Rock Band: Official Thread

[Shagrath]

Originally Posted by pinata242

^ Guilty.

But I have a shit-ton of games to keep me occupied and Rock Band, for me, isn't meant to be a single-player experience. If I have no one to play those songs with in a timely manner, why rush?

I've got a huge backlog of games too. I mean.. I got Mass Effect from my wife for XMas 2 years ago and haven't even popped it in yet.

As for not being a single-player experience, play online more. I have almost as much fun playing online with people I know as I do in the real group environment. I bust out the stage kit and run around the living room (wish the Lips mics worked. ). Sure, nothing beats playing in the same room, but that just means you need to find some local people that play. It shouldn't be too hard. Just last week when I was driving to work on garbage day, I saw an RB2 Full Band box out for the trash, as well as a RB1 drumkit at another house.

[Michael Corvin]

Originally Posted by Shagrath

I can understand waiting if you're not playing that often. But to check the thread all the time and get super-excited when some DLC gets announced, and then not buy it right away is confusing. I'm not saying this is you, just some people.

What's wrong with getting excited for DLC even if you don't buy it first thing Tuesday morning, or even the next time you play the game? It's awesome that it's there for when I want to get it.

[pinata242]

I honestly can't think of anything they could put out as DLC that I couldn't wait a few more weeks for, just in case. I don't care if it's Pink Floyd, Appetite for Destruction, Sponge, The Descendents, Live, The Black Parade, Dookie, or even Green Day's Jesus of Suburbia.

I could wait.

The one time I was going to do what you did with Priest was for Ten, but my 360 was still in RROD land then

[Draven]

I get excited for tracks to come out, but I only buy them when I sit down to play, which is only every few weeks. It's not a fun game to play by yourself (sometimes I'll do a song or two to relieve some stress but not often) so I save it for when my wife wants to play too or we have friends over.

So I look forward to tracks but don't feel like buying things right away.

[rabbit77]

I let it build it up for several weeks and then blow my load all at once, usually before a party. Wait, what are we talking about again?

[Shagrath]

Jane Says is most assuredly a "vocals" song. I haven't picked up the Jane's album yet (maybe next week), but I'm sure that song's pretty boring on everything else.

[Michael Corvin]

Jane definitely isn't boring to me since I can't get the pattern down. I found it pretty damn hard. Not hard enough to fail, but definitely not easy. It is repetitive though.

[glasschicken]

I tried for the bundle a couple times because I really want the RB2 Drum set. My friend wants any set so I'd give him my old RB1 instruments. Sadly I didn't win. I can confirm that you get nothing in return. They do have a "Sorry you didn't win" screen if anyone was curious since it looks like most of us don't actually get to see that one. I think I'm 19 for 19 on caps I've tried to get a song on.

[GuessWho]

Originally Posted by rabbit77

I can't bring myself to try anything since the track is a sure thing. The best price I've seen so far is on the South Holland I-294 oasis gas station, 2 for $2.22.

I bought a dozen at the Thorntons on Touhy in Park Ridge. Same deal, 2 for 2.22

[flix1]

The vending machines at my company are stocked with bottles with the Rock Band caps ... not a great deal, but acceptable at $1.40 each.

[redbill]

Originally Posted by flix1

The vending machines at my company are stocked with bottles with the Rock Band caps ... not a great deal, but acceptable at $1.40 each.

or better yet, dig through the recycling trash after work for free...

[flashburn]

I'm scared of drums this week. This is now what the final drum songs (from "easiest" to hardest) looks like with the new DLC:

Visions
Painkiller
Hammer Smashed Face
Panic Attack
Embedded
Conquer All
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
This is Exile

Tiers (spoilerized for size):

Spoiler:

Behemoth - "Conquer All"
G: 5
D: 6
V: 0
B: 5

Black Dahlia Murder - "What a Horrible Night..."
G: 6
D: 6
V: 0
B: 6

Cannibal Corpse - "Hammer Smashed Face"
G: 6
D: 6
V: 0
B: 6

God Forbid - "Empire of the Gun"
G: 6
D: 6
V: 1
B: 4

Job for a Cowboy - "Embedded"
G: 6
D: 6
V: 0
B: 6

Marilyn Manson - "Disposable Teens"
G: 1
D: 3
V: 2
B: 1

Slayer - "Black Magic"
G: 6
D: 6
V: 2
B: 6

Whitechapel - "This Is Exile"
G: 5
D: 6
V: 0
B: 5

[flashburn]

Geez, some parts of this just look absolutely insane... especially towards the end of the song.
Conquer All http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzb-ROHOPaU

Here is Embedded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ZwEADl80c

[pinata242]

http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/07/jack...ego-rock-band/

Lego Rock Band will have a Jackson 5 track, Traveller’s Tales boss Jonathan Smith told VG247 this morning.

“We have the Jackson 5’s amazing ‘I Want You Back’; “Breakout” by Foo Fighters, and ‘A-Punk’ from the brilliant Vampire Weekend,” said the developer.

[Adam Tyner]

‘A-Punk’ from the brilliant Vampire Weekend

Guess the Guitar Hero overlap isn't going away anytime soon.

(Same track's on the set list for Guitar Hero V.)

[thelwig14]

I really don't care it there is complete overlap, just give the ability to export and stars, please.

[superfro]

Originally Posted by Adam Tyner

Guess the Guitar Hero overlap isn't going away anytime soon.

(Same track's on the set list for Guitar Hero V.)

And probably features a lot more notes! (If it needs it or not!)

[Shagrath]

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty: WaW
3 Call of Duty 4
4 Gears of War 2
5 GTA IV
6 FIFA 09
7 Left 4 Dead
8 UFC 2009 Undisputed
9 Fallout 3
10 Rock Band 2

This is the 2nd or 3rd time that RB2's made it on the list. GH:WT has completely fallen off the list for the past month or so. Just goes to show that if you have a quality game and quality DLC, people will continue to play.

[pinata242]

Originally Posted by Shagrath

This is the 2nd or 3rd time that RB2's made it on the list. GH:WT has completely fallen off the list for the past month or so. Just goes to show that if you have a quality game and quality DLC, people will continue to play.

Another way to look at it is: Tips for Beating the Summer Game Drought!

But, seriously, it probably is never far out of the top 10 anyway. Especially if my friends list is any indication.

[tcoursen]

Originally Posted by redbill

or better yet, dig through the recycling trash after work for free...

or better yet just put a sign up on the machine asking people to give you the caps. Most of your coworkers probably don't play the game anyway and would have no problem simply just giving you the cap.

[Shagrath]

Originally Posted by pinata242

Another way to look at it is: Tips for Beating the Summer Game Drought!

But, seriously, it probably is never far out of the top 10 anyway. Especially if my friends list is any indication.

I don't think the summer drought thing really comes into play. Just because there aren't any good games (in the general consensus) this summer doesn't mean people are playing RB2. They could just as easily pick any game in their backlog, or something else that has good multiplayer (like COD or Gears, obviously).

I think the real reason it's started to pop up on the list again is obvious... MAIDEN!!

[Kevad]

Originally Posted by dtcarson

I thought hospitals have moved past leeches?

I still haven't seen a bottle with these caps

The only place I've seen them here in the Triangle is at the Kangaroo station near Hwy 55 and 64 in Apex. Be sure to save some for the rest of us

[pinata242]

Right and even Nintendo's partnership is straight up $2 in points, not even required to get a song.

[Shagrath]

Originally Posted by pinata242

Right and even Nintendo's partnership is straight up $2 in points, not even required to get a song.

Have Nintendo figured out how to do codes for individual DLC yet?

[pinata242]

Probably not, but it helps point to deals with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft and not Harmonix/MTV Games directly. Of course they may have been the broker for the deal between PepsiCo and the other 3 based on the existing relationships, knowledge, and content.