of a compliment)
Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks" (SHIT)
Pantera - "Cowboys From Hell" (do you remember GH1?! i do)
Pierce The Veil - “King for a Day” (literally who)
The Police - “Message In A Bottle” (do you remember GH2?! i do)
The Pretty Reckless - "Going to Hell" (literally who)
Rage Against the Machine - "Guerrilla Radio" (10/10 great choice)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground” (do you remember GH1?! i do)
The Rolling Stones - "Paint it Black" (do you remember GH3?! i do)
Skrillex - "Bangarang" (more like not-that-goodex)
Sleigh Bells - "Bitter Rivals" (literally who)
System of a Down - "Chop Suey!" (FATHER FATHER FATHER FATHER)
The War on Drugs - "Under The Pressure" (literally who)

i cannot control my vomiting [2]

Agreed on Guerrilla Radio though, always been my fave RATM song

LOL BLACK VEIL BRIDES WHAT THE FUCK

And pierce the veil too?

THIS IS A GAME FOR EDGY EMO KIDS FUCK

Honestly... Ho Hey is just about the only song I actually want to play.

Somehow MORE new songs:

Bring Me the Horizon - "Shadow Moses" (shit band)
Broken Bells - "Leave It Alone" (literally who)
Deftones - "Diamond Eyes" (shit band)
Killswitch Engage - "In Due Time" (shit band)
Marilyn Manson - "Disposable Teens" (shit guy)
Marmozets - "Move Shake Hide" (literally who)
Mastodon - "High Road" (never heard it but i'll give it a pass)
Of Mice & Men - "Bones Exposed" (literally who)
Royal Blood - "Little Monster" (literally who)
Trivium - "Strife" (never heard it but i'll give it a pass)
Vista Chino - "Sweet Remain" (literally who)

10/10 setlist

Plus they've confirmed UNKNOWN songs from:

Avicii (literally who)
Madden Brothers (FOOTBALLLLLLLL)
Megadeth (actually great)
Neon Trees (pretty good)
Paramore (okay)
Skaters (literally who)
State Champs (literally who)
Vampire Weekend (pretty good)
Weezer (actually great)

source: wikipedia
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-12-guitar-hero-live-reveals-24-songs
http://theherofeed.com/guitar-hero-live-tracklist/

how do you know who Neon Trees are but not Avicii

i'm pretty sure purple used to spam levels just before xat ended, not to mention they've made two of the more famous songs of the past 5 years

in fact, if you just type an "a" into youtube, the first suggestion is "avicii levels" (at least for me)

For me, it's Ariana Grande.
Av gets me Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.
But, yes, I believe I have heard both Levels and Wake Me Up before. I didn't know the name of the artist. The name Avicii sounded familiar, but I just chalked it up to hearing the same Spotify ads for months on end.

I'll rescind my "literally who" and change it to "flash-in-the-pan bullshit".

JESUS CHRIST THEY ARE NOT STOPPING WITH THIS SHIT

Halestorm - "Love Bites (So Do I)" (literally who)
Tenacious D - "Tribute" (poor choice)
Beartooth - "I Have A Problem" (literally who)
Pearl Jam - "Mind Your Manners" (GREAT choice)
Rise Against - "Tragedy + Time" (never heard it, but i'll give it a pass)
Soundgarden - "Been Away Too Long" (decent choice)
Anthrax - "Got The Time" (never heard it, but i'll give it a pass)
Architects - "Gravedigger" (literally who)
Chevelle - "The Clincher" (bad)
A Day To Remember - "Right Back At It Again" (certainly not a BAND to remember)

They've announced TEN MORE TRACKS
Queen -- "Tie Your Mother Down" (sweet)
Alice In Chains -- "Stone" (the devil put dinosaurs here was absolute shit)
Bullet For My Valentine -- "Temper Temper" (fine whatever)
Deap Vally[sic] -- "Lies" (LITERALLY who)
Wolfmother -- "Sundial" (fine whatever)
Weezer -- "Buddy Holly" (all right)
Angus & Julia Stone -- "A Heartbreak" (literally who)
Catfish and the Bottlemen -- "Kathleen" (literally who)
Neon Trees -- "Everybody Talks" (fine whatever)
New Politics -- "Harlem" (literally who)


I think both Activision and Harmonix are going about this wrong.
While Activision are just going balls-deep and blowing their entire load right away, Harmonix are revealing songs at a snail's pace. Ideally, we'd have 15-20 songs from each, rather than FIFTY-SEVEN from GHLive and fucking six from RB4.

catfish and the bottlemen are good


Deap Vally are actually good, but kind of bummed by the choice of Wolfmother song and they should have held out to get one of Bullet's new songs. Maybe Rock Band got that, or maybe it'll be DLC later. who knows.

They clearly picked that Soundgarden song as a way of saying "hey, WE'VE been away too long! Hilarious!". It's not funny.

I guess they chose Tribute for Tenacious D as an easy one to throw on trailers and the like if they get bored of the Black Keys being their main song. It's also a guaranteed attention-grabber if they do a soundtrack CD like before. The Halestorm song is a good choice, honestly shocked by how good the Pearl Jam choice is and it's great to see Beartooth in a game. I feel like GH guys have just been trawling british rock/metal stations lately to flesh their setlist out.

Marmozets song choice is obvious but I wish it had been Particle. Shit, there is a LOT of British rock in this. I guess Guitar Hero sold really well here before so they're tapping into that from the outset? Royal Blood as well, Blitz Kids... Fuck. If they'd taken this approach back on World Tour maybe the series wouldn't have gone to shit.

There's a lot of good songs here. I'm tempted. But GH's history is a big setback for me and I need convincing that their approach to DLC will be better than before, especially when Rock Band will almost certainly be all guns blazing from the start. That said, if I get a PS4 before an X1, Rock Band's DLC export thing might end up being a big factor for me. I want to get Rock Band 4 for Xbox One as that's the only way I can bring my old DLC forward. So if I get a PS4, I might end up picking Guitar Hero up first.

Was it Rock Band 2 that revealed their full tracklist at E3 that one time? Or was that Beatles Rock Band?

That was Rock Band 2. Rock Band 3 also got its entire setlist revealed at E3 or another convention, but that one was sort of unintentional.

All right, you're not going to believe me, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT
MORE
FUCKING
SONGS
Bringing the total to
SEVENTY
THREE
TRACKS

“Addicted to Pain” — Alter Bridge (shit band)
“The Lazy Song” — Bruno Mars (fine whatever)
“American Idiot” — Green Day (fine whatever)
“Lust for Life” — Iggy Pop (shit and also in gh:snae)
“Thunder Kiss ‘65” — White Zombie (in gh1)
“Under Cover of Darkness” — The Strokes (legitimately great)
“Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” — Jet (legitimately good)
“Freak on a Leash” — Korn (puking noises)
“Thunder on the Mountain” — Bob Dylan (never heard it)
“Pedestrian at Best” — Courtney Barnett (literally who)
“Bulls on Parade” — Rage Against the Machine (guitar hero iii: legends of rock)
“Feels So Close” — Calvin Harris (literally who)
“Come With Me Now “ — KONGOS (literally who)
“Rimbaud Eyes” — Dum Dum Girls (literally who)
“I Gotsta Get Paid” — ZZ Top (never heard of it)
“Another is Waiting” — The Avett Brothers (literally who)
“Sounds Like Balloons” — Biffy Clyro (r.i.p. stevman)

http://m.ign.com/videos/2015/06/16/guitar-hero-live-riffing-on-alter-bridges-addicted-to-pain
https://blog.activision.com/community/games-blog/guitar-hero/blog/2015/06/16/guitar-hero-live-launching-october-20-in-north-america-20-new-tracks-announced

Hm, I thought there was already an Alter Bridge song announced. 

That KONGOS song was on a bunch of adverts a while back, and they're another rad band who I'd genuinely never have expected to be in this game. Nice to see Jet in the game and I can see why they chose American Idiot even if I do wish they'd picked a better Green Day song.

Happy with White Zombie and the Strokes, happy with the RATM choice I guess, generally surprised at how much I'm digging this tracklist, even with stuff like Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Avicii and Skrillex.

Hell, I'm almost tempted to give them a bonus mark for picking a Bruno Mars song that isn't Uptown Funk. 



Guitar Hero is going for the weirdest cross-section of music fans and it could backfire spectacularly from a sales perspective but personally I'm digging it right now.


EDIT: okay yeah the guitar hero website says Cry of Achilles and doesn't mention Addicted to Pain at all, weird.

They're doubling up on a few artists, like Alter Bridge, RATM, and Green Day (Green Day have three songs already).

Maybe some are extra for the sake of GHTV?

Replacement for Star Power announced; it's shit

http://www.trueachievements.com/n20855/hero-powers-come-to-guitar-hero-live.htm

Sounds like the powerups of a mobile game.

Not terrible, but not Guitar Hero. Will take some adjusting to.

hey guess what

eighty-six tracks now
this has to be the full setlist right

One Republic- "Counting Stars" (legitimately thought this was a coldplay song)
Paramore - "Now" (fine)
The Mowgli is- "San Francisco" (literally who)
Cypress Hill ft. Tom Morello - "Rise Up" (fine)
Asking Alexandria - "The Final Episode" (literally who)
The Vines - "Metal Zone" (might as well be a literally who)
Wolf Alice - "Moaning Lisa Smile" (literally who)
Disturbed - "Down With the Sickness" (fine)
TV On The Radio - "Lazerray" (literally who)
Foster the People - "Coming of Age" (anything aside from pumped up kicks is literally who territory)

San Fransisco by The Mowgli's is actually one of my all time favorite songs. You tempt me Guitar Hero...