I have no doubt, Activision absolutely killed the music genre in the only way they know how.  History has shown that much.  CoD is soon to follow, but they need to sue a few more of their employees before they let that nest egg rot.

I don’t want to sound bitter here but thank you sweet baby Jesus!  Music games are on their way out.  I liked these games about 15 years ago, before everyone thought that this was something new just because it came with a plastic instrument.

I have so many friends that loved to play this game.  I tried to like it, believe me, I tried.  Every time I held that cheap piece of plastic in my hands I felt a tiny little rage bubble up inside of me.  After years of classical music training, I was insulted to be confronted by Klax synchronized to music at the cost of a car payment.  I take that back… Klax was a better game so I don’t want to tarnish it with a comparison.

If there is going to be real innovation in music games, it’s not going to come from colored blocks scrolling down the screen.  I want to have a controllable character, a story, a reason to play the game.  The music should evolve from that.  I feel that games like Flower pushed the music genre further than any of the iterations of Rock Band or Guitar Hero.  I would look closer to games like Rez or Lumines for motivation before suffering through another peripheral to hang in my closet.