I saw guitar hero today
By Marty
@marty3888 (2355)
Acme, Michigan
3 responses
@Downunder_dude (407)
• Australia
9 Mar 09
There's an old game called Beatmania. It's set up more like a keyboard. You can scour the net and download free copies of Beatmania98 today. (I think it was BM98... I can't remember it's been so long since I played it).
There's no other musical game on consoles that uses a keyboard setup. Guitar Hero World Tour includes guitars, drums and singing and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat uses bongos... but no keyboards sorry heh.
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@cburns401 (101)
• United States
10 Mar 09
I've been thinking about that same thing lately. I have Rock Band and love playing so many of my favorite songs. I started to realize a lot of great songs wouldn't ever be on a game like that because they rely so much on piano. It would be cool to integrate a keyboard into a game like Rock Band. There would be a lot of good song possibilities.
@felisanavidad (79)
• United States
10 Mar 09
I've played Rock Band once or twice - (I'm a piano player above everything). I agree - it would be cool to have a keyboard for Rock Band where the notes didn't matter, but just make it similar to how the guitar works - hear and 'play' the piano rhythm on the keys disregarding the pitches. I think it would be a great way to get kids interested in playing real piano.
@pumraW (15)
• United States
9 Mar 09
short answer... no. honestly, i think a keyboard hero would be too complicated for the casual gamer to pick up and play. in my opinion, piano is more of a complex instrument than anything offered in the guitar hero and rock band games and as such, wouldn't translate well over to a video game =\
