RockBand 1 & 2 - Gen. Discussion & Info - 3/15/09 - Funk Pack + More!

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Picked mine up today, awesome so far! Did all of the Battle of the Bands challenges that I could enter, but only solo drums since my roommates are both out.

Thinking of ordering the GoodWoods mod, anyone have them and have an opinion? I have a custom pedal so I'm all set there, just thinking about upgrading my drum pads.

If anyone wants to do some tour/challenges/battle of the bands sometime, let me know!
 
[quote name='evanft']They did make some changes to the vox that are supposed to make actual singing more acceptable, instead of just sounding like a keyboard. The talkies are also hilariously easy now, too.[/QUOTE]

They did that in a Rock Band patch not too long ago as well. I was doing the singing tour and was suprised at how easy those songs were now (songs with lots of talkie parts).
 
Half of the stores here in Evansville are without power. Huge wind storm came through and just destroyed everything. Luckily I pre-ordered mine at the mall GameStop. It is the only GameStop open right now because it is the only one with power. Quite entertaining seeing people from the other stores coming to mall trying to get a pre-order pickup and being told no. The only Best Buy and Circuit City are without power and so are the Wal-Marts. Pretty much every place in town that has it, is without power. Sucks for those people.
 
You just know someone unknowingly saw the price and thought, "Oh gosh, that's incredible!" And bought fifty copies. :whistle2:#
 
Are the vocal tracks really quiet foe anyone else? Yes, I have them turned all the way up.

[quote name='GLOCKGLOCK']Did anyone register for the free 20 downloads yet? Anyone hear any word on when those will be out?[/quote]

Right now it says:

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THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING ROCK BAND 2



Please check back in a few days for the opportunity to enter your Registration Code
and sign up to receive the Bonus Downloadable Tracks.
Visit RockBand.com for the latest Rock Band 2 news and updates! [/quote]
 
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Does anybody else think that the drum parts are too repetitive? I mean, all songs on drums are repetitive, but these ones much more than the ones on RB1.
 
The only thing that bothers me is during the mystery song sets, it doesn't take the gender of the singer into account, so you may have Man in the Box as one song, then That's What You Get as another, so you have one guy sounding like Layne Staley one minute, then Haley Williams the other.
 
This was a couple pages back but Best Buy did have the drum kits, and a brief review is they are 10x better. They are a lot quieter and the bass pedal is a lot sturdier as well. If you don't have a drum set I recommend picking this up at best buy with the 10 dollar coupon.
 
[quote name='Jesus_S_Preston']Are the vocal tracks really quiet foe anyone else? Yes, I have them turned all the way up.
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Do you have a surround sound setup? You have to go in the game options to turn on Dolby Digital, so that could be why the sound isn't coming out our speakers correctly and making the vocals sound quiet.

But if you don't have multiple speakers, then i Have no clue why it sounds quiet for you. Try a q tip? :lol:
 
[quote name='Scorch']The only thing that bothers me is during the mystery song sets, it doesn't take the gender of the singer into account, so you may have Man in the Box as one song, then That's What You Get as another, so you have one guy sounding like Layne Staley one minute, then Haley Williams the other.[/QUOTE]

YES! I'm really not sure why they didn't fix this.
 
Nice. So after being told the drums weren't coming out till October at a few GS last night I call the same stores today and they are now sold out. I know those stores had to have them in stock at 7 pm last night when I called for them to be sold out today. Lazy bastards - just looked at the computer instead of actually knowing what stock they had in the back...

I may check a local chain store (Fred Meyer) and just get them at full price and then return a set from GS or GC there in a few weeks. I hate to do that sort of thing, but we are chomping at the bit here to play something besides guitar.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']They did that in a Rock Band patch not too long ago as well. I was doing the singing tour and was suprised at how easy those songs were now (songs with lots of talkie parts).[/quote]

Uhhhhh....no, at least not NEARLY on the level on RB2. At all.

Oh, and how gay am I for loving that part of the Paramore song that goes "Whoa oh oh".
 
Okay I just found something that needs to be patched. Playing online tour, when someone drops out or disconnects mid-song, their icon drops to the red zone on the bar on the left and eventually causes you to fail. That needs to be patched ASAP.
 
just got it and great great game so far. (worthless post but wow the game is good). Also, pretty cool that I am in the top 300 of drummers now.
 
[quote name='Ice2Dragon']God that lead singer is smoking hot @_@ The hair color is to die for :)[/quote]

It's too bad I'm not the only one who thinks she is. ;)
 
[quote name='Jagged Toaster']It's too bad I'm not the only one who thinks she is. ;)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Hayley Williams= hotness:

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[quote name='evanft']

Oh, and how gay am I for loving that part of the Paramore song that goes "Whoa oh oh".[/QUOTE]

How about Rob Halford gay as a unit of measure?

But it helps that she's cute.
 
Yes, I got my copy today, and I'm loving it so far. The first song I played was "Learn To Fly" just to see the presentation difference. And was there one! I really love the new animations, they are very true to the real deal.
Rock Band 1 RIP.
Rock Band 2 FTW!
 
[quote name='CouRageouS']Do you have a surround sound setup? You have to go in the game options to turn on Dolby Digital, so that could be why the sound isn't coming out our speakers correctly and making the vocals sound quiet.

But if you don't have multiple speakers, then i Have no clue why it sounds quiet for you. Try a q tip? :lol:[/quote]

Nope, super-pussy TV Speakers.
 
Can anyone recommend a good case for the drums? The official one from the Rock Band store is not cheapass at all. I don't need a combo case, I already have a dual gig bag for my guitars.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']Yeah, Hayley Williams= hotness:

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hmmm she looks like she needs tons of makeup to look good... the funny thing is, my best-friend's sister dated Paramore's bass player for about 8 months recently and she looks a lot like the lead singer... a little better though i think.
 
[quote name='Rocko']Will the GHIV guitar controller work with RB2?[/quote]

AFAIK, yes. That's why I'll be purchasing the GH:WT bundle instead of the RB2 bundle.
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']AFAIK, yes. That's why I'll be purchasing the GH:WT bundle instead of the RB2 bundle.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, if it does then I think I'm going to buy the GHIV Guitar Kit (game+guitar) with some Gamestop credit. I have no interest in RB guitar after the Strat, and the GHIV guitar looks absolutely fantastic.

I really want one of the spiffy new drum kits that both games are coming out with, but I just can't justify buying one because I'm terrible at drums, and therefore I don't play them much.
 
Haha just be lucky you don't have to deal with that. If it turns out GH:WT has superior drums, I'll be pissed. II mean, for their own good, they'd be marketing it with demo kiosks...

Or at least for my benefit haha.
 
Picked it up this morning at Blockbuster, and the future brother-in-law bought it at Target (after Gamestop told us he wouldn't be able to find a copy if he didn't preorder). Played a few songs, and had a blast - can't wait to get back into it.
 
Secret Achievements Revealed:

That last one looks impossible!!

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- Buy a Real Instrument Already! - Beat an "Impossible" Challenge with all players on Expert Difficulty
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- Rock Immortal Inductee - Joined the Rolling Stone Rock Immortals list
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- Vinyl Artist - Finished the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Medium
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Gold Artist - Finished the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Hard
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- Platinum Artist - Finished the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Expert
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- The Bladder of Steel Award - Completed the Endless Setlist 2 without pausing or failing.
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[quote name='seanr1221']Mang...unless it's because I haven't used the Les Paul in awhile, I just tried it and was doing terrible compared to the strat.[/quote]

You might find that you're buttons are being unresponsive. That's because of the detachable neck. I just had to fix my friend's, yous might have the same problem. Check out scorehero.com for guides on fixing it.
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']You might find that you're buttons are being unresponsive. That's because of the detachable neck. I just had to fix my friend's, yous might have the same problem. Check out scorehero.com for guides on fixing it.[/QUOTE]

Could be it, I have had it under my bed (with neck detached) for a few months.
 
[quote name='Scorch']Use a wired guitar and unplug it?
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That would pause the game. ;)

I'd suggest a bucket and an understanding wife.
 
[quote name='sp00ge']That would pause the game. ;)[/quote]

Now does it bring up the pause menu, or just a "Controller is unplugged, please replug it in" menu? That could make all the difference.
 
The game is nothing short of awesome, but I have a few complaints...

Stars are gone!
-I liked trying to 5 star and gold star as many songs as possible on my solo careers in RB1 and it just seems like this is a step backwards. If anything they should have added the percentage and the note streak. Not taken away the stars.

I would really like to see a personal leader board section that shows a convenient list with all the songs in order from easiest to hardest (corresponding to whatever career you are looking at, whether it be drums, guitar, bass, vocal, or band) that compiles the best scores for the user across the boards. Whether you got this score in quickplay, an xbox live vs. mode or doing challenges/battle of the bands and the world tour (with only one person of course). The added streak and percent would be great, but at least give us what we had in the first game. I feel like when you are looking at the setlist per challenge there sure is a lot of nifty space to right of the songs that could be put to use with my mentioned additions.

Solo Tour!? Where are you!!!!!!!
-unless they decide to make the above additions there is no way to monitor streak on anything but the final song in a challenge mode.

That aside there is no way to go through and pick out single songs you want to jam to while at the same time earning cash for your characters. Do there happen to be some venues with 'create your own set list' later on that give you the option to pick and play one song at a time? This way you could earn cash for your character and at the same time monitor your stats, and that would be great.

Don't think I don't totally love this game, but it would be nice to see something added via a patch or something.
 
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