Rock Band. More Awesome.

[Squeek]

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I don't know why every song I've heard sounds like a cover, then.

Well, ok.

[debit13]

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My friend picked this game up, and as soon as he told me about it, I went straight to his house. Here are my thoughts:


Pros: Game interface looks real nice and organized in my point of view. Very enjoyable on all instruments, because it's somewhat satisfying to know that you can sing or drum to some of these rock songs. And, it's loads of fun to play with 3 or more people. Song list is pretty good IMO also.

Cons: Timing window seems a little bit too tight, and for songs that have constant 16th notes (like Run to the Hills; drums and guitar, or Green Grass and High Tides, guitar), are really hard to keep up with in certain sections. Grading scale is a bit too easy to 5 star, one person can completely fail out, and it's still possible to 5 star a song.

I still think this game is a step in the right direction as far as music games go, but a second release in this series should be a must to fix some of these small issues. I still like this game more than GH3, but not by much since I'm the crazy guitarist who likes to play Slayer and Iron Maiden songs.

[ddr_f4n]

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My friend picked this game up, and as soon as he told me about it, I went straight to his house. Here are my thoughts:


Pros: Game interface looks real nice and organized in my point of view. Very enjoyable on all instruments, because it's somewhat satisfying to know that you can sing or drum to some of these rock songs. And, it's loads of fun to play with 3 or more people. Song list is pretty good IMO also.

Cons: Timing window seems a little bit too tight, and for songs that have constant 16th notes (like Run to the Hills; drums and guitar, or Green Grass and High Tides, guitar), are really hard to keep up with in certain sections. Grading scale is a bit too easy to 5 star, one person can completely fail out, and it's still possible to 5 star a song.

I still think this game is a step in the right direction as far as music games go, but a second release in this series should be a must to fix some of these small issues. I still like this game more than GH3, but not by much since I'm the crazy guitarist who likes to play Slayer and Iron Maiden songs.

I think that the timing window is okay. It may feel strict because you may be used to the loose timing window in GH3. I do agree about the grading scale though. They seemed to have gone with the Phase grading scale, which IMO is too easy, and needs to be a bit more strict.

[Tokzic]

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I got it oh God yes orgasming all over the place.

Played it all day today. I played a few rounds of vocals first since my friend wanted to try drums. I have determined it is impossible to do well on songs that I don't know off by heart. For example, I started on Medium and attempted Here It Goes Again. Failed. Creep. 96%. Started on Hard drums because I was a little apprehensive at first. First few hours went by and once I got the hang of reading, I realized that I was playing retardedly easy beats. Now I'm on Expert, but I'm also getting my ass handed to me by songs like Run For the Hills and Won't Get Fooled Again.

BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAVE IT

YOU HEAR THAT ROCK BAND THREAD

THAT MEANS YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYMORE CANADIAN WHINING

[dAnceguy117]

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Won't Get Fooled Again 94% Expert drums

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot

I was very close to a five-star, but it made me so mad at the organ solo because I KNEW I wasn't gonna get it

btw Run to the Hills on drums ****ing sucks to play imo, things shouldn't be included in the game that don't register all that well, regardless of whether or not it's accurate to the drums in the song

and Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld blows on vocals, which sucks and ruins my life, I mean everyone knows Timmy can't say anything but his own name, it's blasphemy

I got it oh God yes orgasming all over the place.

thats what she said ooooooOOOOOOOOoooOOOOOOOoOOooOooOOOO see what i did there i took what you said and said someone else said it so its out of context im a genius

[ddr_f4n]

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I got it oh God yes orgasming all over the place.

Played it all day today. I played a few rounds of vocals first since my friend wanted to try drums. I have determined it is impossible to do well on songs that I don't know off by heart. For example, I started on Medium and attempted Here It Goes Again. Failed. Creep. 96%. Started on Hard drums because I was a little apprehensive at first. First few hours went by and once I got the hang of reading, I realized that I was playing retardedly easy beats. Now I'm on Expert, but I'm also getting my ass handed to me by songs like Run For the Hills and Won't Get Fooled Again.

BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAVE IT

YOU HEAR THAT ROCK BAND THREAD

THAT MEANS YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYMORE CANADIAN WHINING

Now I feel like I was the only Canadian here who had the game.

Anyways, Brainpower was such a catchy song to play on guitar. I love playing that song now.

[dAnceguy117]

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Damn it, I meant to play that. Even the sample loop got stuck in my head.

[bwalsinthehole]

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Rock band is the ****ing ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[B0NK]

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Chris go hook your **** up so we can have e-sex

[dore]

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I rigged up a mic stand today by attaching my mic to a folding music stand via twine. It works perfectly

So I did some expert guitar/hard vocals and had a blast. I 4-starred everything I played other than Timmy (which I failed on guitar somehow lol) and 5-starred Creep and Maps. The only other song I failed was Foreplay/Long Time (which I failed at the very end on vox 'cause I've never sang that song and wasn't expecting all the improv-type crap.

Also bass+vocals on Tom Sawyer is badass, makes you feel like effing GEDDY LEE!!!!!!

[Biff_tech]

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THAT MEANS YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYMORE CANADIAN WHINING

But I still don't have it waahhhhh more canadian whining waaahhh lol.

[debit13]

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btw Run to the Hills on drums ****ing sucks to play imo, things shouldn't be included in the game that don't register all that well, regardless of whether or not it's accurate to the drums in the song

I feel that adding a swing to the song helps a little bit on guitar, because Run to The Hills on Guitar isn't all that easy either.

[Kekeb]

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Getting rockband for my birthday. I'm waiting because I don't want to buy the whole package. I think it's February 4th that individual piece get set to be sold separately.

[Tokzic]

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So I did an all-nighter with my friends on it yesterday and at one point the mic was in the air, so I said "oh why the hell not" and took it, despite not considering myself much of a vocalist. Some of my friends were dying on Easy, so I decided that Easy was the best place to start, but I completely totalled it. Oh. Medium then. Totalled. Hard. Totalled. Expert. Still not doing bad.

Am I just pitch-gifted or does it mark you basically the same no matter what difficulty you're on?

[Telvanni_guard]

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The pitch meter is smaller depending on the difficulty. Hitting closer to the center gives you better scores. Meaning, it's harder to hit the center on higher difficulties. I'm not sure about how harshly it judges the correct words, but just going uh... doesn't work on medium or hard. >_>