Common sense probably says yes
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Rock Band Blitz |OT| Rocking Out in the Instrument-Free World
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Common sense probably says yes
Waldo Lydecker
Member
Waldo Lydecker probably says damn...
Just don't have to have anything cut out. Who cares? Unless you're awful, 95% of the time the song is just playing normally anyway.
thekonamicode
Member
I would recommend changing tracks as often as you can catch purple and white notes all while keeping an eye on your multiplier levels per instrument per song section all while trying to stay in blitz mode as long as you can.
I would recommend changing tracks as often as you can catch purple and white notes all while keeping an eye on your multiplier levels per instrument per song section all while trying to stay in blitz mode as long as you can.
Wow, I'm totally not sure on whether or not to buy this game. Why can't it just be exactly like Unplugged?
thekonamicode
Member
Something about "they wanted to make a different game". It might not be for everyone, but I have 122,780,000 points on the xbox live leader-boards, so needless to say, I love this game!!!
You switch tracks to maximize the point value, keeping consideration the powerups you've chosen and the notes that will activate those powerups. Also keeping up the multiplier for each instrument throughout the song, then simply playing instruments with the most notes for maximum points
I think this is why I'm not having any trouble with coins at the moment.
Because core RB games wouldn't be able to read the DLC inside a game? It didn't bother me, I just played, kept the thing downloading and after a few songs it was ready.
Like I said, using the Drumx2+Bandmate in Everlong/Run To The Hills racks up a shitload of points.
PedroLumpy
Member
It's good that many people aren't having money trouble, but that's not really the issue. All this currency system does is hurt some peoples experience with the game. It doesn't add anything to anyone, it just takes away from some. If that's not enough reason for it to go, then I don't know what else to say. For those of you not having money problems, it wouldn't affect you if the whole currency system disappeared, so why not remove it if it helps others?
The Facebook app in and of itself doesn't even sound like that big a deal, it's the currency part of it that's the problem. Someone in another thread mentioned using it as a friend's list extension. Perhaps an uncommon issue, but perfectly valid. Without the currency stuff, it's harmless to those who don't want to use it.
The Facebook app in and of itself doesn't even sound like that big a deal, it's the currency part of it that's the problem. Someone in another thread mentioned using it as a friend's list extension. Perhaps an uncommon issue, but perfectly valid. Without the currency stuff, it's harmless to those who don't want to use it.
toythatkills
Member
The reason people aren't having money trouble yet is because of that totally pointless first three hours in which you haven't unlocked all the power-ups, so aren't able to spend all your coins.
As soon as people play it a bit more the economy will fuck them.
As soon as people play it a bit more the economy will fuck them.
SketchTheArtist
Member
So for someone who absolutely loves Amplitude and Frequency, is it worth it?
giancarlo123x
Banned
Demo is really fun, might pick this up in the future.
It's barely like them. Sadly.
SketchTheArtist
Member
Argh....yeah, watched some videos. What I loved about the previous games is that you had to play all the tracks yourselves otherwise it would be silence. So you could start with the bass, then the vocals, the first drums, then the guitar, etc. It would just stack up. Now it sounds like they just lower the volume a little. There's no progression.
Baconsammy
Banned
Argh....yeah, watched some videos. What I loved about the previous games is that you had to play all the tracks yourselves otherwise it would be silence. So you could start with the bass, then the vocals, the first drums, then the guitar, etc. It would just stack up. Now it sounds like they just lower the volume a little. There's no progression.
It's similar in look, but nothing like it in execution, sadly.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
I would like to know who in Harmonix thought it was a good idea to make the Blitz songs a separate download on PS3. I figured the "Blitz pack" download was for the songs to work on RB3 (export), not for it to work on Blitz. I was wondering where the hell the Blitz songs were until I read that you have to download the pack to play the Blitz songs in Blitz. Seriously, wtf.
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I don't see the issue? The songs are playable in Rock Band 3. What if people just want the songs only?
I mean duh, of course you have to download the Blitz songs to play in Blitz. It's not gonna magically stream into your game
(at least on X360, the download prompt pops up automatically when you play, I guess it's different on PS3)
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
I know they're playable in Rock Band 3. That's what I figured the Blitz pack download was. I didn't know that you had to download the pack to play those songs within Blitz. If you don't download that pack, you'll only have like 3 demo songs in Blitz to play. For some reason the download prompt didn't boot up the first time I booted the game. It was until the second time that I received the prompt to download. Must have been a bug or something.
GroundCombo
Member
Quoted for emphasis. I still haven't heard any feasible reason for this "economy" other than potential IAPs or other marketing. It doesn't add anything to the game; on the contrary, it's acting against the player. The game looks fun to me and as an old Freq and Amp fan I'd really like to throw some more money in Harmonix's direction, but these kinds of systems are a gigantic blood-pressure-raising red flag for me personally.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Really dumb question, but where do you go to download this on Xbox 360? When I go to the Rock Band Blitz page, all I can do is rate the game.
darkressurection
Banned
Probably won't be up on 360 for another 3 hours.
Baconsammy
Banned
You go into the future about 6 hours.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh, all this talk about facebook made me thought it was already out.
(Unless it was already out on PSN).
darkressurection
Banned
It is out on PSN already, also HMX gave away a bunch of codes to people.
god that looks terrible. i think im going to skip the demo.
GotchaForce
Member
Staying up to dl so I can go to bed, c'mon....
Vert boil
Member
You can buy it from this link (click the buy game button on the side) but no demo available yet.
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-ca/P...5-d8025841122d?DownloadType=GameDemo#LiveZone
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-ca/P...5-d8025841122d?DownloadType=GameDemo#LiveZone
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, just the first time. It's maybe 20 seconds all the other times.
AndyMoogle
Member
I'm getting major skipping/freezing when playing this game. It's completely unplayable. I hope it's not my HDD that's about to die.
EDIT: Yeah... I think my HDD is dying. I can't even download the track pack. It just sits there at 33%.
EDIT: Yeah... I think my HDD is dying. I can't even download the track pack. It just sits there at 33%.
I had 35/70, which seemed totally wrong, but it worked so...
Also, disco beats = death. Just, death.
R_thanatos
Member
Big precision : The download prompt when you start the game on PS3 too .
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Anyway i'm extremly disapointed by the coins you have to spent to use power-ups..
i fear what happens when i'll run out of coins ? Buy more on the store ? Nice try ! but seeing as i have 200+ songs already i don't think i'll want to spent my money for things like this...
Zeouterlimits
Member
360/PS3? Any issues with other games? Have you restarted the system since the problems arose?
AndyMoogle
Member
360. I'm in the dashboard beta, so perhaps it's just a glitch. I restarted the console and now the track pack is downloading just fine. I'm still going to do a backup of all my saves just in case.
AndyMoogle
Member
Still not out in EU?
I'm assuming you're referring to the PS3 version. If I remember correctly, the store should be updated in 35 mins.
AlphaTwo00
Member
So if you try to launch a trial song, the game throws an error screen, then throws you back to the Title Screen.
And of course, there's no distinction between RBN Trial songs on the song selection screen.
Talk about odd oversight.
And of course, there's no distinction between RBN Trial songs on the song selection screen.
Talk about odd oversight.
Mister Game
Project Director, Harmonix
We have no plans to ever sell coins for real money.
I am in the dashboard beta and played a couple songs this morning with no issues.
Mister Game
Project Director, Harmonix
Argh....yeah, watched some videos. What I loved about the previous games is that you had to play all the tracks yourselves otherwise it would be silence. So you could start with the bass, then the vocals, the first drums, then the guitar, etc. It would just stack up. Now it sounds like they just lower the volume a little. There's no progression.
We actually tried that first. It works great for the electronica/pop heavy soundtrack of Amp and Freq, but for the larger and more diverse Rock Band catalog it was often very disconcerting (or even unpleasant) to listen to songs with no vocals or drums.
And when we decided to go with all tracks unlocked at once it made sense to play all the tracks. There IS a slider in the options that let's you boost the active track (actually attenuate the other tracks) to a greater degree, but they are never going to go away completely.
Understood this may not be your preference, but this is a different game. The plate-spinning of the earlier games is still there, it's just focused on points instead of track unlocks.
Mister Game
Project Director, Harmonix
This has been asked a bunch of times, so let me explain.
We wanted to have all the Blitz songs instantly playable in RB3. The best and easiest way to do that, without having two copies of each song sitting on your hard drive, was to have a separate download of the Soundtrack. This is actually a pack of 25 Rock Band 3 format DLC songs which RB3 can read and play instantly.
So you still have 3 songs duplicated (the 3 trial songs are included in both the trial/core game download and the pack), but that seemed like the least evil thing to do.
Because, you know, we're really stupid and we never ever think things through, or do things that make sense HUR DUR DHUR...
Oh I see, yeah got a link to the eu blog with the game on it. Played the US demo for a bit just now and it seems alright
Kinda impossible to get 5* but I suppose that comes with practice.Similar threads
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