Mr. Anderson
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Well shit, we might as well start talking about what instruments we're all going to play. I got dibs as a drummer.
Please, do elaborate, especially with that STUNNINGLY REALISTIC drum note chart we just saw there.Seriously, you're a fool if you think Drumania, Guitar Freaks, etc. is better than this.
Rock Band just declared checkmate. It's time for Guitar Hero's move.Impressions of one of the new songs: "Mississippi Queen, you truly did teach me everything."
-The Strat controller is a bit larger than the GH controller. Also feels and looks more realistic.
-The frets felt stiffer and less forgiving, but these are still prototypes.
-They're experimenting with a five way toggle switch on the controller for effects such as reverb, delay, and phase using the toggle. These are not final features, just part of the prototype controllers at the moment.
-If you've played lead guitar or bass in GH, you'll know what to expect in Rock Band.
-The vocals interface resembles Karaoke Revolution. Original/cover voice is still there, just lower in volume so you can hear yourself singing.
-When not singing, you tap (the mic?) to keep the crowd excited.
-No cowbell attachment.
-Drum kit's not as heavy duty as a real one, but they're more sturdy than you'd probably think they'd be.
-Drum kit comes with kick pedal to represent the bass drum (the wide orange bar you saw in the middle track of the video).
-"If you can play the drum parts on hard, you can pretty much play drums in real life."
Modes:
-Practice - what you've seen in GHII
-Tutorial
-Solo Career mode - playing the career with just one of the instruments
-Band World Tour - multiplayer career mode (for either offline or online)
-Quickplay mode - Just play for the fun of it.
-"MTV let us in on its plans for the various tracks -- the most impressive of which is a proposed 100+ downloadable tunes in the game's first year alone."
-Will continue to aim for getting the master tracks as much as possible.
Avatar creation:
-Choose gender, face type, hair, body shape, tattoos, signature moves, and specialized instrument.
-Avatar can do some special crowd pleasing stuff, like calling out the crowd for vocalists during freestyle opportunities or perform your own drum or guitar solos(!). These can also revive band mates who's dropped out.
-"You can even compete for a special points power-up known as "Unison Phrase" that rewards all four band members for playing perfectly. In other words, there's a lot of depth here."
All they did was add two frets and nerf most features, including the difficulty. And you know what? A little "from the hit arcades originating 10 years ago" or whatnot on the box couldn't hurt to sort out things. It doesn't matter though 'cause what's set in stone is set in stone.even with DDR which is arguably their best success in the US. RedOctane/Harmonix have already taken the "originality" thunder even though Konami invented the genre.