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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Yeah, why the fuck don't we have a modern interpretation or a spiritual successor? (Please, no remastering.) I assume the answer is money, but I'm still disappointed.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think the franchise just lost it's novelty value. There wasn't really anywhere to take it that could expand the experience in a meaningful way. I remember loving the GH games and playing the shit out if them for years, but I also remember them going stale and boring because it was always just more of the same simple game mechanic with a new background track.

The rosy red glasses of nostalgia is making us biased.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. The game came with a bulky peripheral which locked in a lot of gameplay. It also didn't help that arcades were pretty dead at the time of the Great Recession.

I feel like the genre would have had more legs if it started as an arcade game in the 90's.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I hate how right you are. I guess what I'm really looking for is a way to recreate that magic, but an accessible shot of nostalgia every now and then would do just fine. I guess I'll look into clone hero and see.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Microsoft owns Guitar Hero

Harmonix owns Rock Band. And Epic Games owns Harmonix. Fortnite Festival is (unfortunately) the spiritual successor you mentioned, except you gotta buy every song because of course. (Free players have 5 tracks they get to do for free but if you want a decent library you gotta start buying em from the shop)

Clone Hero is the alternative

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Clone hero and custom songs is all you need.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

Frets on Fire also exists

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Any microphone support for vocals?

[–] IntegrationLabGod@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think there is for YARG which is to Rock Band what Clone Hero is to Guitar Hero.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not natively but there evidently are plugins or other apps that add it.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! Gonna have to check it out, then! Thanks for the tip 🫶

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 2 weeks ago

Beat Saber and Moonrider kind of filled that niche for me.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

Rock Band 4 is on Xbox One, can be played on the Series S/X. I think there’s some kind of controller adapter that’s hard to find these days, though.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

15 minute YouTube video trying an explanation: Rock Band: How a Genre Died in 5 Years by ExtraCredits