Author Topic: Official Rock Band Thread (Read 135503 times)

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #60 on:** November 20, 2007, 02:44:36 PM »

I picked up the PS3 version this morning at Best Buy (Federal Way, WA). They had probably 15 PS3 bundles, and 50 360 bundles sitting at the front of the store.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #61 on:** November 20, 2007, 03:25:28 PM »

holy shit, this game is the game I've been waiting my whole life for
Guitar Hero III looks like an embarassing Yaroze project in comparison

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #62 on:** November 20, 2007, 03:47:13 PM »

Wish I could play with you guys, but I had to maximize usage of my 360 GHII guitar so I went with that version.

bluemax · « **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:12:57 PM »

Quote from: Willco on November 20, 2007, 01:28:12 PM

I highly doubt Best Buy is getting 156 units of the bundles, because it's a logistic impossibility.

First off, there aren't that many bundles out there. EA has scrapped together all they could to put as much hardware out there day one and even then, they've stated they'll be unlikely to meet demand. Best Buy will get more units than most retailers and I've implored folks to go there first to attain them, but it's going to be more like a 2:1 ratio and not a 25:1 ratio.

Second, as someone who has 20 or so total bundles sitting in my backroom (for PS3 and Xbox 360), those things are huge, and even a megastore like Best Buy would have difficulties backstocking 156 units. It'd take up a quarter of their stockroom!

They are pretty big.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #64 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:20:49 PM »

I just heard that there is a New Pornographers songs in Rock Band, is that true? Because if it is, OMG OMG OMG!!!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #65 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:46:28 PM »

yes, it's Electric Version

I really like the tradeoff between note chart difficulty and accuracy in Rock Band. GH3 in particular you can button mash through solos. the meter is also much more unforgiving than in Guitar Hero.

hyp · « **Reply #66 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:57:25 PM »

i just picked it up! talk about an impulse buy. my ea friend gave me the heads up he wasn't going to claim his bundle, so he let me buy it off him for a *special* price

. it may sit unopened tonight though, mass effect is calling.

demi · « **Reply #67 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:06:59 PM »

Picked mine up, didn't have to pre-order

I saw two moms buying it, and even heard the security guard at Target talk about it. This thing is going to be a hot item this Christmas, so I couldn't refuse buying what could be a nice investment.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #68 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:11:00 PM »

I've never played Guitar Hero, this was a total impulse purchase. The track list is absolutely awesome, and the whole "no more until February 2008" forced me to get it right now. I didn't preorder, I just walked into Best Buy this morning and picked one up.

There were a bunch of people buying Rock Band (360 and PS3), I even saw three people buying 80GB PS3s and Rock Band. As I driving towards Best Buy, there were a couple guys walking the other direction lugging the big ol' boxes back to their homes.

hyp · « **Reply #69 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:44:21 PM »

let's play online demi (online support is coming right?)

demi · « **Reply #70 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:45:55 PM »

It's already in - I'll play with you

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #71 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:46:04 PM »

Fucking Stunning.

I grabbed a PS3 version this morning alongside Patel. Have to say it took me almost 40 minutes to get the lag calibrated to a level that's 'playable', mostly because it's got a confusing two-part calibration now (A/V lag + controller lag). Once I got it set up decently, I grabbed the guitar and dove right in.

I totally agree with Patel - this is the game I've been waiting for since GHI. The note charts are fun, the song selection is brilliant, they are well placed in the song list (every city has been two or three out of five songs that I was dying to play)... it's all gravy, baby.

When I got to "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer and the crowd started singing along with the song was one of those moments I'm going to remember for a long, long time. I had a giant shit-eating grin plastered all over my face. Great stuff.

The degree to which this smokes GHIII and even GHII is frankly embarrassing (for Activision/NS). Amazing!!

Oh, and if anyone's interested, the PS3 version looks and plays great, bit framey but no worse than the movies they have up on their site (which I assume are from the 360 version since their former programmer said it 'looked better' surely they'd use it for the promo vids). Wireless guitar is great, guitar build quality is substantially better than the GHI/II PS2 guitars or the 360 X-plorer.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #72 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:53:45 PM »

The guitar is a bit different from the RO models, but it's growing on me. The buttons are far and away better. The strum bar is much more "strummy" and less "clicky." I find that if I just casually whack it with my fingertips, I do fine. If I hold it between my thumb and forefinger (like I do the GH guitar) I tend to miss notes more often.

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #73 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:58:29 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on November 20, 2007, 05:53:45 PM

The guitar is a bit different from the RO models, but it's growing on me. The buttons are far and away better. The strum bar is much more "strummy" and less "clicky." I find that if I just casually whack it with my fingertips, I do fine. If I hold it between my thumb and forefinger (like I do the GH guitar) I tend to miss notes more often.

Same, although I really like the feel of the new strum bar. Of particular note for me is that I'm used to doing the 'whacking' motion, and this bar doesn't ever seem to 'spring' back up and register another hit by coming too far back up on the recoil, which used to occasionally make me lose my streak in songs where I'm more excited and really 'rocking out'. Love that.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #74 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:03:19 PM »

Yeah, I think ultimately I as well will prefer the new strum bar. It just requires a different playing technique (but one which is closer to the actual guitar playing motion, in the end).

hyp · « **Reply #75 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:08:04 PM »

so does the GH3 wireless guitar work on the 360 version of rock band?

demi · « **Reply #76 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:08:50 PM »

Sucks that Rock Band guitar doesnt work with GH2 and 3, I was considering getting those, since I have a guitar now. I WONT FALL FOR THEIR TRICKS

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #77 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:11:25 PM »

So the 360 bundle has no wireless guitar and the PS3 version has framedrops? Kinda hard to make a decision for someone that doesn't care about achievements.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #78 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:17:57 PM »

the PS3 version doesn't have any more framedrops than the 360 version, from what I've seen of both. It's just a framey engine.

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #79 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:19:24 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on November 20, 2007, 06:11:25 PM

So the 360 bundle has no wireless guitar and the PS3 version has framedrops? Kinda hard to make a decision for someone that doesn't care about achievements.

No, I think both of them have framedrops. Go watch the movies on their site or look at one of the demo kiosks at best buy (those are 360 version). The point I was trying to make is that I don't see this supposed performance delta that this guy hinted at heavily.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #80 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:21:27 PM »

Neither do I, I'm glad I trusted my unbiased friend EGM Shane when he recommended the PS3 version!

(in all seriousness, the PS3 version looks exactly fine)

hyp · « **Reply #81 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:30:39 PM »

do the frame drops affect gameplay at all? i'd hate for it to fuck with my timing.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #82 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:40:36 PM »

no, it's just background stuff

hyp · « **Reply #83 on:** November 20, 2007, 06:42:35 PM »

sweeeet.

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #84 on:** November 20, 2007, 07:43:37 PM »

Quote from: hyp on November 20, 2007, 06:30:39 PM

do the frame drops affect gameplay at all? i'd hate for it to fuck with my timing.

As Patel said, 'no', but to expand a bit, your note chart bar is running at a perfect locked 30/60fps (depending on your tv). It's only the 3d stuff of your band jumping around that can get framey from time to time.

demi · « **Reply #85 on:** November 20, 2007, 07:52:21 PM »

Wow, the presentation on this eclipses Guitar Hero. I just did "Maps" - what a shitty ass song.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #86 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:06:30 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 20, 2007, 07:52:21 PM

Wow, the presentation on this eclipses Guitar Hero. I just did "Maps" - what a shitty ass song.

Yeah.

Just got back from forming Klitts of Fire. So much fun. We had a blast with In Bloom.

I'm lead singer.

demi · « **Reply #87 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:08:43 PM »

This is like 3 games in one - finish Guitar, do Drums, then Vocals.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #88 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:17:55 PM »

My dude is surprisingly similar to me in terms of looks. Pretty creepy.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #89 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:21:46 PM »

Mine is still unopened. I promised myself I wouldn't crack it open until I got off my ass and finished all this housework $:-\$

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #90 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:41:56 PM »

Rock Band is like a full generation if not two ahead of Guitar Hero at this point.

I just tried Drums on Hard and it raped my ankle.

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #91 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:43:41 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on November 20, 2007, 08:21:46 PM

Mine is still unopened. I promised myself I wouldn't crack it open until I got off my ass and finished all this housework $:-\$

Your strength is not to be denied!

demi · « **Reply #92 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:46:44 PM »

Wow, the QOTSA song is the first one I've actually liked playing

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #93 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:48:12 PM »

Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on November 20, 2007, 08:43:41 PM

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on November 20, 2007, 08:21:46 PM
Mine is still unopened. I promised myself I wouldn't crack it open until I got off my ass and finished all this housework $:-\$

Your strength is not to be denied!

Meanwhile, I skipped out to play Rock Band for 2.5 hours at home then just played for another half hour ON THE JOB.

However, as I am still at work right now, relatively speaking I have great self-discipline as well.

demi · « **Reply #94 on:** November 20, 2007, 09:06:53 PM »

A lot of these songs suck. Creep? This isn't rock. It's stoner music.

demi · « **Reply #95 on:** November 20, 2007, 09:45:28 PM »

I just got disconnected - and prompted with an update when I went back on

Wonder what it did

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #96 on:** November 20, 2007, 09:51:24 PM »

I just went to Best Buy. There were like 50 360 bundles.

demi · « **Reply #97 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:29:42 PM »

Is anyone else having weird quirks with their strum? I swear I'm hitting notes but it's not registering. The only calibration I did was set it to LCD TV. I'm reading on GAF that this is a known issue. I do the downstrum, upward is just awkward.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #98 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:32:38 PM »

i had problems with the strum on the best buy guitar. it is what ultimately made me decide not to buy it; well, that and the sad condition of owning a collection of fisher-price novelty peripherals

demi · « **Reply #99 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:35:37 PM »

I'm doing Medium and I know I'm not that awful, I normally get 97+% but there are moments during songs, usually the bits with lots of close notes (probably to imitate strumming) where it just goes to shit.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #100 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:36:28 PM »

i ran into that on the bon jovi song

demi · « **Reply #101 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:39:52 PM »

Oh and I am feeling remorse for buying this. I hope it sells out hot and soccer moms want to pay good money for it, cause that's what I'll probably do. A lot of the achievements are band related (multiplayer), single player owners get the shaft :'(

I totally gotta try the vocals at least once.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #102 on:** November 20, 2007, 11:54:28 PM »

My best friend is coming into town this week for the holiday, and he's been playing the drums since he was ten. He can't wait to try this out and see how it matches up.

It's too late to open it now, so I'll just give it some play tomorrow morning.

When it comes to visible nerdcrap I've had in my home over the years, this setup is probably going to be one of the lesser embarrassments

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #103 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:02:43 AM »

Yea, I'm really surprised you bought it demi. Basically every review and person pointed to it not being a great single-player experience. I would think the GH series would suit you better. And good luck hoping they don't get more bundles out, because right now it doesn't seem all that hot. At least going by my Best Buy.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #104 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:05:44 AM »

I think the low production run thing:

A) was way overstated

or

B) only applied to certain parts of the country

demi · « **Reply #105 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:07:01 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on November 21, 2007, 12:02:43 AM

Yea, I'm really surprised you bought it demi. Basically every review and person pointed to it not being a great single-player experience. I would think the GH series would suit you better. And good luck hoping they don't get more bundles out, because right now it doesn't seem all that hot. At least going by my Best Buy.

Word of mouth, wait for it. I saw two soccer moms buying it, and a security guard at Target talking about it. Wait until after Thanksgiving when everyone plays it.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #106 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:09:54 AM »

The word of mouth was big for Guitar Hero, but it wasn't $170.

demi · « **Reply #107 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:10:49 AM »

It's all about what's hot and popular, and hard to find.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #108 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:11:54 AM »

You've got a point. The Wii is most popular thing out there.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #109 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:04:26 AM »

So should I get GH II or GH III for my extra guitar? Which guitar and game is better? I don't give a shit about the GH III guitar being wireless since all the other instruments on 360 are wired. I want the best guitar and game, isn't GH II made by the same team that did RB?

Can I buy GH I songs on 360 for GH II?

I played this game at a friends house for three hours tonight and brought my RB guitar, and played some drums after a bit. It's the most fun I've had gaming since I was a kid. I've never played a GH game but always wanted to.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #110 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:20:38 AM »

I'm seriously tempted to rig the mic up to a mic stand so I can sing and play guitar at the same time!!

RAWK!!! YEAH!!!

My father-in-law is having a blast playing alongside me. I can't wait for drunken band practice this weekend with our friends.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #111 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:21:04 AM »

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #112 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:22:30 AM »

You're :gay !!!

demi · « **Reply #113 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:25:09 AM »

I've got some bears interested in playing with me

Demi and the Bears

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #114 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:27:43 AM »

Our band name is going to be "D-Chops and the Eagle's Nest."

demi · « **Reply #115 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:28:13 AM »

Call it ANAL CAVITY

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #116 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:29:12 AM »

It's funny how Guitar Hero is less gay, even though playing drums in Rock Band will actually give you rudimentary skills in playing REAL drums, unlike playing Guitar Hero.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #117 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:33:04 AM »

playing music together is for feggits like the partridge family

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #118 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:06:48 AM »

Rock Band is the game of the forever

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #119 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:07:08 AM »

There just aren't words... I was playing "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi and managed to get to the point where the crowd was signing along again... and was totally floored. During the chorus, where he says "I'm Wanted.... dead or alive", there's TWO TIMES in the whole song where he says "I'm Wanted (WAAAANTE~~~D) dead or alive". The crowd was throwing in that extra 'WAAAAANTE~~~~D" when singing along.

The thing that floors me, is that's EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS AT A BON JOVI CONCERT. Everyone remembers that part with the extra forceful version and sings it at the wrong times, cause they are just getting too far into the song. Amazing. Harmonix hit it out of the park on this one.

Also, Patel and I just did online (guitar+bass) and it's pretty much flawless. Of course, we live all of 20 miles apart so YMMV.

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