Rock Band (First Footage)

Mr E

Screw Guitar Hero... I want Rock Band !!

http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/?p=2191

Drums look like fun..

Giblet

The fingering for the guitar of WTTJ is pretty, close. Well I mean, you have the same kind of changes and finger movements.

ShawnRaven

As fun as this looks, it would really only be good as a multiplayer game, single player would be somewhat bland sadly.

VR!

Giblet

I don't see how, it'd just be Guitar Hero ;>

koneko

Pff, people I know don't want to play this because it's not "cool" (stupid fuckers). Let's start a Boardsie Rock Band instead.

ShawnRaven

Giblet wrote:

I don't see how, it'd just be Guitar Hero ;>

Precicely my point, with the release of GH3 at the same time, if people want a GH game, then they'd just get that instead instead.

However a whole new set of songs
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savemejebus

Rockband will have the nice guitar though



Wonder how the extra neck buttons will affect the game?

Giblet

koneko wrote:

Pff, people I know don't want to play this because it's not "cool" (stupid fuckers). Let's start a Boardsie Rock Band instead.

We did, and I was at the rehearsals :>

johnny_ultimate

I was a hater once, but the gameplay does look like it works surpisingly well. It will have more appeal than GH too - especially the microphone.

But the guitar looks so, so very pretty, and that drum set will be tempting, sitting there, eyeing me up in the shop.

Rhyme

Did i see one of the guys using a Guitar Hero guitar in that?

Also, beautiful... i just need a console to play it on.

savemejebus

Yep he was playing the xbox xplorer...god bless USB.

There is a game called frets on fire that does the guitar hero thing for the pc and lets you use the guitar hero xplorer too. Saves you buying a console if you can find the guitar controller cheap.

Zapp Brannigan

Looks savage, can't wait.

And for the inevitable Boards "Rock Band" Band, dibs on bass.

johnny_ultimate

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

Looks savage, can't wait.

And for the inevitable Boards "Rock Band" Band, dibs on bass.

I think therell be a few of us looking for guitar

Zapp Brannigan

Well ye can sort that out amongst yourselves. I'm the bassist! Don't make me come down there.

Oh and having BOC "Dont Fear The Reaper" is the win.

Burning Eclipse

johnny_ultimate wrote:

I think therell be a few of us looking for guitar

It's mine!!!!

Seriously tho, I hope I'm in the running!! I've 5*'d all of the Hard Tour. Beaten all of Expert most of it 5*'d too.

I want this quite a lot.

Oh, question, will the guitar from GHIII work as an extra instrument in Rock Band and viceversa. I know the GHII X-plorer works with both!

ShawnRaven

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

Oh and having BOC "Dont Fear The Reaper" is the win.

I was just thinking that! Also i'd like to see Pearl Jam's "Garden" in a future release just for it's intro alone

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koneko

Yeah, BOC! BOC! wooooo

Also, girl bass players are cooler.

johnny_ultimate

koneko wrote:

Yeah, BOC! BOC! wooooo

Also, girl bass players are cooler.

Damn that logic!
And yes, Don't Fear the Reaper would be every kind of bliss - even the illegal ones.

danbhala

I bags drums

DAN GOES BAM BAM!

Zapp Brannigan

koneko wrote:

Yeah, BOC! BOC! wooooo

Also, girl bass players are cooler.

Looks like we'll have to have a real life bass off! Unless you don't actually play bass and are just an imposter.....


I rest my case

ShawnRaven

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

Looks like we'll have to have a real life bass off! Unless you don't actually play bass and are just an imposter.....


I rest my case

Sorry, no room for the bassist as the mini fridge is in the way.
As a bass player i too feel your pain

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feylya

That looks fecking savage! I forsee many drunk rock nights

Tusky

SUCH a shameless rip off of guitar heroes though. I'd say they are pissed off.

ShawnRaven

Yeah! Harmonix are ripping themselves off working for another publisher :rolleyes:

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Zapp Brannigan

Tusky wrote:

SUCH a shameless rip off of guitar heroes though. I'd say they are pissed off.

If that was irony, bravo! but if it wasn't you do know this is from the guys who did GHI & GHII?

Smellyirishman

More freakin' cowbell Slurms, sheesh. (or whatever you call yourself these days)

Joystiq hands-on (Damn, #2 stole my hilarious comment)

johnny_ultimate

The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again (master)
Mountain: Mississippi Queen (cover)
David Bowie: Suffragette City (master)
Black Sabbath: Paranoid (cover)
Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper (master)
Nirvana: In Bloom (master)
The Hives: Main Offender (master)
Weezer: Say It Ain't So (master)

Huzzah to said tracklist! Actually, numerous huzzahs! Reaper! Weezer! Who?! And ironically, more cowbell has been confirmed!
http://kotaku.com/gaming/how-to-rock-hard/the-rock-band-faq-275265.php

ShawnRaven

Actually pretty psyched for this now
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Tusky

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

If that was irony, bravo! but if it wasn't you do know this is from the guys who did GHI & GHII?

Ah right, I had no idea it was by the same guys. Surely this should be Guitar Heroes III though? Is there a need for both ?

Zapp Brannigan

Tusky wrote:

Ah right, I had no idea it was by the same guys. Surely this should be Guitar Heroes III though? Is there a need for both ?

RedOctane and Harmonix went their different ways I suppose. Neversoft picked up GH and Harmonix are doing RB.

smellyirishman wrote:

More freakin' cowbell Slurms, sheesh. (or whatever you call yourself these days)

:eek: You're on to me!

Smellyirishman

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

:eek: You're on to me!

You'd better believe it!

You said you'd call, then apparently your phone "died" and now you're changing you name? You said you loved me!

Zapp Brannigan

Smellyirishman wrote:

You'd better believe it!

You said you'd call, then apparently your phone "died" and now you're changing you name? You said you loved me!

It did die...

Ok the truth of it is i've been placed in a Witness Protection Program after what I witnessed while peering through your window. My god that poor little parakeet

Smellyirishman

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

Ok the truth of it is i've been placed in a Witness Protection Program after what I witnessed while peering through your window. My god that poor little parakeet

Slander!

...now, where were we... :cool:

ShawnRaven

Tusky wrote:

Ah right, I had no idea it was by the same guys. Surely this should be Guitar Heroes III though? Is there a need for both ?

Basically RedOctane were on the verge of going bust and Activision bought them out. So Neversoft will be developing Guitar Hero 3 to be published by Activision (seeing as they bought RedOctane, own the rights to the Guitar Hero name).

Unless there was some reason Harmonix didn't want to work with Activision, although Rocks The 80s will be Harmonix developed, but it's more like the GTA series though, (GTA Vice City isn't GTA 4 etc).

Sooooo as a result of all this Harmonix will be doing Rock Band! Published under MTV Games.
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ShowUsYourXbox

Am i the only person who doesn't like the guitar hero/these type of games?

I like music, but pressing buttons to make it sound right.. doesn't do it for me.

ShawnRaven

ShowUsYourXbox wrote:

Am i the only person who doesn't like the guitar hero/these type of games?

I like music, but pressing buttons to make it sound right.. doesn't do it for me.

Heh my missus hates em if it's any consolation? It's not for everyone but it's actually a good hand-eye co-ordination test too. Although there are some people that could play command and conqueor all day but that bores me to tears.

All about personal taste at the end of the day.
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Slaanesh

Giblet wrote:

We did, and I was at the rehearsals :>

Indeed. How did that go for you?

MikeHoncho

That looks like so much fun. Pity i suck at Guitar Hero. Ive finished easy with 5 stars all round but introducing a 4th note on normal has made my brain go fart. Well I suppose theres only one way to Carnegie Hall......... (every one in your best Ted voice) Practice.

Mr E

Some new high quality screenshots...

http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/?p=2203

weemcd

in bloom is a brilliant track addition, i always thought it suited the series better than heart shaped box... cant wait now!

Mr E

Q: What do you get when you combine drink, a big gang of tech journos, Bon Jovi, and Rock Band?

A: This!

LOL....

johnny_ultimate

OK. I started as a moaner ("three periphirals? Huh? Start a real band!"), moved on to moderately excited ("hmm... the guitar looks good, and the tracklist is OK...") to being very, very enthused about this whole affair. I think the whole downloadable albums news that was announced yesterday knocked my excitement up to 11 - Whos Next! Huzzah!

Zapp Brannigan

Yeah Rock Band is almost starting to sound too good to be true!
I can't wait!

Fnz

Yeah, I want Harmonix to succeed - for no good reason really except that I loved Frequency and I've heard good things about them in general. Anyone play Eyetoy Anti-grav? That was by them, too - it was the one game that made me consider getting the Eyetoy peripheral.

I hope people end up buying the better game at the end of the day. I'm concerned they will just go for the GH brand now that it has become established. Rock Band does look to be the more enjoyable experience.

I do wish that Harmonix were able to stay independent - instead of becoming part of the MTV annoyance machine (remember when MTV used to be cool?).

Also: I hope they sort out the feckin strum bar on the guitar peripheral so that I can strum up as well as down without incurring a penalty (losing my multiplier) when the strum bar flicks back down and registers another strum. :mad:

Zapp Brannigan

oooh Reptilia by The Strokes is a song in the game. A master track too!

Mr E

If you have 40 minutes to spare (!), check out this video which is a live demonstration + interviews with the CEO of Harmonix and developers of Rock Band. 4 full songs are played, and you get a nice tour around the product itself.... still looks great!

ShawnRaven

I see Welcome To The Jungle has been excluded from Rock Band in favour for GHIII. Guess Harmonix couldn't get it.

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