Juke Joint Jezebel
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Oh god, that freestyle guitar solo on Powerslave, it's ear cancer!
Rock Band 4 announced for PS4 and Xbox One
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Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
I think it's cool that they put some effort in and have tried to do some innovative things with this, but freestyle solo is honestly a feature I couldn't be less interested in and I don't think anybody really playing the game will use it.
But I have largely been playing for score for years and years so maybe I just don't know.
I think most people who play Rock Band are doing it for fun, not score, so any system that lets them express themselves and not get punished for it is going to be a bonus for them.
XJF
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haha, sorry, Not sure why I put technical support, I've been using a splitter to hook up two pedals for years, it just always feels cheap since the game has always only charted for a single pedal. I've been fiending for Double Pedal charts in RB since GH:Metallica
GuitarAtomik
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Was curious about this. One of my guitars is a GH one.
shiftplusone
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Double kick pedals are supported starting with the rb3 drums I think?
This one has it for sure which is part of the reason I'm buying the band kit
also all the metal back to back had me kinda deflated on it but the blink 182 of all things turned it around. Fun for the instruments, fun to sing
yeah okay i'm back in
This one has it for sure which is part of the reason I'm buying the band kit
also all the metal back to back had me kinda deflated on it but the blink 182 of all things turned it around. Fun for the instruments, fun to sing
yeah okay i'm back in
GuitarAtomik
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Yeah, as someone who doesn't give a shit about score, I plan on using it for the most part.
shawnoftheshred
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I've got SO much invested in Xbox 360 DLC that I'm really tempted to do this for party situations...unfortunately, the lack of compatibility with the wired instruments on the XBOX One is really holding me back as I really can't convince myself to buy new plastic instruments.
Got the Shakes
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Good to see that I'm not the only one. Now I'm just waiting for the inevitable snags where somehow it doesn't recognize that I exported the RB1 and RB2 tracks.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Thing is, you are scored for freestyled solos. I don't know if it's 1:1 equivalent with normal solos though.
It seems like, from what we've seen, a majority of people don't understand the prompts so they kind of free style, or don't vary the frets.
It's really good guys, you just need to learn how to do it!
shawnoftheshred
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Just to make 100% sure - this thing plus the wired controllers WILL 100% NOT WORK with Rock Band 4?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/9755335633/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/9755335633/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Heard they weren't out till next year along with Drums to buy separate
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
correct. Even though the thing you posted is rock band branded, it is basically a generic usb hub. Regardless, wired instruments are not compatible.
Terrordactyl
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GTFO harmonix, no way, I swear to god this launch shouldn't even be happening.
shawnoftheshred
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Thanks! And sigh.
PROh1bited
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The cymbals should be coming just after launch.
They've said repeatedly on the Rock Band Twitter that the cymbal pack should be out shortly after launch. Standalone instruments early 2016.
You've got to remember that they're dealing with incredibly unique circumstances compared to their past three games: a different market with demand for these games and no major backing from a big corporation beyond MadCatz (it's essentially an independent release) being two of the big things. They really can't afford to make all these extra instruments just for the boxes to take up store shelves and sit there if the demand doesn't exist.
Terrordactyl
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Duh, but to not have preorders open for this shit is unacceptable, they've been trying to push preorders really hard, why would they not to the same with their hardware. They've been purposefully vague and really disorganized. The official FAQ states cymbals will launch on release day too btw. But that's obviously not happening.
They are trying to re-launch an AAA publisher backed IP as an indie. Rome wasn't built in a day - they are doing pretty good all things considered.
infinit777
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Juke Joint Jezebel
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So...from the stream...
Upcoming DLC plans?: There are upcoming DLC plans... Har fucking Har....Basically a non-answer. Seriously, hurry the fuck up HMX, the game's only a bit more than a week away from release, we need some details about the DLC shop at least.
Upcoming DLC plans?: There are upcoming DLC plans... Har fucking Har....Basically a non-answer. Seriously, hurry the fuck up HMX, the game's only a bit more than a week away from release, we need some details about the DLC shop at least.
So stupid....guess just expert next week. I'm not using my old crappy cymbals next week
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Another question answered....
DLC that previously had harmonies will have harmonies in RB4 upon being made available to purchase or re-download on RB4!
DLC that previously had harmonies will have harmonies in RB4 upon being made available to purchase or re-download on RB4!
Terrordactyl
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I disagree whole heartedly
PROh1bited
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You disagree that they're doing good things? Yeah I guess letting you use your old instruments and letting you use dlc you purchased all the way back in 2007 is pretty garbage.
People are so fucking entitled these days. Go play Guitar Hero Live. I'm sure Activision will support that title for years and years.
Impeccable
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Finally pre-ordered on PSN ... my first major digital game.
It's one of those games you always come back to so it makes sense to go digital for me.
I'll buy a guitar down the line if my brother absolutely needs one.
It's one of those games you always come back to so it makes sense to go digital for me.
I'll buy a guitar down the line if my brother absolutely needs one.
Cheat Code
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PROh1bited
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I wanna see receipts.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Cheat Code
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PROh1bited
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Besides I'm not talking about the quality of the game. I'm taking about how Activision churns these things out on a yearly basis and flood the crap out of the market. I don't trust them one bit.
Plus if I want FMV I'll just play Night Trap thank you very much.
Almost looks like there's only ~4 hairstyles in the creator...I assume the rest are unlocked/purchased?
Shorty11857
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Was considering preordering but just looked up the price of the game + guitar and it's 170 euro...yeah I love Rock Band but that's just insane
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Clothing, instruments and other stuff can be unlocked by buying it as you earn more money in career, so I assume so.
It's just such a shame that Activision's bullshit plans for ''dlc" sucks. I'm not a fan of the GHTV concept at all and I still don't know what songs are actually on the disc and what is being streamed in. Game actually looks great (though it being guitar only hampers my excitement since I primarily play drums) and the new control scheme looks like it could be fun. But eh, their plans just aren't appealing.
Cheat Code
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Yeah.
All those sequels that came out in the last few years.
And all those sequels that will come out in the future even though they literally can't improve the graphics or animations and the game is built as a service.
And FMV so shit right XD even though you only look at the fretboard.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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One of the U2 songs, "I will Follow" is being played right now, on Expert for all instruments.
EDIT: Also, facial hair confirmed for female characters!
EDIT: Also, facial hair confirmed for female characters!
Terrordactyl
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Entitled? I'm sorry that I'm not excited about a product that is inferior to previous iterations in every possible way.
TheFurizzlyBear
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Can we keep this "vs" shit out of this thread please? I'd like it to stay open till OT time
PROh1bited
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Hmm, I wonder why they didn't make any sequels in the past few years. Oh, is it the 14 GH games they made in the span of 3 years? Please go to the the GHL topic and discuss how great of a game it is there. This is for RB4 discussion.
Back on topic. The career mode looks interesting. Looks more fun then RB3's career mode.
Terrordactyl
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You are literally the dude who brought GH discussion into the thread in the first place.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
I was playing Rebel Yell the other day and realizes how much I missed crowd singalongs in the later DLC for the game. That's good news.
Cheat Code
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Oh, you mean the game you brought up? Give me a fucking break. I suppose it's fine for you to talk about how bad it is?
Anyway, I'm doing my big RB DLC purchasing tomorrow. Any recommendation for sale songs?
I am in complete agreement with you. You don't take away like half of your features for your next game. The only reason I can think of as to why all these things aren't in there is if they somehow lost the rights to their old codebase when they split from MTV Games/EA or something. I can't imagine that they couldn't at least use it as reference material, even if they built everything from scratch again. It can't be that different.
On that note, I do want to thank HMX for getting me into real guitar. You'd think maybe that would have happened with them releasing the pro guitar, or maybe just making me enthusiastic about picking up a real instrument. No. They got me to play real guitar by stopping the release of DLC back in 2013. I was buying all the DLC every week and Rock Band was pretty much the only game I played. When they stopped releasing content, I stopped as well. I ended up picking up Rocksmith and have had massive amounts of fun and progress with it over the last two years. I use it both as a teaching tool and as a casual fun game, so it hits all the notes for me.