GI: If you thought Guitar Hero had already jumped the shark, Warriors of Rock is akin to hopping in a hot rod, revving the engine, and jumping through a flaming hoop over a school of mega-sharks. Warriors of Rock welds the series’ familiar gameplay to action game elements like elaborate cutscenes and character transformations. Now, instead of just selecting your character and plowing through setlists, you must go through custom sets created for GH characters old and new, earning a ludicrous numbers of stars to unlock their new “warrior” forms.
Pretty soon, good old Lars Umlaut is a giant death metal pig with pierced nipples, Casey Lynch is a half-snake woman, and Johnny Napalm is...a punk rock version of Nightcrawler from X-Men? Sure! This is about as over-the-top as it gets, and it’s topped off with a paper-thin plotline about defeating some giant beast with your axe of rock (Brütal Legend anyone?) with narration by Gene Simmons of KISS.
"Going back a few console generations, gaming experienced a surge of rhythm-based games. From shredding out in Guitar Hero to hitting the floor in Dance Central, game started crossing the line between general, real world practices and digital entertainment. Like most other genres, rhythm games became saturated and dipped off in popularity." --PlayStation Enthusiast
Stop these articles, christmas is over. At the least come up with a different title, I mean its January 4 already.
It's already January 4th. Hence the title on the 11th day of Christmas.
It's a series of titles referencing the days after the 25th which are the 12 days of Christmas.
Remember a few years ago, when all the cool kids were hooked to the ‘Guitar Hero’ and ‘Rock Band’ games. It gave a chance for all the wannabe rockstars to do some of their favorite posing without an air guitar. Admittedly, it was a fun experience that revived the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll for a new generation.
The rumors are swirling, so The Geek Culture has a few suggestions on how Activision can bring back Guitar Hero right.
