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Sqrl on 21 June 2008
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I hope you guys actually read that article, it is 4 pages but its well worth it if you're even remotely considering the game (summary below for you lazy folks). They explain a lot of the new features in GH4 including the editor and they briefly skim over the mixer as well. If they can deliver on half the things they're talking about here they'll have themselves one hell of a good game.

Just to list what I can remember of the features:

 

  1. Create your own Characters
    • You can customize a few features or dig in deep and fully customize it.
    • Create your own tattoos to add to your characters as well
    • Tons of clothes to buy so you and your band can look like Rock Stars.
    • All Characters from GH 2 & 3 will be there and they're also adding more famous rockers to the lineup (no specifics yet).
  2. Create your own band
    • Form your own mega-band and create your own songs and albums
    • Create your own art for your albums
    • Write your own songs in note for note detail or mix together existing songs.
    • Can be comprised of online or offline friends (its unclear if you can mix them)
  3. Customize your own instruments
    • Guitars/Bass extremely customizable
    • Drums moderately customizable
    • Microphone slightly customizable
  4. Bass now has a new note, the "open" note, which is just strumming with no buttons held down.
  5. Drums are velocity sensitive - the harder you hit it, the louder it sounds
  6. Slide neck on the Guitar allows you to control the bass and drum lines in edit mode and in addition you can add quick commands to the whammy bar like a symbol crash
  7. Tilting the guitar changes the pitch of the note you're playing
  8. Star power button is repositioned so its much easier to hit without messing yourself up
  9. New difficulty level added - Beginner - its for folks who found easy a bit tough (don't laugh I know someone).
  10. Editor also includes an arpeggiator (sounds awesome)
  11. DLC from GH3 won't work because of the changes but you can DL songs from tens of thousands of other users and they will have a rating system to allow the cream to rise to the top.
  12. Full featured careers for every instrument as well as the multiplayer co-op for the entire band.
  13. When you're playing on your character (even with other people) you will get cash for playing gigs regardless of the mode (except practice obviously).
  14. Boss battles are back but aren't done as a battle mode anymore (although Battle Mode is still around). Instead you play back and forth at each other (think Dueling Banjos)
  15. Over 85 songs without the custom or DL songs.

 

I'm curious to see what the RockBand guys come up with to fire back at them. Competition is truly a good thing.

 
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