Rock Band. More Awesome.

[dore]

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The reason why Rock Band DLC is so great is that it has such a wide range of possible audiences. Look at the last 3 releases. 2 weeks ago we got modern metal from Serj Tankian, Black Tide, and some other band (I didn't like the song so I didn't buy it). I was able to buy two great songs for $2 (the same price as buying them as singles on iTunes or whatever). Then last week, we got three thrash songs, a completely different style of music and arguably some of the hardest songs in the game. Today, we get six master recordings of Boston. Three completely different styles of music in three weeks.

The best thing is is that each of these songs is completely optional. If you don't like Boston, then you are only forced to play one of their songs. If you love Boston, for a reasonable price you can play seven songs. Don't like thrash? don't buy the pack. This way, players who enjoy more "niche" genres of music still get their favorite music represented in rock Band while people who don't want a certain band in the game don't have to deal with them.

[Tokzic]

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On the Xbox 360, if you had a Core, you had to buy a Hard Drive to make downloads possible, right?

On the Wii, is it so hard to get an SD card?

Only idiots or sports gamers buy the Core.

Also, the hard drive on a 360 can be 20GB or 120GB. SD cards go up to what, 4? And the hilarious part is you'd be paying as much as you would for a 20GB 360 drive.

Up until the days of Xbox Live, PC games had free updates. We had cute little websites for custom maps, custom missions, custom character models, etc. It was fun! It even got support from the development team for official releases to improve upon the game! Everything was free!

Developers should totally continue working on a completed game, spending time and resources creating extra content, and you should not have to pay a cent.

If you don't want any more content, then you have the option to, you know, not buy more content. Don't expect developers to work for nothing, though.

[Squeek]

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I'm talking about content that should be free, not totally new content like Shivering Isles/Knights of the Nine for Oblivion. That's worthwhile content since the original game was complete on its own without all of that. It's not like the expansion unlocked this island.

Although... there were those retarded DLCs early on. Horse Armor? The back room of the Imperial City Mage Guild? That content was in the game. The "DLC" was merely a patch to let you access it all.

Also, like I said before, I highly doubt a 1GB SD card (which I paid $3 for) is insufficient to hold every DLC currently out for Rock Band. Oh, also, I have 6 1GB SD cards ($18). According to Amazon, the 20GB hard drive is $90. Oops, you lose again.

Anyway, even though I probably won't buy Rock Band because it'll never enter my price range, I'm still thankful to Harmonix for making Green Grass and High Tides popular. I would've never even heard the song without Rock Band, and now it's one of my favorite songs. But there's no way I'm gonna sample every DLC they have available just to find the one gem like GGAHT. I know I won't find it.

[Telvanni_guard]

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I want to make sure I'm not hearing that the 70+ additional songs offered for DLC should have already been included on the game at release.

[Squeek]

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No, they shouldn't.

I'm just not interested in any of them. They're ridiculously overpriced and I'm amazed people are dropping so much money into them as if it's nothing.

[B0NK]

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No, they shouldn't.

I'm just not interested in any of them. They're ridiculously overpriced and I'm amazed people are dropping so much money into them as if it's nothing.

Because when youre a kid who is 16-19 and have a job, it really is nothing.

Im 20 and every other week I just save the $22 or whatever it is for the 1500 points. Its not that big of a deal

[ddr_f4n]

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After listening to it for a while, I've been wondering...

Why isn't there any Guns 'n' Roses!? One song that could perfectly fit is Paradise City. If you listen to that song, it's perfect for Rock Band. We actually need a Guns 'n' Roses pack.

Wouldn't you guys agree? Only problem is that it will most likely be a cover, but Sweet Child O' Mine wasn't that bad in GH2, so I bet it wouldn't be a problem here.

[Squeek]

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Because when youre a kid who is 16-19 and have a job, it really is nothing.

Im 20 and every other week I just save the $22 or whatever it is for the 1500 points. Its not that big of a deal

I'm almost 22 and it'd be a huge burden on my paycheck.

[Tokzic]

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So for when I can get back on the real drums, and can do that video, I've decided on either Beethoven's C*** or Black Hole Sun (or both).

But the problem with these is the same. Both of them have 1-2 fills that I will inevitably **** up. Who knows though, maybe if I transcribe them to paper and practice them I'll find out they're a lot easier than when a cluster**** of coloured bars sweeps down the screen.

[dore]

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If you do something close nobody will be able to tell most likely.

I got my 2nd drum FC on Main Offender (well, it was 100% with a pad double-register so I'm counting it ). Go me.

[Tokzic]

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If you do something close nobody will be able to tell most likely.

I got my 2nd drum FC on Main Offender (well, it was 100% with a pad double-register so I'm counting it ). Go me.

i have tried so many times to fc that but i always get nervous and screw up at the retardedly easy crash beat at the end

[dore]

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The random combo breaker made me relax a bunch. Usually I get nervous when I'm FCing something (choked Reptilia in band quickplay and haven't even golded it in solo, i.e.). I just relaxed and at the end it said 100%. I lol'd

Also easy charts with even note distribution need to die. I can't squeeze, so I have trouble getting gold at all

[ddr_f4n]

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Same problem with me. Any instrument I play, I tend to get nervous when I'm about to FC a song, a miss a note on a retardly easy part of a song. I did manage to FC a few songs though.

[dore]

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yup^^

I can FC on vox but not on anything else... I have more vocal FCs than guitar/drum FCs in any other game combined. lol

[B0NK]

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**** run to the hills, seriously

finally beat it