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[StriKeVillain]

*scrunches nose*

 

[akashhhhh]

Was there any news on how dlc transfer would work? Which songs would transfer, whether it would cost anything to bring over the RB2 set, etc?

 

[TBiddy]

Check out the DLC list, they surely have something there you would like.

Probably. But it's going to get really expensive to build up a library consisting only of DLC. Considering that I'm going to have to shell out quite a few bucks to get a guitar and the game, there damn well better be some songs I know on that set list.

There's like 5 songs I know, a few more bands I know and the rest.. well...

 

[dave is ok]

Guess I'll wait for a sale.

 

[¡HarlequinPanic!]

Was there any news on how dlc transfer would work? Which songs would transfer, whether it would cost anything to bring over the RB2 set, etc?

there's a very exhaustive guide out there that I confess I don't know where exactly it is. consult the goog, friendo

 

[ppor]

Rock Band 4 : B-side

 

[MMaRsu]

I dont think Ive played a single song on that list. Eh

No buy

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Was there any news on how dlc transfer would work? Which songs would transfer, whether it would cost anything to bring over the RB2 set, etc?

Almost all non-RBN will carry over free of charge.

The Rock Band 2 export is more complicated if you haven't already paid for the license, ask in the main Rock Band 4 thread for an explanation.

 

[Fawk Nin]

I know this might be a stupid question but if I don't have any past dlc to import can I still just buy it day1?

 

[blackMamba1187]

Not really seeing anything in there for me. Gonna have to give some serious thought to actually going through with my pre-order (full band ~$200 bestbuy gcu). It's a tough sell and I'm doing mental gymnastics to justify the purchase, but seeing as I still have a 360 hooked up and working instruments, I may be losing more (pro guitar/keys/some dlc/wired instruments) than gaining by going the big box route.

Ugh. But I wantsssss it.

 

[Banjotanooki]

Rock Band 4 : B-side

LOL. Perfect.

 

[TheOnePercent]

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get

I'll take ten copies. I hope we get more ska DLC this time around.

 

[Troy]

Since I played this on 360 last gen, I'd have to buy an Xbox One in order to get the most from this game. Or buy it on PS4 and deal with the included setlist. Based on that list, I'll do neither. I have a feeling this game is going to bomb big time.

 

[Wizman23]

I like maybe 5 songs on that list. Garbage

 

[Jawmuncher]

Well this has the better fallout boy song compared to Guitar Hero Live at least.

 

[Secret Character]

This set list is pretty good for a game to play with other people.

That being said, to those complaining, this looks better than the default rb3 set list.

 

[mreddie]

Pretty eh compared to RB3 but they already did all the big ones.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Lightning Bolt? Huh.

 

[Shig]

There's about 10 songs there that are staples of me and my friends' karaoke outings. Not bad.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

Very weak

 

[ocean]

Metropolis drums on Expert
RIP

 

[sixteen-bit]

Rock Band 4 : B-side

I wonder if the budget was lower for this one.

 

[Banjotanooki]

RB2 will forever have the GOAT track list.

 

[Lazulic]

mostly a disappointing lineup

 

[Bladelaw]

• Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
• Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King
• The Black Keys – Fever
• Cake – Short Skirt/Long Jacket
• The Cure – Friday, I’m in Love
• Disturbed – Prayer
• Dream Theater – Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and The Sleeper
• Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
• Foo Fighters – The Feast and the Famine
• Halestorm – I Miss the Misery
• Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life
• Jack White – Lazaretto
• Judas Priest – Halls of Valhalla
• The Killers – Somebody Told Me
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
• Ozzy Osbourne – Miracle Man
• Paramore – Still Into You
• The Protomen – Light Up the Night
• Queens of the Stone Age – My God is the Sun
• R.E.M. - The One I Love
• Rush – A Passage to Bangkok
• Scandal – The Warrior
• Scorpions – No One Like You
• Soundgarden – Superunknown
• Spin Doctors – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
• System of a Down – Spiders
• Van Halen – Panama
• Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
• The Who – The Seeker

This is every song I recognize and want to play on the set list. Given standard single song DLC pricing of $2/song I'm looking at $60 worth of DLC which is spot on as far as I'm concerned. This doesn't include any songs on the setlist I don't recognize that might turn into favorites or the 34 Amazon pre-order songs of which I know I love a few.

Now the only things left for HMX to announce is when/where you can get the Legacy Adapter on launch day, how much DLC we can expect day 1, and Rock Band 3 disk song status.

 

[xzeldax3]

So uh... Where are the good songs at?

Already available as DLC.

 

[nkarafo]

Well, at least it has No one like You from Scorpions. I would love playing the master/original version of it instead of a cover.

Unless there was a Scorpions DLC sometime that i'm not aware of.

 

[cakely]

This may be the weakest setlist of a Rock Band core game but there's certainly enough good songs on there for me to buy it.

Spoiler

As if that was ever in question.

 

[zenosparadox]

Huh wow I never expected Metropolis Pt. 1 in a Rock Band

That's pretty rad

Yeah, it really is. Part of the musical interlude in the middle of the song sounds like Mega Man, too.

 

[ElNino]

Probably. But it's going to get really expensive to build up a library consisting only of DLC. Considering that I'm going to have to shell out quite a few bucks to get a guitar and the game, there damn well better be some songs I know on that set list.

There's like 5 songs I know, a few more bands I know and the rest.. well...

If you are new to the series, then yes the DLC could be very expensive. For many people however, we already have hundreds of dollars worth of DLC ready to import to the new game.

 

[MajorMane]

I wonder if the budget was lower for this one.

Considering Harmonix is publishing this on their own alongside MadCatz, yes, most assuredly so. It's a smaller game for them and more of a reboot for the series than a real follow-up.

Overall, loving the setlist.

 

[bachikarn]

No weezer

 

[Strangelove77]

That's downright terrible. RB's playlists have always been better than GH's, but this one might be worse than any GH set list.
Even the good musicians have their shit tier songs on here. There must have been s budget problem.
Thank god for dlc. If I could pay 10 bucks for just the core of the game without these songs I'd go for it in a heartbeat. Just have all dlc.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I think I'll just wait until most of my DLC is exportable before picking the game up.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I wonder if the budget was lower for this one.

63 songs, and they're operating without the MTV money this time around. There was definitely a lower budget for this game.

Well, at least it has No one like You from Scorpions. I would love playing the master/original version of it instead of a cover.

Unless there was a Scorpions DLC sometime that i'm not aware of.

It's a version recorded by the band itself, but it's not the original. It's the one from the Comeblack album.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Wow. Stay dead, music games. Because this set list reads like an obituary.

 

[t hicks]

no Ty Segall

no buy

Spoiler

nah i'll buy it but i'll wait a bit

 

[Adam Tyner]

Oh well, at least I can import the RB3 songs.

If you're talking about on-disc songs, no, you can't. (Maybe one day, but it sure doesn't look like it'll happen at launch.)

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Damn, Metropolis Pt.1 will be soooooo much fun. Wish I still had some of my instruments.

 

[ViciousDS]

Top tier, eh? Meh. Was expecting Floyd or Zeppelin or AC/DC

We already got the greatest hits of AC/DC with the live pack and that had a download code in it.......fucking amazing pack and was worth the buy.

 

[T.O.P]

Oh well :|

 

[cbrun44]

Ouch. Horrible list. Weak, weak songs.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

We already got the greatest hits of AC/DC with the live pack and that had a download code in it.......fucking amazing pack and was worth the buy.

Awful version of Let There Be Rock, though.

 

[nkarafo]

It's a version recorded by the band itself, but it's not the original. It's the one from the Comeblack album.

Bummer.

Not saying this version is bad or anything, i would just love to have the original and play with it's multitracks, mix it as i like, etc. Listening to classic songs in a way that was never possible (and the better audio quality overal) was my main draw it this series.

 

[Banjotanooki]

We already got the greatest hits of AC/DC with the live pack and that had a download code in it.......fucking amazing pack and was worth the buy.

Yea, I bought the live pack but I was hoping we could actually get the studio tracks.

 

[Woffls]

Finally, another* Scorpions song. I wish they were more popular so that we might have gotten a dedicated Guitar Hero release. Soooo many great guitar songs.

Anyway, not enough to convince me. I'll stick with last-gen for guitar games for now.

*It was in Rocks the 80s but PS2 man c'mon

 

[Entropia]

First time I've seen the setlist.

Very nice choice for a Dream Theater song, and awesome that Protomen is in this!! Their best song even too!

 

[Sillution]

Huh. Light Up the Night is a fun inclusion but I think this is the weakest vanilla setlist in a Rock Band so far.

Agreed. This song list seems quite weak IMO.

 

[Kid Ska]

Little Miss Can't Be Wrong and The Impression that I get make up for the rest of the list

 

[ElNino]

No weezer

Well, there are 15 or so Weezer songs already available so I'm not sure if they really needed to add any to the on-disc set list this time.

That being said, there is a Foo Fighters song and they already have a ton of representation in the series.