Why Rock Band will rock your crotch off

[Zeus]

Just read

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/830/830781p1.html

Oh, and a full song list to boot

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/830/830710p1.html

[Lox]

That game just keeps getting better and better. I am really excited. I already paid off mine at the local Gamestop.

[Lox]

http://www.rockband.com

It's up and it's nice. Check out the videos for the gameplay, character creator, and rock store. I can't wait to add some awesome tattoos.

This game is looking better and better.

[Blotus]

Run to the Hills FTW.

[Zeus]

http://www.rockband.com

It's up and it's nice. Check out the videos for the gameplay, character creator, and rock store. I can't wait to add some awesome tattoos.

This game is looking better and better.

It's gonna take the genre to a whole new level IMO. And Guitar Hero will be forced to keep up. The clear winners will be us :-)

Might be the first game where the downloadable content makes me spend substantially on it

[Tessian]

I just can't get behind any game that forces you to buy that many accessories... it's ridiculous.

That being said I expect videos posted of all you geeks singing karaoke on it while your dad plays drums and your mom the guitar

[Shellie]

Really really want, but 160 is so much to spend on a game. And you know you'll need another guitar, so there's what, 80 bucks for an additional guitar too?

[Blotus]

Really really want, but 160 is so much to spend on a game. And you know you'll need another guitar, so there's what, 80 bucks for an additional guitar too?

Well, $100 if you buy Guitar Hero 3, or whatever GH2 costs now since both guitars work with it. EA will not be selling individual peripherals for Rock Band until sometime next year. So if you want another guitar, you'd have to buy GH2 or 3... or wait.

[Shellie]

Ahh...didn't see the release date on the guitar on Amazon.

[Lox]

I just can't get behind any game that forces you to buy that many accessories... it's ridiculous.

That being said I expect videos posted of all you geeks singing karaoke on it while your dad plays drums and your mom the guitar

They're not forcing you to buy anything...just don't play the game. Besides, can you think of a better way to offer this type of game without all of the accessories?

As for the videos, you better believe it. haha


Also, I've been watching all of the videos. The more I see, the more I am crapping my pants in anticipation.

[Tessian]

I just can't get behind any game that forces you to buy that many accessories... it's ridiculous.

That being said I expect videos posted of all you geeks singing karaoke on it while your dad plays drums and your mom the guitar

They're not forcing you to buy anything...just don't play the game. Besides, can you think of a better way to offer this type of game without all of the accessories?

As for the videos, you better believe it. haha


Also, I've been watching all of the videos. The more I see, the more I am crapping my pants in anticipation.

I don't plan to buy the game... and know the accesories are critical to the game... but they should be made much cheaper; at least partly included in the game price.

[Lox]

I don't plan to buy the game... and know the accesories are critical to the game... but they should be made much cheaper; at least partly included in the game price.

Well, you figure that with the bundle you get:
-guitar - $60
-drums - $80
-mic - $20-$30
-game - $60

That totals to $220-$230 seperately and the bundle is $170. So that's at least something. I know that doesn't make it that much better, but $50 is $50.

[M'k'n'zy]

I played it at a demo set up here. It was fun, and I agree the song list was good. I didnt like the fret buttons on the guitar compared to the Guitar Hero guitar, and I still dont think I can justify the price tho.

[Lox]

I didnt like the fret buttons on the guitar compared to the Guitar Hero guitar, and I still dont think I can justify the price tho.

I've heard that about the guitar, which sucks. I guess I'll just have to get used to it.

The set list is very nice though. I went through it last night and listened to some of the songs. They should all be fun.

[Tessian]

hey Lox, how's it feel to be a shameless corporate consumer whore?

[SineSwiper]

My problem is that I just bought Simpsons and Crackdown for $90 a few days ago. We played through Simpsons in a day, and Shellie's already talking about buying GH3/RB. I mean, is $60 worth it for a day's of playing, only to have to buy $160 of stuff? Never mind another $60 for Mass Effect coming up.

I liked it when I waited a year before buying games. My Wii still sits at my parent's house because with so many games to play on the 360, I have no desire to buy anything for the Wii.

[Lox]

hey Lox, how's it feel to be a shameless corporate consumer whore?

Frankly, it feels great. Having disposable income has finally allowed me to realize my dream of becoming a true consumer whore.

[Zeus]

I don't plan to buy the game... and know the accesories are critical to the game... but they should be made much cheaper; at least partly included in the game price.

Well, you figure that with the bundle you get:
-guitar - $60
-drums - $80
-mic - $20-$30
-game - $60

That totals to $220-$230 seperately and the bundle is $170. So that's at least something. I know that doesn't make it that much better, but $50 is $50.

Then couple that with taking advantage of EBs trading policy so you're paying only about 46% for both GH3 and Rock Band (among other things), and you're looking at about $130 for both of them. THEN it's worth it :-)

Seriously, I've always figured that you should judge a game by cost per hour. It's a rough estimate I use to determine if a game's worth it rather than the actual cost. So, in Sine's example, he bought Simpsons for about $50 and only got what, 6 hours of play out of it? So that's right around $8 an hour, or more expensive that watching a movie in theatres. But for Goldeneye, which I luckily got used during the 1997 craze for the game for $70, we (6 of us) put about 200+ hours into it (each), so you're looking at what, 30 cents an hour but 6 people enjoying it, so really, 5 cents an hour.

More recently, my friend and I got 25 hours of play out of Bioshock for $40, so less than $1 an hour there. Or Guitar Hero 1 which I played for about 80-100 hours total (not including my friends) and paid about $100 for it, so right around $1 an hour again. Halo 3 was closer to 30 hours total at about $75, so $2.50 an hour. Still cheaper than most forms of entertainment and that's not including my plans to beat it on Legendary or to play it online once M$ makes Live free.

Extremes, yes, but I found it to be a good measure of "worth" when it comes to a game.

[M'k'n'zy]

The issue that I had with the fret buttons on the rock band guitar is that they are flush with the controler, they dont stick out like the ones on the Guitar Hero controler. As a result I lost my hand positioning a lot easier playing on hard dificulty than I do on Guitar Hero.

Also I had a lot harder time telling which notes are hammerons and pull offs on Rock Band. They are indicated by a smaller bar that otherwise looks the exact same as the other notes, and sometimes if they would come in a thick cluster, I wouldn't notice em till it was too late.