I agree with this completely. I remember the weeks of practice it took for me to move up from Medium to Hard in Guitar Hero II, which was probably the single toughest challenge for me to overcome in a video game that wasn't impossibly hard. But once I started five starting Hard and even Expert songs and then moved on to Rock Band, it was an extremely satisfying experience. I remember how proud I was to get my first Gold Star in RB1.
Obviously, being able to FC Panic Attack on Expert on Guitar isn't going to make you a Page or a Clapton on a real guitar. But, some things do transfer over. Fingering positions on the fretboard, rhythm, timekeeping, and just having fun playing an instrument.
Rock Band and Guitar Hero both, IMO, are great gateways to taking the next step to learning how to play a real instrument. And all those annoying snobs who turn up their noses at those games as poor substitutes for playing the real deal need to realize that these games can very well lead to that.
I also think both series are a great deal responsible for the resurrection of classic rock as a popular genre of music, but that's another discussion for another time.
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Date: 2009-04-02 05:24 pm (UTC)Obviously, being able to FC Panic Attack on Expert on Guitar isn't going to make you a Page or a Clapton on a real guitar. But, some things do transfer over. Fingering positions on the fretboard, rhythm, timekeeping, and just having fun playing an instrument.
Rock Band and Guitar Hero both, IMO, are great gateways to taking the next step to learning how to play a real instrument. And all those annoying snobs who turn up their noses at those games as poor substitutes for playing the real deal need to realize that these games can very well lead to that.
I also think both series are a great deal responsible for the resurrection of classic rock as a popular genre of music, but that's another discussion for another time.