The Name Game.

So the reviews for Guitar Hero: World Tour are out...and pretty much confirm what i've been saying...well to my friends, not on here: adding extra stuff/drum pads doesn't necessarily make a better game. But let me back up for a minute.
Many people made the decision to take Guitar Hero III (and also World Tour) over Rock Band based on the idea "Well i'm gonna stick with the original; Guitar Hero." Which makes perfect sense, except for one small problem, guitar hero III and IV are not, i repeat not, the original. The guys who actually made Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II, Harmonix (also responsible for the sorely underappreciate FreQuency and Amplitude, think 1-man Rock Band using a standard controller...maybe that's too hard...just google 'em) moved on to make Rock Band. So the guys responsible for the acxtual GAME Guitar Hero are making Rock Band now, i.e. Rock Band is really the "original." So even though Neversoft has been playing the copy-what-you-did-and-add-some-bullet-points game, they still can't match the quality and experince in music games maintained by Harmonix.
I actually have a friend who went the Guitar Heor>Rock Band route who said to me one day: "I like the Rock Band game better, but i prefer the Guitar Hero guitar." And this is exactly the kind of attitude that is the problem, everyone would rather have what's familiar that what's genuinely better. Personally i prefer the more realistic look and feel of the Rock Band Stratocaster, but i can understand the "hey, it's still just a game" aesthetic of the Guitar Hero SG/Les Paul. What i can't understand is choosing to make such an investment based on such a relatively insignificant factor as having the "original" name or guitar. And i'm not even going to get into the HUGE discrepancy between RB's downloadable content and GH's.
Harmonix continues to impress with the continued quality of their work even without the recognition of the brand they built while never soft slowly falters with the quality of that brand. So wake up, people! This is the same kind of debacle as the F.E.A.R. sequel, just because it's got the Guitar Hero outfit, doesn't mean it's got the Guitar Hero soul. I'm being metaphorical if you didn't catch that. But seriously, try playing the game, or at least reading about it, don't just go on the name alone...