Rock Band

[zero]

It doesn't take that long, especially if you don't have to send anything back. All it's going to be is them shipping you a new pedal, which generally takes 3-5 business days.

[Maxx]

Apparently they'll send me a new one after they put on a $125 charge on my credit card, which will be removed once I send the old one back, seems a bit ridiculous.

[Kyle_]

They only put the charge on if you don't return your old pedal within 30 days on getting your new one.

[Robsturgh]

Do I hit that site as well for the snapped pedal problem in the UK? As I go through the list of what's wrong with the pedal, and it gives me 2 options.

And the knife trick doesn't work either.

[Robsturgh]

EDIT: Oopsie.

Edited December 8, 2008 by Sterrob

[Dan]

The UK site is class, they sent my mate a new one and didn't even want the broken one back.

He just gave them a ring Rob.

[ragbag]

Here's what we're actually getting with the country pack.

12/17 DLC

Brad Paisley - “Mud on the Tires”

Brooks & Dunn - “Hillbilly Deluxe”

Dierks Bentley - “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”

Dixie Chicks - “Sin Wagon”

Miranda Lambert “Gunpowder & Lead”

Each track will be available starting December 16, 2008, for the Xbox360 and December 18, 2008, for PS3. Each individual track will be available for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) and $8.49 (680 Microsoft Points) for the 5-pack.

[Gabriel]

Boo-urns!

Where's my Johnny Cash, Bourbon Crow, Hank III, Garth Brooks or Billy Ray Cyrus?

Any similar artists would be accepted as well. Except similar to Garth Brooks, because there is only one Garth Brooks... and change Billy Ray Cyrus' similar artists to other songs that are so awful and catchy that you can't help but love them when you're more wasted than Courtney Love on a Sunday.

[Cactus Drags]

They should do the College Gameday one with that Rich bloke, y'know "We-ah cahmin'... to yo cit-ay!"

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

We picked up the 2-cymbal kit last night. They add a whole new layer of awesome to playing drums. It feels much more fun and interesting playing with the cymbals.

[zero]

Cymbals only work with the new drums, right?

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

I believe so, not 100%, though. If there are green, blue, and yellow ports on the back of the Rock Band 1 drum kit, then they should work for the RB1 kit as well.

[Cactus Drags]

No cymbal ports on Rock Band 1 drums.

No Rock Band 2 drums in the UK. Eff eff ess.

[zero]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202103.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202302.html

Interesting articles about music games becoming oversaturated in the marketplace. Guitar Hero and Rock Band sales are way down and it's leading analysts to believe the genre has peaked. I can definitely understand it, people aren't going to keep shelling out money to clutter their living rooms with six guitars and three drum sets. The future of the genre is to stick with the hardware they have, release yearly discs and continue to pump out DLC. I could actually see Rock Band moving completely to digital content.

[Maxx]

Ugh, so I've ordered my pedal replacement and haven't touched the drums since then, but my parents came by tonight and wanted to see Rock Band, so I figured I'd go through a song and just ignore the pedal parts.

But whats this? Now the down on my directional pad doesn't work either. Zero response from it when you try to sign in, and it goes completely balistic at the song selection screen.

So now I've got a whole new fucking kit being shipped out to me.

[Fitzy]

Apparently during the VGA's yesterday they announced that Pearl Jam's Ten will be made available in March. I am not a big Pearl Jam fan at all but I like Evenflow so I'll probably get that.

[Cactus Drags]

I'd likely get Alive, Evenflow and Jeremy. Presuming of course that Ellis and Kaney did too >_>

[Fitzy]

I'd likely get Alive, Evenflow and Jeremy. Presuming of course that Ellis and Kaney did too >_>

Alive is in the game already. Have you yet to play that song or something?

Edited December 16, 2008 by Fitzy

[NobBe Nobbs]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202103.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202302.html

Interesting articles about music games becoming oversaturated in the marketplace. Guitar Hero and Rock Band sales are way down and it's leading analysts to believe the genre has peaked. I can definitely understand it, people aren't going to keep shelling out money to clutter their living rooms with six guitars and three drum sets. The future of the genre is to stick with the hardware they have, release yearly discs and continue to pump out DLC. I could actually see Rock Band moving completely to digital content.

I can't say I'm surprised. The peripherals are way too expensive for the fact that they're glorified controllers that only work for a handful of games and unless a later game introduces elements that make the older things obsolete, I'll be sticking with my Xplorer. Harmonix seem to have grasped this - the only gameplay elements that were added or changed from the original Rock Band were ones that have nothing to do with your hardware - while Activision haven't - the slider bar on their new guitar and having to top RB by having five drum pads and a bass.

[Cactus Drags]

I'd likely get Alive, Evenflow and Jeremy. Presuming of course that Ellis and Kaney did too >_>

Alive is in the game already. Have you yet to play that song or something?

No, I was just thinking of the album tracks, rather than what was already on the 6000-song tracklist that I unfortunately can't always remember the entirety of.

Edited December 16, 2008 by Dragsy