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At least GHWT is a step forward from GH3. RB2 is pretty much the exact same thing, right down the equipment itself.

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-ohbfrank-

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Let me just throw this out there (assuming it's someone not in the game yet): Who's someone currently touring supporting an album not even two years old, has a brand new album coming out shortly and is playing this year's Super Bowl half-time show?

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I'd buy it.

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Something like a more fully fleshed out tour mode would be pretty cool. Other than that, there probably isn't much. A few new venues I guess, but to be honest I don't pay attention to that stuff one bit, so I wouldn't even notice which ones are new.

I'm sure they have some ideas of things they still want to add to the platform.

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Wow, no RB 3 sucks.

It is a ton of songs for a cheap price point, it allows deletion of songs from Rock Band 2 (and there are a good 5 that are terrible), it would allow them to fix the stats and stars issues, and would allow them to tighten the Tour and Challenges.

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Well I guess that says it all, case closed.

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I'll be honest...I'm not creative, but I also don't know what else they could really add to an RB3 that would be a novel and good advancement. I don't care about a music creator, and things like the starring, other venues, and more things in the rock shop could easily be done via DLC or a free update/patch. The only things I can think of is a little better online lobbying (admittedly I don't play online much but it seems like the only ways to play with people are to use invites or play with random people) and the ability to import your own songs (which most likely ain't gonna happen), and some 'frequency slider'--once you open a song in Tour mode, or once you play it X times, you can turn up or down the likelihood of it appearing.
While the price point--60 bucks for 100 songs--is great, I would not have bought all those songs had they been individual DLC. Many of those songs on the RB2 disk are like QVC...you don't pay for it, but since it's included in the bundle they're worth a play once or twice. And like someone has said, RB3 runs counter to the "Rock band is a platform" thinking.
That said, if RB3 did come out, and let me import all my existing tracks for little or no charge, and the RB3 tracklist was decent, I'd still probably get it.

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Yep, that is the only response that was needed.

Kthxbye!


Have a nice day!

Re: Rock Band: Official Thread of not having to cry about starting new threads as oft
 

If you don't want to be taken seriously, then you are right, it was. If you can't be bothered to back up your opinion with any substance, then it's meaningless.

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World Tour was a step forward towards what Rock Band has already done. It didn't exactly do anything new itself, but was forced to adapt to stay with the competition.
Also, as for the equipment, while they may not be drastically different from the first set (and why would you even want them to be?) the small changes that are there (auto-cal, tighter strum, softer drum pads) make it nearly impossible for me to play on the original set.
Not to mention they pretty much fixed every complaint about the interface/usability within the game that was made about Rock Band 1.

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I'm good with no RB3 this year, but I would like some kind of update for Rock Band 2 that'll fix the stats/stars issues. Also, if they could find some way to make the BotB challenges relevant so people would play them... I mean seriously, none of you people on my friends list even do them anymore. Is it because I always beat you?

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BotB comparisons have been broken from day 1, imo. With one leaderboard regardless of band composition, there's no way to accurately judge yourself against anyone else. If I score 300,000 playing Hard guitar on a 3-song set but L&O scores 450,000 playing Hard drums, does it mean anything? What if play together and get 800,000 on those but rabbit gets 550,000 on Expert guitar FCing them all?

And the stars are worse. 5-starring songs on easy shouldn't be sitting above 4.83 stars on expert.

That being said, at least it brings in a steady stream of new things to play. They just need a way for the comparisons to mean anything.

I'm glad RB3 has been pushed back because I can't see what is necessary. Granted, I didn't know how much better than RB1 RB2 would be...

At least I'll have the Beatles game this year. That's all I need. Anything else would just be gravy.



By the way, Alex Rigolopus (sp?) also said "maybe" when asked if keyboards would be added in the future. Take that for what it is worth.

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I don't sing often, but I would like to see duets incorporated somehow. Or just a way to let other people in the band sing secondary parts. I'd love to see Meat Loaf in the game, but it just wouldn't work without two vocalists.

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It would be nice to have the instrument icon(s) and difficulty level next to the rankings, and add a filter that lets you see only bands that played in the same configuration.

However, one potential problem with that is you would either end up with several positions on the board if your band played the song in multiple configurations, or only record your highest score. That might be a bad thing too, because if you were #1 for solo guitar, but your #50 position for full band had a higher overall score you'd lose your top spot.

Another thing that could use some work is that there's no incentive to do battles while playing in other people's bands. It would be nice to be able to easily check the rankings on matches for the bands you've helped out.

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That is my issue with BotB. Since i only do vocals there is no point to even try them - my scores will never match someone with a ton of notes available on an instrument (even if i sing on a higher difficulty).

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This seems a must to me for the Beatles game anyway. I would imagine that would spill over into the next versions of the main platform, especially if the Beatles songs are exportable :fc:

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RB3 makes no sense at this point. They should instead focus on getting as much QUALITY DLC out as quickly as possible. I gotta believe they'll generate more revenue that way anyways.

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I think GHWT is a step beyond RB, at least equipment wise. The drum kit is far better, I mean, way better. The guitar's slider bar is a great innovation. Not a big fan of the vocals compared to RB, but I'm more of a guitar/drum guy anyway.

RB's lack of advancement in the EQ arena, considering how shitty their peripherals were to begin with, is the most disappointing thing to me.

The reality is that a GHWT 2 will outsell, by leaps and bounds, Rb2 during the holidays of 2009.

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And Beatles will leave GHWT2 in the dust...

The slider isn't innovative, it's gimmicky and completely unnecessary.

I haven't used the GH drums myself, but what I've read they were just as (if not moreso) buggy and unresponsive and breakable than the first round of RB sets. The RB2 set is amazing.

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I have heard terrible things about the GHWT drum kit.

I had heard terrible things as well but i also had read that if you order the cable from them that allows them to be plugged into the computer you can calibrate them correctly. :shrug: I haven't tried them myself and wouldn't buy them for the lone fact that the kick pedal isn't mounted on any kind of bar. On my hardwood floor the kick pedal would be gone in a couple kicks.

It does bug me though that the "fix" for the drum issues involve getting another accessory (even though the cable is free) and running it through a PC. Almost as irritating as the dropped notes i was getting in my first RB1 drum kit. Both issues are things that should have been taken care of pre-release.

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I think everyone will be surprised how poorly Beatles will do. I love the Beatles, but I'm not sure it will do as well as people think.

The GHWT kit is far better constructed than the RB one and way more responsive. I hate the RB kit, it's a ridiculous approximation at real drums.

If that's your opinion on the slider, than you must feel the same way about the solo buttons on the RB controller...same thing.

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I do feel the same way about the solo buttons! I actually use the GH3 Les Paul.

The only difference between the solo buttons and the slider is the RB software actually differentiates between the input types. Meaning you have to use the solo buttons to tap through a solo.

In GHWT you can tap the normal frets on the shiny notes making the slider section redundant.