Bandfuse: Rock Legends Announced

Bandfuse: Rock Legends Announced

The music game genre is trying to launch a comeback tour

Written by N0T PENNYS B0AT on 27 February 12 at 22:42

Back when music games were relevant, it was tough to even get a copy of the newest Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Now Gamestop won't even accept trade-ins of the instrument peripherals. The genre has fallen mightily, like a once famous rock god who now clings to their fame by appearing on celebrity reality shows alongside short-lived child stars and past-their-prime athletes. But lately the genre has been trying to pick itself back up and launch a reboot of its once mighty position in the gaming industry. After Rocksmith, there came the announcement of JAM Live Music Arcade, and now a new game has emerged, titled Bandfuse: Rock Legends.

Like Rocksmith, Bandfuse's focus is on teaching you how to actually play the guitar. A somewhat vulgar Slash is presented in this new video to tell you how Bandfuse looks to outshine Guitar Hero, which he has previously appeared in. There's also a glimpse at some gameplay that shows us what the stream of notes will look like and how it's different than other music games.



Developer Realta Entertainment listed some special features for us too:

The Real Deal – Players strap on a real guitar and within minutes are playing along with
the biggest rock songs of all time. BandFuse works with any guitar – no special equipment
required. Just plug into your console with the adaptor included with the game.

The Ultimate Set List – The biggest hits. The biggest artists. From punk to funk and rock to
metal, BandFuse features a massive genre-jumping set list including Coldplay, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Judas Priest, Slash, Maroon 5 and Five Finger Death Punch.

Animated Tabs – BandFuse animates real guitar tablature in a simple and intuitive format
allowing you to take your music wherever you go.

Sound Like a Rock Legend – Add effects like distortion, reverb and chorus to sound like a pro without all the expensive gear.

Total Song Control – Slow down songs to hear every nuance or loop your favorite segments
as you jam along. BandFuse gives you total control of every song.

Deep Career Mode – Progress through the phases of a rock career starting from humble
beginnings and work your way to a Rock Legend status.


Bandfuse: Rock Legends is currently slated to go on a worldwide tour of retail stores sometime in 2012.
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More music games that are not kinect dance games : )
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Posted on 27 February 12 at 22:50
Meh...at least music games are taking the genre's collective formula forward to include the teaching of skills that apply to REAL instruments and not some lame plastic toy versions that, in the end, show you nothing other than your hands astonishing ability to develop carpal tunnel after furious bouts of button tapping.
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Posted on 27 February 12 at 22:54, Edited on 27 February 12 at 23:06 by Riconoclast
I'm currently rather bored of mainstream music so out of "Coldplay, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Judas Priest, Slash, Maroon 5 and Five Finger Death Punch" only Slash interests me in the slightest.
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Posted on 27 February 12 at 23:00
Yep, getting it. And can we get Rocksmith now - have we waited long enough?
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Posted on 27 February 12 at 23:04
Please sell this game in New Zealand, as Rocksmith is not available here.
I have often thought that there should be 'video games' focusing on 'how to play' musical instruments. Rock Band 3 with it's pro guitar peripheral was good because:
You never needed to tune it, the little buttons are comfortable for a non-guitarist, and the game can precisely quantify where you're going wrong (eg exact detection of finger placement).
However Rock band 3's pro guitar is not without it's weaknesses:
It costs a fair bit of dosh, you can't plug the guitar into a standard amp, hell you can't even practice with it unplugged as it makes no noise. But one thing's for certain, if you can play the song on expert using the pro guitar peripheral, then you're about 90% there for the real song. Only 90% of course because of things like vibrato, bending strings up to different notes, one/two handed tapping, staccato, and many other techniques etc. In short - I think it's an awesome teaching tool.

I like the look of this new game because:
Players strap on a real guitar and within minutes are playing along with
the biggest rock songs of all time.
animates real guitar tablature in a simple and intuitive format
allowing you to take your music wherever you go
Slow down songs to hear every nuance or loop your favorite segments
as you jam along
This does sound good and my preference is for the side scrolling tab as shown in the video, not a fan of Rock Band 3's scrolling towards you but I can see why they do it.
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omg i want it now
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Putting this on pre order right away. I already can't wait for this. I hope there's some more heavy metal songs unlike in Rocksmith.
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Out of all bands, only Judas Priest is interresting.. and perhaps Lynyrd. If only 10% of the songs is interresting, this game is defiinetly a skip.
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Posted on 27 February 12 at 23:17
I like the look of the game. I have not played Rocksmith but this sounds like a step up from that.Or at least it seems like you can do more with this game. The real question that this brings up for me is whether I should put off getting Rocksmith and just wait for Bandfuse. I'm trying to figure out if there is too much redundancy between the two or if they are different enough experiences that both would be beneficial for an inexperienced guitar player such as myself. Either way, I will be keeping an eye out for more details.
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Let's just hope there isn't a shitty band in the UK called Bandfuse
Posted on 27 February 12 at 23:59
Sounds good, but learning and playing a guitar is hard work, It will be interesting to see how the tabs translate onto the screen in gameplay.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 00:23
lol @Fred Lazarus...I love Rocksmith, and now that I bought a real guitar for it, any new games that come out that use it are ok with me. I think Rocksmith will have a bigger fanbase though. People complain about the songs on Rocksmith, but people will complain just to complain.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 00:36
I would like this if Slash wasn't associated with it.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 01:12
It's been long enough. Time for an actual Rock Band or Guitar Hero sequel.

Developer: Realta Entertainment = PowerGig or Rock Revolution Quality, not Rock Band or Rocksmith quality.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 01:16
Interface from what we can see of it here, looks to be the best yet in terms of using a real guitar..... that said being real is not why I play these games. I like using my 5 button fischer price guitar to play along to songs, I have a real guitar too but I dont want to use it in a "game" or something I cna get an iphone app to do for a fraction of the price of this...... or free.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 01:21
Let's see if this title can revive the genre
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If the game is as terrible as it's logo, it will fail miserably.
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Posted on 28 February 12 at 02:25
I better see some of my boy Randy Rhoads on this bitch. I might get into playing alot more if there is hahaha.