Sigh. This unfortunately is an example of Activision trying desperately to wring every last ounce of cash they can from the public after the success of their games (which of course, weren't originally their to begin with). One or two more games would seem reasonable but eight seems way to excessive and yes, unneccessary.

It's sad that they've chosen to go down this route. It's hard to see with such a glut of titles potentially being released how any of them will significantly differ from each other (apart from the music) or bring any innovation to the table, completely destroying the point of releasing sequels.

Luckily for me I'll just ignore them, as I've had my fun with Guitar Hero and don't plan on going back to it anytime soon, and efforts such as this don't do anything to endear myself to the franchise again.

Activision, stop pumping out the same game with a few minor changes, do a GH once every few years to keep us interested, and with each new instalment, bring something new to the series.

Like that'll happen(!)

This is a real case of what I call "Chronic Fanchise Milking". In Fact, it's even worse than than Star Wars games.

EDIT: Harmonix has made far better choices in specialised games. Who would you rather listen to; The Beatles or Metallica?

My god, can't they just come out with DLC for all those songs that would be in those games? Jeez, this is obviously Activision milking the "[X] Hero" franchise.

*Insert sarcastic comment about playing all the guitar songs on a real guitar for free*

This reminds me of what Activision did to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
until the series died.(In my opinion American Wasteland is where things
really started going downhill,
but Proving Ground was the last nail in the coffin.)

"Quick, bleed the franchise dry before the fans realize that Harmonix aren't the ones making these games any more!"

I am a Harmonix fanboy and will buy anything with their name on it. After seeing what Activision did to Guitar Hero 3 I will never buy another game in that series from them. Harmonix knows how to make a quality game. Activision just seems to hold out their hands and say, "Give us your money...."

I'm still waiting for Guitar Hero: Metalocalypse

Broloth:
I'm still waiting for Guitar Hero: Metalocalypse

Which would basically have every song hardwired to expert.

This is why I prefer rockband. I'm not going to argue about gameplay because that isn't the reason why I prefer it. I prefer it because as opposed to going with guitar hero's strategy of releasing a new game for every band they want to include, rockband consistently releases new downloadable songs for the same game, which is really what I want, not another disc.

Arrers:
Who would you rather listen to; The Beatles or Metallica?

Personally, I like both, but Metallica.

like most ppl here I'll ignore most of those, why do they focus on popular bands when they should release somthing a little diferant, I mean insted of rock band how about Metal Band! I know its just money spining but I like the games and if I have alot of moneyu to throw away, I'll give em a try but they could have had way more sales by making them down-load-able rather than full titles.

8 possible games? Talk about oversaturating the market!

So wait. What's Band Hero? Don't they already have one of them?

Had they been
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Guitar Hero Def Leppard
Guitar Hero Tenacious D
Guitar Hero AC/DC
Guitar Hero Blue Öyster Cult
Guitar Hero R.E.M.
Guitar Hero Queen
and Guitar Hero The Kinks
and all had been downloadable song packs then I would have been paralyzed by joy, but this is pretty lame. Why don't they just release downloadable songs? That's the only thing that's going to change anyway (okay, I actually know the answer to that one). Is a Greatest Hits really necessary? People won't agree on which ones are the greatest hits anyway. Well, at least there is Van Halen.

The one thing I can't stand about these games is that all the kids who play them at a young age will only remember them as "Guitar Hero songs" and not as genuine pieces of art.

Sad that it has come to that.

That's why I love Harmonix, Yahtzee be damned :P

Harmonix seem to actually love working on their games as evidenced by better interface, very frequent DLC releases and whatnot. The GH guys are just like "dude, just give us your money"

Arrers:
Who would you rather listen to; The Beatles or Metallica?

ummmm Metallica?

*headdesk* Make *headdesk* it *headdesk* stop *headdesk*

get a new francize

ChromeAlchemist:

Broloth:
I'm still waiting for Guitar Hero: Metalocalypse

Which would basically have every song hardwired to expert.

It would have a new hierarchy of difficulty, with expert being the easiest.

KaZZaP:

Arrers:
Who would you rather listen to; The Beatles or Metallica?

ummmm Metallica?

Yeah, Metallica.

They're not coming for the PS2? Idiots.
I'll have to get a PS2-to-USB adapter. Ugh.

next up is 'Music Appreciator Hero' The game where you play a music critic and listen to new pop songs and press the 'nod in agreement', 'shake head in disbelief', 'tap hand on desk' and 'various grunting noises' buttons along with your favourite tracks!

honestly, dj hero?

damn you GH all i want is a guitar simulator game with good songs on it
not 30 different games with two songs on them

ChromeAlchemist:

Broloth:
I'm still waiting for Guitar Hero: Metalocalypse

Which would basically have every song hardwired to expert.

Basically it would delete Easy Medium Hard Expert and just have one category: Brutal

My God....What have we done?

*bang* *Thump*

hmmm, might buy Van Halen but the others.....and modern music is horrible dont encorage it

*listens to some Jimi Hendrix*

The only thing that looks remotely interesting on that list is DJ Hero.

It'll probably end up being a home-version of Beatmania anyway... :/

Just give me GH: The Clash, Black Sabbath, and the Beatles and I'll shut up about the franchising.

chuckman1:
This reminds me of what Activision did to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
until the series died.(In my opinion American Wasteland is where things
really started going downhill,
but Proving Ground was the last nail in the coffin.)

Wasn't it Neversoft that did the Tony Hawk games? If that's the case, then perhaps they milked that series so dry they needed a new series to milk to the bone, hence the "passing of the guard" from Tony Hawk to Guitar Hero.

I'm wondering now when it was that they jumped the shark with the GH series...

I can almost feel my wrist cramping just thinking about it..