I am still wondering how RB2 will make use of the SD card. It initially sounded as though you would have to leave DLC on the Wii's internal memory to utilize it in game, instead of streaming off of the SD card as in Guitar Hero World Tour.
That said, after the debacle that was my GHWT drum/activision customer support experience, I've decided to buy a 360 and RB2 on that and not deal with any memory limitations for this kind of game. Kudos to Harmonix for stepping it up on the Wii though.
What was your debacle with the drums/customer service?
I had two pads that werent as sensitive as the rest, it didnt make the game unplayable but i ordered the MIDI cable since it was free and i got it in a weeks time. To be honest, I haven't even downloaded the drum sensitivity program from their site yet since I dont think the drums are that big a deal. I know a few people who got their MIDI cables right away and were able to fix the drums, so my opinion of this matter is a more positive one.. so what happened to you that was so bad??
Back to the main news, its good to hear we won't be getting a gimped game but as nron10 mentioned it might me a little too late. Hopefully the disc-only sales will be well, so they can see the support is there, but i can see the band-kit sales taking a hit due to their delayed release.
I had sensitivity issues on all pads... it wasn't unplayable on the three drum pads. The hi-hat was okay. The cymbal pad was horrible however. It registered probably one in every four hits and only if I bashed the living HELL out of the thing. In general I had to pound the **** out of the drums for it to work, you could not play casually, you had to hit hard and in very specific sections of each drum pad.
I was willing to try the midi cable and try to adjust the sensitivity, but the software is PC only. The initial customer suggested my orange cymbal problems were beyond sensitivity. Then Activision required I personally pay to ship the cymbal or full drum kit in for warranty replacement. I've had to warranty electronics and appliances before and usually the company sends you a pre-paid box or some such thing.
By that point, I was unwilling to pay more money on top of the 200 I'd already spent, along with frustration with the game itself (just gameplay choices where Rock Band 2 is superior), and the limited DLC Wii owners have been getting, I simply took the whole thing back to Wal-Mart and got my money back.
IGN's review of RB2 is posted and it is positive. I'm still debating just getting a 360 and RB2, so that I can have as much DLC on one hard drive as I want. Plus, you know, I haven't bought a new game for the Wii in eight months. Though it's much cheaper if I just buy RB2 for Wii, especially since my GH3 controller is compatible. *shrugs*
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