Guitar Hero is out! But no guitars?

Jim

I was lookin to get GHWT and a guitar, not the band kit, so was happy enough that it was coming out today.

Rang around a few Gamestops and Smyths and they said the game is in, but the guitars aren't out till next week? Wtf?

What the hell is the point in buying the game on its own with no instruments at all.

Mr Freeze

Ya, I heard they had 'Shipping' problems with the guitars..What ever that means!!!

The band kit is delayed too i think!

EDIT: Buy Rock Band 2 in 2 weeks instead

Jim

Prob gonna buy that as well, but get the GH guitar because its better (so I hear, RB1 guitar was awful anyway).

Mr E

Game is out today, game+instruments packs out next week.

Bear in mind that if you want the game and instruments, you should wait a week.
You can't buy the instruments on their own.

Jim

Mr E wrote: »

Game is out today, game+instruments packs out next week.

Bear in mind that if you want the game and instruments, you should wait a week.
You can't buy the instruments on their own.

Game+Guitar was supposed to be out today. Full kit next week.

Also, whats the point in releasing the game on its own if you can't buy the instruments seperatly?

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Jim wrote: »

Game+Guitar was supposed to be out today. Full kit next week.

Also, whats the point in releasing the game on its own if you can't buy the instruments seperatly?

For people who already have guitar hero guitars or rock band instruments,doesnt make a lot of sense to me either!

Diceicle

Can the rock band kit be used with GHWT?

seamus

I'm guessing that the vast bulk of people who are going to buy this in the first week already have every other version of the game and instruments that you can get.

Surely it's cheaper without the instruments?

Jim

The old GH guitars don't have full functionality with the game, so you'll need a new guitar anyway. (Not sure about the RB ones).

cedomination

Jim wrote: »

The old GH guitars don't have full functionality with the game, so you'll need a new guitar anyway. (Not sure about the RB ones).

YOu don't need to get a new guitar,the old ones work fine.

ShawnRaven

cedomination wrote: »

YOu don't need to get a new guitar,the old ones work fine.

You need it for certain functions. Like the slider on the fret buttons to bend the strings.

Jerichoholic

ShawnRaven wrote: »

You need it for certain functions. Like the slider on the fret buttons to bend the strings.

They are just gimmicks, you can play those parts with the old guitars, as long as you hit the notes it doesnt make any difference to you scores (I hope).

It's absolutley great by the way. Loving it.

cedomination

Jerichoholic wrote: »

They are just gimmicks, you can play those parts with the old guitars, as long as you hit the notes it doesnt make any difference to you scores (I hope).

It's absolutley great by the way. Loving it.

Exactly,it's just a gimmick like the solo buttons in rock band.
They don't improve your score and they are completely optional.

Mr Freeze

Jerichoholic wrote: »

It's absolutley great by the way. Loving it.

Better than Rock Band?

ShawnRaven

cedomination wrote: »

Exactly,it's just a gimmick like the solo buttons in rock band.
They don't improve your score and they are completely optional.

ORLY?!
Thanks guys, you've just saved me the extra beans so!

Mr E

My GH3 guitar is driving me nuts with its loose neck - every now and again it comes a few centimeters away from the base, and the buttons stop working.

The new guitars from GHWT are redesigned so that the 2 pieces fit snug together and never come loose. Along with my dodgy EL rockband drums, thats why I'm getting the full GHWT band set next Friday.

cedomination

ShawnRaven wrote: »

ORLY?!
Thanks guys, you've just saved me the extra beans so!

If you don't have the touch strip the solos that use it can just be hit like regular hammer-ons/pull-offs

Cadeaus

I saw guitar and game boxes in HMV on grafton st. today. Although they could just be for display.

Does anyone know the definite price of the WT band kit? I hear a new price everywhere I go.

At least I know it's between 180 and 250 euro...

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Mr E

200 in Gamestop, 190 in HMV.
Might be 180 in Smyths with 10% loyalty discount.

bluemachaveli

Picked up the Guitar and game pack in Smyths, Limerick today. Was told they were outta the game on its own.

Reganio 2

Right probably been asked loads of times but I really need to know. If I buy GH:WT with full intruments will it work with Rock Band 1 & 2? Planning on getting GH:WT with instruments when it comes out but I am planning on getting Rock Band 1 & 2 with no instruments off Santa. Cheers for any help

ShawnRaven

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Right probably been asked loads of times but I really need to know. If I buy GH:WT with full intruments will it work with Rock Band 1 & 2? Planning on getting GH:WT with instruments when it comes out but I am planning on getting Rock Band 1 & 2 with no instruments off Santa. Cheers for any help

Yes it should. The dispute is over between the two companies now. And a patch was issued out for the 360 version since.

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bluemachavel wrote: »

Picked up the Guitar and game pack in Smyths, Limerick today. Was told they were outta the game on its own.

Whats the verdict?

ShawnRaven

I was looking around for the standalone game in the local tesco and xtravision (wasn't f*cked going into town), to no joy.

Will have a look on Monday when i go in.

KBarry

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Yes it should. The dispute is over between the two companies now. And a patch was issued out for the 360 version since.

Does that work vice versa too? I have Rock Band instruments and went to get GH:WT today. In the shop I was reading the song list on the back of the box when I noticed in the small print it said something about only working with Activision instruments.

ShawnRaven

KBarry wrote: »

Does that work vice versa too? I have Rock Band instruments and went to get GH:WT today. In the shop I was reading the song list on the back of the box when I noticed in the small print it said something about only working with Activision instruments.

Not sure if it works for vice versa. I haven't bought any Rock Band instruments.
Anyone?

cedomination

Yes it works with rock band instruments it was already asked on the last page.

bluemachaveli

jackncoke wrote: »

Whats the verdict?

Not bad, I like the new guitar, the solo buttons are crap and akward to use but overall I'm happy. The guitar is a nice bit bigger and has a dedicated button for starpower beside the strum. No more trying to tilt while sitting down. The game itself is as to be expected l, few tweeks and rehashed menus. The track list is ok but GH3 has better selection overall.

Well worth it tho! The only thing that annoys me is having to play a full gig in career before you can select individual songs!

conzy

Anyone know if they're going to sell the drum kit and microphones seperate?

I already have two GH3 guitars so I just need the game / microphone / drums

Jerichoholic

Did anyone manage to link their accounts from xbox live to guitarhero.com? It's not letting me do it of course.

el_bandita

For somebody crazy enough and with some dope - I give you deluxe version of guitar: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/playstation_3/all/devices/5048&cl=gb,en

fatgav

is the band kit out tomorrow?

slayerking

fatgav wrote: »

is the band kit out tomorrow?

Yea, its out tomorrow AFAIK.
Hopefully anyway!!

ShawnRaven

Gotta say, not impressed with this. A lot of the songs on it should really rename it
Guitar Hero: I'm 15 years old again and still pissed off with my parents!

Roll on Rock Band II, because this is utter dross!

Mr Freeze

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Gotta say, not impressed with this. A lot of the songs on it should really rename it
Guitar Hero: I'm 15 years old again and still pissed off with my parents!

Roll on Rock Band II, because this is utter dross!

Kind of agree with ya there, there are some great ones on it, Beat It being my favourite, but the majority of it feels like filler...

el_bandita

Anybody got their band kit already?

Seperate

Yeah, got one in Smyths this morning.

The drums are great craic. Very easy on 'easy' though - i got 98% on my first go at Beat It. The new guitar feels alot nicer then GHIII and the slider bar is a great idea.

Personally, i like the setlist. There's alot of good band songs... as well as songs aimed at the individual instruments / singing.

The only thing i will say - GH are taking the piss with the price of DLC. Double the price of Rockband DLC and a good bit off the dollar equiv. too.

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Just picked it up there in Smyths,i'll report back in about 6 hours hopefully

Ostrom

Just got the band pack (with some amusing looks and some public comments on the trip back)

Guitar broken out of the box, blue button not working


Liking the game so far - not to sounds like a prick :rolleyes: but as a fan since GH1 and with many hours behind me, I usually start expert. They seem, so far to have ignored the biggest problem GH3 had of inserting unnecessary or non-existent notes. May be too soon to tell however....

Excellently paced career so far and loving the drums! Just had a mess around in recording mode and it was great fun!


Oh, and poxy guitar.... Bad form, was looking forward to it

Seperate

I got a bogey set of drums... after about 20 songs the red pad stopped responding. If you put ur hand on it and pushed it - it would work but otherwise was non-responsive. Seems to be a common enough problem.

Smyths exhanged it no problems when i went in.

ShawnRaven

Drum kit is pretty much all i'm missing now. Have my (manually fixed) Xplorer used as a bass, my (manually fixed) Wireless Les Paul from GH3 as a guitar and my mic from Get On Da Mic, which works grand now.

I aint going nowhere near a drumkit until they build one that actually won't break within minutes out of the box!

Ostrom

Drums arent very responsive, shame really since that probably cuts a few months working time from them with the extra pressure

ShawnRaven

efla wrote: »

Drums arent very responsive, shame really since that probably cuts a few months working time from them with the extra pressure

Here's hoping the Rock Band 2 drums are better. Although i know someone across the states (who i actually played RB1 with) and her drums lasted about 3 weeks before they caved in on her.

Mr Freeze

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Here's hoping the Rock Band 2 drums are better. Although i know someone across the states (who i actually played RB1 with) and her drums lasted about 3 weeks before they caved in on her.

the new RB2 drums caved in??

what difficulty does she play on??

cedomination

The rock band 2 drums are meant to be much better.

slayerking

My drums are workin fine! (touch wood)

The only thing I noticed is that you really have to wack the cymbals to register the loud hits (velocity sensitive)

Got it for the wii. The really annoying thing about the wii version is that you need a wiimote for each instrument. So annoyin, even for the mic and its not even connected to a controller!!:mad:
Other than that its great!! Love it. Great song selection!

ShawnRaven

CKWPORT wrote: »

the new RB2 drums caved in??

what difficulty does she play on??

She mastered hard on RB1, so i think she went straight onto expert for RB2

ShawnRaven

slayerking wrote: »

Other than that its great!! Love it. Great song selection!

You honestly think so? I thought the first few gigs were full of angsty pissed off with parents songs. That said, the later gigs do have better tracks. But i think it's the weakest track selection out of all Guitar Hero games. I think Neversoft should pack it in after this and leave it to Harmonix, y'know, the ones who actually know what they're doing?

ShawnRaven

edit - accidental double post.