Blog Hero -
as promised, I have played far too much Guitar Hero between last night and right now and so far the weird, stupid grin on my face far outweighs the painful swelling in my left wrist.
I shit you not, the end of the game (or what I thought was the end of the game) is as follows:
the "ultimate" rock band, which consists of Sting, Travis Barker, your character and Ozzy Osbourne, assembles on the roof of some building in Times Square for a set that consists of some newer thrash songs, La Bamba (yes, La Bamba. whoever decides which songs belong together needs some help and a day off.), BYOB by System of A Down and fucking Trapped Under Ice by Metallica. I would like to say that I wasn't grinning like an idiot while pretending to play this song but I so clearly was.
the encore song is Hot For Teacher - after which the band does a stage dive off the roof.
The next scene is the credits for the game, like the other GH titles allows you to play a song you just unlocked at the "end of the game" in some crazy setting. GH3 it was on top of some stone pedestal in the netherworld.....this time?
you're part of the "Ultimate Band", who apparently leaped to their deaths at the end of Hot For Teacher (and really, who wouldn't? If only Eddie Van Halen had Gary Cherone's career could've just died quietly) and is now ON A MAGICAL BOAT BEING PULLED THROUGH THE SKY BY GIANT GRIFFONS AND JAMMING SOME DREAM THEATER.
I couldn't make that up if I tried.
It seriously feels like they went back in time and talked to past-Butch in junior high and asked him, "What would the metal afterlife look like" and took whatever that stupid little prick said 100% seriously.
I think my past self is owed some royalties as I have clearly scribbled that exact scene (ok, not with Sting or Travis Barker) on a notebook somewhere....
in any case, it's not the end of the game after all.
Once you arrive in Asgard (that's right, Metal Gods = Norse Gods) you get to keep on playing. I only got a glimpse of the set list but I know that it includes 'Satch Boogie'
As it should - All is right in Metal Heaven.
Today begins the kids' education in old school metal (I'm sure my wife will roll her eyes at that one) so that one day a huge corporation can package up their nostalgia and sell them such happiness....
2 comments:
Except, as much as you hate it, their nostalgia will include Rihanna and John Mayer.
yes, but until someone invents "sleep your way into the music business Hero" or "Maybe or Maybe not dating a celebrity Hero" I think metal is a safe bet.
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