Rock Band's goal is to continue on the path of musical authenticity

by Dustin Burg { Jan 15th 2009 at 3:30PM }

Authentic. One of those words that gives a person warm fuzzies inside and a sense of security and pride. That authenticity is Rock Band developer Harmonix's goal with their current music games and in future titles.

"Authenticity of the musical experience was one of the key design goals in Rock Band" Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos told The New York Times. "I do think that during the coming years we will continue to try to bridge the gap between simulated musicianship and real musicianship" he added, admitting that the level of "complexity/difficulty explodes rapidly" with a more authentic experience. Something team Harmonix will have to manage and balance to keep their games accessible while being as authentic as possible.

[Via CVG]

Tags: ea, harmonix, mtv-games, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ice~ @ Jan 15th 2009 3:45PM

Harmonix is definitely one of the best game studios ever...along with criterion

Spike @ Jan 15th 2009 4:40PM

and valve
TF2 FTW(PC version)

AoE @ Jan 15th 2009 8:57PM

Not that I don't enjoy their games quite a bit (because lord knows I love me some RB); but one of the best studios ever, when all they've done is refine some Konami's arcade secret sauce? I must respectfully disagree sir. At least until they do something in an entirely different genre and prove that they are versatile (which most best studios evah are), I must respectfully disagree...

ice~ @ Jan 15th 2009 10:40PM

I'm not even going by their games, I'm going by their support for their games, and the fact that they don't milk them into oblivion. But, Look at Harmonix's other games, some are pretty dam different from they're simple rhythm games...but as for them making games in other genres, probably not gonna happen, they're strictly a music-game studio.