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Guitar Hero 4 to feature a create a song feature
Early hype has been that Guitar Hero 4 would “revolutionize” music games with an incredible new feature. Are they going to add a keyboard? How about a kazoo? No, sadly not. Instead, the revolutionary new feature is “create a song.”
That’s the word from Game Informer magazine (or at least the word from sources who have seen it). Players will be able to create songs themselves, minus vocals for legal reasons. The new songs can then be uploaded and shared with other Guitar Hero players. Less clear is the information that you will be able to only upload five songs initially, but may be able to upload up to ten based on ratings you receive. From other users rating your songs? It’s unclear.
It’s neat to see console games going more and more the Web 2.0 route with user created content. Still, don’t expect to go too crazy with this new feature. Activision still makes a ton of money from downloadable content and isn’t likely to grant players too robust of tools that might take the incentive away from downloading new, pricey content.
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about 2 years ago
Hey. I love guitar hero.
about 2 years ago
This is awesome.
about 2 years ago
I love guitar hero 1
about 2 years ago
My grandmother has a favorite toy!
about 2 years ago
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about 2 years ago
I love guitar hero I will die if i dont get guitar hero4 when it comes out. I am going to become the next ben berbele
about 1 year ago
Hello what are u up too.