This week in Beyond the MMORPG, Jon Wood takes a look at Guitar Hero 2, a simple game that offers great challenges.

After kicking off our Beyond the MMORPG column last week, I have been wracking my brain to come up with the next game to highlight. Some of the obvious choices sprung to mind… I could have talked about Neverwinter Nights 2. That’s a game that resembles an MMO. I could have talked about Halo 3, after all, it launched at midnight last night.

This week though, I wanted to take a look at a game that has had, for me, the same addictive quality that you get from a good MMO. It’s a game that I’ve spent entire days playing and even more impressively, it’s a game that I’ve spent numerous hours on my feet playing. Any game that can get me standing up for hours on end deserves a little bit of attention.

The game I’m talking about is Guitar Hero 2 for the Xbox 360. Yup, that’s right, we’re talking about a console game here at MMORPG.com (although we should probably all get used to that, as it’s the wave of the future).

Read the whole thing here.

I figured this website was all about mmo games, now its starting to become like a second gamespy or [insert generic game website here]

It's just one column every week to highlight something outside of the norm. Have no fear, this site' #1 priority is and will continute ot be MMOs.

This industry is constantly changing, although I don't think we will see consoles in the MMO arena for awhile yet.  We will probably have to wait for the next generation consoles to come down the pike for that to happen.

Nothing wrong with looking at popular titles outside the MMO arena either.

his week in Beyond the MMORPG, Jon Wood takes a look at Guitar Hero 2, a simple game that offers great challenges.

...Yup, that’s right, we’re talking about a console game here at MMORPG.com (although we should probably all get used to that, as it’s the wave of the future)....

Console gaming is the wave of the future?  There have been console games in existence since the 70's.  Ever heard of the Magnavox Odyssey?   That was released in the fall of 1972...  35 years ago.  There have been a whole slew of console gaming systems since then...  the Atari VCS (renamed the "Atari 2600" in 1982) was my first gaming system.  My mother bought one for me in 1981... 26 years ago.  Colecovision, Sega, Sega Genesis, NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and a whole slew of others I am forgetting right now.  Then, of course, there are all of the newer systems...  X-Box 360, PS3, Wii...

Console gaming is not the wave of the future, nor is it on-topic for a site with the title "MMORPG.com".  Granted, some consoles now allow for multiplayer support...  but unless consoles start coming with keyboards, they will never have the same appeal to many of the gamers who play MMORPG's.  Especially if the systems are going to cost as much as a PC would.  When faced with the choice of a PS3 or a new computer...  I bought the PC.

[ edit ] - What bothered me about the article is that a statement was made which is inaccurate ( to say the least ).  If anything... MMORPG's are the wave of the future over more traditional gaming, the fact that consoles are adding Internet access with multiplayer support is indicative of that.

Originally posted by Dreneth

 

his week in Beyond the MMORPG, Jon Wood takes a look at Guitar Hero 2, a simple game that offers great challenges.

...Yup, that’s right, we’re talking about a console game here at MMORPG.com (although we should probably all get used to that, as it’s the wave of the future)....

 

Console gaming is the wave of the future?  There have been console games in existence since the 70's.  Ever heard of the Magnavox Odyssey?   That was released in the fall of 1972...  35 years ago.  There have been a whole slew of console gaming systems since then...  the Atari VCS (renamed the "Atari 2600" in 1982) was my first gaming system.  My mother bought one for me in 1981... 26 years ago.  Colecovision, Sega, Sega Genesis, NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and a whole slew of others I am forgetting right now.  Then, of course, there are all of the newer systems...  X-Box 360, PS3, Wii...

Console gaming is not the wave of the future, nor is it on-topic for a site with the title "MMORPG.com".  Granted, some consoles now allow for multiplayer support...  but unless consoles start coming with keyboards, they will never have the same appeal to many of the gamers who play MMORPG's.  Especially if the systems are going to cost as much as a PC would.  When faced with the choice of a PS3 or a new computer...  I bought the PC.

[ edit ] - What bothered me about the article is that a statement was made which is inaccurate ( to say the least ).  If anything... MMORPG's are the wave of the future over more traditional gaming, the fact that consoles are adding Internet access with multiplayer support is indicative of that.

Actually, many of the "next-gen" MMORPGs are going to be making their way onto the consoles. There is nothing inaccurate about the statement. MMOs will soon be expanding to include consoles as well as the more traditional PCs. I am quite aware of the history of consoles in gaming.

As for the article being on-topic... The column is clearly listed as "Beyond the MMORPG", examining games that aren't MMOs and that we don't normally cover.

Hope that clears things up.

I wish you guys would stay more "in scope" than writing articles like this.  I'd prefer to see all MMO-based articles than stuff like this. No offense intended, it just doesn't belong here imho.  I come here for the MMO stuff. There's plenty of other places I'd check for other games.

If the article had talked about MMORPG's on consoles, that would be fine.  Since it didn't I must... respectfully... say that it didn't belong on a site dedicated to MMORPG's.  I'd be reading Those Other Sites if I wanted console news or opinions after all.  

Should of been in the off topic forum at the very least as this was hardly MMORPG "news".

shit still sucks

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The original game was available only for the Playstation 2, but the franchise has expanded to the point that when Guitar Hero 3 launches, it will launch on not only the PS2 and 3, but also on the Xbox 360 and the Wii. Long story short is that if you’re a console person, no matter your poison, you will be able to get your hands on this game

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The publishers have also confirmed a PC release. Just thought I'd mention it for the sake of completeness. As I am primarily a PC gamer, I'm interested in the idea of having Guitar Hero III to take with me on travel trips and hooking it up to my laptop for some hotel-room fun.

Not that kind of hotel fun. Get your mind out of the gutter.

A few offtopic articles is by no means a bad thing, give the guy some slack, eh?

A decent article, about a game I bet some people have been cautious to pick up, what with the price of the guitar and all.

As for consoles being the future, I believe that cross-platform is the future, which is being proven by the number of games being released on usually about half of the current systems simultaneously, so the pro-pc lot can play on their pc (with a better control system and graphics capability), while the pro-console lot play on their console (sitting on their comfy couch)

The only thing I think left to be said is "Are you sure you want to play Freebird?"

Originally posted by LordKyellan

 

 

The publishers have also confirmed a PC release. Just thought I'd mention it for the sake of completeness. As I am primarily a PC gamer

Go to PCgamer.com then and not MMORPG.com for your updates?

Booo! Down with anything non MMORPG!

MMORPG.com starting to take on topics like this is just gonna turn it into a site that is no longer specialist... and lets face it, you couldn't compete with other multi-genre sites because the address is ***MMORPG***.com.

If i was looking for a site about animals in general, i wouldn't click on the site called "dogs.com".

Its not about the gaming platform, its about the game genre.

Originally posted by Stradden

Actually, many of the "next-gen" MMORPGs are going to be making their way onto the consoles. There is nothing inaccurate about the statement. MMOs will soon be expanding to include consoles as well as the more traditional PCs. I am quite aware of the history of consoles in gaming.

 

As for the article being on-topic... The column is clearly listed as "Beyond the MMORPG", examining games that aren't MMOs and that we don't normally cover.

Hope that clears things up.

I do not believe the statement is accurate at all.  You claimed console gaming was the wave of the future in an article discussing Guitar Hero, which has nothing to do with an MMORPG.  To now state you intended to mean that MMORPG gaming through consoles ( which is not going to be the wave of the future, by the way ) and claim that was your point, is disingenuous.

I understand the column was intended to provide views into gaming beyond MMORPG's, but that doesn't mean the column is "on topic".  If I wanted to get news alerts about console games emailed to me, I would go to a console gaming site to get them.  I don't like that I get console spam in my email because I chose to receive news alerts for MMORPG's from this website.  Add a separate option to the "Alerts" settings so that I can choose NOT to receive email alerts for off topic columns, and that will solve my problem.

Hope that clears things up.

[ edit ] - Edited for ease of reading

phew, tough crowd here

seems like a fun game anyway, altho not gonna buy a console for it...

maybe in the future this game will be a mmorpg where 25 ppl raiding with their instruments all needing to synch to progress the 'dungeon'  ;)

ppl need to light up i guess, 'beyond the mmorpg' is just that and fun to read or skip if you dont like the idea...

Originally posted by pruttel

...ppl need to light up i guess, 'beyond the mmorpg' is just that and fun to read or skip if you dont like the idea... 

I wouldn't have such a problem with it if I could opt out of receiving email alerts for the silly column, but it's bundled with the news alerts.  If I want to get rid of the off-topic column's alerts, I would have to opt out of receiving any of news alerts which are actually ON TOPIC for MMORPG.com.

So, until I can opt out of receiving news alerts for things which are off topic for this site, I will continue to be irritated by receiving them.  I get enough spam as it is. 

Just to be clear, I mean you no offense Pruttel.  My frustration is not directed at you, please accept my apologies if that is how this reply sounds.