Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Spinnzilla on April 21, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Title: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Spinnzilla on April 21, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=14575
Lego Rock Band confirmed in the most "What the hell?" news story in a long time.
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Post by: Peachylala on April 21, 2009, 11:09:27 AM
Oh my, two things I hate, together in one game?
Hell has indeed frozen over. *looks out window* Pigs are now flying too. :)
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Post by: Plugabugz on April 21, 2009, 11:09:42 AM
*insert obligatory post about STILL waiting for Beyonce's Bootylicious Dance Mix*
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Post by: Stogi on April 21, 2009, 11:16:01 AM
This is just toooo moist for me.
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Post by: KDR_11k on April 21, 2009, 11:23:42 AM
But does it have Stairway?
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Post by: Spinnzilla on April 21, 2009, 11:29:54 AM
watch this be the game they get Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in.
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Post by: EasyCure on April 21, 2009, 12:35:20 PM
I saw this as a rumour on gonintendo awhile ago but didn't feel like posting it here. I guess its confirmed now huh?
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Ian Sane on April 21, 2009, 01:16:53 PM
Yeah, this is the point where you can say "okay, it's over." It was such an effortless, easy concept: rip off Konami's Bemani series and use mainstream rock music that the Western audience would actually recognize. It becomes a huge hit with gamers and non-gamers alike. But they had to go and ruin it with corporate greed. If Harmonix and Activision never split up and we didn't get multiple releases each year this could have been a series with legs. It could have been an event type of game, with DLC to fill the void in the year's between.
But it's going to be regarded as a fad because these companies have no restraint and no patience. The biggest videogame franchises are the ones where each game is an event and each game feels essential. That usually means having to wait years between releases. This is like Tony Hawk or Bomberman or Mega Man where the releases are so frequent and break so little ground that they're just there. You buy one game to get your fix and then never keep up with the series again.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Plugabugz on April 21, 2009, 02:00:19 PM
Yeah, this is the point where you can say "okay, it's over." It was such an effortless, easy concept: rip off Konami's Bemani series and use mainstream rock music that the Western audience would actually recognize. It becomes a huge hit with gamers and non-gamers alike. But they had to go and ruin it with corporate greed. If Harmonix and Activision never split up and we didn't get multiple releases each year this could have been a series with legs. It could have been an event type of game, with DLC to fill the void in the year's between.
But it's going to be regarded as a fad because these companies have no restraint and no patience. The biggest videogame franchises are the ones where each game is an event and each game feels essential. That usually means having to wait years between releases. This is like Tony Hawk or Bomberman or Mega Man where the releases are so frequent and break so little ground that they're just there. You buy one game to get your fix and then never keep up with the series again.
The point i've been banging on about for ages is that OTHER genre's exist. Strap two wii remotes (with motion+) to your arms and be a dancer in a music video. Something. ANYTHING.
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Post by: Stogi on April 21, 2009, 02:09:43 PM
KONAMI"S ROLLING RAVER REVOLUTION: RRR
First, eat extacy.
Second, twirl around the Wiimotes as if they were glow sticks.
Third, seek rehab.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 21, 2009, 02:31:03 PM
Good thing all i've bought so far was the MetalliDisc with the guitar for $10 additional.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: TJ Spyke on April 21, 2009, 03:05:56 PM
If the price is decent, I see this easily outselling that rip-off $250 Beatles version (I am hoping the Beatles one bombs because of the price, it's moronic that these music games keep getting MORE expensive with every sequel).
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Ian Sane on April 21, 2009, 03:12:48 PM
Screenshots reveal that while the characters are made of Lego, the stage isn't. So the point of this is what? Shouldn't EVERYTHING in the game be made of Lego? It may be a dumb idea but at least DO IT RIGHT!
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Post by: Spinnzilla on April 21, 2009, 03:21:57 PM
If the price is decent, I see this easily outselling that rip-off $250 Beatles version (I am hoping the Beatles one bombs because of the price, it's moronic that these music games keep getting MORE expensive with every sequel).
Lego themed instruments would be pretty kick ass once I think about it.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 21, 2009, 03:24:13 PM
Featuring the White Stripes.
cue music video.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 21, 2009, 03:43:47 PM
Hell has indeed frozen over. *looks out window* Pigs are now flying too. :)
Hating Legos means I don't like you!
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Post by: NWR_pap64 on April 21, 2009, 03:51:49 PM
For the record, Ian, this is Rock Band, not Guitar Hero.
Though with this and Rock Band Beatles looks like Rock Band is heading into GH territory.
The Lego series is also being milked like crazy. We have Lego Battles coming up, and there were rumors of Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indiana Jones 2 as well.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 21, 2009, 03:56:29 PM
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The Lego series is also being milked like crazy. We have Lego Battles coming up, and there were rumors of Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indiana Jones 2 as well.
Yeah but real legos are still the best!
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Dirk Temporo on April 21, 2009, 03:58:39 PM
The Lego series is also being milked like crazy. We have Lego Battles coming up, and there were rumors of Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indiana Jones 2 as well.
Yeah but real legos are still the best!
Oh definitely.
I understand that Harmonix is not reaching Activision levels yet. BUT, if Lego Rock Band and Beatles do well for them, it might inspire them to release even more titles.
Rock Band seems to be the most respected of the two franchises so it would be sad to see it go down the drain.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: EasyCure on April 21, 2009, 05:10:35 PM
Harmonix isn't milking the franchise to the levels that Activision is.
You left out Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1, Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2, and AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack. That chart also includes rumored titles.
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: EasyCure on April 21, 2009, 07:19:46 PM
The Lego series is also being milked like crazy. We have Lego Battles coming up, and there were rumors of Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indiana Jones 2 as well.
Yeah but real legos are still the best!
I love my LEGOs. I still have all mine out in my parents garage. Sometimes I want to just tear them all out and make things. I'm also tempted to go buy all those new ones I see in stores, especially the Star Wars ones.
While I'm puzzled about this as much as the next person, part of me really likes the idea of it because one of my favorite parts of Rock Band (aside from singing boistrously in an imitation glam rock voice) is seeing my custom characters on the screen performing. Though I would especially like it if it was compatible with all my previous DLC.
Did I miss it or will this only be coming to Wii and DS? Interesting that they are choosing to bypass the PS2 considering how popular it is to make Wii/PS2 projects.
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Post by: Mop it up on April 26, 2009, 04:11:48 AM
The only time Legos and videogames should be combined is when it is something like this:
Nintendo 64 with Lego casing (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/Mop_it_up/LEGO%20Nintendo%2064/Lego01.jpg)
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: Dirk Temporo on April 28, 2009, 04:49:29 PM
You left out Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1, Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2, and AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack. That chart also includes rumored titles.
Weren't those really like DLC on a disc though? Just a cheaper way to buy DLC in bulk and import it into the main game? ???
Title: Re: LOL, both companies are running music games into the ground. (Lego Rock Band)
Post by: TJ Spyke on April 29, 2009, 05:28:59 PM
Not the AC/DC one. You could input a code from the game to download the tracks in Rock Band, but the songs were not previously in the game. All of them can also be played by themselves (you don't need to own Rock Band to play them).
