Comments on: Beatles, Harmonix Collaborate on New Game; Let’s Hope it’s a Real Trip

By: slowburn :: Generative music from Eno

slowburn :: Generative music from Eno — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:47:15 +0000

[...] synergy news, Harmonix (makers of Rock Band) announced they will be doing an interactive Beatles game that will use Rock Band instruments to play Beatles songs, as well as have additional Beatles [...]

By: Dri

Dri — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:50:40 +0000

How excellent does this look? I really liked the Love release, though i didnt get to see the show or any footage of it. I think that’s a comfort that any Beatles project is still in good hands, so I’m definitely looking out for this!

Whatever you do, no matter how much you love the game, dont send Ringo any fan-mail….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqC0hJZNCfA

By: Momo the Monster

Momo the Monster — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:27:34 +0000

Ooh - got a teaser email from RobotKid. This must be the project he was hinting at. How exciting!

By: dj professor ben

dj professor ben — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:33:21 +0000

re "PS â€” I want to play as George.": Now you can even learn to play his "secret chord"!

By: Brianna

Brianna — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:20:58 +0000

@Justin I love Rock Band too…my husband and I own RB and RB2 as well as every DLC out there (that’s a lot of investment), but as a huge Beatles fan (my son’s name is Jude), I think Rock Band would have limited just how intensely Beatley the experience could be. I think it will be done better than RB. (RB2 isn’t that vast of an improvement on RB1. Sure they fixed some f-ups from RB1 but there was so much room for adding new venues etc. Was more a showcase in laziness than showmanship. But they had to get it out there as quickly as possible I suppose.) Beatles Guitar Hero would’ve been an utter waste unless it was done World Tour style, but I still have more faith in Rock Band creators than GH creators. I sincerely can’t wait.
-Brianna (Gamertag: Beatle Kitten)

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:57 +0000

@Peter: well, more like expectations will be set *really* high (speaking of Spore) … guess I didn’t help. But, look, if it’s not the Greatest Game Ever, could it be a Worthy Trip? That’s what I’m asking. :)

@Justin: Do we really need the Beatles in Rock Band? I mean, Rock Band is more about a different era in rock to me. Beatles covers just seem out of place. And the Beatles deserve more than an add-on pack, somehow, anyway — because those expectations are set so high, and rightfully so.

Yes, the visuals in Rock Band are fantastic. But that makes me all the more interested to see some other visual directions, given how incredible FreQuency and Amplitude look on *last-generation* hardware (still more interesting than a lot of current-gen stuff today)!

By: Justin-Chicago

Justin-Chicago — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0000

as a big fan of the rockbad franchise I can’t help but be a little disappointed by them not licensing the beatles for rockband directly…i don’t want another game to play music in…200+ tracks and adding great music all the time-that’s why rockband rocks so hard. In terms of the visuals, while rockband is not a virtual acid trip (i’ll take one ticket please when that plane departs) the visual aspects of the game are actually pretty awseome. The character/music synchronization (lip synching, guitar and drum animations) are really amazing…what rockband attempts to do is recreate the spectical and theater of a live rock show and I say they do a helluva job.
-note- I am too busy to buy RB2 but I imagine they have improved on their excellent presentation layer.

By: peter swimm

peter swimm — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:57:50 +0000

I bet its gonna be overrated ;)