Rock Band. More Awesome.

[thunderstrike687]

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Just going on the single player and not on the co-op, subtracting battles there are:

39 songs on Guitar Hero.

39+24 bonus songs = 63 songs total (including the bonus ones)
19 are not master tracks.
Meaning: 44 are master tracks.

Total Master tracks excluding the bonus songs: 21
Total Bonus song master tracks: 23

you forgot the co-op encores.

[Afrobean]

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what the **** dude

I just played Green Grass and High Tides and not only was the drum part ****ing stupid and long as hell, but the ****ing guitar was like doing that bull**** where certain instruments in a piece are like playing on a different time scale or something and like the whole time and it seemed to keep switching beats on the drums and on top of this, it seemed the BPM for it was nowhere near as consistent as it should have been to be having all that **** going on

seriously, the whole ****ing song was the same easy pattern over and over but because **** kept changing i couldn't keep the beat worth a ****. Literally first song I'd failed since beginning play on single player mode on drums. I can't even imagine how ****ty this must be on the higher difficulties >

[dAnceguy117]

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I think I figured out the issue with fast drumming on the pads. The faster it is, the more strict the timing is. Makes sense. It's like the avmiss issue on FFR, except it's not an issue, though it does make things pretty difficult. I'm seriously fearing having to play Run to the Hills on solo tour.

By the way, I'm getting a knack for the drums. Seriously. A couple of my friends and I played all day today. We passed Won't Get Fooled Again without having to abuse overdrive all that much, and I think it was the third time I played it. For me, at least, the learning curve on drums is really sharp.

ARE DURMS HRAD? I PLAYED DEM AT BEST BUYS AND DEY WERE 2 EZ!

I swear this has been answered at least five times in this thread already. Yes, the bass drum provides a significant amount of the difficulty on the drums. It's not as big of a deal after the first few days once you learn to read it more easily.

This game rules so hard. I do like the RB guitar, but I'm better with GH guitars, and I don't think I'll need the solo fret buttons in order to 5* Green Grass and High Tides. I really want the WAHHHHHHWAHHHHHHHHWAHHHHHHHH sound during overdrive though, so I'm torn. :<

edit: Oh, just so I can update later, in case anyone cares: I'm on the third set of songs in the Expert solo tour on drums.

edit2: Finished the fourth set of songs. I haven't had to play a song more than twice to 5* it yet. Now, don't just assume it's all really easy - I honestly think I'm just pretty good at this. Regardless, all of it is fun as hell.

By the way:

OMG like i just went on the XBL marketplace and you can buy blackend,and justice for all and ride the lightning to play it almost sold it,for me its either rock band or $150 (plus the other stuff i asked for) maybe if there were more songs up to buy that i like then ill buy RB but im deff. getting GH3 first.

What exactly can you buy? Blackened is the first track on ...And Justice for All. I kind of want to know the specifics because I'm really, really interested, though I'd buy Ride the Lightning first.

[dore]

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Questions about the 5-way switch: Does the switch overwrite the effects used by the recording guitarist? Similarly, does the "off" option turn off any effects used by the recording guitarist? Does the switch only activate during overdrive or is it always in use?

[ddranthony92]

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I think I figured out the issue with fast drumming on the pads. The faster it is, the more strict the timing is. Makes sense. It's like the avmiss issue on FFR, except it's not an issue, though it does make things pretty difficult. I'm seriously fearing having to play Run to the Hills on solo tour.

By the way, I'm getting a knack for the drums. Seriously. A couple of my friends and I played all day today. We passed Won't Get Fooled Again without having to abuse overdrive all that much, and I think it was the third time I played it. For me, at least, the learning curve on drums is really sharp.



I swear this has been answered at least five times in this thread already. Yes, the bass drum provides a significant amount of the difficulty on the drums. It's not as big of a deal after the first few days once you learn to read it more easily.

This game rules so hard. I do like the RB guitar, but I'm better with GH guitars, and I don't think I'll need the solo fret buttons in order to 5* Green Grass and High Tides. I really want the WAHHHHHHWAHHHHHHHHWAHHHHHHHH sound during overdrive though, so I'm torn. :<

edit: Oh, just so I can update later, in case anyone cares: I'm on the third set of songs in the Expert solo tour on drums.

edit2: Finished the fourth set of songs. I haven't had to play a song more than twice to 5* it yet. Now, don't just assume it's all really easy - I honestly think I'm just pretty good at this. Regardless, all of it is fun as hell.

By the way:


What exactly can you buy? Blackened is the first track on ...And Justice for All. I kind of want to know the specifics because I'm really, really interested, though I'd buy Ride the Lightning first.

you can buy those 3 as blackend (the song) and justice for all and ride the lighning for 160 microsoft points i think.

[dAnceguy117]

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you can buy those 3 as blackend (the song) and justice for all and ride the lighning for 160 microsoft points i think.

Oh, I was thinking you meant the entire albums, haha. Makes more sense now. That would've blown my mind.

Questions about the 5-way switch: Does the switch overwrite the effects used by the recording guitarist? Similarly, does the "off" option turn off any effects used by the recording guitarist? Does the switch only activate during overdrive or is it always in use?

Yes, it does override the effects in the song itself. The off option leaves on any effects in the recording of the song. The switch only activates during overdrive.

[Telvanni_guard]

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Nah. I didn't forget them. I said at the top "not including".


By the by Afro. Green Grass and High Tides does constantly switch the BPM.


You can notice it specifically on the Guitar Solo on Expert. 3,2,1,3,2,1,3,2,1. It'll slow down for a few moments, then speed up again. Can throw off your timing.

[dAnceguy117]

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Failed Green Grass and High Tides on guitar, but it was at the VERY end, so we still passed. Really fun, though, and really easy if you abuse star power. Even easier if you use the rock band guitar, probably.

[jellygod]

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hey peter bring back my gh3 controller, the stupid rockband controller is being retarded.

[Tokzic]

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So I was wondering why I haven't been able to find Rock Band anywhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/11/rumor-rock-band-delayed-in-canada-until-dec-19/

;_____________________________________________NO AMOUNT OF UNDERSCORES CAN SUFFICIENTLY EXPRESS MY GRIEF

on the bright side, at least mass effect is out and living up to the enormous expectations i had for it

[ddr_f4n]

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So I was wondering why I haven't been able to find Rock Band anywhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/11/rumor-rock-band-delayed-in-canada-until-dec-19/

;_____________________________________________NO AMOUNT OF UNDERSCORES CAN SUFFICIENTLY EXPRESS MY GRIEF

on the bright side, at least mass effect is out and living up to the enormous expectations i had for it

Well...at least I'm not that sad since my 360 is broken. Now everyone in Canada can kind of feel my pain.

[Tails99]

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So I was wondering why I haven't been able to find Rock Band anywhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/11/rumor-rock-band-delayed-in-canada-until-dec-19/

;_____________________________________________NO AMOUNT OF UNDERSCORES CAN SUFFICIENTLY EXPRESS MY GRIEF

on the bright side, at least mass effect is out and living up to the enormous expectations i had for it

If you are relatively close to the border, why not cross into the U.S. and Pick one up?

[dAnceguy117]

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Our bass pedal snapped. Granted, I played quite a bit, and Expert is just FULL of bass pedal crap. I probably was hitting it too hard for a while, but it just shouldn't happen in a matter of a few days. It's a good thing the bass pedal is just an attachment to the drums themselves - they'll definitely have to release one with sturdier material. Oh, and it kinda took itself apart when I tried to keep playing during the song. The construction is ****ing terrible. My friend held it up right after we passed the song (we were at the very end and I was still hitting the pads), probed it, and just said, "WHERE IS THE TECHNOLOGIES?" He went and got a whole new Rock Band package using the warranty when he went to buy UT3.

So yeah, there are some issues with durability. Over time, they'll probably just mix in more reliable controllers with new releases and updated peripherals. A mass recall would probably be too expensive. I hear there's also a problem with the Rock Band guitar's strum bar that a patch failed to fix. The game itself is still 100% awesome. However, any delays in acquiring the game for whatever reason might not be such a bad thing. There are kinks to work out, and those of us who have already paid for it might lose money in the process.

[Tokzic]

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If you are relatively close to the border, why not cross into the U.S. and Pick one up?

Coincidently, I just came into the thread to report that my friend and I came up with the idea to drive to the States to buy a copy and come back up.

can't wait can't wait can't wait

[DivynE]

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oh my god, i just played rock band for the first time yesterday...and played for about 7 hours....wow, it is SO damn fun.

No guitar hero experience, so i barely got to playing songs on "Hard" difficulty. Pretty good at drums, but i like guitar best.