invisiblegt

Not unless you want to receive a $2500 fine from the estate of Mildred and Patti Hill...

Kelkee

Thats fine then. I hope an entire generation goes by without anyone infringing upon their "rights" by singing this song aloud illegally and it gets shoved into a dark corner of music history never to be sung or heard from again.

porieux

IMO the music editor is pretty damn fun even if you don't record/upload anything. We did a 10 minute long post-sludge jam that culminated with a wicked guitar solo when I figured out how to make pick slides and some other crazy sounds. Then I recorded a drum part using the guitar controller while someone else played bass...and then I went over and played through the chart on the real drum kit.

I don't know if you would really be able to "exactly" emulate that many songs anyway, (though I didn't try the 'chromatic scale') you can't change key or scale mid-song as far as I know, and you only get 3 minutes. I think there will be a lot of things that sound 'like' known songs or parts of known songs, but are ambiguous enough to not have to be taken down. I know it's pretty easy to make endless streams of what sounds like AC/DC without actually being any particular song by them, LOL.

I think there will be people who make charts that are fun to play, which is what really matters. You can also make total insanity if you want.

thelwig14

Sounds good.

If you can get more in the drums and guitar and such, I would appreciate it.

Or any thing you do and don't like in comparison to RB.

pinata242

I don't mean this to be a debate, but I'm using the comparison as a starting point.

How is Activision, et al going to combat EA and HMX in the DLC category? RB has been kicking serious ass lately and they show no signs of slowing down as we come up to the end of the year.

I haven't heard anything new with regards to how GH:WT is going to offer DLC. I think it's time we were given answers.

How frequently?

Packs only or individuals?

Price?

Right now I can only assume they're going to continue the groundwork laid by GH2/3 and I'm not digging it. In fact, it's really to the point that I'm thinking of skipping a GH purchase altogether - not because I'm a RB loyalist, but because they have an established platform that is frequently updated for reasonable prices with loads of library customization options.

I have intentionally not purchased Love Spreads by The Stone Roses on RB because of it's inclusion on the GH disc, but I really feel that RB will be my go-to game for parties anyway and that's a song I don't want to swap discs for.

They really need to put some of this to rest, assuming there's anything new to be said, because I don't mind two separate libraries if I know they're each going to grow their own ways and steadily.

Is anybody else starting to feel iffy on this title as we approach release?

UncleGramps

I agree that Harmonix is really kicking ass on the DLC front recently, to the point where my interest in GH:WT is waning. I'll probably still get it since it has enough good exclusive tracks, but RB2 is certainly stealing a lot of its thunder lately.

Kelkee

Nope. Not iffy at all.

RB has well over year head start in DLC songs and will have 500 or so by the end of the year.

I suspect that the GH3 DLC content has been sacrificed to focus on WT DLC. There is no reason to continue to invest time in GH3 it at this point.

I think this is the final reveal for them. There are very little screens so far of DLC or content or how the online mechanic works at all in WT. So either they are hiding it, its not finished, or it sucks.

pinata242

Hypothetically speaking... What if some of those exclusive tracks are no longer exclusive come 10/26? I still believe the free 20 DLC that HMX is offering was something they complied once the final GH:WT setlist was announced and it's going to contain a good number of "duplicates".

Or it'll just be more HMX bands.

I do think there is plenty of time for HMX to cut a bit into those tracks, should they want to.

pinata242

I hope you're right that there is a "reveal" coming. Because my take on it is there's nothing new to say. We already know what to expect... If that's the case, it's a major disappointment and I might not even bother beyond rental/borrowing.

thelwig14

After Metallica being a pack only, I lowered any expectations I had for this release. If things are different, I will be surprised and excited.

Either way, I am still getting the big bundle. These instruments (based on history) are much better than RB.

SexualPudding

Very valid concerns you have, imo. If I didn't already own RB2, I would be a lot more concerned about their DLC strategy, but then again, I am mostly purchasing WT because of some of the already announced songs, and the instruments (drums mainly).

Kelkee

On the GH forums they have started a 25 day countdown. Each day (started on 10/1) revealing something about new for GH:WT.

Today is reveal is: Previous days linkage:

Michael Corvin

Sooo... 25 days of telling us shit we already know? Fabulous.

pinata242

Still no word on achievements? No one has seen a leaked list?

Kelkee

I didnt know that you could make a setlist now.

The first ones I expect to be non news. The later ones should be more revealing I hope.

Michael Corvin

Yeah, the 6 song set list has been known for a while. Decent(i.e. a step up from GHIII & RB1), but RB2 supports 99 I think. Six seems to be an odd cap since you can't even play a full album.

I hope so. Keep us posted.

Kelkee

99 song setlist? A bit unrealistic.

Six is a bit small. Maybe you can only pick six individual songs from the setlist?

Full albums may be a different option since they have not revealed exactly how that is going to work. You should have the option to choose a full album.

pinata242

You don't have to go all the way to 99. 6 is just arbitrary and there's on technical reason to limit it there.

With 99 you can turn on No Fail + Performance + Vocal player only + No Crowd Volume and have your 360 play 99 random songs with a virtual band playing. Like a fancy jukebox.

tcoursen

I was in my local Best Buy yesterday and they had the new guitar set up on the demo 360. It seemed nice. I didn't play a song, as they had GH:Aerosmith not GH:WT.

What is the area below the normal buttons supposed to be? At first I thought it was just an additional set of buttons like the RB guitar has, but it wasn't really buttons. It was color coded. Is this for doing slide or something?

Kelkee

Yes its used for the solos. Its a touch sensitive pad that allows you to tap notes like you can on a real guitar w/o strumming.

argh923

What do you mean, a pack only? I thought there was going to be a full-on Metallica game?

thelwig14

There will be a GH Metallica, but they also released Death Magnetic (latest album) as a whole pack with no option to download individual songs. Really, really disappointing. I can't imagine The Pixies or The Cars or any RB album with no ability to customize what you want to buy.

Still buying the bundle though.

argh923

Ah...didn't realize what you meant. Already bought that for GH3, since it's forward compatible.

Kelkee

Also on the RedOctane site new close ups of the foot pedal.

http://redoctane.us/storeblog/?p=107

cartman

Unless that pedal is metal, it's gonna snap...