http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-41...and-debut/373/

Why isn't this a download? In the words of Harmonix community dude John Drake, AC/DC "likes things to be packaged in a very specific way." Since they also don't sell their music on iTunes, I took that to mean "they hate the Internet." What's the on-disc gameplay like? There's a very basic ladder where you play through all 18 tracks of Live at Donnington. No world tour mode, character creation, or anything like that. Is the band in the game? Nope, just the songs. This ain't Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. What's up with importing the tracks? Every copy ships with a single-use code that will let you pull all the songs into your Rock Band 2, at which point they'll function just like any other DLC. So they'll show up in world tour, you can play them online, all that jazz. Achievements? Yep, 12 of them on the 360, amounting to what looks like 200 points. No trophies in the PS3 version, sadly, because AC/DC Live is based on the first Rock Band, not the sequel. Great, but how are the songs, man? You could look up the Donnington album online and listen to some samples if you want to hear for yourself, but the recording was apparently very good at that show, because they practically sounded like studio tracks to me. I played "Back in Black" and the riff sounded 100 percent spot-on. If you've been waiting for AC/DC in your music game, I think you'll be happy.

Giant Bomb has some more info on the AC/DC expansion disc.

Well,I guess I'm not getting AC/DC Live.

Well, the LBP delay means I won't have to divide my time between that and RB2 next week, so I went ahead and ordered the bundle for delivery Tuesday. Wooo! I'll probably rent RB1 sometime this weekend so I can get the songs transferred over and ready to go. And maybe I'll get that Pixies DLC and just stare at it for a few days.

So is anyone here interested in starting a CAG band or something after its release on Sunday?

Dibs on Drums!

And it's confirmed that Guitar Hero: World Tour drums will work with Rock Band 2 correct?

Yes, it's in the OP:

Drums Compatible With Rock Band 2 (source) Guitar Hero: World Tour Rock Band Rock Band 2 Rock Revolution

the drums are a bit disappointing. I wish they were more like the guitar hero world tour pads... sigh =(

however buying the game and 1 more guitar is already frickin $130...........
and I got the full set at DDD for $167 or something....... kind of hard to justify just not getting the new drums for $30+ more

Originally Posted by FriskyTanuki Yes, it's in the OP:

How about vice versa? Apparently GH isn't coming out with a stand-alone drum kit. If RB2 drums work with GH:WT then this will be my option.

Originally Posted by DefinedByClass13 How about vice versa? Apparently GH isn't coming out with a stand-alone drum kit. If RB2 drums work with GH:WT then this will be my option.

All music game controllers are cross compatible on the PS3 by Sony mandate. That should answer any future questions you may have on this subject.

How do the Rock Band drums work with Guitar Hero World Tour if GH:WT has 5 pads and a bass pedal and Rock Band only has 4 pads and a bass pedal?

It switches to a four note field instead of the normal five.

hmmm, anyone picking this up tomorrow?

I'm thinking about it. I just need to know which has the best instruments, this or guitar hero.

Got to play with the new instruments for a short time at walmart, and they are 10000x improved. I mainly play Guitar, and I'll say that I think I like the RB2 Guitar better than the GH3 Les Paul, and that's saying something. The drums seemed to have better rebound, were quieter, and the kick pedal seemed better.

Picking it up at midnight, but probably won't play it until sometime in the morning.

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they're having midnight launches? where at?


DarthPuma: The GHWT has better drums for sure, but the guitar boils down to personal preference. I prefer the rockband guitars because the buttons are better and they fixed the strum bar a bit.

The new sensor things on the guitars for ghwt don't do much for me and I still don't like the buttons

anyone know if there is a BB coupon laying around for games ? that would make it worth picking up at bb

I am soo picking this up in a few hours. and yeah are there any BB coupons laying out there at the moment?

Originally Posted by Zoglog they're having midnight launches? where at? DarthPuma: The GHWT has better drums for sure, but the guitar boils down to personal preference. I prefer the rockband guitars because the buttons are better and they fixed the strum bar a bit. The new sensor things on the guitars for ghwt don't do much for me and I still don't like the buttons anyone know if there is a BB coupon laying around for games ? that would make it worth picking up at bb

Has there been any hands on that says the gh drums are better? RB has those cymbal add ons and you wouldn't have to get used to a new layout.

Yeah, the strum bar is a zillion times better. It's like the les paul but silent. The buttons don't suck either. I had no problems with h/o's and p/o's in the Panic At the Disco song I got stuck playing at walmart.

How much will the cymbal add ons cost?

Originally Posted by DarthPuma Has there been any hands on that says the gh drums are better? RB has those cymbal add ons and you wouldn't have to get used to a new layout. Yeah, the strum bar is a zillion times better. It's like the les paul but silent. The buttons don't suck either. I had no problems with h/o's and p/o's in the Panic At the Disco song I got stuck playing at walmart.

yeah, I had a chance to try out the GHWT drums. They're much better. The top of the drumheads are padded w/ thick silicone making them very bouncy and silent. HOWEVER, the cymbals are still sort of hard so they will make similar sounds to the rock band kit.

The layout seemed fine and I had no problem w/ it.
cost wise it just doesn't seem effective for me to get the GHWT drums considering I only need 1 more guitar and I really don't care much for GHWT the game.