Guitar Rising is an interesting move by GameTank and was obviously influenced by the hugely successful Guitar Hero. What Guitar Rising offers that Guitar Hero doesn’t is the crossover between gaming and “real” guitar playing. The idea is that by using your own guitar and a USB interface you are able to play along to the tracks as the tab scrolls across the screen in a similar fashion to Guitar Hero, albeit a more logical horizontal scrolling – imagine the confusion of tab scrolling towards you!
What I like about this product is that it is not only a game, it is partly an instructional tool for guitarists. It is the next logical step from gamers who have played Guitar Hero and decided they want to take the plunge with a real guitar. You can choose from a somewhat limited 30 songs, but I’m sure that will be expandable, and alter the tempo to make it easier when you are learning a song. Aside from that there are 5 levels of difficulty presumably with more challenging song choices.
What I would really like to see with this game is an accompanying tab book so that players are encouraged to learn on their own and therefore take the time to learn the songs correctly rather than bumbling their way through as the notes fly past on the screen. If this game encourages more kids to pick up the guitar rather than a piece of plastic with coloured buttons on it then I think it is a very positive move by GameTank and one that could certainly make them a lot of money!
I think this one will be popular with teen shredders who have access to a web cam and YouTube!
No comments yet. You should be kind and add one!
By submitting a comment you grant Guitar Noize a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution. Inappropriate and irrelevant comments will be removed at an admin’s discretion. Your email is used for verification purposes only, it will never be shared.