Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock

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Legends of Rock for me is Guitar Hero III. But alright I will keep an eye on it.

Interesting, I find you can never have enough guitars 😄

Quoting: fabertaweInteresting, I find you can never have enough guitars 😄

It's not just guitars. I have a friend who's a self-described sax maniac.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyIt's not just guitars. I have a friend who's a self-described sax maniac.

Tell him to be wary of time travelers! They hate the saxophone and even try to prevent it ever being invented. The story of the inventors childhood clearly show all their failed attempts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Sax#Early_life

I don't understand games like this. Instead of virtually pretending to do things. I could actually pick up an instrument, book shows, and all the rest. lol

Quoting: EWGI don't understand games like this. Instead of virtually pretending to do things. I could actually pick up an instrument, book shows, and all the rest. lol

That´s cool, you probably should then. :)
For me, i never stepped above hobby levels and went down the Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) path of instruments and synthesizers. I know some folks that went that route, and quite well actually, but man is that a tough life. So... i'd rather play Legends of Rock. :)

Last edited by Chrisznix on 27 Feb 2026 at 7:05 am UTC

Quoting: Chrisznix

Quoting: EWGI don't understand games like this. Instead of virtually pretending to do things. I could actually pick up an instrument, book shows, and all the rest. lol

That´s cool, you probably should then. :)
For me, i never stepped above hobby levels and went down the Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) path of instruments and synthesizers. I know some folks that went that route, and quite well actually, but man is that a tough life. So... i'd rather play Legends of Rock. :)

The [Mod: Dwarf](https://mod.audio/dwarf) solves GAS. It's fully libre and does everything from effects, utilites, amp+cab sim, to loops, metronome, and other stuff. Forget the AxeFX or huge pedalboards that cost in the thousands. lol

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Quoting: Chrisznix

Quoting: EWGI don't understand games like this. Instead of virtually pretending to do things. I could actually pick up an instrument, book shows, and all the rest. lol

That´s cool, you probably should then. :)
For me, i never stepped above hobby levels and went down the Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) path of instruments and synthesizers. I know some folks that went that route, and quite well actually, but man is that a tough life. So... i'd rather play Legends of Rock. :)

The [Mod: Dwarf](https://mod.audio/dwarf) solves GAS. It's fully libre and does everything from effects, utilites, amp+cab sim, to loops, metronome, and other stuff. Forget the AxeFX or huge pedalboards that cost in the thousands. lol

That sounds like more gear though (just kidding). It also only solves part of the problem, what's stopping the urge to buy multiple guitars? I have a Stratocaster and a Spanish guitar, but I should also get an electric guitar with humbucker pickups and an acoustic guitar with steel strings.

I'm a 30 something with young kids who has just picked up the guitar again after dropping it when I went to university. And while I really enjoy (re-)learning this skill, I don't have the time or desire to do all the things you do in this game. They're very different things, this game isn't even about playing music and more about the life of a musician.

Quoting: Chrisznixwhat's stopping the urge to buy multiple guitars?

Fair point. I have a few that are entirely different. i.e. an 12-string electro-acoustic, bass, fretless bass. I suppose there would be some difference in character between some strat pickup sounds and humbuckers but, as far as recording goes, the biggest difference is EQ. Ignoring the speakers and mics + mic placements because that's all virtualized.

So, I guess my point is the thing stopping the urge is realizing that having multiple instruments is mostly for convience and aesthetics. Thus unnecessary. It's a bigger boast saying you got 95% of the way to another instrument/pup config and in the final mix, those differences were lost.

And while I really enjoy (re-)learning this skill, I don't have the time or desire to do all the things you do in this game. They're very different things, this game isn't even about playing music and more about the life of a musician.

fair enough. For me, it's more of a matter of time to get some of these things done IRL. I've done plenty in the past already. I also don't necessarily want some of the presumed endgoals -- signing to a big label and being frontloaded with very large sums of money.

So, as much as I enjoy playing (video) games, I have to ensure to keep a balance between those and everything else I would like to get done. Games can very easily become a huge time sink and distraction beyond being a way to relax and hone some B055 5ki11z.