I love Tony Hawk. Being a skateboarder growing up, and making one of the greatest games of all time (Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater – on PlayStation) Tony carries some weight when it comes to athleticism and video games. But what about music? I’m sure Tony has great taste in music, as his games always have killer soundtracks. But demoing Guitar Hero Wold Tour doesn’t seem to light his fire. Just see for yourself.

Well, if Paula Abdul was there I would probably have the same expression. But the little clip reminds me of something. Whether its Rock Band or Guitar Hero, the public demos of the games always seem awful. The sound is bad, the performers are bad, the audience is bad. So why do publishers keep promoting this way? I’ve played Guitar Hero III and I can say from experience it’s a great game. I’ve also played Rock Band and again, a good game. The key though is who you are playing the game with. It’s a “have to be there” experience. So stop showing us this crap. Just give me some canned overdubbed marketing video.

UPDATE: I should note that Tony didn’t actually make the game, his name was just on it and was involved with the development. The great team at Neversoft did and publisher Activision brought it to us. [correction]

(via RPG-TV.com)

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3 Responses to “Guess you had to be there… glad I wasn’t.”

  1. 1 MrsKniceGuy

    Paula had a bad wig. Just sayin.

    But yeah, I agree – it’s terrible marketing to watch someone else play the game. At least he didn’t fail out…

  2. 2 mrkniceguy

    Yeah! I wasn’t sure if that was real hair or not… kinda freaky.

    “that video is freaking me out” 😀

    I can’t believe I forgot RUSH!

    Rush, three of the best musicians in the world, fail their song in Rock Band. Awesome.

  3. 3 CovenantSlayerJ

    That was pretty bad! They should have real guitarists do these things not guys who’ve played the game once


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