[quote name='io']OK, I am really confused by all this stuff.
Maybe you guys can help this GH/RB noob out. First of all, I had held off on all these types of games because I really didn't think they were my thing. But my 8 year-old son really wanted one of them so I bought the Guitar Hero III bundle for the 360 a month or two ago. He loved it and I found it to be more fun than I expected as well. He's already way better than me but that's another discussion
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He wanted more so we rented GH Aerosmith. That was fine for a few days but then he wanted Rock Band. I told him we'd wait for one of the sequels before getting drums. But with the 25% off 360 games coupon at GS I just bought Rock Band (game only) at GS for $29.24. We're having fun with that but of course we need drums to get the full experience.
So, I had decided earlier that I'd go with Guitar Hero World Tour and have already preordered that at Blockbuster. I was hoping I could use the hardware from that for Rock Band 1 and 2. But now I've noticed that the GHWT drum kit is just 3 drums + the symbols. How will that work with RB2 (and will it work at all with RB1)?
I'm really trying to minimize the amount of plastic peripherals I have, but now I'm considering picking up the RB2 drum set on the 14th along with the new game. So that would run me $150 - at that point I might as well just get the damn bundle
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And then how does this transfer of songs from RB1 to RB2 work? You pay $5 (presumably a download of 400 MS points?) and it puts the songs on your hard drive? Do you not need the RB1 disc any more at that point? If not, I see a TON of used RB1 discs flooding the market on Sept. 14th
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. I'd also feel a bit ripped off having just bought it for $30. But I might be able to do the transfer and then trade the game quick to Blcokbuster which is usually pretty slow in dropping prices. That would make the $60 purchase of RB2 more palatable in any case (if I can get $30 back for RB1).
So, the key issues are how the GHWT drums will work with both versions of RB, and what is the deal with this song transfer. I already know that the DLC for RB1 will work with RB2, so I have no qualms buying some of that (The Who track pack in particular
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Oh, and to add further confusion I've read about these electronic drum kits that are RB compatible. See, my son wants to take drum lessons and those might actually be a good thing to buy for both purposes (as they take up way less space than a real drum kit). Argghhh - too many options![/quote]
play Rock Band 1 until the whole instrument set pack of Rock Band 2 comes out in October and buy that... at that point download the RB1 tracks to your hard drive.
the lowest you would get a RB1 disc for soon anyway is like 15 bucks, I'm sure the next 6 weeks of game time will be worth 15 extra dollars you spent.
OR, if you think he will use that electronic drum kit it's 300 bucks plus another 100 i think to turn it into a working electronic drum kit. in that case, just buy RB2 game only in 2 weeks.