Guitar Praise: It’s Like Guitar Hero, But Godlier!
Relative newcomers to Caffeine-Fueled might be labouring under the false impression that we’re a religious blog. This is somewhat understandable considering the subject matter of this week’s wacky news, but we assure you, it’s just a strange coincidence. It’s not our fault that a good chunk of news stories surrounding religion just happen to be too ridiculous to ignore.
Take for instance the recent announcement of Guitar Praise, a Guitar Hero knock-off for the pious rockers among us, set to cast its brilliant light upon PCs and Macs this September. The new rhythm game will feature more than 50 tracks by supposedly well-known Christian Rock luminaries, everyone from 12 Stones to Whitecross. Oh, those guys? Okay! Rock over Rome, rock on Vatican.
Sarcasm aside, I fear for the sustainability of this genre. Between the endless expansions and novelty versions of Guitar Hero, Activision and Konami both releasing desperate rebuttals to Rock Band later this year representing a ludicrous arms race of plastic instruments, and niché products such as the Beatles game and Guitar Praise entering the fray, it might not be long until we cross the saturation line into the realm of overexposure.
Just one last note for parents: please don’t buy this for your kids. Mark my words, nothing will result in the quicker theft of their lunch money.
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“Sarcasm aside, I fear for the sustainability of this genre. Between the endless expansions and novelty versions of Guitar Hero, Activision and Konami both releasing desperate rebuttals to Rock Band later this year representing a ludicrous arms race of plastic instruments, and niché products such as the Beatles game and Guitar Praise entering the fray, it might not be long until we cross the saturation line into the realm of overexposure”
I actually think this’s a good thing, in some ways. The best part about Guitar Hero- and Rock Band-like games is the music; oversaturation just means more music to play. It sucks if you’re someone whose obsessive-compulsive about the genre and have to own every rhythm game ever, but for people like me who cherry pick the best ones, I can’t see this being a bad thing. Until the PS3 and Xbox 360 are more ubiquitous, a lot of folks are gonna be stuck playing whatever comes on the disk.
With that said, this sounds like something just put out as a cash-grab. I’m almost betting it’ll be something derived from Frets on Fire.