Guitar Hero: World Tour - Gen. Discussion & Info

[quote name='evanft']I really just want the guitar bundle.[/quote]I'll be selling that as soon as it comes in the mail hoping to get like 80-90 shipped for it.
 
Just got it.

I have to work in 20 minutes, so I am going to wait to open/play it.

I got the game only, since I am low on cash but couldn't pass it up with my 35 dollars in reward cash, and got the game only version.

Has anyone used the RB 1 drums for this yet, and if so are they any good? I also have GH3 wireless guitar (I assume that works ok). Anyone tried either or both of these yet? I would really like to know so I know to take it back or not.

edit: off to work but reading a few other forums seems like rock band drums for GH:WT actually seems like the better move (and cheaper).

if anyone can try this out for me it would be much appreciated.
 
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[quote name='seanr1221']My GH drums work perfect. I don't have to hit the cymbals dead on, extremely hard or any of that nonsense. There's no cross registering between the pads either. My only complaint is the cymbals drop lower while playing (from hitting on them) but a small piece of plastic tube can fix that.

Bard, you can see how you're doing to the right of the vocals. Lose your multiplier and you did worse.

The drums work great in RB (The main reason I got them). I mostly got the pack for the instruments, but GH:WT will be a nice little add on to play when Im bored of RB.

I hope most of the negative talk this is getting on message boards isn't from biased RB fanboys :| I'm a huge RB fan myself, but I have no complaints about my instruments.[/quote]

Which color go to which pad on the GH drums when you are playing RB? I plan on getting a new drum set just for RB.
 
[quote name='Bazz']I'll be selling that as soon as it comes in the mail hoping to get like 80-90 shipped for it.[/quote]

I would definitely give you $80. PM'd.
 
Anyone know what the current Gamestop TIV is for a GH3 Les Paul? I know that a while back, they were like $30. If that is still the case, trading in a Les Paul for $30 and picking up the Guitar bundle would be pretty much a wash, in terms of buying just the game anyway, but getting an upgraded guitar.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']

Bard, you can see how you're doing to the right of the vocals. Lose your multiplier and you did worse.
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Bleh, maybe I've just had too long a night last night with this game and too used to the Rock Band interface, but I don't know, just the little things get to me about this game. Though we're going to return it and give it another try, but I think really all we want is to exchange it for a guitar bundle. Christ, want to discard this game entirely, but the guitar is too nice (though I wish the slider worked in Rock Band).
 
[quote name='GBmanNC']Which color go to which pad on the GH drums when you are playing RB? I plan on getting a new drum set just for RB.[/QUOTE]

Every color matches up, and the orange just isnt used.

I also like the bass pedal a lot more. Since it's flat it probably wont take as much abuse at the original RB one an snap.

[quote name='Lokki']Anyone know what the current Gamestop TIV is for a GH3 Les Paul? I know that a while back, they were like $30. If that is still the case, trading in a Les Paul for $30 and picking up the Guitar bundle would be pretty much a wash, in terms of buying just the game anyway, but getting an upgraded guitar.[/QUOTE]

I doubt it's 30.00 About a month ago they said 4.00 for a Strat.


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I fixed the cymbals sliding down problem. I cut out plastic tubing, and placed it around the thin part under the cymbals. Viola, no more sliding down.
 
[quote name='bardockkun']Bleh, maybe I've just had too long a night last night with this game and too used to the Rock Band interface, but I don't know, just the little things get to me about this game. Though we're going to return it and give it another try, but I think really all we want is to exchange it for a guitar bundle. Christ, want to discard this game entirely, but the guitar is too nice (though I wish the slider worked in Rock Band).[/QUOTE]

The guitar is super slick. The buttons and strum feel awesome.

Yea, the RB interface is way better, but I have to give props where props are due, and knowing how the pitch is going to change (like they show you in this game) is very nice.
 
For those of you that bought the band bundle, how long is the warranty? And did the location where you purchased it offer a store warranty?
 
[quote name='seanr1221']Every color matches up, and the orange just isnt used.

I also like the bass pedal a lot more. Since it's flat it probably wont take as much abuse at the original RB one an snap.



I doubt it's 30.00 About a month ago they said 4.00 for a Strat.


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I fixed the cymbals sliding down problem. I cut out plastic tubing, and placed it around the thin part under the cymbals. Viola, no more sliding down.[/quote]

Bleh, ok... I'm still debating then if I'm going to pick this up today or wait for more reviews to come in. I mainly want it for Tool, but $60 for 3 songs sucks.
 
[quote name='Lokki']Anyone know what the current Gamestop TIV is for a GH3 Les Paul? I know that a while back, they were like $30. If that is still the case, trading in a Les Paul for $30 and picking up the Guitar bundle would be pretty much a wash, in terms of buying just the game anyway, but getting an upgraded guitar.[/quote]

I think the trade in value is like $12-15 dollars now.
 
[quote name='bardockkun']Bleh, maybe I've just had too long a night last night with this game and too used to the Rock Band interface, but I don't know, just the little things get to me about this game. Though we're going to return it and give it another try, but I think really all we want is to exchange it for a guitar bundle. Christ, want to discard this game entirely, but the guitar is too nice (though I wish the slider worked in Rock Band).[/quote]

idk, I'm of the same opinion of you. I really thought I would like this game more than Rock Band 2, but after a while, not so much. Star Power is out of the way and confusing, I have to slam my orange pad in order to get it to register. It's not easy to tell if you're about to fail (other than how it's flashing, which isn't a great indicator)... My sets going back and I'm getting a new one. If that one sucks too... I might just pick up the guitar bundle, and then be pissed that I have to get the Band set for RB2 (and use that horrible guitar of their's).
 
[quote name='I_Am_ProZac'] I might just pick up the guitar bundle, and then be pissed that I have to get the Band set for RB2 (and use that horrible guitar of their's).[/quote]

Why would have to use the RB2 guitar if you already have one from GHWT?
 
On another forum, I have seen people complain about strike register with the cymbals. It's a small, private forum, so I trust what they say.

So, how's the touch pad on the guitar? Is that also wonky?
 
Well, I've officially decided to just pick up the Guitar bundle and some RB2 drums.

Should I try to sweet talk my parents into the ION kit as a birthday present? They don't normally spend that much on me at all, but it might be worth a shot if I skip a party.

EDIT: When I do get the bundle, does anyone want the game for like 53 shipped? Tiny discount, but it would be doing me a big favor.
 
[quote name='Chase']On another forum, I have seen people complain about strike register with the cymbals. It's a small, private forum, so I trust what they say.

So, how's the touch pad on the guitar? Is that also wonky?[/quote]
Nice, but unnecessary. It's nice for the linked notes, but using it instead of a whammy makes you look really creepy I've noticed...
 
Hmmm, I think the plastic tubing I put under my cymbals has made them better. I feel like I can hit them with lighter force now.

I'll take a picture in a bit.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']Hopefully they handle the warranties like RB did.

I wonder how much a warranty to Target is....just in case. If it's
 
that sucks that the drum thing might be widespread. glad mine hasnt busted, weve been playing gh pretty non-stop here for about 12 hours. almost like were sleeping in shifts.
 
[quote name='Chase']Chris Roper gave GH:WT a 7.9.[/quote]

lol @ C+

I just read if one person fails the whole band fails instantly, wtf? And on top of that, it's hard to tell that someone else is failing? Tis not good...
 
[quote name='lolwut?']lol @ C+

I just read if one person fails the whole band fails instantly, wtf? And on top of that, it's hard to tell that someone else is failing? Tis not good...[/quote]

Yeah, that's pretty much it. I was playing with strangers at Best Buy, if one person drops out, that's it. You can't save them, the game just ends. We also had no idea who was dropping out until I looked around every 10 seconds and looked at who was flashing red. The UI and HUD is complete garbage.
 
Ok... so everyone is pretty down on the game. I was just about to go purchase the bundle (I don't have much money) cause I played it at Toys R Us and I just loved the drums so much better than Rockbands. I am a Guitar Hero fanboy and love playing on Guitar Hero so much more than Rockband, but everyone seems to be complaining about the game, so I am not gonna get it just yet... are you guys Rock Band fanboys? Or is the game bad?

Was listening to 1up (10-24) and they were saying how "phenomenal" (heh) it is, it got me really pumped up to go buy it; again, if it was 60 bucks for everything i'd go buy it, but I am a little down in money right now... but if it is totally awesome I will take the hit, cause I friggen love GH's note charts 5-8x's better than Rockbands, and I fell in love with the drum set at ToysRus
 
What do you guys think the odds of Activision patching World Tour to allow you to use the RB2+Cymbal kit with five lanes instead of four?
 
[quote name='DarthPuma']What do you guys think the odds of Activision patching World Tour to allow you to use the RB2+Cymbal kit with five lanes instead of four?[/quote]

It very well could happen. Their attitude towards allowing RB instruments has changed, after all.

I'm getting the guitar bundle for $80. Someone I know who has similar tastes as I do loves the game on guitar, so I'm in.
 
i bought it and guitar worked fine i just need to know how to use the touch pad and the drums where great the only bad thing was that one of my drum pads didnt work the red one to be exact sooo ima have to exchange it i dont want to wait a long time for activision to fix it..
 
i'm been having major trouble with the touch pad on my guitar. so much trouble that it has caused me to fail out of really simple songs. for some reason, randomly it will decide that i'm touching it, which causes a strum which breaks my combo. it sometimes happens so frequently and consecutively that it can cause me to fail in a matter of seconds. i kno it has to be the touch pad because the guitar works beautifully when i switch over to rock band.
is anyone else having this trouble with the guitar?
 
[quote name='sonicm88']i'm been having major trouble with the touch pad on my guitar. so much trouble that it has caused me to fail out of really simple songs. for some reason, randomly it will decide that i'm touching it, which causes a strum which breaks my combo. it sometimes happens so frequently and consecutively that it can cause me to fail in a matter of seconds. i kno it has to be the touch pad because the guitar works beautifully when i switch over to rock band.
is anyone else having this trouble with the guitar?[/quote]

I remember some playtester said his arm hair was causing problems with the touch strip. Or it could be a fan or something. Hopefully its not broken.
 
[quote name='DarkNessBear']Ok... so everyone is pretty down on the game. I was just about to go purchase the bundle (I don't have much money) cause I played it at Toys R Us and I just loved the drums so much better than Rockbands. I am a Guitar Hero fanboy and love playing on Guitar Hero so much more than Rockband, but everyone seems to be complaining about the game, so I am not gonna get it just yet... are you guys Rock Band fanboys? Or is the game bad?[/quote]

I'm just going to have to say that the game's inerface is kinda crappy (though it could be just the being used to RB's. And the drum kit can be flaky. I loved GH3... not too impressed with WT as of yet.
 
It's like Rock Band is Jesus. There's very little that can be done to it that could make it better. There's a few annoying quirks or something things that could be changed to make it more enjoyable, but overall, I think it's pretty close to perfect.

Then here comes GH, which does everything ass backwards compared to RB. You can't pick your difficulty after starting coop with a friend. You can't have separate star power. You can't retry songs. You can't play quickplay with one friend. There's just so many things (the interface, along with the game looking exactly the same as GH3) that make it inferior to RB.
 
There seems to be a lack of a good GH:WT thread in the ps3 section, so i'll just post here.

This post above mine really details the inconsistencies of this game when compared to Rock Band. I was going to pick up the bundle kit, and really only because I didn't want to purchase separate cymbals for the RB kit but that may just seem like the better option. I already purchased RB2 game only, and I might just have to get the drum kit and cymbals once those are out. As for GH, I might just get the game later.
 
For those of you who were looking forward to Tool, all three songs (Parabola, Schism, Vicarious) have KICK ASS drum parts. I haven't played guitar yet, but I'm going to.

Also, why hasn't anybody added more frets to the guitar? I mean, we added more drum notes, why not more frets? The masters of Guitar Hero need something else to challenge them.
 
[quote name='Rocko']Just got an email from YF360G that my guitar bundle is on the way.

Looking forward to the new guitar.[/QUOTE]

i hope yours works :roll:
 
i just exchanged it and everything works perfectly........ the touch pad drums just haven't tried the mic but im guessing it works.....

the game rocks!!
 
[quote name='evanft']It very well could happen. Their attitude towards allowing RB instruments has changed, after all.

I'm getting the guitar bundle for $80. Someone I know who has similar tastes as I do loves the game on guitar, so I'm in.[/quote]

Where did you get it for $80? Even with all the negativity, I'm still looking forward to playing it with the new guitar. I want all the music gaming goodness that I can get.
 
I tried to exchange it with my GS (as my drumset was screwed up from the get go), but they told me no, and that I had to go through warranty. :bomb:
 
Well I was visitin family in civilization lol so I decided to pick the game up. Did my research last night and it looked like Circuit City with the $15 iTunes card was the way to go. Unfortunately the store I went to in Amherst NY only had the band bundles and I'm not paying 190 bucks since that's cutting into my gaming budget. So I decided to check out Best Buy and decided to get the guitar bundle, already have les paul guitar, since I thought having a second guitar would kick ass when we try to play this with friends. Asked the cashier about any iTunes card which Circuit City was doin and she said they can price match but don't do special offers like that. Oh well I don't use iTunes anyways lol. Going to boot this up after I get some work done for tomorrow. Can't wait, too bad I don't have any drums though, the real set I have is good enough atm.
 
Well, I'm flip-flopping again. I think I'm gonna go for the RB2 drums, and here's why:

When I tried the WT drums at a Best Buy today, I found myself annoyed by the fact that I was hitting pads on 2 different planes, while the onscreen notes were all laid out on a single horizontal plane. There's nothing on the in-game note charts to differentiate the cymbals. Red and Yellow notes have identical "icons" and appear right next to each other onscreen, but their physical counterparts don't match at all.

This may not seem like a big deal, but IMO it makes the WT drums feel counterintuitive compared to the RB2 drums. RB2 drums give you a straight line of pads that matches exactly what you see onscreen (as opposed to the "zigzag" created by the WT drumkit arrangement).

Even if I mastered the pad/cymbal combo, I know my friends would find the arrangement frustrating and confusing - and as this game is one of the most socially accessible games out there, I wanna keep my guests happy! As silly as that sounds, I consider it a pretty major factor.

The next natural question is to consider what I'd be missing by passing on the WT kit. One extra input... which won't be coming up much unless I'm playing on expert. I honestly don't see myself playing drums much on expert... especially the sadistic Neversoft interpretation of "expert."

But still, I must consider the fact that I won't quite be able to play expert GH tracks the way the developers intended. But on the flip-side, by turning the yellow input into a forced cymbal, I wouldn't be playing a lot of RB tracks the way Harmonix intended. Well, based on DLC, I have a much greater investment in RB - therefore RB wins! For me, the need for a "faithful" RB experience outweighs the need for a faithful WT experience. So I shall get the RB2 drums, and settle for slightly dumbed-down WT tracks when the time comes.

Long winded, yes, but maybe some people on the fence will see where I'm coming from :p
 
You're making a good decision. The RB2 drums are a 2nd generation/iteration. They've had a full year to flesh out issues, compared to GHWT's first attempt. Reading reports online, the drums are flaking out, some within minutes or just a few hours...that's just ridiculous.
 
[quote name='mav451']You're making a good decision. The RB2 drums are a 2nd generation/iteration. They've had a full year to flesh out issues, compared to GHWT's first attempt. Reading reports online, the drums are flaking out, some within minutes or just a few hours...that's just ridiculous.[/quote]
Whoa! Whoa! Let's not get too ahead of ourselves here! I know I've been the most critical of GH:WT, but Rock Band 2 drums are far from perfect. There are still issues of wrong notes registering and or not registering at all. It's just the lesser of two evils in this case (since there are fix it yourself solutions and it's not as widespread as GH:WT's drums), so I can say on the whole drums issue you can wait a bit more.

Plus reading is far from experiencing it first hand.
 
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