yamiseth

_Ted_

freespeech

Jesse Mrozowski

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

My unwavering belief in my macaroni statued-lord grants me an eternal pass to happiness.... with video games.

Beyond that, I still old out hope that guitar peripherals will be usable, most likely plugged into the second port, and you shall have it strapped to your back, until a time in which it is needed, you will (awesomely) whip it around to shred upon.

As usual, this game should be Totally Excellent.

Mookie

in the end, it would probably just have been more of a hassle anyways.

joelface

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Pariah

Gladman

mindscienceofthemind

grumbel

Juha Kangas

blackadvent

Strangelove

Taco Bell™

I don't actually know, I haven't played the game, but for example, in Guitar Hero while you have to be pretty precise and you can't play anything other than the notes in question there's still a whammy bar you can play with, the game allows very slight delay or anticipatory note-strikes... it's not much at all, but it's there.

I'm thinking, maybe, the ability in a game like this to combine strings from different combos to get different sounds, maybe. I don't know, I'm just spit-balling here, but maybe a function like a whammy bar in this game as well.

I realy haven't thought about it in terms of specifics.

Werrick

grampaspanky

Still, a) It would be the most awesome musical game ever, and b) A man can dream right?

Grive

However, I can see how it could work. You could have certain loose guidelines of what spells would be cast by what, and you could improvise (which could affect the spell) as long as you didn't really screw up, while recieving feedback from the game. If you moved towards more bass, you could get, say, a slow, powerful fireball, while higher tones would increase speed and decrease power, or something to that effect. Of course, a very, very easy baseline of a successful casting would be set, so that people without the musical creativity or skill could still play without being handicapped.

Basically, it's a very simplified version of the improvisational characteristics of Jazz.

Grive

Sir_Crocidile

The only I could think of to introduce creativity would be to have effects based on things like scale or beat. I'm not really into music, so forgive me if I'm screwing up the terms. But how would that affect the gameplay?

Your idea's not bad, but how would you do it if you could? I'm just curious, and I like to play around with ideas.

Tiber

OtherAdam

munkah

Sherlock_the_Barbarian

Gray665

Beat'em'ups are pretty rigid, you can do any move you like, but it has to be done properly to get it off. That being said I'm actually okay with that becuase it's not about creativity so much as adaptability and knowing what move to use when.

The problem is that once you introduce music into the event it becomes a creative experience, meaning that I'm going to want to interpret the music the way I want (within reason, clearly, you don't see me complaining about the fact that you can't win at Guitar Hero by mashing whatever the hell you want whenever you want).

Assuming there's some room for freedom in the interpretation on the part of the player then I'll probably love this game.

Werrick

execrationist

fuchikoma

7ucky

... or at least, you could have a controller hooked up at the same time, so you play with a controller, but then you switch to the guitar whenever you want to instantly start some "magic" attacks.

...okay, maybe its not the GREATEST idea, but still...

seriously, i cannnnnnnot wait for this game though. its going to be sooo rad.. i hope it goes the way of frank miller, and doesn't hold back on the mature content in the SLIGHTEST.

joelface

asTer0id

GameraTheGreat

Gray665

GordieHoweHatTrick

DaiMacculate

ShaggE

JohnnytheFuture

Kazzahdrane

kommanderk

sisedi

Darth Navster

Dauragon C. Mikado

Sigma-D

CyN1caL