[PS3/PS2/X360] Rock Band

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Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and distributed by Electronic Arts Partners. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version will be released in North America on December 18, 2007. The game will be available in Canada on December 17, 2007, and will be released in Europe in early 2008.

Rock Band allows players to perform in virtual "bands" by providing up to four players with the ability to play three different instrument-based peripherals (a guitar peripheral for guitar and bass guitar sequences, a drum peripheral, and a microphone). These instruments are used to simulate the playing of rock music by hitting scrolling notes on-screen. Players using next-gen consoles can interact through both online and offline multiplayer capabilities. In addition to the songs shipping on the game disc, potentially hundreds of new tracks will be made available as downloadable content. The European version will include localized content for the different countries in the region, both downloadable and on disc.

Added by GohanSSJ


Who here else has gotten the game or has played it?

I was lucky enough to see one laying around in BestBuy and nabbed it, as you just cannot find the damn game anywhere. And damn is the box huge. It's about the size of 6 x360 boxes stacked up. And inside the box it's packed also. With everything in it's own cardboard box aside from the game.

For the drums. They are surprisingly durable. It looks like it was all plastic but just the base is and all the tubes on it holding it together are metal. Once it's together it's freaking solid as hell. Though the kick peddle is kind of cheap and it's annoying on how you can't really place it more to the right or left. XD

The guitar feels great. When I first tried it in the store I though it was just weird feeling and cheap because the type of plastic they use is they soft and glossy feeling one. That just made the strum bar feel very cheap though once you start playing it, it actually feels awesome as you can strum it much faster then the GH guitars and you don't have that annoying "click" sound, and feel, every time. Also the fret buttons just feel much better. Since the neck is much thinner and the buttons are actually flushed with the neck and basically take up the whole top of it, making it feel like it's part of it and not button on top. Also the smaller second set of fret buttons at the bottom of the neck are ace. I find it so much better to use them. Though the only thing I don't really like is the whammy bar. Since it's bent outwards away from the guitar. That makes it just hard to use.

As for the mic. I haven't used it yet. It's heavy, with a long cable and made by Logitech. It works with the PC also and the quality is very high.

As for the game. It's bloody amazing. I love the song list as it's great. The drums, base, and lead guitar all play very well. The user interface is very nicely done and the overall looks is plain, simple but yet great. As for the videos of the band playing. It's vastly better over GH. The avatars actually play the instruments accurately. You can see them strum and hit the guitar at the exactly right moment with the music. Also the creepy part is how the singer actually sings. I'm not talking about how in GH it looks like their mouth is just moving as the song goes. I mean in RB they actually looks like they are singing the words as their mouths move the right damn way.

All in all it's a damn great singleplayer game. The guitar bits are easier then GH2 though they fit in very nicely. The drum is where it gets hard as the kick peddle makes it tricky and and fast songs it's hard as hell to hit all the notes. As for anything bad about it. It would have to be that on the PS3 version you can't use the GH3 guitar. Now that's annoying. It reads it as a non working mic. Hopefully there'll be a patch for it, if there isn't one already. (need to update my PS3)

NoPeace - out

Saw some friends playin it, they were all shitfaced, and the d00d who was playin on the drums broke the drum petal lol. Drums are definitely the coolest part of the game.

here in my country theres Mall playing this game.

ppl Pay and Enter a Private rooms to play it :) Music SingSongs And RockAndRoll And manythings

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Originally Posted by RockAngel

here in my country theres Mall playing this game.

ppl Pay and Enter a Private rooms to play it :) Music SingSongs And RockAndRoll And manythings

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What country is that?

There are only 3 countries that I know of that have the game and that's the US, Canada, and Mexico. Harmonix has yet to work on the EU/AU versions and they are unsure of a JP version.

NoPeace - out

apparently the Au version is coming out in Q1 2008, So I'm gonna get it for my birthday, But i like the new guitar with the same 5 buttons at the higher notes for solos

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Originally Posted by Chaos2k3

apparently the Au version is coming out in Q1 2008, So I'm gonna get it for my birthday, But i like the new guitar with the same 5 buttons at the higher notes for solos

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Good luck on the Q1 08. As of last week they haven't started to work on outside localization and they are focusing a lot on the added content and bug patching.

Then you have to worry about hardware shortages as the hardware right now is in too high of demand and the first batch of stuff have been defective.

As for the new guitar. It's f-ing ace. I love how it feels so much better and the higher notes are just easier to use for me.

NoPeace - out

I don't get it... how hard can it be to release the game here... it's in the same freaking language...

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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ

I don't get it... how hard can it be to release the game here... it's in the same freaking language...

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Regional licensing for the songs. Muli-language support.

Those are the two things that need to be done. Then you have to deal with the issue of the hardware as the demand for the US alone is more then they can make.

It's not as easy as making a shit load of guitars. You also need to make the drums and mics.

So that's why it'll take some time to get there. Localizing the game wont take long but the hardware allocation will.

NoPeace - out