The June edition of
Game Informer features a lengthy preview of
Guitar Hero 4, and one thing is immediately clear: Activision is
desperate to out-
Rock Band Rock Band. This is most obvious in
Guitar Hero 4's adoption of other instruments; as
recent rumors suggested, the next installment of Activision's faux-guitar extravaganza will include drums, bass, and vocals.
As well as this expanded line-up, you'll be able to create your own tracks (though this doesn't extend to vocals, reportedly due to storage and copyright issues) and design album art. The game will let you upload five of your tracks to 'GH Tunes' (and ten when you achieve certain grades), and it
will be possible to share songs in the Wii version. If you're horribly uncreative like us, you'll be able to strum your axe to one of the game's licensed songs, all of which are master tracks, and include the likes of Van Halen, The Eagles, Sublime and angst-mongers Linkin Park.
Some big changes, then, but there is a hint dropped by
Game Informer that sharing songs in the Wii version of
Guitar Hero 4 is "unlikely to be as robust as the PS3 and 360 versions." The magazine doesn't expand on this comment, but it's enough to set alarm bells off in our heads, especially after the
gimped Rock Band fiasco.
Source:
nintendowiifanboy.com
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