Rock Band 2
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I would turn off the machine right there.
I'm NOT happy about 'All the Small Things.'
Hey, everybody live for the music-go-round.
rockband continues to dissapoint, where is the Metal? How about some Pantera, Slayer or lamb of god?
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no thank you. I don't want to even try to sing any of that.
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Because to enjoy the old songs you already purchased (from previous versions) using your new GH World Tour instruments, you would have to repurchase content. GH World Tour will not be backwards compatible. Are you telling me you are gong to pull out the old instruments just to play songs you previously purchased? Oh and play musical chairs with your discs depending on which song you want to play?
They are betting the average player will not and it's a way for them to get you to repurchase content. They will be making the DLC available for re-purchase from the old games for GH World Tour that are now compatible with the new instruments.
I guess if you want to own two sets of instruments and multiple versions of GH to enjoy your music library then great. Not me. I would rather just buy the new disc and new version of the game and enjoy my entire library regardless of which version I am playing and which version of instruments I own. Also, knowing that to use my new instruments I don't have to repurchase content is a huge bonus.
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They've released some metal DLC. I'm not into it, but I know it's there.
I could sing all 3 better than any song on the setlist.
The guitars and drums are harder and more fun than any song on the setlist.
Im a metalhead.
If RB continues to put out garbage playlists whil GH puts out awesome ones I might have to go back, pending guitar model of course.
They released disturbed, avenged sevenfold, metallica and an earache pack. Not good enough.
Disturbed is a new band and not as heavy as id like, metallica pack rocks but ive had it since I bought rockband. The earache pack is cool too.
Its not enough. I need some fear factory, sublime, slayer, pantera, damageplan, lamb of god, morbid angel, cannibal corpse, all headlining bands, most of them have been on guitar hero, rockband is busy releasing the pixies and the cars, judas priest, crap.
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Has it been said that the GHWT guitar will not work with GH3? If it has, I am unaware of that. Regarding DLC vs. disks, I suppose that's a case of different strokes for different folks. Personally, I prefer having the songs on disk so it doesn't eat away at my hard drive space (as well as being more portable). I guess I never considered putting in disk one instead of disk two to be such a huge hassle, but I get what you are saying.
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Yes. GHWT uses drums, mic and a new guitar with a touchpad. The music from older versions of GH will not be compatible. There is no song conversion built into the new GHWT game so that you can use your old song content. So any songs you liked on your older version will have to be purchased again if you want to play it on the new game.
Here is one article quote.
"World Tour would not be backwards compatible with Guitar Hero III DLC."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168347
It was mentioned in more detail in another article. I will find it.
Somehow Harmonix figured out away to include backwards compatibility. I bet the first time it loads on your system it updates your downloaded song library and converts the files so it can be used on old or new instruments. Just my guess because I seriously doubt it does it on the fly. So if there is a menu to pick your instrument version, the music files still have to be compatible with our selection. So, it must update something for Rock Band 2.
I wish GHWT would have done that as well. I have to be honest, I really like a couple features like the drums being able to play notes either loud or soft depending on how hard you hit it. Also, the song creator sounds pretty cool. Not to mention the drum kit overall seems pretty cool. I will wait though for a full detail of what Rock Band 2 has and what instruments changes they have made etc. before making my final decision. I just think keeping my current library of songs through successive versions of Rock Band is going to be hard to pass up on.
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Yeah, I know GHWT isn't compatible with GH3 DLC, but nothing that says that the new GHWT guitar can't be used with GH3.
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True. You can use the GH3 Guitar but you won't be able to take advantage of new song features such as altering notes during sustains by sliding up and down the strip using the new touch pad that comes with the new guitar. Plus their are rumored new modes built with the touch pad in mind that you won't be able to play.
Also, the new guitar is not backwards compatible to the old games as far as I know. They changed the input mechanism with the touch pad. Unless they updated the old GH games, I don't see how it could be backwards compatible. Not to mention that they didn't mention anything about backwards compatibility in their official press release. You would think they would have mentioned that.
So, assuming they just didn't forget to announce that, your still going to have to have 2 guitars if you plan on taking full advantage of GHWT and your old one if you want to play your old version.
I wouldn't call a band that released their debut album 8 years ago "new", but whatever...
I agree that they're not heavy enough for your tastes, though, given the bands you listed.
They are ok.
First album was 2000? they are new!
Plus, they are new songs, not old songs by them
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Leaked RB 2 list. ***UNCONFIRMED***
Here's the list
There's the Megadeth you asked for.
Here's the list
- 1 AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
- 2 AFI - Girl's Not Grey
- 3 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
- 4 Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
- 5 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
- 6 Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
- 7 Bad Company - Shooting Star
- 8 Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
- 9 Beck - E-Pro
- 10 Bikini Kill - rebel Girl
- 11 Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt I
- 12 Blondie - One Way or Another
- 13 Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
- 14 Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
- 15 Cheap Trick - Hello There
- 16 Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
- 17 Dinosaur Jr - Feel the Pain
- 18 Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
- 19 Donnas, The - New Kid in School
- 20 Dream Theater - Panic Attack
- 21 Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
- 22 Elvis Costello - Pump it Up
- 23 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
- 24 Foo Fighters - Everlong
- 25 Go-Go's, The - We Got the Beat
- 26 Grateful Dead, The - Alabama Getaway
- 27 Guess Who, The - American Woman
- 28 Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge
- 29 Interpol - PDA
- 30 Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
- 31 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
- 32 Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
- 33 Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
- 34 Journey - Anyway You Want It
- 35 Judas Priest - Painkiller
- 36 Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
- 37 L7 - Pretend We're Dead
- 38 Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
- 39 Linkin Park - One Step Closer
- 40 Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
- 41 Lush - De-Luxe
- 42 Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
- 43 Megadeth - Peace Sells
- 44 Metallica - Battery
- 45 Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go
- 46 Modest Mouse - Float On
- 47 Motorhead - Ace of Spades
- 48 Muffs, The - Kids in America
- 49 Nirvana - Drain You
- 50 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
- 51 Offspring, The - Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Seperated)
- 52 Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
- 53 Paramore - That's What You Get
- 54 Pearl Jam - Alive
- 55 Presidents of the USA - Lump
- 56 Rage Against the Machine - Testify
- 57 Ratt - Round & Round
- 58 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
- 59 Replacements, The - Alex Chilton
- 60 Rise Against - Give it All
- 61 Rush - The Trees
- 62 Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
- 63 Smashing Pumpkins - Today
- 64 Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
- 65 Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
- 66 Soundgarden - Spoonman
- 67 Squeeze - Cool for Cats
- 68 Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva
- 69 Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
- 70 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
- 71 System of a Down - Chop Suey
- 72 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
- 73 Tenacious D - Master Exploder
- 74 Testament - Souls of Black
- 75 Who, The - Pinball Wizard
- 76 Abnormality - Visions
- 77 Anarchy Club - Get Clean
- 78 Bang Camaro - Night Lies
- 79 Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow
- 80 Libyans, The - Neighborhood
- 81 Main Drag, The - A Jagged Georgeous Winter.
- 82 Speck - Conventional Lover
- 83 Sterns, The - Supreme Girl
- 84 That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent
There's the Megadeth you asked for.
Down With the Sickness is off their debut album.
Maybe they'll win the 'best new artist' grammy this year...
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Not a bad list all in all.
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Finally some Alice in Chains!
I can't wait for "Eye of the Tiger"
Nah. you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys!!!!Finally some Alice in Chains!
Down With the Sickness is off their debut album.
Maybe they'll win the 'best new artist' grammy this year...
and down with the sickness is on rockband?
