Rock Band

Evergore · November 25th, 2007, 06:16 PM

Has anyone played this yet? If so what are your thoughts. My g/f bought it for my birthday. Me and a few of my friends tried it out last night around 6 and the next thing we knew it was 130 in the morning.

oldboy · November 25th, 2007, 06:48 PM

Are you familiar with Guitar hero? If so, how do they compare with each other?

AMBR · November 25th, 2007, 07:15 PM

We've been playing Rock Band constantly since Thursday. It's a blast! Really gets more people involved. I wasn't so into guitar hero, knowing nothing about playing guitar, but I've played drums and done vocals (no, you don't have to sound good, just get it right.) and it's been a lot of fun. It's irresistable. People who come over just to "watch" always ended up participating before to long.

DarkOne · November 25th, 2007, 07:22 PM

My brother in law bought the whole kit for his 2 kids. Over T-giving, my whole family wound up trying out various roles. I haven't really played GH, but have seen my nephew play enough, and I saw very little difference between the two games. The drum kit is very cool!

Steve in Philly

Sazabirules · November 25th, 2007, 07:36 PM

The game is amazing except the guitar controller that comes with it is horrible. My friend's already broke.

Metal Zealot · November 26th, 2007, 08:04 AM

How many metal songs doest the game have?

Bryan316 · November 26th, 2007, 08:41 AM

My brother and I went to our friend's house Thanksgiving night to play Rock Band.

FAR MORE FUN THAN GUITAR HERO.

We went over at 7:30pm, and played until 11:45pm. Ran to a store for their Midnight Madness Sale, got one item we wanted, went back to play more Rock Band. Played from 12:30am until 3:50am, ran to Kohl's for another item, then went home. 7+ hours of singing and drumming and guitar-slinging and we felt serious withdrawals Friday afternoon!

Guitar Hero annoyed me. Rock Band entertains me. Especially the idea of a random-songs setlist. Keeps you on your toes, forces you to get good at every song. And we got far enough to unlock Highway Star and we just ROCKED. That poor living room, it never knew what hit it...

And suprisingly, I was singing Black Hole Sun awesomely! Is awesomely a word?

Evergore · November 26th, 2007, 09:46 AM

I am not musicaly talented at all but I got pretty good at guitar hero. I feel that the guitar settings on Rock Band are much easier which is good for me because I can have more fun while concentrating or cripling my fingers on the higher levels. Drums are hard for me because I cant keep a beat. I love the create a character aspect. This game is the most fun multi player game ever! Very fun and funny to role play with your friends and get drunk and pretend to be rock stars.

Has anyone had the problem with the game having you play the same 3 or 4 songs over and over?

Evergore · November 26th, 2007, 09:51 AM

I think Glenn and a few other guys should do a set list before or after the festival.

Thorn23TX · November 26th, 2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan316

My brother and I went to our friend's house Thanksgiving night to play Rock Band.

FAR MORE FUN THAN GUITAR HERO.

We went over at 7:30pm, and played until 11:45pm. Ran to a store for their Midnight Madness Sale, got one item we wanted, went back to play more Rock Band. Played from 12:30am until 3:50am, ran to Kohl's for another item, then went home. 7+ hours of singing and drumming and guitar-slinging and we felt serious withdrawals Friday afternoon!

Sounds like we had a similar experience... except my buddy got his on Wednesday. Skipped out of work early and started playing around 3 PM or so. Broke for dinner around 8:30. Played nonstop until 2AM. Took T-Day off because of the tryptophan comas and football... and most of Friday. Went to the Dallas Stars game Friday night and decided to go back over for round 2about 11:00 PM. We were up until 4 AM before we knew it and finally unlocked Run to the Hills (I wasn't leaving until we got it, dammit!) Saturday I slept until about noon. Sunday we met over at my buddies house again and played from about 2 PM until 10 PM... I think we ate in there somewhere.

We've been swapping guitar/bass/drum/vox between several people and having a blast. As someone else has said the guitar that comes with the game is a piece of crap. Ours is already glitchy... No matter though, the GHIII controllers work beautifully in its place.

Bryan316 · November 27th, 2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Evergore

Has anyone had the problem with the game having you play the same 3 or 4 songs over and over?

Hell no! We get better every time! We were screaming like the Lions won a football game when we 5-starred Black Hole Sun! Only my brother played the drums on Medium, the rest of us were on Hard or Expert. I sang it on Expert, and MAAAAN do you need to be dead-nuts accurate. No vocal inflections allowed, can't sing it exactly the way the original song was sung, you gotta be right on key even at the very very beginning of each note. Very very challenging. I won't be suprised if I come out of this game with better vocal skills, cuz it DEMANDS it!

November 25th, 2007, 06:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Evergore Knightrider of Doom Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 123	Rock Band Has anyone played this yet? If so what are your thoughts. My g/f bought it for my birthday. Me and a few of my friends tried it out last night around 6 and the next thing we knew it was 130 in the morning. __________________ “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” - Napoleon

November 25th, 2007, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
AMBR Goddess of Chaos Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,341	We've been playing Rock Band constantly since Thursday. It's a blast! Really gets more people involved. I wasn't so into guitar hero, knowing nothing about playing guitar, but I've played drums and done vocals (no, you don't have to sound good, just get it right.) and it's been a lot of fun. It's irresistable. People who come over just to "watch" always ended up participating before to long. __________________ Sponsor of AMORPHIS for ProgPower IX! http://www.beyondearcandy.com Sponsors of Rob Rock for ProgPower IX and Past sponsors of Kamelot, Angra, Epica and After Forever Blog UPDATED June 1st with a REVIEW and PHOTOS of Nightwish in Poughkeepsie. Photos of Ben's homecoming from Iraq posted October 26.

November 26th, 2007, 08:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
Bryan316 METAL... nuff said! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Detroit Rock City Posts: 2,572	My brother and I went to our friend's house Thanksgiving night to play Rock Band. FAR MORE FUN THAN GUITAR HERO. We went over at 7:30pm, and played until 11:45pm. Ran to a store for their Midnight Madness Sale, got one item we wanted, went back to play more Rock Band. Played from 12:30am until 3:50am, ran to Kohl's for another item, then went home. 7+ hours of singing and drumming and guitar-slinging and we felt serious withdrawals Friday afternoon! Guitar Hero annoyed me. Rock Band entertains me. Especially the idea of a random-songs setlist. Keeps you on your toes, forces you to get good at every song. And we got far enough to unlock Highway Star and we just ROCKED. That poor living room, it never knew what hit it... And suprisingly, I was singing Black Hole Sun awesomely! Is awesomely a word? __________________

November 26th, 2007, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
Evergore Knightrider of Doom Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 123	I am not musicaly talented at all but I got pretty good at guitar hero. I feel that the guitar settings on Rock Band are much easier which is good for me because I can have more fun while concentrating or cripling my fingers on the higher levels. Drums are hard for me because I cant keep a beat. I love the create a character aspect. This game is the most fun multi player game ever! Very fun and funny to role play with your friends and get drunk and pretend to be rock stars. Has anyone had the problem with the game having you play the same 3 or 4 songs over and over? __________________ “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” - Napoleon

November 26th, 2007, 09:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
Evergore Knightrider of Doom Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 123	I think Glenn and a few other guys should do a set list before or after the festival. __________________ “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” - Napoleon

November 25th, 2007, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
oldboy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27	Are you familiar with Guitar hero? If so, how do they compare with each other?

November 25th, 2007, 07:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
DarkOne Black Belt in Sarcasm Join Date: May 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 839	My brother in law bought the whole kit for his 2 kids. Over T-giving, my whole family wound up trying out various roles. I haven't really played GH, but have seen my nephew play enough, and I saw very little difference between the two games. The drum kit is very cool! Steve in Philly

November 25th, 2007, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sazabirules Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 89	The game is amazing except the guitar controller that comes with it is horrible. My friend's already broke.

November 26th, 2007, 08:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Metal Zealot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 105	How many metal songs doest the game have?