Guitar Hero -vs- Rock Band

[JohnnyRed]

Why does Rock Band look like a total blatent rip off of Guitar Hero?

If if is why were they allowed to get away with it?

I have GH for ps2 and it rocks and from what I hear its great for Wii so ill prolly buy it but what the hell is Rock Band?

 

[mushroomedmario]

well rockband is like guitar hero, except a band, with drums, bass(?) and vocals.....

i wouldn't get this if i were you, to enjoy it to it's full extent you need three dedicated friends, and there is a chance that one of you is going to slow the whole band down with lack of skill

and the price is over double i think

tis my opinion,

 

[krisv2010]

yea i think it's a ripoff too, isn't it like almost 200 dollars if you want the bass, lead guitar, drums and mic?

 

[Marioman]

Yea it won't sell...and for the people that get it they will realize they just wasted their money

 

[KyleForMe]

They are made by the same company (since GH was sold off to a diff company) from what I've read--thats why there is obviously no issue of infringement.

 

[Mikeo22]

It looks sweet and if its a 4 player game anyways the 4 people could easily split it up 50 bucks each.

 

[xxmarioxx]

Well one, Guitar Hero was developed by Harmonix, and Activison published it. Harmonix moved on to Rock Band and gave Activision Guitar Hero, so technically it's not a rip-off. And Rock Band is basically a version of Guitar Hero with a different name and other instruments.

 

[screwy202]

rock band and guitar hero are the same but in my oponion rock band is a better by a little bit. but too costly so im sticking with guitar hero

 

[ssbb_lover]

Cost aside, Rock band is 10x better than GH. My defense: It effing has drums.

~ Discussion over

 

[CantGetAWii]

Firstly, I don't see why we are comparing Rockband in this section as it is not coming out for Wii.

Oh well, Rockband is better I guess, but the drums don't look that great.
Almost like 4 bongo drums, although I guess they are more like electric drums.
Meh, still not what I was expecting.

 

[SensesFail]

meh looks okay but as stated above you need dedicated friends

its MSRP is $200 and really the only part that apeals to me is the drums. if i want a good guitar rythem game ill play the original:guitar hero.

 

[tdog7]

rb looks pretty cool considering you can battle other bands online, but WAYYYYYY to pricey, and plus i don't have a 360.

so no GH3 is a better deal

 

[Brady280]

I think it looks a lot better than guitar hero plus I have enough people that would play a lot with me. I think the price is only 170 and that is actually not a bad deal it's only a little more than guitar hero and an extra guitar.

 

[GC8]

i dont like the idea that you play with other people...I always get pissed when I'm playing on a "team" with someone and they suck balls!

I'd rather depend on my own skill!

 

[mushroomedmario]

idn about rock band, even if i had three friends that wanted to play this game twice a week, even if i could afford the time to play with three friends, it seems kind of gay(sorry i try not to use this word, but right now it's kinda the only word to explain it) and i wouldn't want to play it. I mean i would much rather do other things with my friends such as movies, parties and hanging out at the arcade(it's a way different experience)

i bet to it's full extent rock band is better, but liek i guarantee at least one of your friends woul dback out after a week, or one of your friends will have less skill than the rest, or one of your friends will just be busy all t he time, or one of your friends just suck the fun out of it by wanting to play it 24/7 etc. etc.