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Rock Band 4 |OT| We're Putting The Rock Band Back Together
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R_thanatos
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i can't ... SCEE mistakes needs to be written into a book for the future generations at this point..
*written in hope that it never happens again*
*written in hope that it never happens again*
Baron von Loathsome
Member
It's been there for a few weeks.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
There is not. BC doesn't support games with peripherals, and the Beatles rights-holders are still not willing to let the songs be exported into the mainline games.
SolidusDave
Member
whats the status of RB1 export on PAL PSN?
delisted songs will be available eventually if you bought them originally. it's another item on the list of things harmonix needs to get sorted out and they have said they will.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Damn! Thanks for the update.
Annoys me too, especially since I only really started getting into the Beatles last year. I mean, I liked them and respected them, but I bought my first actual Beatles CD last fall.
SCEE basically can't be bothered with us.
PROh1bited
Banned
Delisted songs will come over, just not till the exports are done.
What I love about the Beatles in RB is not that they are at all hard songs, but many can I just chill after a hard day of work and enjoy it.
I was hoping things changed with the whole streaming the Beatles music, I guess not.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
It could, but it hasn't yet.
The issue was the songs had to be played by the Beatles, as I recall. So it would probably require adding the Beatles characters and dreamscapes and whatnot. Which would be cool, but I'm not expecting it.
I wonder if just having visualizations in the background, and doing without the environment or character models whenever a Beatles song comes up would satisfy that. Maybe it's not a problem if it's not the Beatles playing the song if technically no one on screen is playing the song?
breadtruck
Member
This is something that makes me hesitate to buy RB4. I would vastly prefer to reuse all the plastic instruments I already have, especially considering they all still work perfectly.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Played a little Guitar Hero 5 on the PS3 this weekend and holy shit does it make me appreciate Rock Band more. The performance was crappy and dropping frames pretty consistently during songs, the HOPO notes are way harder to read as such since they're the same size as regular notes, and though the GH5 guitar feels solid, the buttons are way harder to press. Not fun at all.
toymachine
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Well, it's on PS3 so that seems about right
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Deleted member 57681
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They teased the DLC with a pic of ALF.
ALF had it's premiere in Europe seven months after the US.
ALF had it's premiere in Europe seven months after the US.
Something new and awesome eh? So delaying the DLC announcement is new and awesome? This better be good!
Baron von Loathsome
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brokeNCYDE 12-pack.
toymachine
Member
They teased the DLC with a pic of ALF.
ALF had it's premiere in Europe seven months after the US.
Cats DLC, nice
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Well, the DLC announcement is late, wonder if they have something special in store!
(here's the official PR)
NEW DLC ARRIVES TOMORROW FOR ROCK BAND 4
HARMONIX CONTINUES TO RELEASE GREAT NEW ROCK BAND 4 CONTENT EVERY MONTH
BOSTON, MA, February 1, 2016 – The new free game update for Rock Band™ 4 hits tomorrow as Harmonix also announces the details of the February downloadable content (DLC) that will be available for purchase. Looking ahead, Harmonix has created an exciting schedule of new artists, new tracks, and new features, as well as ongoing fixes that will be released regularly so that Rock Band 4 remains the best possible experience for fans. As always, Harmonix remains committed to listening to the Rock Band community to identify the most sought-after updates.
The heart and soul of Rock Band 4 is its phenomenal artist lineup and great tracks, and that Hall of Fame rotation just got bigger. Tomorrow’s new DLC will be available for $1.99 per track.
Available on Xbox One and PlayStation®4 on February 2, 2016:
Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - “Get Lucky”
Kelly Clarkson - “Heartbeat Song”
Outkast - “Hey Ya!”
More playable songs are scheduled to be available for purchase as DLC throughout the month. The list of artists is below, with specific tracks to be announced soon! New artists on tap for February include:
Bruno Mars
Five Finger Death Punch
Generation X
J. Geils Band
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
masaya matsuura
Motörhead
Orleans
Royal Blood
Zac Brown Band
Additionally, Harmonix is constantly listening to its fans and responding with new updates to make Rock Band 4 the ultimate experience. February’s free update includes:
Scores earned via Play a Show mode now post to the leaderboards;
New Rock Shop items include Raz’s helmet from Double Fine’s Psychonauts as well as a Whispering Rock t-shirt;
Puts the end to several scoring exploits, including the Band Overdrive issue;
Several fixes that improve scoring issues with the Freestyle Guitar Solo system;
Audio mix adjustments which result in a more “full” and “live” mix, as well as several minor bug updates.
Finally, Harmonix continues to address known leaderboard anomalies and exploits and has reset the leaderboard so that everyone starts rocking on a level new playing field.
Shift Breaker
Member
Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I'll pass on the Kelly Clarkson song, not too keen on it unlike her other two in the game, but the other two songs from this week* are definite buys.
*July 11th 2017 on EU PSN.
Can't complain about more Motorhead and some Royal Blood. Maybe Overkill '08 finally makes its RB debut?
*July 11th 2017 on EU PSN.
Can't complain about more Motorhead and some Royal Blood. Maybe Overkill '08 finally makes its RB debut?
PROh1bited
Banned
OMFG ROYAL BLOOD!!! And Hey Ya! And Get Lucky!!!!!
ncsuDuncan
Member
Hey Ya!
Get Lucky
Awesome! Great songs for karaoke parties, well worth my $4.
Get Lucky
Awesome! Great songs for karaoke parties, well worth my $4.
Colonel Nasty
Member
This is a good post
hmmm none of the songs for this week interest me. (I dislike get lucky and heart break song and I can't listen to outcast's hey ya when this version exists.)
none of the new artists really interest me.
and none of the update stuff interest me (update feels really lackluster to me)
guess I don't have to care about rock band 4 at all this month.
I don't like this new format... at least in the past I could hold out hope
I suppose those are just new artists to maybe I will get a song or two from artists I like that are already in the game.
yup, had to look it up and got slightly interested... then remembered that keyboard isn't part of rock band 4 and just got sad :/
none of the new artists really interest me.
and none of the update stuff interest me (update feels really lackluster to me)
guess I don't have to care about rock band 4 at all this month.
I don't like this new format... at least in the past I could hold out hope
I suppose those are just new artists to maybe I will get a song or two from artists I like that are already in the game.
yup, had to look it up and got slightly interested... then remembered that keyboard isn't part of rock band 4 and just got sad :/
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Hey Ya! and Get Lucky are surefire purchases for me! That's the sort of top 10 shit I love! Heartbeat Song is sloppy musical diarrhea for me so that's getting a wide berth. Orleans being a future DLC pick is a big fucking deal for me! Fantastic group, they got overlooked so often. Hope "Let There Be Music" is the song they use from their discography!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEt9PPBGfJA
Motörhead, Generation X, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, J. Geils Band, & FFDP are all very welcome as well! Zac Brown Band is a mixed bag, hope they pick "Heavy Is The Head" or "Graveyard"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn04sCD3Hb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBm4Tx2bRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEt9PPBGfJA
Motörhead, Generation X, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, J. Geils Band, & FFDP are all very welcome as well! Zac Brown Band is a mixed bag, hope they pick "Heavy Is The Head" or "Graveyard"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn04sCD3Hb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBm4Tx2bRo
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Deleted member 57681
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Some cool tunes. Looking forward to playing them in April.
And Overkill would just be
And Overkill would just be
toymachine
Member
it's you!
Agreed, It's you. Now go buy some teen pop DLC.
Also Hey Ya is a classic. That song should be in EVERYONE'S touch.
PROh1bited
Banned
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Doesn't seem that hard, fast sure, but the pattern doesn't seem overly complex. Guitar looked WAY easier than I thought it'd be. A lot of pauses!
EDIT: Drums for Hey Ya! look crazy easy!
PrematureQuiche
Member
Taylor Swift is never coming to Rock Band is she :/
Hey Ya is a must-buy, I'll skip the shitty The Middle rip-off and I'm really not sure about Get Lucky. One one hand I'm really happy that Daft Punk is finally coming to Rock Band since it's one of my favorite electronic acts, on the other hand I'm really disappointed that it's Get Lucky. It's probably one of my least favorite DP songs and the guitar will be hell.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Psh, give me "Something About Us" above all else! Followed by "Digital Love"
Oh hell, I'll be nice and throw in "Fragments Of Time" from RAM as well!
Calcium
Banned
Wow, that's some nice DLC. I'll be getting Daft Punk for sure.
So I was just playing the game and I was trying to get gold on Valhalla. I'm at like 47 gold stars and I really want to get to 50. 75% through the song my fucking drum stick snaps and without missing a beat I flipped the stick around and finished with the other end and wound up getting the gold. I'm not even mad about the stick breaking, that was fucking awesome.
So I was just playing the game and I was trying to get gold on Valhalla. I'm at like 47 gold stars and I really want to get to 50. 75% through the song my fucking drum stick snaps and without missing a beat I flipped the stick around and finished with the other end and wound up getting the gold. I'm not even mad about the stick breaking, that was fucking awesome.
Heartbreak Song looks harder to FC.
Partly from the quick notes, but mostly from the fact that I'm not going to buy it.