Rock Band • The Official Thread

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Yeah, i'd have to agree that I bought a $6 pack just for Bark at the Moon. :indiff: Dumb decsion of course.

Duck, do you think with a whole album it'll still be $6?
 
godzilla_GTR
plus some people can be great at guitar hero but not have the co-ordination or pateince to play a real guitar.
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Yeah, with GH you've got five frets and (sort of...) one string, which isn't picky about how you strum it to make the right note. With a guitar you've got six strings (or more) and 24 frets. Then there's sliding, vibrato effects, bending, harmonics, effect pedals, pick scraping...etc! :lol:
 
Ebiggs
Yeah, with GH you've got five frets and (sort of...) one string, which isn't picky about how you strum it to make the right note. With a guitar you've got six strings (or more) and 24 frets. Then there's sliding, vibrato effects, bending, harmonics, effect pedals, pick scraping...etc! :lol:
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I'm very sure all that is difficult the only one I know what they do is bending and that seems hard. I've tried to bend the strings on a real guitar and I couldn't do it.
 
Blackbird.
I'm very sure all that is difficult the only one I know what they do is bending and that seems hard. I've tried to bend the strings on a real guitar and I couldn't do it.
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If you can't bend a little guitar string then you better never try to bending with a bass. :odd:
 
Looks like we're getting real venues...

Road Trip
Put the roadies to work! In Band World Tour mode, you'll be rocking socks off in these famous rock cities across the globe...in real venues!

- Amsterdam
- Berlin
- Boston (three confirmed venues: Charles Pub, in Somerville, The Establishment in Cambridge, and Hancock Theatre)
- Chicago
- London
- Los Angeles
- Moscow
- New York
- Paris
- Reykjavik
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rome
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- Stockholm
- Sydney
- Tokyo

And that isn't it also it says that along with The Who's "Who's Next" album being available for download, Nirvana's "Nevermind" is also confirmed to hit after launch.

Then it says another little fact about the World Tour mode where it says "You'll tour an astonishing 41 venues in the game's World Tour Mode"

And last but not least, in the final paragrraph it says, "On November 6, clear some space. Your living room is your stage, and your fans span the globe" So this might mean a Nov. 6th release date so far! Hey that's better than a Nov. 20th release date.
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...And a November 6th release date.
 
Well PS3 for of course, I'm very close to retiring my 360 thanks to my current frustration with XBL and changing batteries. I was still undecided if i should get this or GH3 since they will cost a lot of money to own both. Which ever one has the most modern metal songs al la Lamb, As Blood runs black, All that remains, As I Lay dying, Killswitch Engaged, Soilwork and so many more....
 
Drist, Cradle of filth(I wish:(), Would love some theater of tragedy aswell. And some t.A.T.u lol:D

I'd get Rockband as it has guitar Hero built into it(pretty much, but without slash and Jimi etc) anyway.

You should buy a play and charge kit. Probably the best thing ive bought for my 360(apart from the whisper fan's). 1 Charge last me week's(about 60hr's of gaming) before it start's UFO'ing on me(when the 4 light's on the controller start Rotating to let you know it's getting low on fuel)

Actually i wonder if there will be any korn? There new CD(with Joey!!!) is coming out....Today! Man....Do i save for my Ps3 or...? I think i'll download it now, then borry $15 of mum this week and another $15 next week and buy it.

Sorry for the Rambling, my wizdom tooth is coming through and ive had a bit to much painkiller's and im going to the dentist this afternoon. I have needle'aphobia:(
 
GH3 has Through the fire Flames by dragonforce, The GH pros from Scorehero that have played the GH3 version say its the toughest Gh song ever and no one could finish the song after 20 tries(20mins it took). I have not seen any heavy stuff from rock band yet. Rock bads song list is looking closer to GH1 than GH2. Where GH3 has more heavier songs from what I read.

Rock bands 10 fret modes are very appealing.
 
I don't know whether to look forward to a Dragonforce song or dread it, especially if it's harder then Jordan (but I don't think it is). No matter how much I hate what they've done to GH3 i'll probably still get it, and encore, and rock band. But I think i'll just get rock band to get it I don't think i'll get any of the peripherals.
 
Awsome, go the dragonforce!!!!

I'm really looking forward to this, with all the talk of heavier music, more metal band's/songs confirmed etc...
 
I find Jordan Really easy(on medium mind you , can't do any song's on hard yet, don't own the game lol)?

WOW they got some great master song's. Iron Maiden, GnR, pumpkin's, muse, pearl Jam...
 
Anyway... I've been following this the past week or so, I guess I'll post this up.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/07/rock-band-bundles-have-wireless-guitar-on-ps3-and-wired-on-xbox/

Joystiq
We've been working on getting answers to what's going on with Rock Band's peripheral pricing for a long time. There are still no "official" prices to be found, but there is one anomaly regarding the wireless Xbox 360 guitar that is really starting to kick up questions. This $20 difference in the prices between the Xbox 360 wired and wireless guitar, which Joystiq first reported on back in May, has come back around in a sneaky way with the Rock Band bundles. Both Amazon and GameStop currently sell the Rock Band bundle for $199, with one key difference: The PS3 version comes with a wireless guitar and the Xbox 360 version is wired.

So, for gamers looking to avoid the currently marked $20 difference between the PS3 ($59.99) and Xbox 360 ($79.99) wireless guitar prices, the bundle is apparently not the answer. We also spoke with Red Octane yesterday, following up on questions we had at E3 about the price point of their Xbox 360 wireless guitar. Given Red Octane's already dramatic history on this wireless issue with Microsoft, we wanted to know if licensing issues and cost to the consumer had been worked out for this guitar and Guitar Hero III's release. They couldn't officially answer at this time, but the GH III bundles are currently identically priced on GameStop's website.

"Officially" none of this information means anything at this point. Although consumers should be made aware that the Rock Band bundles they're currently purchasing on GameStop and Amazon for the Xbox 360 are officially marked as wired, while the PS3 version is marked as wireless.
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So, yeah. Proprietary wireless ftl.

Also, on the total amount of songs in Rock Band... from the official website:

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That's fine right? Not really. Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 has 55. Guitar Hero 3? A little over 70.

I love the concept, I really do, but I'm not paying $120 ($140 on 360) for 40 songs only to have loads of DLC come right after the game is released. There are way too many games I want this year, and Rock Band might have to get the axe. Of course, I may just buy it by itself and use my GH2 wired guitar, but where's the fun with cords and less features? :/
 
55 songs in GH2 means nothing to me because the majority of the songs on the disc I do not enjoy playing. GH3 may be different I can give a good judgment when I actually get the game. Funny thing of all games I thought GH3 I'd pass up and buy Rock Band and Encore but now it looks like i'm giving Encore the axe for a even shorter list of songs, plus I don't like many 80s songs. Rock Band for the price and probably the short list. I'm pretty sure down the road I'll buy them to complete the collection I've already started with GH1 and two. But as of now it looks like GH3 will be a definite buy.
 
Whats the point of announcing downlaodable content before the game is released. Its like them saying "Hey we are gonna stick it to you early and often"

GH3 is already on my must have list Rock bands 40 songs and the lack of interest in the other instruments plus it's expensive.
 
Integra Type R
I'd like to know how you're supposed to do double bass drum patterns with only one bass drum pedal?
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Unless there's a song in the list that has double bass parts I would think they'd pick songs without them since they failed to include a double bass?
 
I'm just saying i'd be suprised if they put any songs in the game that had any type of section that would require a double bass, I think it'd ruin the experience. Personally I was really looking foward to possibly a double bass pedal, maybe a future add-on?
 
That's lame. How can you have a game called Rock Band and not have any songs with double bass in it? Even Nickleback uses double bass for chrissakes.
 
It's just a game after all. The guitar only has five buttons, which is even more unrealistic. Even if it doesn't have the double bass pedal the drums will be the instrument with the more realistic feel on this game (besides the mic of course).
 
But I mean drums are more straight foward, I think. Yes on the guitar (real) your hands and fingers do a ton more work then on the GH guitar but it's still fun. With double bass you can't hide it with one pedal you need two pedals to give a fun experience for a double bass passage, you can't half-ass it with one.
 
Blackbird.
With double bass you can't hide it with one pedal you need two pedals to give a fun experience for a double bass passage, you can't half-ass it with one.
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I think the people who don't know what double bass is(me) wont care and still would have fun. If a real guitarists cries about the 5 frets and one strum no one is going to care because its a game and 90% of the buyers more than likely wont be musicians. Its going to be fun regardless and do all songs use double bass?

I shouldn't talk I may not even get this until next year as I'll be rockin GH3.
 

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