FINALLY!

Show the Guitar Hero nerds a skill they can actually use, instead of just performing for a 3D audience.

heck yeah! it's about damn time Those of Us who can actually play guitar (and thus suck at Guitar Hero) can show the pwn-power of the real thing.

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Elysse, I so second that comment. There's nothing more frustrating than knowing how to REALLY play the song and then have to convert that to Red, Green, Red, Red, Yellow Blue. lol I'm tired of getting my ass handed to me by my friends who can't even strum a real guitar . . . .

This looks like an interesting game, hopefully where people who've had an introduction on Guitar Hero will head next.

I think the resentment towards the latter is a little unfounded, however. The game introduces people to the instrument, who would probably have never picked one up on their own. I don't see how this is a negative thing. Do people who play DDR not count as dancers in some form because they're following prompts and not designing their own moves? To be good at all of Guitar Hero, you need to develop something of a musical sense, to play the difficult sequences with the correct cadence or syncopation.

Tycho at Penny-Arcade made a post on the subject recently which enunciates this perspective far better than I have. I guess my point is if you can play genuine guitars, then great. Perhaps Guitar Hero is just not for you. Let people enjoy their escapist glory before an imaginary audience. That is, after all, why we play games.

One thing I will give Guitar Hero is that it introduced a generation of kids to the classic rock they didn't realize they were missing out on.