Spaz The Great Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 So Keruri just sent me a link to an article about a game called Rock Band, by the creators of Guitar Hero, Harmonix. It will be an entire band, not just the guitar like in GH. It says it will include the guitar, drums, bass, and vocals, but I'm not sure if a separate person will play bass from guitar or if it will just both be the guitarist. Rock Band by Harmonix((and a bunch of other people, whatever)) Credit to the find goes to Keruri, of course, as I didn't find this myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 It looks incredible, and I'll make sure I buy it when I get my 1st Next-gen console. Here's some more info someone sent to me about it: - One disk with 4 separate campaigns. Guitar, Drum, Bass and Vocal. Each can be played on its own from start to finish, in addition, a full band game is designed to allow for one huge co-op playthrough. - Will feature full support for four player online play on both 360 and PS3. Any combination of on/offline play will work and each player can pick their own difficulty setting. - Flexible community system will allow you to find bandmates anywhere in the world - There will be a way for you to share your band's triumphs with the world, but the details are still under wraps. - Musical fret-boards are now transparent so you can see more of the background visuals. Guitar is on the left side of the screen, Bass on the right and drums down the middle. Vocals scroll from right to left along the top of the screen. - Guitars and Bass now have 10 frets. 5 for the regular sections of the game and 5 for the newly designated solo sections. - Whammy bar is back as is the tilt to activate rock band's version of star power - there is a five way switch on the guitar that allows for 5 different self-applied effects to the sound. - Singing is now more in depth. There is a phoneme detector that will pick up individual vowels and consonants you say. Build up enough highly judged phrases and you'll be able to sing free-form. If you do well enough in free-form, then you'll trigger the vocalist's version of star power. - Microphone doubles as a tambourine on many songs to combat super long guitar solos where the singer doesn't have much to do. - Drums are apparently insane. You use actual sticks and hit one of four colored pads in front of you, in addition to a kick pedal attached to the drumming unit. Drummers will also have the ability to do fills etc. in their own little free-form section, do well and you'll trigger the drummers version of star power. - If one person fails, the whole band does not fail, their section simply turns gray and they have to sit out the rest of the song unless one your band mates initiates star power, which will bring you back into the fold. - If all bandmates can reach the end of a song, you'll be greeted with one huge free-form jam session. - There will be a character creation system, and you can create multiple avatars that play different instruments. - Four themed clothing stores in addition to licensed guitars and pedals and other rock paraphernalia. - A full set of mo-cap stage movements have been added for each instrument. You can decide whether your vocalist moves like Axel Rose, or stands his ground like Clapton. - 40 performance venues planned - All peripherals will be unique to each platform. This isn't the developer's decision. Apparently MS peripherals require special circuit boards. - You'll be able to craft your own band logo - The HUD in the screens isn't final but is a good indication of what you can expect - 4 songs announced in the article, not sure if this is new or old but whatever. Weezer - Say It Ain't So - Original Master Track Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Original Master Track The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Master Track Nirvana - In Bloom - Original Master Track INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTIONS Sorry I can't post photos so my descriptions will have to suffice Guitars/Bass Guitars are an exact 3/4 replica of a Fender Strat. Xplorer guitars will work for 360 owners, but you may not be able to pass on all the new stuff this model has. Five familiar buttons near the top of the neck, five buttons near the body of the guitar. You will use these new buttons during specially designed solo sections using ONLY hammer ons and pull offs, no having to worry about your strum bar. Signature Fender 5-way switch has been added. By shopping at the in game store you'll be able to purchase several virtual effects pedals such as Flange, Wah, Chorus and Echo. These can be applied during your song by setting the 5 way switch to the desired effect. Microphone There will eventually be a Rock Band branded Mic Other USB mics will be supported, but Harmonix will probably NOT allow the use of the 360 headset due to its low fidelity. Mics will be usable as tambourines during certain songs. That's all for mics! DRUMS The picture of the drum peripheral in the mag is not final. It consists of four pads, a kick pedal and legs for the enire unit to stand on. Think of it as a TV dinner tray stand only cooler Leftmost pad (red) is your snare drum, everything else doubles as toms and cymbals depending on the song. A set of real wooden drum sticks will ship with the unit. A piece of the stand can be taken off so that the unit can sit lower, or on a coffee table. There is a kick pedal If you play drums in this game on hard or expert, then you're really playing the drums. Apparently you could sit down at a real set and play the same songs. I'm very much looking forward to this, it will be even bigger than Guitar Hero, possibly, I'm not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 So Keruri just sent me a link to an article about a game called Rock Band, by the creators of Guitar Hero, Harmonix. It will be an entire band, not just the guitar like in GH. It says it will include the guitar, drums, bass, and vocals, but I'm not sure if a separate person will play bass from guitar or if it will just both be the guitarist.Rock Band by Harmonix((and a bunch of other people, whatever)) Credit to the find goes to Keruri, of course, as I didn't find this myself. I've heard of this game before, it seems extremely cool, tons of potential. I have heard that it could be better than Guitar Hero. I'm thinking downloadable content galore (new songs) and even creating new songs. Do you personally think it can outdo Guitar Hero? I'm not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 If it is what it promises to be, everyone will forget Guitar Hero even existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 (edited) The only problem I saw with it is that they want to make the drums seem as real as possible ... what they have done does not seem all that great, and it may be expensive to buy the whole set. It was a good idea ... but it seems that some parts of it are pretty fail. Edited July 6, 2007 by Little_Chestnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Yeah, how will they do everything? And fit it all up to a PS3/X360? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilly Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) yeah i was a pre beta tester for this game. its really great. you use a stratocaster as the plastic guitar. it has 10 buttons. i voted on the boxart too. The game is being made by the people who made guitar hero 1 and 2(harmonix). and GH3 is being passed on to neversoft. EDIT: the drums are sorta like that DK thing but more modern and there flatter. they arent as big as real life but they are pretty big. also i feel bad for neversoft making guitar hero 3 because its almost exactly like guitar hero two except for the rock battle (which is fun) i think there gunna be left in the dust by rock band. Edited July 10, 2007 by tilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 That's pretty cool tilly. I saw this on Wikipedia when looking what consoles Guitar Hero was for and then at GH3 and then saw Rock Band. There was something else too, I just can't remember what it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Rock Band gameplay footage: http://uk.gamespot.com/video/938870/617423...fficial-movie-1 Rock Band interview: http://uk.gamespot.com/video/938870/617414...and-interview-1 This has now shot to 2nd in my most wanted games list, with GTA 4 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Man I've checked out some gameplay footage and this game looks sick! Can't wait to play it. Great game to play with a couple of friends, I read somewhere that if you master the drums on hard difficulty you can actually play the drums in real life Possibly true I dunno. The guitar has 5 extra solo buttons and the mic looks like some good old kareoke. Just hope they get a lot of good songs in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestyle185 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 the vocals karaoke game has already been done ... has anybody heard of singstar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishoM Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 the vocals karaoke game has already been done ...has anybody heard of singstar? The drums have been done before as well, but never all together. I'm not really excited for this game to be honest. I like the guitar, and thats about it. Guitar Hero 3 has DragonForce, Guns N' Roses, KISS, and so many other great bands. And it's cheaper. I think I'll end up just getting the $60 game version only of GH3 since I already have the guitar from GH2 on the 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highwire Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I for one am not too exited about it but if it's better than GH I may give it a try after I get my PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 the vocals karaoke game has already been done ...has anybody heard of singstar? Or Karaoke Revolution? But the point is, it's ALL the band together in one game. the vocals karaoke game has already been done ...has anybody heard of singstar? The drums have been done before as well, but never all together. I'm not really excited for this game to be honest. I like the guitar, and thats about it. Guitar Hero 3 has DragonForce, Guns N' Roses, KISS, and so many other great bands. And it's cheaper. I think I'll end up just getting the $60 game version only of GH3 since I already have the guitar from GH2 on the 360. GH 3 has a new guitar with buttons for shredding out rockin' solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestyle185 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 (edited) heres the demonstration vid, looks quite awesome to me what do you think? Edited July 30, 2007 by Freestyle185 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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