Author Topic: Rock Band 2? (Read 124860 times)

that Baby guy · « **Reply #125 on:** September 17, 2008, 10:39:14 PM »

Quote from: Spinnzilla on September 17, 2008, 07:16:49 PM

Quote from: Schadenfreude on September 17, 2008, 06:41:03 PM
It's too bad World Tour is going to have around 8 songs Rock Band 2 already has.

GHWT has promised DLC for wii, won me over there.

Plus, it has Purple Haze and much more variety than Rock Band 2. Also, Slacker's Revenge sucks. I hate you Axl Rose.

DLC has won me over, too. Now I have to figure out what I need to do with my Rock Band drumset.

EasyCure · « **Reply #126 on:** September 18, 2008, 10:37:23 AM »

eat off of it?

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #127 on:** September 19, 2008, 06:00:08 PM »

I mad the Rock Band 1 drumset won't work with Guitar Hero: World Tour.

I don't want to buy another drumset!

Tr17 · « **Reply #128 on:** September 19, 2008, 06:15:18 PM »

After getting RB2 I can't wait for GHWT cause RB2 is pretty bad, I liked GH: Aerosmith better.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #129 on:** September 19, 2008, 08:49:53 PM »

You're fucking crazy. Also, are you sure the RB1 drums don't work with World Tour? Even if they did, you'd lose a pad, since GH:WT has 5 pads and a kick.

Spinnzilla · « **Reply #130 on:** September 19, 2008, 08:52:56 PM »

Quote from: Brandogg on September 19, 2008, 08:49:53 PM

You're ****ing crazy. Also, are you sure the RB1 drums don't work with World Tour? Even if they did, you'd lose a pad, since GH:WT has 5 pads and a kick.

On the 360 and PS3 version the drums work. not the wii, though. What they do is shrink the note highway down to four on world tour.

decoyman · « **Reply #131 on:** September 22, 2008, 02:38:51 PM »

Quote from: Spinnzilla on September 19, 2008, 08:52:56 PM

On the 360 and PS3 version the drums work. not the wii, though. What they do is shrink the note highway down to four on world tour.

Will it work the other way around? Like, will the GH:WT drums work w/ Rockband 2? (Wii specifically)

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #132 on:** September 22, 2008, 04:13:53 PM »

FYI guys, there is an amazing deal up on Amazon for the 360 version of Rock Band 2:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&tag=3230c-20&docId=1000278951

Rock Band 2 + 1600 Xbox Live Points - $59.99

Spinnzilla · « **Reply #133 on:** September 22, 2008, 05:07:02 PM »

Quote from: decoyman on September 22, 2008, 02:38:51 PM

Quote from: Spinnzilla on September 19, 2008, 08:52:56 PM
On the 360 and PS3 version the drums work. not the wii, though. What they do is shrink the note highway down to four on world tour.

Will it work the other way around? Like, will the GH:WT drums work w/ Rockband 2? (Wii specifically)

I'm not sure, it'd be a dumb decision for the for them to short change wii owners with lack of compatibility. I'll guess we'll just have to have wait for the releases.

Morari · « **Reply #134 on:** September 22, 2008, 07:21:58 PM »

Harmonix really needs to get with it in regards to the Wii. Not only was their port of the first Rock Band ridiculously bad, but the lack of compatibility with Guitar Hero's pre-existing and better designed peripherals did all but guarantee no one would purchase it. Had I been able to use my Guitar Hero controller with the game, I could have looked past the lack of pretty much every feature and just bought the disc itself to enjoy as a guitar-only experience.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #135 on:** September 22, 2008, 09:41:29 PM »

Datel released (or is releasing) some device that lets you use the RockBand guitar on Guitar Hero, and the Guitar Hero guitar on RockBand, it's for PS3 and Wii only, and it even lets you use your instruments on both consoles as well. You could play PS3 RockBand with a Wii Guitar Hero guitar. Having said that, PS3 sucks, and so does RockBand on Wii (in comparison to the others, as a game on it's own, however, it's great).

shammack · « **Reply #136 on:** September 30, 2008, 06:02:33 PM »

Harmonix Confirms ‘Rock Band 2′ Wii Downloadable Songs, Online Multiplayer

I know they already said it was going to be "more competitive," but I think this is the first time they've specifically confirmed those features. No details about how the DLC storage will work.

Until I know I can use the GHWT instruments I'm still not interested.

vudu · « **Reply #137 on:** September 30, 2008, 08:00:24 PM »

Quote from: Brandogg on September 22, 2008, 09:41:29 PM

Datel released (or is releasing) some device that lets you use the RockBand guitar on Guitar Hero, and the Guitar Hero guitar on RockBand, it's for PS3 and Wii only, and it even lets you use your instruments on both consoles as well. You could play PS3 RockBand with a Wii Guitar Hero guitar.

This is good news for me. I was skipping both games this time around because the two companies can't get their **** together. I'll keep my eyes open for this. Let us know if you hear anything more (such as price point and if it works).

EasyCure · « **Reply #138 on:** September 30, 2008, 08:43:51 PM »

Quote from: vudu on September 30, 2008, 08:00:24 PM

Quote from: Brandogg on September 22, 2008, 09:41:29 PM
Datel released (or is releasing) some device that lets you use the RockBand guitar on Guitar Hero, and the Guitar Hero guitar on RockBand, it's for PS3 and Wii only, and it even lets you use your instruments on both consoles as well. You could play PS3 RockBand with a Wii Guitar Hero guitar.

This is good news for me. I was skipping both games this time around because the two companies can't get their **** together. I'll keep my eyes open for this. Let us know if you hear anything more (such as price point and if it works).

thats awesome news but i dont know if i'll ever really give in and buy rock band (disc only) for my wii just to play a couple more songs, thats what DLC is for.

With that said, if activision sucks bringing more songs to GH:WT, then i might just have to get Rock Band (disc only, still) since i hear they're DLC is good. Oh and if RB really is "full featured" on wii as they claim...

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #139 on:** October 01, 2008, 02:34:56 PM »

For the record, I got RB2 last week for 360 and I think it's great. It's basically Rock Band v1.5, but that's fine with me, since Rock Band had more elements than Guitar Hero III to begin with. They didn't have as much stuff to upgrade.

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #140 on:** October 01, 2008, 08:34:37 PM »

What's you're favorite song to play so far John? I play drums and I'd have to say my favorite is Livin' on a Prayer.

WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER AND THAT'S A LOT FOR LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #141 on:** October 01, 2008, 11:12:43 PM »

Pretty funny actually, the song I was least looking forward to playing was "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac. It turned out that that song RULES on the drums. It's a little difficult at first, but it's a fairly long song and by the end you're pretty well-adjusted to the combos they throw at you. And the combos are FUN.

bosshogx · « **Reply #142 on:** October 10, 2008, 05:06:34 PM »

I'm surprised nobody brought up the AC/DC track pack for Rock Band 2 yet.

http://kotaku.com/5056832/rock-bands-acdc-live-track-pack-+-the-details

The long and short of it is that it's releasing on the 2nd of November for the 360, PS3, and PS2. It releases on the 16th of November for the Wii. It will only be sold at Wal-Mart and will carry a retail price of $39.99 for all systems except the PS2 which will be $29.99. The PS3 and 360 versions will include a code that lets one transfer the music onto your harddrive one time only. That will help avoid any disc swapping. All the songs will be masters from live performances. Here's the 18 song track list:

"Thunderstruck"
"Shoot to Thrill"
"Back in Black"
"Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
"Heatseeker"
"Fire Your Guns"
"Jailbreak"
"The Jack"
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
"Moneytalks"
"Hells Bells"
"High Voltage"
"Whole Lotta Rosie"
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
"T.N.T."
"Let There Be Rock”
"Highway To Hell”
"For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”

I'm a huge AC/DC whore so my opinion is going to be understandably skewed, but almost all of those songs minus three or so, are the absolute best songs they did. Furthermore, 18 songs for $40 works out to be a bit over $2 a song, which is the standard for DLC. All in all, even if I hadn't had RB2 already, this would have been the straw that broke the camels back, so to speak. Hopefully, the Wii RB2 owners will get some way to transfer music to SD cards sometime next year.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #143 on:** October 10, 2008, 05:15:57 PM »

We ran an article on it, and there are some responses in the talkback thread.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #144 on:** October 10, 2008, 05:38:48 PM »

This should work with RockBand 1 also, transferring the songs that is...maybe not.

Spinnzilla · « **Reply #145 on:** October 10, 2008, 09:46:57 PM »

Brian Johnson singing Bon Scott era songs isn't really my cup of tea.

I'd much rather have a Highway to Hell/Black in Black double album download or something like that.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #146 on:** October 11, 2008, 10:06:58 AM »

Bosshogx - I'm also an AC/DC fan, and I'm so all over this. I didn't realize that it's going to be a retail release, though. Looks like it's going on my Christmas List.

bosshogx · « **Reply #147 on:** October 12, 2008, 10:59:09 AM »

Quote from: Silks on October 11, 2008, 10:06:58 AM

Bosshogx - I'm also an AC/DC fan, and I'm so all over this. I didn't realize that it's going to be a retail release, though. Looks like it's going on my Christmas List.

Yeah man, three weeks and counting.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #148 on:** October 12, 2008, 12:40:04 PM »

Actually, screw the Christmas list. I can't wait that long. THUN-DER

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #149 on:** October 15, 2008, 10:18:50 AM »

So apparently the Wii version of RB2 is just as good (aside from a couple tiny details) as the 360/PS3 versions, and will have available all of the DLC from RB1 and RB2 as well. It won't have the direct-from-SD loading yet, but there will probably be a patch very soon. You can also preview tracks and save directly to the SD card, you just need to copy to the Wii's internal memory first, at least until a patch is released.

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