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A love letter to the Guitar Hero X-Plorer Controller
Simply the best.
Guitar Hero
Developer Harmonix Music Systems
Publisher Activison
Guitar Hero is a music simulation game that arrived on PlayStation 2 in late 2005, tasking players with performing songs by playing notes in sequence on a specialized controller. The rhythm gameplay has proven influential enough that other studios are adapting its core concepts for different genres. Blood of Dawnwalker, an upcoming vampire RPG, has incorporated Guitar Hero's directional input system into its parrying mechanics, with developers noting the approach feels natural enough that players gravitate toward it once they master the more complex techniques. While the parry system remains optional, the studio suggests learning advanced mechanics encourages players to stick with the directional approach rather than reverting to simpler alternatives.
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Blood of Dawnwalker takes notes from Guitar Hero for the vampire RPG's parrying: "It's so cool that we believe most people will play this way"
The game's directional combat is optional, dev says, but once you learn some "really difficult songs," you won't go back