Quote Originally Posted by Vyk View Post
Music and rhythm games may be their own genre like first person shooters. But they're pretty much just a one note song. Very gimmicky. First person shooters are just a style of presentation. But what's being presented can be vastly different from game to game. Guitar Hero and Rock Band however... Every game is the same. There's no option for a gripping story line, or epic boss battle at the end or anything. I'll agree certain first person shooters need to die. But as a whole, I don't think they ever will (honestly I'm not even sure they should. Its not a horrible style of presentation, though I do much prefer third person)
You're making a blanket statement if you feel the whole Music/Rhythm genre can best be summarized by Rock Band and Guitar Hero, cause its more than just these two games. Even the major player who is the most similar, DDR has gone over some interesting transformations in the last decade and is still going pretty strong despite not having boss battles or story mode, but then again these games are not meant to be a narrative but rather a test of skill and they have certainly done that. Course DDR has always been more of a series that caters to a hardcore crowd.

Games like Gitaroo Man, PaRappa The Rapper, Elite Beat Agents, and Space Channel 5 are more for the story crowds and many of them are highly regarded and loved. So I wouldn't call it a "one note genre". It existed and was doing rather well before Guitar Hero was ever conceived. While Guitar Hero may have died, in truth it's days were numbered once Rock Band entered the scene anyway. While Harmonix's might be in the process of finding a new publisher, I don't see them retiring Rock Band, so I'm pretty sure it will last a few more years. They just need to market it better cause they don't have DDR's luxury of having 90% of its music made in-house.