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"Angina's tough!!" Rock Band 2 Track And Spec Info (& Dreams) Thread

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StrikerObi

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AMUSIX said:
Neither list has it 100% correct, then again, neither is totally wrong, either.

Also, Kids in America is Kim Wilde...should indicate something about both lists.
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Well duh, both include all the songs from the screenshot, so of course neither is 100% fake.
 
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Hop

That girl in the bunny hat
Sol.. said:
List needs more cake.



i really REALLY want to play cake.
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They're supposedly negotiating to be in the game, so their absence makes me more skeptical about the lists.
 
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Vinterbird

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If the list proves to be true, then it's an odd choice to go with "So whatcha want" when it comes to Beastie Boys songs. Remote Control or Gratitude has more interesting drum and guitar play.
 
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TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Charron said:
They're supposedly negotiating to be in the game, so their absence makes me more skeptical about the lists.
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If these are tester leaks, it makes sense that only songs that have already been secured and worked on would be listed. The lists would also have to be made from memory, which could explain the band name errors. Tester leaks would explain future DLC releases being mistaken for RB2 tracks, as well. I don't doubt that all of these songs are coming, though.

StrikerObi said:
Well duh, both include all the songs from the screenshot, so of course neither is 100% fake.
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List one doesn't have Kids In America. Also, Alabama Getaway (which is on list one) is DLC according to an old press release.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Vinterbird said:
If the list proves to be true, then it's an odd choice to go with "So whatcha want" when it comes to Beastie Boys songs. Remote Control or Gratitude has more interesting drum and guitar play.
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better known
 
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Wray

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Pretty good list. But still way way too much new shit and not enough classics from the 70's and 80's.
 
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Grecco

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We doing requests yet? Cause other than GNR,KSE, AFI and Metallica the other band i kinda really want in Rock Band is Our Lady Peace. (Hides from the tomatos)
 
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_Angelus_

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No Van Halen?
No RB2 for me then.

Unless they throw in something great such as the whole Fair Warning album as DLC.
Mean Streets,Unchained,Hear about it Later,Jesus Christ...I can dream I guess.
 
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_Angelus_

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robochimp said:
So you've only ever played Guitar Hero 2? You've really missed out on some great games
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Pretty much. I only care for my elite bands. If theyre in these games I'll spend like a mad man then. Friends have the games also,so I can leach off them if I feel like dicking around with songs I'm not as excited about.
 
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koam

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Grecco said:
We doing requests yet? Cause other than GNR,KSE, AFI and Metallica the other band i kinda really want in Rock Band is Our Lady Peace. (Hides from the tomatos)
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I NEVER want to see AFI in anything, ever. Fuck that emo shit. In fact, the whole emo category is the worse thing about RockBand (with the exception of a few songs that were classified as emo but really aren't). Shit like 30 seconds to mars' attack is probably the worse song i've ever heard, let alone played. And The Kill is such an annoying whinny pos song. AFI is basically everything I hate about EMO x20 so yeah, please no AFI, or at least, slap it onto DLC so i'll never have to download it (someone bought 30 seconds to mars).

Edit: I just did a search to see what KSE is... oh man.. (let's just leave it at that).
 
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blahness

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koam said:
I NEVER want to see AFI in anything, ever. Fuck that emo shit. In fact, the whole emo category is the worse thing about RockBand (with the exception of a few songs that were classified as emo but really aren't). Shit like 30 seconds to mars' attack is probably the worse song i've ever heard, let alone played. And The Kill is such an annoying whinny pos song. AFI is basically everything I hate about EMO x20 so yeah, please no AFI, or at least, slap it onto DLC so i'll never have to download it (someone bought 30 seconds to mars).

Edit: I just did a search to see what KSE is... oh man.. (let's just leave it at that).
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I HATE new afi but thier old stuff is not bad.. they did a decent cover of Filth's - Today's Lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3o4ETv6Ilw
 
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M3wThr33

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koam said:
I NEVER want to see AFI in anything, ever. Fuck that emo shit. In fact, the whole emo category is the worse thing about RockBand (with the exception of a few songs that were classified as emo but really aren't). Shit like 30 seconds to mars' attack is probably the worse song i've ever heard, let alone played. And The Kill is such an annoying whinny pos song. AFI is basically everything I hate about EMO x20 so yeah, please no AFI, or at least, slap it onto DLC so i'll never have to download it (someone bought 30 seconds to mars).

Edit: I just did a search to see what KSE is... oh man.. (let's just leave it at that).
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It's a good thing you don't pick the songs then.
 
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koam

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M3wThr33 said:
It's a good thing you don't pick the songs then.
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Seriously, it would suck having bands like Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd, The Beattles, Old Metallica, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead, Tool, A Perfect Circle etc in the game when we can have real talent like AFI and 30 seconds to mars.. oh and paramore.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
koam said:
Seriously, it would suck having bands like Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd, The Beattles, Old Metallica, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead
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Yeah but it's not an either/or thing. I don't really like paramore or 30 seconds to mars either but it's not like they're going in at the expense of some of the most well-known bands of all time. Those bands are in a category all their own (the "if-Activision-could-they-would-make-two-games-annually-starring-them" category).
 
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M3wThr33

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koam said:
Seriously, it would suck having bands like Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd, The Beattles, Old Metallica, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead, Tool, A Perfect Circle etc in the game when we can have real talent like AFI and 30 seconds to mars.. oh and paramore.
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It's a music platform, not "Cater to koam's music tastes" factory. There's shit in iTunes that I hate, but it has every right to be there.
 
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Ceres

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M3wThr33 said:
It's a good thing you don't pick the songs then.
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Oddly enough, as someone who really doesn't care for that whole genre, Girl's Not Grey is one of the few songs from it that I'd enjoy playing.
 
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Flynn

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AstroLad said:
Yeah but it's not an either/or thing. I don't really like paramore or 30 seconds to mars either but it's not like they're going in at the expense of some of the most well-known bands of all time. Those bands are in a category all their own (the "if-Activision-could-they-would-make-two-games-annually-starring-them" category).
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I'm more concerned about seeing playlists and DLC creep toward that kind of thing the way Guitar Hero has.
 
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TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Flynn said:
I'm more concerned about seeing playlists and DLC creep toward that kind of thing the way Guitar Hero has.
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Exactly. I'm fine with them throwing a bone to Avenged Sevenfold fans, (aka drooling retards) but any more songs from them and I'm definitely breaking my streak of buying every song. (though the shittacular Japanese lineup will do that eventually...)
Ideally, they could confine all the terrible modern music to a standalone Rock Band: No Taste Edition. Linkin Park would definitely migrate there. It would be a big hit with all the people you see jumping up and down and yelling in the backgrounds of remote newscasts.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Flynn said:
I'm more concerned about seeing playlists and DLC creep toward that kind of thing the way Guitar Hero has.
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Yeah I would love it if I liked everything too. imo the top goal of rock band, however, should be getting songs that people know. that's critical to the main purpose of the game. here's hoping as the medium gets more legitimacy it will be easier to get such songs.
 
Sp3eD

Sp3eD

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The more I read these threads, the more I think of how lucky I am to be able to like all kinds of music / bands. I have no qualms with the likes of AFI or My Chemical Romance, while at the same time I can still appreciate Boston and Rolling Stones.

As far as diverse lineups in every catagory within music games the winners are people like me :D
 
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BigBlackGamer

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M3wThr33 said:
It's a music platform, not "Cater to koam's music tastes" factory. There's shit in iTunes that I hate, but it has every right to be there.
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someone who gets it.

Sp3eD said:
The more I read these threads, the more I think of how lucky I am to be able to like all kinds of music / bands. I have no qualms with the likes of AFI or My Chemical Romance, while at the same time I can still appreciate Boston and Rolling Stones.

As far as diverse lineups in every catagory within music games the winners are people like me :D
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most definitly. I don't take music in general so seriously. I love alot of mainstream rock stuff and I love alot of the stuff that GAF brings to my attention. Win/Win.
 
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123rl

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I have bands I like more than others (who doesn't?) but the beauty of these games is the diverse soundtracks. As long as a song is fun to play and has replay value, it doesn't matter whether I like the band or not. I don't expect X amount of one genre, X amount of another and so on...but I want a varied soundtrack that's fun, original, and I'd enjoy playing. And either RB2 tracklist would be fine with me...they're both superbly varied :D
 
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Sp3eD said:
The more I read these threads, the more I think of how lucky I am to be able to like all kinds of music / bands. I have no qualms with the likes of AFI or My Chemical Romance, while at the same time I can still appreciate Boston and Rolling Stones.

As far as diverse lineups in every catagory within music games the winners are people like me :D
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true that. i mean i've downloaded songs by bands i have made fun of (paramore, angels and airwaves) and when i sit down to play them i like the song and even the band sure they might not be the best in the world but they're fun to play and listen too.
 
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Struct09

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Harmonix has done an excellent job selecting music for Rock Band. I don't think I would enjoy playing this game with my friends nearly as much if elitist music fans chose all the music.
 
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Flynn

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AstroLad said:
Yeah I would love it if I liked everything too. imo the top goal of rock band, however, should be getting songs that people know. that's critical to the main purpose of the game. here's hoping as the medium gets more legitimacy it will be easier to get such songs.
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I don't know. I think the thing that struck me about the first Guitar Hero was the way it balanced stuff that everybody knew with stuff that appealed to music heads. I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to music supervision. I think a lot about it for some ungodly reason.

I'm all for music in Rock Band being recognizable. But there's a negative side effect for that being your only criterion. Just look at the song selection in SingStar. There's absolutely no passion for the songs there. They're just going for what people know and what licenses are easy to get.

I know this is me totally reading into it, but when I see song selections for Rockstar games, early THPS and Harmonix stuff, I see passion for music in there. A mix of the cool obscure and the kick-ass popular.

When popularity is the only reason for programming the music the choices aren't so discerning. You're less likely to find new music that shares the same enduring qualities that made the old stuff so great.

Add to that the fact that the music industry is shit ass broken and you have a recipe for failure.

The only way to make music popular really popular today is to get cozy with Clear Channel, Viacom and the other six or seven asshole corporations who filter all the entertainment that most people hear today. These guys are preventing the actual great music that's getting made today from being heard and are replacing it with music by suckers they could trick into a 360 deal.
 
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DuckRacer

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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2893562&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=8
DrWhiplash said:
I was wading through the cesspool that is the Rock Band rumor thread on the RB forums, and came across something pretty interesting. Someone posted a list that they said was part of a marketing survey before Rock Band 1 even came out exploring interest for the game. It (allegedly) contained a list of songs that ended up comprising the final set list of Rock Band 1, as well as a whole mess of songs that the survey said would later be released as DLC for Rock Band 1.

Now, the list is probably complete bullshit, but if it is someone put some work into it because it contains a TON of songs that have been released, as well as songs that we know were in the pipeline, as well as songs that appeared on the leaked RB2 list for the game. Because I never met a rumor I didn't like, I figure why not post it? I'm only going to post the songs on the list that we haven't seen as DLC yet, though, because the complete list is friggin' huge and it's a pain in the ass to wade through it.

Allman Brothers - Whippin' Post
Bad Company - Shooting Star (appears in the big leaked RB2 setlist)
Black Sabbath - Supernaut (part of the delayed Metal Pack)
Blondie - One Way or Another (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around
Go-Go's - We Got the Beat (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Grateful Dead - Cold Rain & Snow
Grateful Dead - Doin' the Rag
Grateful Dead - Don't Ease Me In
Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain
Grateful Dead - Hell in a Basket
Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias
Grateful Dead - The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones
Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
Grateful Dead - U.S. Blues
Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild (part of the delayed Metal Pack)
New Pornographers - All the Things That Go to Make Heaven & Earth
New Pornographers - Use It
Nine Inch Nails - Burn (leaked in a commercial for the MTV2 pack)
Nine Inch Nails - Capital G
Nine Inch Nails - Last Train to Clarksville (probably a typo, but WHAT a typo)
Oasis - Supersonic
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind
The Ramones - Rock N Roll High School
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) (coming out this week)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby (coming out this week)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
REM - Losing My Religion
REM - These Days
REM - What's the Frequency Kenneth
Smashing Pumpkins - Today (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Soundgarden - Spoonman (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
Taking Back Sunday - What I Feels Like to be a Ghost
The Who - Baby O'Riley (part of the WHO pack)
The Who - Bargain
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (part of the WHO pack)
The Who - Getting in Tune
The Who - Going Mobile (part of the WHO pack)
The Who - Love Ain't For Keeping
The Who - My Wife
The Who - Pinball Wizard (appears in numerous leaked RB2 setlists)
The Who - The Song is Over
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

Now obviously the WHO songs that are listed there (except for Pinball Wizard) are from Who's Next, which we know at this point isn't going to be released because the masters are gone, but at the time of the marketing survey was still a planned release.

While this list is incredibly awesome for DLC if true (Space Truckin'? Whipping Post? FUCK YES), I really have to wonder that if this is a serious leak from last year, why the hell hasn't anyone seen this yet? I've never seen it posted here OR on the RB forums until now.

On the other hand, 95% of those bands have already appeared in Rock Band 1 or as Rock Band DLC, so none of those songs really seem too crazy or unrealistic. Also the Grateful Dead section of the list kind of gives it some credibility as it's not just a copy/paste of their big hits.

Here is the post the link was yanked from if anyone wants to check out what the original list looks like;

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showpost.php?p=823001&postcount=86
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FrankT

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Entire Rock Band Track List Free DLC For Rock Band 2

If there's one way for Harmonix to irk purchasers of Rock Band, then giving away all the tracks included that that game to buyers of Rock Band 2 is probably it. According to IGN's Nate Ahern (sourced via Kotaku) that's exactly what's going to be happening. And I thought that not getting a firm European release date was mad…

As Ahern points out, for those of us who didn't buy Rock Band (still no UK PS3 version EA!?) the ability to play all those tracks will be a great boon. It also should give Rock Band 2 a much bigger initial track listing that Guitar Hero: World Tour, with which it obviously competes.

Given World Tour will allow players to create their own music it's less of a concern for anyone who's placed their loyalty with that camp. Eventually every track ever made could, potentially at least, be available to play on Guitar Hero. All that's required is willpower - and probably some skill.

From an out-of-the-box experience point of view though, Rock Band 2 is going to have a lot going for it. First Harmonix tell us all Rock Band downloadable content is already compatible and now we hear that we're getting a whole game's worth of content for free. That's rock and roll for you, unpredictably crazy at best!
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http://www.trustedreviews.com/gaming/news/2008/07/07/Entire-Rock-Band-Track-List-Free-DLC-For-Rock-Band-2/p1

That would be something else.
 
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XShagrath

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Sp3eD said:
The more I read these threads, the more I think of how lucky I am to be able to like all kinds of music / bands. I have no qualms with the likes of AFI or My Chemical Romance, while at the same time I can still appreciate Boston and Rolling Stones.

As far as diverse lineups in every catagory within music games the winners are people like me :D
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I'm the same way. I listen to a wide array of artists/genres. And while I don't listen to a lot of the specific artists found in RB/GH, I can still appreciate their place in the games.
 
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FrankT

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M3wThr33 said:
Stop.
It's all sourced from the same god damn conjecture. It just keeps circling the drain.
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Considering this entire thread is pretty much speculative I really see no reason why this IGN opinion is any less worth hearing. Is it concrete no, is it any different than any of the other speculative lists here, no. Will it happen, probably not, but it would be seriously nice if it did.

Struct09 said:
Hil from IGN has said that Nate was speaking out of his ass.
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Which is indeed probably the case.
 
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Struct09

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Jtyettis said:
Considering this entire thread is pretty much speculative I really see no reason why this IGN opinion is any less worth hearing. Is it concrete no, is it any different than any of the other speculative lists here, no. Will it happen, probably not, but it would be seriously nice if it did.
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Hil from IGN has said that Nate was speaking out of his ass.
 
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Grecco

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BenjaminBirdie said:
I still don't understand how that would piss off RB1 users.

Did the last year of you playing them never exist?
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Its akin to Apple users being pissed off with the iPhone price drops.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Requoted for top-to-bottom stupidity. Great when your own site calls you out for being full of it.

Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour create an interesting situation for gamers. If you bought Rock Band 1 then chances are you'll feel cheated by the release of RB2, thus you'd think that GHWT would be the way to go as it somewhat redefines the music gaming genre. However, if you didn't buy the first Rock Band then I would absolutely agree with notagoth. Immediately upon purchasing Rock Band 2 you'll have the ability to download a huge library of songs, as well as all of the songs off of the original disc as a free download. Then again, Guitar Hero World Tour does allow users to create and share their own songs, so it's really only a matter of time until the Rock Band library is eclipsed. At the end of the day it could come down to which series has earned your allegiance over the last year since RB's original release.
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