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No player-created tracks for Rock Band 2
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Submitted 3 years ago
helava says,
Having used a lot of "simple" music making tools in the last decade and some, and most of them are really tedious and difficult to use - they certainly don't tend to encourage creativity. That is, if you're a musician, you can use these thing to make music. If you're not, you can't.

I'm hoping RB2 takes a Spore-like approach. That is, the character creation tool in Spore is almost a game in itself. It exposes you to character creation *as a game*, and is as rewarding as many full-blown games out there. There's a lot of feedback, you are encouraged to try new, different things, and there's almost no way to fail or make something that's genuinely awful (unless that's what you're going for).

Anyway - I'm hoping GHWT makes good use of the music creation stuff, and it is something that differentiates it from RB2, so I suppose that's good.

Can you tell I'm biased, here? :D
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Article excerpt from joystiq.com — "Guitar Hero World Tour is going to let players make their own songs, so it only stands to reason that Rock Band 2 will as well, right? Right? Not according to Alex Rigopulos , the CEO and co-founder of Rock Band developer Harmonix.Speaking..."

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Posted 3 years ago
Yes, I could tell you are biased. :D I think what you are saying about the having the music creation act as a game in and of itself is a good idea. It would make the process, as well as the results, rewarding, thus encouraging more people to experiment.

I've brought up the Mii creation tool before in terms of this topic. I think that given the amazing results that some people have had with their Miis, we can look forward to some inventive tracks. And yes, most of it will suck. :) But some will be crazy good! :)
 
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