Rock Band

Verto · December 19, 2007, 03:25

Originally posted by Guynemer
HA!

Beat that ****ing song! Suck it, The Outlaws!

I only managed to beat that song by giving up trying to get every beat. In particular, in the fast bits (at the beginning and that ****ing 7-minute long guitar solo), I focused on hitting only the bass and the high-hat, and used my stored up energy when I missed a few and drifted low into the red.

Every song since then has been way easier, but I haven't started the final set yet...

Oh yes, I played this song earlier. Quite a ***** to play with the drums. It just goes on and on and on...and I don't really care for the song, which made it even worse.

The Metallica songs are a blast, but very challenging (Ride the Lightning

)

Verto · December 23, 2007, 02:01

I pwnz0r:B:

Guynemer · January 12, 2008, 17:15

Incidentally, I finally joined XBox Live.

I'm DrMaalox, if anyone is interested in playing with me.

DrSpike · January 12, 2008, 17:51

Rock Band or any game?

Guynemer · January 12, 2008, 17:58

I think RockBand is the only one I have that has online play, unless GH3 or NCAA Football do as well.

Haven't decided on getting Halo yet.

DrSpike · January 12, 2008, 21:29

Games you should get:

Call of Duty 4
Bioshock
Forza 2

Halo and Gears would come next.

Guynemer · January 12, 2008, 23:14

I have Bioshock.

snoopy369 · January 13, 2008, 01:36

Bioshock should have online play

Asher · January 13, 2008, 01:43

That wouldn't make any sense or be any good. The end of the game was rushed enough as it is, can't imagine it with less time.

DrSpike · January 13, 2008, 07:33

Originally posted by Guynemer
I have Bioshock.

Then get all the others.

DrSpike · January 13, 2008, 07:36

Originally posted by snoopy369
Bioshock should have online play

No it shouldn't. There's nothing wrong with games focusing on what they do best, and with games such as BioShock the pointless tacking on of MP would only serve to deflect resource from the SP experience.

vovan · January 13, 2008, 13:29

Originally posted by Guynemer
I have Bioshock.

I wish I could play Bioshock...

DrSpike · January 13, 2008, 14:36

You have an Xbox - you can get it quite cheap now.

Or acquire it for PC.

asleepathewheel · January 13, 2008, 16:20

Originally posted by Guynemer
I think RockBand is the only one I have that has online play, unless GH3 or NCAA Football do as well.

NCAA has online play, I've never tried it though. Its probably pretty barren these days unless you coordinate something.

Originally posted by snoopy369 snoopy369 Bioshock should have online play

Please, god no. The 360 is way too mp focused as it is, spending resources to tack on mp on this game would terrible, as none of the in game maps are suited for it-way way way too linear.

ZargonX · January 13, 2008, 19:08

Yeah, Bioshock MP would be

vovan · January 13, 2008, 22:36

Originally posted by DrSpike
You have an Xbox - you can get it quite cheap now.

Yeah, I know... But I played the demo of it, and I just can't play it for more than like 10 minutes -- I get really motion sick. I don't know what it is, 'cause this happens with very few games for me, and it's never been a game I really wanted to play before.

asleepathewheel · January 13, 2008, 22:39

Originally posted by vovan

Yeah, I know... But I played the demo of it, and I just can't play it for more than like 10 minutes -- I get really motion sick. I don't know what it is, 'cause this happens with very few games for me, and it's never been a game I really wanted to play before.

that sucks.

I get very ill if I play halo3 for 5 minutes, but played through bioshock for hours at a time with no problems whatsoever.

I recently got CoD4, so haven't tested that out on my stomach yet...

The patch for bioshock adjusted the field of view a bit, maybe that would help you (or hurt, I don't know, I played through the old version)

DrSpike · January 14, 2008, 14:33

Games making you feel sick sucks.

snoopy369 · January 14, 2008, 19:08

I think if you added MP, now, to Bioshock, it would be interesting (something simple, like TeamFortress type MP). Bioshock was fun, BUT it's no longer interesting once you play it three times or so... or for some of us after once. Certainly I'm against them spending pre-release time doing so, but if they added it as a post-release patch (or even purchasable addon) it would be interesting, no? I would enjoy some Team CTF with the Bioshock world...

DrSpike · January 15, 2008, 14:09

Playing with powers would be fun for a bit I suppose but the combat isn't particularly advanced compared to dedicated MP games, like Cod4, so I don't think it would be particularly well suited. It likely wouldn't sell that well as DLC.

Games that stick to their strengths and don't try and be all things to all people tend to work out better in my experience.

Ninot · January 16, 2008, 01:48

I've had Rockband for about 2 weeks now. Now that i've done a run through of the game on guitar, I'm getting adventurous.

I suck at drums, but what I'm trying now is guitar and mic combo. With a little practice I think I can manage it, but its tricky. I keep catching myself not singing or not playing.

Spaced Cowboy · January 16, 2008, 09:46

I've gone through easy on drums and it was easy, but i think there is somwthing wrong with my red drum, seems like it does not record hits or might be double hitting, not sure which, maybe I should tape it down like I see on Utube.

Never played guitar hero before, but the medium/normal tour is giving me no problems.

I put this in the spare bedroom a week ago to free up clutter space and have not taken it out since.

What is with the singing part, too easy?

DirtyMartini · January 16, 2008, 16:24

Singing is pretty darn easy on easy and medium. I can pass songs that I know and that are sort of in my range on expert. I've started drumming and singing at the same time when I play with my girlfriend -- she can't really handle the guitar above medium, so doing both keeps me interested at that difficulty.

I haven't read the whole thread-- anybody tried online multiplayer for PS3 yet?

DrSpike · January 20, 2008, 06:39

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
I think 2-3 million by the end of the year will be easy. That demographic is large in the US, then you have the same demographics globally as well.

US sales are 1.1 million across PS2, PS3 and 360. So it looks as if I was right.

Spaced Cowboy · January 20, 2008, 15:16

I did bump that down to 1-3 million in a later post.

I wonder if the worldwide sales were as good as in the US?

DrSpike · January 20, 2008, 15:23

It's still 1 million across 3 platforms, not on 360.

Spaced Cowboy · January 20, 2008, 19:38

I never said 360 only

DrSpike · January 20, 2008, 19:42

You were still a touch optimistic.

Spaced Cowboy · January 21, 2008, 10:42

You only posted US sales as well, I was talking total sales of the game. I'll admit defeat when the numbers are in.

DrSpike · January 21, 2008, 14:40

So you are claiming sales across all platforms and all countries as the appropriate stat? In that case I wonder why you allowed yourself to be knocked down from 3 million to 1-3 million.