Rock Band

[thatshortguy]

I've got to admit, Harmonix is using their connections with MTV to the fullest. Can't believe I am saying this...but this game may *actually* be completely worth the price tag, depending on how well the gameplay mechanics flesh out.

[Jack Krauser III]

I really wasn't sold on this game when I first heard news about it but with Wanted: Dead or Alive, Enter Sandman and Don't Fear the Reaper I think I've been swayed. I'm still going to pick up GHIII as well, though.

[zero]

Fuck yeah. Go With the Flow? That's the QOTSA song we should have got from GH1!

Enter Sandman? TOM FUCKING SAWYER?

Sold.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Tom Sawyer?! euch. I'm so horribly sick of that song. It may just be a local thing, but I think the radio station around here is required by law to play it at least once a day. I'm indifferent towards Enter Sandman, but excited at the news of the 'providing not just one song by a player's favorite artist, but a carefully-chosen career-spanning array' thing, both in general, and for Metallica. Come on, One, Dyers Eve and Creeping Death!

[Boogey131]

I'm completely excited about the DLC announcement but the pricetag is a big issue. I will end up owning both GHIII and Rock Band but at this rate, I'm just worried about how much money I'm going to have left over to enjoy the DLC.

Looking at the soundtrack announced so far, however, I must admit, there won't be any need for additional songs for a long time. Enter Sandman indeed!

[The Kraig]

I might actually get this. Go With The Flow may have just tipped it for me.

I can go...with the flow. Ohhh, oh ohhh, oh ohhh. I would say it doesn't matter...with the flow. Matter aaanyyyymore.

Kick arse.

[EddieRuckus]

Here is the drum controller...

Looks interesting...I won't be sure what to think of it until I actually play it.

Edited July 13, 2007 by Ekin Jones

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Yep... Steel Battalion all over again.

[kale]

I am so looking forward to this and GH3

[Robsturgh]

Well this looks like it could be a multiplayer phenomenon. Tom Sawyer? Boo fucking Ya.

[ragbag]

Remember kids, don't mix game journalists, booze, and rock band together or you'll get this.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/13/imprompt...-dead-or-alive/

Edited July 14, 2007 by wpg

[zero]

Yep... Steel Battalion all over again.

Except... not.

You don't HAVE to pay $200 to play this game. You can simply buy the game and use a GH controller. Or buy the game and a controller, which has worked out just fine for Guitar Hero in the past. The only reason it'll cost you all that is if you WANT to play all the instruments... which I don't. All I want Rock Band for is so I can have another Guitar Hero-esque game. I don't care about the singing in the slightest. Drums are interesting, but will be way too hard.

[kale]

I'd probably get the drums eventually but I'll be enjoying the hell out of the guitar first.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Yep... Steel Battalion all over again.

Except... not.

You don't HAVE to pay $200 to play this game. You can simply buy the game and use a GH controller. Or buy the game and a controller, which has worked out just fine for Guitar Hero in the past. The only reason it'll cost you all that is if you WANT to play all the instruments... which I don't. All I want Rock Band for is so I can have another Guitar Hero-esque game. I don't care about the singing in the slightest. Drums are interesting, but will be way too hard.

[Dan]

I'm tempted to get this with drums.

[ragbag]

I'm hoping that they'll include, or a third party will make a mic stand for the microphone so I can do guitar and vocals at the same time.

[Robsturgh]

I can't wait until the inevitable Youtube video comes out of someone passing a stage doing all the instruments at the same time.

[thatshortguy]

Speaking as a percussionist...not a fan of the drum controller. Doesn't seem like you can translate much skill from an actual kit to this Flock of Seagulls-inspired controller.

That said, it still all hinges on the actual gameplay mechanics for me.

[Robsturgh]

Yeah but thats the same with Guitar Hero, in fact probably more so that it doesn't matter much how good you are at actual guitar, it doesn't crossover much at all. But with the drum kit, it looks like if you have a good rhythm from actual playing, then it'll translate a lot better.

[Cactus Drags]

Yeah, I lived with a guy who played bass and guitar, and he was fucking awful at Guitar Hero, to the point that he was so embarrassed he refused to play (his own dumb fault for boasting he'd be better than everyone because he could play the real thing before actually having a go).

It's not about skill with the real instrument, would these games be nearly as popular if it was? I doubt it. The drum controller looks perfectly fine to me, complex enough to pose a challenge, but not so daunting as to consider learning to play a real kit instead.

Edited July 15, 2007 by Dragsy 7-0