Who Needs Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

22 Responses (Add) | Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 4:09am

Cavinder is a long-time community member, and a self-professed “casual gamer”. If you love music, and enjoy gaming… this email goes out to you!

Hey Chris! I just wanted to see if you knew about this game called Audiosurf. I just found it not too long ago myself, and have been enjoying myself to pieces with it. In a nutshell, it’s a a musical game much like Guitar Hero and Rockband. But this one is different in that it’s a puzzle game on a track. Basically how it works is the game sets up random colored blocks down your track, and you have to collect them. To gain points, you have to collect at least 3 of the same color together. The more of the same color you collect, the higher the score.
There’s a couple more things that make the game interesting. You know how Guitar Hero and Rockband flow on a straight track? Not this game. This game has a twisting track to really mess with your game… and make it more fun. Also, if you notice it, the track jumps with the beat of the song. That is also really cool. During a slow part of the song, the track bends upwards. During a heavy, fast part, the track streaks down.
The absolute best part of this game is the music. You know how Guitar Hero and Rockband have a set list of songs you can choose from? This game will play any song thats on your pc. Thats right any song. You pick which song you want to play, it looks at it, determines the difficulty, the traffic(blocks) and how the track will look all within a matter of seconds. The people who made this game did an incredible thing with that right there, and in my opinion did it the right way. You’ll be pulling songs that you normally wouldn’t be listening to anymore to play them on this game.
I have three separate videos on YouTube, showing myself playing this game so you can get a feel for it. Check out Still Alive, Second Heartbeat, or Bark at the Moon to see how the game looks.

Audiosurf has a demo version that is absolutely free. You can play with five different songs: one is a tutorial of their choosing, and the other four you choose from your own library. The full game costs only $9.99!

This sounds like a lot of fun. The free version is definitely worth checking out. I have a feeling many of you will end up buying the whole thing.

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22 Comments

Rick Butterfield

July 25th, 2008
at 4:40am

Already got this game, it’s SOOOOOOOO much fun.

Luke Wallace

July 25th, 2008
at 8:09am

The reason Guitar Hero and Rock Band are so popular is not because they are rhythm games (look up how popular the old Harmonix games Amplitude and Frequency were), but because they give the sensation of being a rock star. You move your hands kind of like someone playing the guitar, or drums, or you sing along like your favorite singer. Without that sensation, the game just isn’t the same.

Anonymous

July 25th, 2008
at 9:10am

Guitar Hero and Rock Band aren’t even original concepts.

The original guitar and drum music games, called GuitarFreaks and Drummania, were invented by Konami (the creators of Dance Dance Revolution, that started the whole music game genre) back in 1997.

techman224

July 25th, 2008
at 10:09am

Guitar Hero and Rock Band are there so people who want want to play an instrument on a console for fun. It there for entertainment for the people who just want to have fun

Irockman1

July 25th, 2008
at 11:39am

I bought Audiosurf right after it was released. It’s a really fun game, but it gets old after a while, at least for me, but I suppose every game does that.

It’s still worth a download, especially if you’re a casual gamer that likes music.

Tina

July 25th, 2008
at 11:56am

I am new to youtube and would like to say out of all the rooms i have looked at so far, this one is by far the most informative and enjoyable.
My brothers friends all have these guitar games for there systems and I think they should just learn how to reallyplay. I mean they act like there some kind of super star and the buttons on theses devices they play are nothing like a real guitar… LOL oh well to each there own maybe I would like it if I tried it.
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JBP915

July 25th, 2008
at 12:05pm

Audiosurf is addicting! I have been playing it for awhile now. To me it’s better than playing RockBand or Guitar Hero. No extra accessories or anything. It reminds me alot of the old school top scrolling shooting games mix with it!

RottNKorpse

July 25th, 2008
at 12:23pm

I really like this game…I thought it looked tacky in the preview images but after trying the demo I see the style of the game is one of the major draws to it because it has great visual effects that change with the beat of the music. They only let you play 4 songs in the demo but that is more than enough to get hooked…after the 4 was done I immediately bought the game. Oh and you can also compare scores with people from your area or anywhere…the game is easily worth the $10 price tag.

Elf

July 25th, 2008
at 5:08pm

This sounds sweet, I might get it myself.

commputer35

July 25th, 2008
at 5:32pm

I love Guitar Hero but i don’t like rockband becase rockband they copied the guitar for guitar hero

PHURTIVE

July 25th, 2008
at 8:57pm

Who Needs Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

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July 25th, 2008
at 8:57pm

Who Needs Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

AshTR

July 26th, 2008
at 1:26am

I’m surprised you never did anything on Audiosurf. It’s an awesome game. I recommend some of the Guitar Hero songs or techno stuff to play. Plus the $10 price point makes it a must-have.

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July 26th, 2008
at 7:03am

Who Needs Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

Matt Bickford

July 26th, 2008
at 6:01pm

I like the ability to add any song. I will have to give it a try.

Colby

July 26th, 2008
at 8:45pm

I’ve had this game for awhile now also. It makes listening to your songs fun and exciting! I would recommend this game as well. :-)

Hussain Radheyyan

July 27th, 2008
at 2:25pm

Yeah I really agree with this guy, audiosurf does all what guitar hero does with a much funner point system and it actually follows the beat and speed of the song which is really cool, and they can do this with ANY song which i think makes this much better than guitar hero.

EvilHom3r

July 28th, 2008
at 8:17am

Ive herd of this game before, never really could get into it. You should also check out Frets on Fire, a guitar hero clone for the PC that lets you have any song as well, and is widely supported.