Topic: Rock Band 3 is prepared to shut your whiny DERPDERP plastic guitars ass up (Read 17020 times)

Ozymandias · « **on:** 10 Jun 2010, 11:55 »

Holy crap check this out.

Cliff's Notes:

Keyboards
"Pro Mode" that teaches you how to actually play music via
Cymbal upgrades for the drums
Stringed guitars
Three part harmonies (from Beatles Rock Band)
Metric. Dio. Night Ranger. Hendrix. The Doors. Rilo Kiley. Ozzy. Joan Jett. Jane's Addiction. The White Stripes. Queen. STP. The Cure. Huey Lewis and the News.
As always, RB 1 + 2 + Lego + Green Day + DLC are importable into 3

I am so pumped for this game I could play a trumpet with my cock.

scarred · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 12:03 »

i will not buy it but will probably end up playing it someday

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 12:06 »

I'll get it, but I'll have to wait to buy the piano accessory separately. Also, find room in my house for the piano accessory.

I kind of wish they did add trumpet, since it's the one thing I have and can play pretty well.

scarred · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 12:09 »

if it's a fully functioning 25 key MIDI keyboard, and i already have one of those, can i just use mine?

Emaline · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 12:54 »

I think you guys are missing the important part here.

QUEEN

Yes, I will be buying this game just for that. On the day it comes out. Queen!!!

Ozymandias · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 12:58 »

Well, there's already like a bajillion Queen songs in Rock Band.

Emaline · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 13:04 »

They are actually only in Lego Rock band, and then there is a downloadable 10 pack, to my knowledge. I want just a straight up pure Queen rock band. I'm excited that they will already be included in this one.

Guitar Hero has a lot of Queen, but I cannot get pass the annoying gameplay to actually play the songs.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 13:14 »

Yeah, that's a crapload of Queen.

Emaline · « **Reply #8 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 13:20 »

Not to a huge Queen fan.

scarred · « **Reply #9 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 18:46 »

this exchange is so much more fun when i think about "queen" meaning helen mirren

Ozymandias · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 21:46 »

More info including pictures of the new guitar

Just...holy goddamn, look at that beast.

Darke · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 04:09 »

Quote from: scarred on 10 Jun 2010, 12:09

if it's a fully functioning 25 key MIDI keyboard, and i already have one of those, can i just use mine?

Yes.

Also, the keyboard will come with a strap so you can play it like a keytar. Yes.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #12 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 04:14 »

Pro mode is going to be a bitch and a half.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #13 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 19:03 »

There goes my dreams of getting a new guitar for this one

Quote

The Fender Mustang Pro-Guitar Controller (the one with all the buttons, not the real electric guitar) will retail for $149.99, which means that the Squier Stratocaster is likely to be ... pretty expensive.

Also the keyboard alone is supposed to cost about $80

scarred · « **Reply #14 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 19:19 »

haha

my keyboard was half that

sean · « **Reply #15 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 21:04 »

so wait the other controller is basically just a squier strat?

can you use, like, an actually good guitar instead?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #16 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 21:58 »

If your guitar supports MIDI out, yes.

Jace · « **Reply #17 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 22:04 »

Where is my Andrew WK songs?

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #18 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 23:08 »

The engine can't support that much partying with the added instruments.

JD · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Jun 2010, 23:37 »

They printed out their setlist at E3

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 04:46 »

That man's face is pretty telling.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 06:43 »

I wonder which song he's pointing at?

(it better be RAINBOW IN THE FUCKING DARK)

I Am Not Amused · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 12:34 »

I thought I liked Guitar Hero and Rock Band because it was amusingly NOT like playing the actual instruments.

I guess I was wrong.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 12:36 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 20 Jun 2010, 06:43

I wonder which song he's pointing at?

(it better be RAINBOW IN THE FUCKING DARK)

Headphones On

Ozymandias · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 12:42 »

I'm 85% certain the song he's pointing to is actually Taking Back Sunday - Liar (It Takes One to Know One).

Quote from: I Am Not Amused on 28 Jun 2010, 12:34

I thought I liked Guitar Hero and Rock Band because it was amusingly NOT like playing the actual instruments.

I guess I was wrong.

Something the entire internet seems to be missing is that this shit is completely optional. It's even optional if one person in the room wants to play real guitar and no one else wants to. It's an added feature you don't have to spend money on if you don't want to.

I Am Not Amused · « **Reply #25 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 19:45 »

I understand that it's optional.

I still stand by my original statement.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #26 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 19:57 »

The thing that I've been wondering is if it's even possible without the pro guitar.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #27 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 20:56 »

What do you mean?

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #28 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 21:08 »

Can you play the teaching mode with the standard Xbox guitar or do you need the new Pro model that has more buttons and the strings?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #29 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 21:30 »

You need the new Pro guitar. Or, though I can't confirm this for sure, a real guitar that can do MIDI out. It is impossible to be taught how to play a guitar if you don't have strings, though.

squawk · « **Reply #30 on:** 29 Jun 2010, 01:50 »

basically i can't wait to own everyone at metric and rilo kiley songs

Ozymandias · « **Reply #31 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 09:54 »

What's way way way more important than anything is that next week is CCR week for Rock Band 2 which means Rock Band 3 will be launching with a metric asston of CCR:

"Bad Moon Rising"
"Born on the Bayou"
"Down on the Corner"
"Fortunate Son (Original Version)"
"Green River"
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"Lookin' Out My Back Door"
"Proud Mary"
"Run Through the Jungle"
"Travelin' Band"
"Up Around the Bend"
"Who'll Stop the Rain"

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #32 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 11:22 »

I'm conflicted, I already have Fortunate Son, but it will sound like shit compared to the new one.

sean · « **Reply #33 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 21:22 »

guitars with midi outs?

do such thing even exist, other than the one they are making for it?

snalin · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 06:49 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 02 Jul 2010, 09:54

"Lookin' Out My Back Door"

CCR or COB?

Johnny C · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 13:58 »

Quote from: sean on 02 Jul 2010, 21:22

guitars with midi outs?

do such thing even exist, other than the one they are making for it?

yeah and you don't really want one

Johnny C · « **Reply #36 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 13:59 »

seems like something i'd distrust. like if the fake rock band guitar actually costs as much as a real guitar and then also has strings and instead of using it to just play rock band you could just get a decent guitar and i guess my point is it is really difficult to defend in the context that it was previously easy to defend rock band/guitar hero with

Ozymandias · « **Reply #37 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 14:14 »

Man did you not notice the hey this is optional Jesus Christ and also hold on let me check if I want to learn guitar by A) sitting by myself all alone so I don't annoy everyone else while playing terribly and never getting any feedback about how shit I am or 2) getting to practice while my friends have fun playing fuckin' Rock Band and even getting constant feedback from the game and so I can learn better and faster shit man this is a tough choice and holy shit there is also a version that is a real fuckin' guitar who the fuck cares how people choose to spend their goddamn money to enjoy their music and/or music games fuckin' judgmental prick.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #38 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 14:17 »

Also, I mean, if everyone who got Guitar Hero/Rock Band actually picked up a guitar and made music instead do you really think that would be a good thing? Because that's a scary goddamn world to me.

Melodic · « **Reply #39 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 20:03 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Jul 2010, 13:58

Quote from: sean on 02 Jul 2010, 21:22
guitars with midi outs?

do such thing even exist, other than the one they are making for it?

yeah and you don't really want one

yeah you do

maxusy3k · « **Reply #40 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 20:17 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 03 Jul 2010, 14:14

Man did you not notice the hey this is optional Jesus Christ and also hold on let me check if I want to learn guitar by A) sitting by myself all alone so I don't annoy everyone else while playing terribly and never getting any feedback about how shit I am or 2) getting to practice while my friends have fun playing fuckin' Rock Band and even getting constant feedback from the game and so I can learn better and faster shit man this is a tough choice and holy shit there is also a version that is a real fuckin' guitar who the fuck cares how people choose to spend their goddamn money to enjoy their music and/or music games fuckin' judgmental prick.

Honestly this is sort of how I feel. With respect to thinking this is probably a way better way to learn to play guitar for me, personally, than sitting picking out the easiest tabs I can find on Ultimate Guitar and plucking my way through those. I honestly don't have the concentration or focus to drill on that when the only thing I really get back from it is "Oh wow now I can sort of play Turn the Page" or whatever.

Playing Rock Band though? Shit yeah I can get behind that. I lost days and days of my life to that, mainly wailing on the drums. It's fun, it gives instant reward and feedback and yeah, it's a great social experience. Is forking out for a probably shitty guitar at the same expense of a real one a waste of money? Probably, but likely no more than buying the plastic instruments cluttering up my bedroom right now, and definitely no more than, say, the DLC I've bought for the game anyway instead of maybe going on holiday, or buying new clothes, or giving to Haiti or something generally more productive than buying data.

Johnny C · « **Reply #41 on:** 03 Jul 2010, 23:51 »

Quote from: Melodic on 03 Jul 2010, 20:03

Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Jul 2010, 13:58
Quote from: sean on 02 Jul 2010, 21:22
guitars with midi outs?

do such thing even exist, other than the one they are making for it?

yeah and you don't really want one

yeah you do

seriously? if you walked into a room and saw a dude wailing on that you wouldn't just turn around and walk back out? what happened to standards? what's become of us?

Quote from: Ozymandias on 03 Jul 2010, 14:14

Man did you not notice the hey this is optional Jesus Christ and also hold on let me check if I want to learn guitar by A) sitting by myself all alone so I don't annoy everyone else while playing terribly and never getting any feedback about how shit I am or 2) getting to practice while my friends have fun playing fuckin' Rock Band and even getting constant feedback from the game and so I can learn better and faster shit man this is a tough choice and holy shit there is also a version that is a real fuckin' guitar who the fuck cares how people choose to spend their goddamn money to enjoy their music and/or music games fuckin' judgmental prick.

there's absolutely no way that you honestly think that your a) scenario is the way people have actually learned guitar since time immemorial so i'm going to give you this opportunity to recant and temper yr argument before i lay down the hammer w/r/t why this probably isn't the democratization tool you think it is, nor is it the democratization tool that music as a culture really needs

ackblom12 · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 08:09 »

With it being optional though, I'm finding it very difficult to see how you can see this as a bad thing. I also don't see how you could think it isn't a beneficial thing since putting guitar lessons into game form would most definitely increase many folks likelihood to actually do them for the reasons that maxusy3k and Ozy mentioned.

What can I say, stats/scores are a wonderful drug.

Also, I kinda like the midi guitar? it is neat. Silly, but neat.

Johnny C · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 09:11 »

just because it's optional doesn't mean it's not stupid. it's just optional and also stupid.

KvP · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 09:46 »

hey look everybody it's Jack White

Johnny C · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 10:22 »

keep in mind i still think rock band/guitar hero own

SirJuggles · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 14:02 »

Quote from: sean on 02 Jul 2010, 21:22

guitars with midi outs?

Alternatively, there are a number of devices for audio engineering that include guitar-in and midi-out capability, so you could probably run a regular guitar through one of those. The downside is that all the ones I know of are fairly expensive, but if you could find a cheap one it might do the trick.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 14:53 »

Want some new songs for cheap? Well, Microsoft can help you

David_Dovey · « **Reply #48 on:** 04 Jul 2010, 18:52 »

Quote from: KvP on 04 Jul 2010, 09:46

hey look everybody it's Jack White

There comes a time

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 Jul 2010, 16:43 »

Another thing I've been thinking of, is Pro the biggest thing they're going to be pushing on us for Rock Band 3? I watched the opening to the second one recently and it's a perfect example of how much they wanted us to do the Battle of the Bands thing, so I was wondering if the new opening cinematic will reflect that.

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