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SCREW THIS SUPER MARIO BROS.WII ROLLOVER. GET THAT CRAP OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!
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I love playing Rock Band 2, I'm an expert singer and I usually impress people with my 99 and 100 percent playthroughs, but it sucks that mostly anyone who plays this game hardcore usually has alot of DLC, usually around 100 or so, and I only have 30.
But I have up on that, though. Now I actually just play Rock Band for fun, and not just high scores. It's awesome that they keep on adding so many songs, especially when they come out with ones I like. Keep'em coming, Harmonix! And give us Rock Band 3 already! Show Guitar Hero 5 how it's done!
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There's people out there who've literally downloaded them all.
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Guitar Hero/Activision should have just focused on releasing DLC (instead of new software and hardware every few months and diluting their brand) because music is what is important not "upgraded instruments" and new discs.
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So, I would say that yes, Neversoft / Activision needs to step up their DLC big time. I agree with you. But I also feel that RB2's gameplay feels really outdated now, so Harmonix needs to step up Rock Band's gameplay, too. And I'm pretty sure they will do it big time when RB3 comes out, but who knows when that will be…
Just my 2 cents.
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- Open notes on bass, introduced since GHWT.
- Tap sections, since GHWT.
- Additional notes during sustains,
since GHWT.
- Countdown after un-pausing, since GHWT. Introduced in Beatles: Rock Band, too.
- Real time band vs. band mode, since GHWT.
- Star power activation anytime on all instruments, since GHWT, improved a lot on GH5.
- Expert + mode for drums, which properly charts double bass, introduced on GH Metallica.
- Band moments.
- Challenges on career mode (which consist in more than just beating the songs. Each song has a specific challenge for a specific instrument or band).
- New online play modes: rock fest, perfectionist, momentum, do or die, and another one that I can't recall right now.
- Any combination of instruments you want, which is way, way better than you give it credit for.
- Party play mode, great at, uh…parties. Kind of like an interactive karaoke where you can drop in or out anytime without interrupting the flow.
- The way you get a failed band member back into play is better in GH5 than in RB2, too.
Those are the ones I can recall right now. And no, they're not gimmicks at all. If you've been to a GH / RB party and nobody wanted to play a boring bass part, or to sing, then having the option to play another guitar part is really appreciated.
All of those are improvements that make the playing experience much richer and varied than what Rock Band 2 has to offer, plain and simple.
Don't get me wrong. Rock Band 2 is still a awesome game, precisely because of their DLC structure and their song import methods. But, in the same way that I aknowledge Rock Band's greatness when it comes to songs, I can do the same for Guitar Hero in the gameplay department.
#speakup
11/25/09
Then, RB would be a perfect game. :D
btw, I still prefer the visuals in Rock Band more than I do in Guitar Hero, but GH5 definitely stepped up their game. It looks amazing compared to WT, which looked like TRASH.
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K thx.
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Maybe a bit off topic but this is really important to me: in the rock band logo, the "a" and "n" of band *almost* meet the center, the cleft between the "o" and "c" of rock. Almost. Just a few more pixels to the right, and bam! You would be looking at a face.
Which is why it is not that way, I suppose. Always admired that logo, it's a nice bit of graphic work. It just teases my eye a bit.
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"Hey everybody...Guitar Hero 6 will let you play as STYX! Pay attention to us!!!"
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And I can't decide it's so wrong or so awesome.
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Right now I'm sitting at 997 songs.
Next weeks songs will put me at 1003.
Yes I am now poor, and my hard drive is crying.
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And yes, people in this thread, I will totally play quickplay with you.
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Wow, thats crazy.. although I'm sure someone out there has done it for the sake of doing it.
Anyways, Rock Band.. rocks.
Rock Band 3 needs to come out next year though, the RB2 aesthetic is getting a little old now..
11/25/09
Not true. You've got account for discounted rates for Track Packs, also there are some songs for only a dollar or 80 Microsoft Space Bucks. That and there is the rare occasion of free songs for download. My guess is that if someone were to download every song available, one could get it for about $1,750. That extra 250 bucks can buy you bigger harddrive to hold them all :)
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Well, to be honest, they were never with Activision - except for Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s. Guitar Hero 1 and 2 were developed (read: not released) before Activision bought Red Octane, which Harmonix had been partnering with to release the Guitar Hero games. Activision bought Red Octane right before Guitar Hero 2 came out, so Harmonix hasn't really ever had to work with them.