G4 Sets the Record Straight – No New Instruments for Guitar Hero: World Tour

* WRITERS NOTE *: Before I get to the news that I plan to tell you about, I want to get something out of the way first: Activision should have named the forthcoming Guitar Hero game something other than “World Tour”. It sounds way too close to the DS title Guitar Hero: On Tour, and it annoys the hell out of me. Now that I have gotten that off my chest, here is the story.*

Recently, G4  got my hopes up, and the hopes of every other piano nerd who is also a gamer when they reported that a keyboard peripheral would be coming out with Activision’s newest Guitar Hero title.

Well, apparently G4 got it all wrong when they stated that a new peripheral would be included with Guitar Hero: World Tour - so wrong in fact that they have had to scratch through their original post. This bit of inaccurate information was posted after getting their wires crossed during an interview with Neversoft project director Brian Bright. They have however set the record straight – no new instruments will be included with GHWT – just the normal peripherals we have come to expect.

This has sucked the wind out of my sails to be quite honest with you, because G4 was speculating that it would have to be a keyboard – I mean what else would it be, bagpipes? Their reasoning for suspecting a keyboard was self explanatory because in studio mode, you can record keyboard parts. What will gamers use as a keyboard if one is not present? Why the guitar of course, because nothing produces a sonata quite like a faux guitar. Right. Even a keytar would make more sense, but then again, who would want to be seen rockin’ it out with a FAKE keytar let alone a real one? Talk about putting a damper on your social life.

Regardless of whether a new instrument is coming out for GHWT or not, it sounds like it will be a fun game indeed, especially now that the days of incompatibility with other game peripherals is becoming a thing of the past. I only wish that their set list was as good as the one for Rock Band 2. To be honest with you, I am still pissed off about Tool not being on the disc, yet the inclusion of The Steve Miller Band is suppose to be a good thing. Hardly.