I'm calling it - Rock Band.. GOTY
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For me, at the very least... new infos..
"- One disk with 4 separate campaigns. Guitar, Drum, Bass and Vocal. Each can be played on its own from start to finish, in addition, a full band game is designed to allow for one huge co-op playthrough.
- Will feature full support for four player online play on both 360 and PS3. Any combination of on/offline play will work and each player can pick their own difficulty setting.
- Flexible community system will allow you to find bandmates anywhere in the world
- There will be a way for you to share your band's triumphs with the world, but the details are still under wraps.
- Musical fret-boards are now transparent so you can see more of the background visuals. Guitar is on the left side of the screen, Bass on the right and drums down the middle. Vocals scroll from right to left along the top of the screen.
- Guitars and Bass now have 10 frets. 5 for the regular sections of the game and 5 for the newly designated solo sections.
- Whammy bar is back as is the tilt to activate rock band's version of star power
- there is a five way switch on the guitar that allows for 5 different self-applied effects to the sound.
- Singing is now more in depth. There is a phoneme detector that will pick up individual vowels and consonants you say. Build up enough highly judged phrases and you'll be able to sing free-form. If you do well enough in free-form, then you'll trigger the vocalist's version of star power.
- Microphone doubles as a tambourine on many songs to combat super long guitar solos where the singer doesn't have much to do.
- Drums are apparently insane. You use actual sticks and hit one of four colored pads in front of you, in addition to a kick pedal attached to the drumming unit. Drummers will also have the ability to do fills etc. in their own little free-form section, do well and you'll trigger the drummers version of star power.
- If one person fails, the whole band does not fail, their section simply turns gray and they have to sit out the rest of the song unless one your band mates initiates star power, which will bring you back into the fold.
- If all bandmates can reach the end of a song, you'll be greeted with one huge free-form jam session.
- There will be a character creation system, and you can create multiple avatars that play different instruments.
- Four themed clothing stores in addition to licensed guitars and pedals and other rock paraphernalia.
- A full set of mo-cap stage movements have been added for each instrument. You can decide whether your vocalist moves like Axel Rose, or stands his ground like Clapton.
- 40 performance venues planned
- All peripherals will be unique to each platform. This isn't the developer's decision. Apparently MS peripherals require special circuit boards.
- You'll be able to craft your own band logo
- The HUD in the screens isn't final but is a good indication of what you can expect
- 4 songs announced in the article, not sure if this is new or old but whatever.
Weezer - Say It Ain't So - Original Master Track
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Original Master Track
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Master Track
Nirvana - In Bloom - Original Master Track
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTIONS
Sorry I can't post photos so my descriptions will have to suffice
Guitars/Bass
Guitars are an exact 3/4 replica of a Fender Strat.
Xplorer guitars will work for 360 owners, but you may not be able to pass on all the new stuff this model has.
Five familiar buttons near the top of the neck, five buttons near the body of the guitar. You will use these new buttons during specially designed solo sections using ONLY hammer ons and pull offs, no having to worry about your strum bar. Signature Fender 5-way switch has been added. By shopping at the in game store you'll be able to purchase several virtual effects pedals such as Flange, Wah, Chorus and Echo. These can be applied during your song by setting the 5 way switch to the desired effect.
Microphone
There will eventually be a Rock Band branded Mic
Other USB mics will be supported, but Harmonix will probably NOT allow the use of the 360 headset due to its low fidelity. Mics will be usable as tambourines during certain songs.
That's all for mics!
DRUMS
The picture of the drum peripheral in the mag is not final.
It consists of four pads, a kick pedal and legs for the enire unit to stand on. Think of it as a TV dinner tray stand only cooler
Leftmost pad (red) is your snare drum, everything else doubles as toms and cymbals depending on the song.
A set of real wooden drum sticks will ship with the unit.
A piece of the stand can be taken off so that the unit can sit lower, or on a coffee table.
There is a kick pedal
If you play drums in this game on hard or expert, then you're really playing the drums. Apparently you could sit down at a real set and play the same songs.
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE
"
from neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163628
I must say.. wows. I can only hope the track listing is as good as all this news.. although it is dependent on your opinion and music tastes. I wonder how many songs there will be?
I DO know they plan to have an EXTENSIVE downloadable library (at least they said they were going to do this..), and perhaps even full albums.
my #1 for this year..
*drools*
"- One disk with 4 separate campaigns. Guitar, Drum, Bass and Vocal. Each can be played on its own from start to finish, in addition, a full band game is designed to allow for one huge co-op playthrough.
- Will feature full support for four player online play on both 360 and PS3. Any combination of on/offline play will work and each player can pick their own difficulty setting.
- Flexible community system will allow you to find bandmates anywhere in the world
- There will be a way for you to share your band's triumphs with the world, but the details are still under wraps.
- Musical fret-boards are now transparent so you can see more of the background visuals. Guitar is on the left side of the screen, Bass on the right and drums down the middle. Vocals scroll from right to left along the top of the screen.
- Guitars and Bass now have 10 frets. 5 for the regular sections of the game and 5 for the newly designated solo sections.
- Whammy bar is back as is the tilt to activate rock band's version of star power
- there is a five way switch on the guitar that allows for 5 different self-applied effects to the sound.
- Singing is now more in depth. There is a phoneme detector that will pick up individual vowels and consonants you say. Build up enough highly judged phrases and you'll be able to sing free-form. If you do well enough in free-form, then you'll trigger the vocalist's version of star power.
- Microphone doubles as a tambourine on many songs to combat super long guitar solos where the singer doesn't have much to do.
- Drums are apparently insane. You use actual sticks and hit one of four colored pads in front of you, in addition to a kick pedal attached to the drumming unit. Drummers will also have the ability to do fills etc. in their own little free-form section, do well and you'll trigger the drummers version of star power.
- If one person fails, the whole band does not fail, their section simply turns gray and they have to sit out the rest of the song unless one your band mates initiates star power, which will bring you back into the fold.
- If all bandmates can reach the end of a song, you'll be greeted with one huge free-form jam session.
- There will be a character creation system, and you can create multiple avatars that play different instruments.
- Four themed clothing stores in addition to licensed guitars and pedals and other rock paraphernalia.
- A full set of mo-cap stage movements have been added for each instrument. You can decide whether your vocalist moves like Axel Rose, or stands his ground like Clapton.
- 40 performance venues planned
- All peripherals will be unique to each platform. This isn't the developer's decision. Apparently MS peripherals require special circuit boards.
- You'll be able to craft your own band logo
- The HUD in the screens isn't final but is a good indication of what you can expect
- 4 songs announced in the article, not sure if this is new or old but whatever.
Weezer - Say It Ain't So - Original Master Track
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Original Master Track
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Master Track
Nirvana - In Bloom - Original Master Track
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTIONS
Sorry I can't post photos so my descriptions will have to suffice
Guitars/Bass
Guitars are an exact 3/4 replica of a Fender Strat.
Xplorer guitars will work for 360 owners, but you may not be able to pass on all the new stuff this model has.
Five familiar buttons near the top of the neck, five buttons near the body of the guitar. You will use these new buttons during specially designed solo sections using ONLY hammer ons and pull offs, no having to worry about your strum bar. Signature Fender 5-way switch has been added. By shopping at the in game store you'll be able to purchase several virtual effects pedals such as Flange, Wah, Chorus and Echo. These can be applied during your song by setting the 5 way switch to the desired effect.
Microphone
There will eventually be a Rock Band branded Mic
Other USB mics will be supported, but Harmonix will probably NOT allow the use of the 360 headset due to its low fidelity. Mics will be usable as tambourines during certain songs.
That's all for mics!
DRUMS
The picture of the drum peripheral in the mag is not final.
It consists of four pads, a kick pedal and legs for the enire unit to stand on. Think of it as a TV dinner tray stand only cooler
Leftmost pad (red) is your snare drum, everything else doubles as toms and cymbals depending on the song.
A set of real wooden drum sticks will ship with the unit.
A piece of the stand can be taken off so that the unit can sit lower, or on a coffee table.
There is a kick pedal
If you play drums in this game on hard or expert, then you're really playing the drums. Apparently you could sit down at a real set and play the same songs.
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE
"
from neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163628
I must say.. wows. I can only hope the track listing is as good as all this news.. although it is dependent on your opinion and music tastes. I wonder how many songs there will be?
I DO know they plan to have an EXTENSIVE downloadable library (at least they said they were going to do this..), and perhaps even full albums.
my #1 for this year..
*drools*
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I can't wait till this comes out. Gonna be a lot of fun.
yeah if it is half as good as the feature list it's going to be amazing.
I'm just hoping for some metal, I think it would be hilarious having songs where the vocals are screams, and watching kids and females do vocals XD
I just hope the price point doesn't kill it.
The costumes are pretty crazy.
I can't wait! bust yo ass mofo! =D
there better be some Dethklok on there!!!
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I know man. I want birthday deathday and the theme at a minimum. Having the one song on GH2 just wasn't enough. I think it would rock if when you played the Dethklok songs we had player models from the show to go with them.
Now that would be metal!
playing GH2 I had 4 more songs until the 'Start A Real Band Already' achivement. Institutionalized, Misirlou, rock this town, and the trooper.
these 4 have been bugging me forever
started playing tonight, 5*'d instit in 3 tries, rock this town my first try ( I didn't even think I beat my old score!), and misirlou after about 20 tries. my score went from 130k to 203k gradually.
all that remains is the trooper. haven't tried it at all tomorrow but it has some REALLY annoying parts.. not sure If i'll get this one tonight.
oh, the point of this?
I am totally prepared for rock band.
wow I'm on a god damn roll tonight.
playing GH2 I had 4 more songs until the 'Start A Real Band Already' achivement. Institutionalized, Misirlou, rock this town, and the trooper.
these 4 have been bugging me forever
started playing tonight, 5*'d instit in 3 tries, rock this town my first try ( I didn't even think I beat my old score!), and misirlou after about 20 tries. my score went from 130k to 203k gradually.
all that remains is the trooper. haven't tried it at all tomorrow but it has some REALLY annoying parts.. not sure If i'll get this one tonight.
oh, the point of this?
I am totally prepared for rock band.
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now is this on hard or expert
"start a real band already" achievement is for 5*'ing all expert songs. which I can say I 'achieved' last night =D
GT: sc00t420
But damn, they teased about doing a Wii version and haven't even mentioned it since. I bet it's Nintendo holding them back with the lack of online support. I'm not buying a 360 or PS3 for this, so I may end up missing out in the end.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/32fe040b5fa23b9c72bb9736f56287f0754.jpg
and the rest
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/2ccd149967c5f5c4abff67d74b398d0ca83.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/01d6041b5eb745ec9c573d9d80a3088f7e1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/alex21/5.jpg
expert of course. and I finished all of them last night lol. trooper only took a couple tries.
"start a real band already" achievement is for 5*'ing all expert songs. which I can say I 'achieved' last night =D
GT: sc00t420
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I tip my hat too you. the last 8 or so songs I can only muster out the base passible 3 stars.
also, if you read it, that isn't an actual picture of the drums, it's GI's mockup of what they remember. It looks sturdy which makes me happy, but I agree about the placement (snare all the way to the left and hi hat the second one? shouldnt that be flipped?), and I would LOVE to see a double bass attachment (that would be amazing, because some awesome songs use double bass and that would be a blast to play).
I hope it winds up in a more drum like placement, but I think right now it is currently for ease of use in terms of translating the oncoming notes on the screen to where you are supposed to hit.
plus, once again, I'm sure they will make it so it's definitely fun. Can't wait to learn the drums via rock band! I can only hope I get as good at them as I have with GH guitar
Yeah that's correct. Most drummers (myself included) play with the right over the left.
I can't imagine this is going to feel natural to a drum player, sort of like how guitar hero doesn't really feel natural to a guitarist.
I think it needs two pads on the left further out and use the other two for whatever is needed... toms or crash cymbals. Also interested in what's gonna happen with any double bass songs..
Maybe we can buy two of them and have more stuff to hit..
my point is, its a game, and not real drums, and not real guitars.
the point abuot more than one pedal would be for uber fun double-bass sections. not JUST to be more real. to be more fun for advanced players.
* Gamestop lists the full bundle of the game, guitar, microphone, and drums at 200$.
* The Xbox 360 and PS3 microphones are currently being offered for $29.99, down from $39.99. Meanwhile, the PS3 wireless guitar controller is listed at $59.99, down $20 from $79.99. As of press time, the Xbox 360 wireless guitar is still listed at $79.99
the guitar looks nice from those two images but i hope it's a little more solid than the GH guitar.
those prices are not confirmed. all speculation
http://www.gamespot.com/video/938870/6173535/rock-band-gameplay-movie-1
Looks like they removed it. Oh well. Here's a different one.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/79621.html
More set list info:
The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again,"
David Bowie's "Suffragette City,"
The Hives' "Main Offender,"
Weezer's "Say it Ain't So,"
Nirvana's "In Bloom,"
Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper,"
Black Sabbath's "Paranoid,"
Mountain's "Mississippi Queen."
I am so picking up a cowbell for "Reaper"
..and wondering who is gonna scream "YEEEEAHHHHHHHH" for "Won't get fooled again" without coughing up an organ..
Info from Gamespot:
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/rockband/news.html?sid=6173625&tag=topslot;title;2
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EA and Harmonix have just announced that Rock Band will feature two very important things. The first is that entire albums will be made available for download as playable entities, with The Who's Who's Next to be the first offered. Which is awesome. Awesomer is news that Metallica are onboard for the game, with Enter Sandman to ship on the game's pack-in disc and further tracks to ship as downloads.
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I saw last night that another music pack was released for GH2 on the 360, but I'm not sure I'm willing to throw another 500 points at them. Hopefully in Rock Band, the new songs will actually relate to completing some task rather than how GH does it now (where you can play the songs, but they mean nothing to your career).
Notman - they haven't released pricing yet for the songs, and I hope it's not like gh2 downloadable song prices. I honestly wouldn't mind paying the actual price for of the actual full album if I got all the songs in that album... meaning if the cd price was $15, I'd happily pay that much to d/l the songs for Rock Band because I'd get even more enjoyment for them. Later on, I think it'd be cool for bands have songs in Rock Band, that if you buy their cd you get a coupon code for discounted/free songs from their album... that'd ROCK, but it's just a dream and I doubt it would happen. But it would honestly get more people to buy the actual cd instead of pirating them.