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I just traded in RB1 to Blockbuster for $32 and preordered RB2. They're open until 1am and the guy said that I can pick up RB2 at midnight saturday.

weeeeeee
 
TAJ said:
Basically, the old pads could have supported it, just not the controller part.
The original pads were using the same basic technology (this http://www.ufodrums.com/27mmpiezodisc.htm but way smaller) as some great drums, just in a really half-assed way.

EDIT: After reading that Scorehero thread...:lol
Oh, Harmonix... You fail at designing hardware. Why are you still trying at this point?
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You learn something new every day.

Also, what the hell at the new drum kit not supporting two drum pedals out of the box? I thought that was confirmed?
 
TheGreatDave said:
You learn something new every day.

Also, what the hell at the new drum kit not supporting two drum pedals out of the box? I thought that was confirmed?
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They said they were going to daisy-chain, not be on separate ports. I really didn't see any point in it unless they were going to support it in the charts, which we now know they aren't.
 
Belgand said:
I still don't get trading it in. I mean, ok, I don't understand trading in games ever (when I buy something I do so with the understanding that it will be forever), but even in this case. Some of the songs didn't transfer over and even if they did it's nice to have it in case you accidentally delete a song, have hard drive problems, a host of reasons. I really don't trust anything digital to stay safe and reasonably permanent. I mean, I can still play my original cartridge of Bionic Commando today (well, I could if my NES was working), but I doubt I'll have the same ability to replay Rearmed in 20 years.

I'd say that, at least, the peace of mind from having the original disc and being able to re-use it if need be for any sort of reason is well-worth not getting $14 in trade-in credit.
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Those 3 songs are meh, and if I ever need to get the disc again I can just rent it or something.
 
if they really wanted to do the fender bass "whammy" they would have made it so tha t a depressed fret button could detect laterall preassure across the kneck to simulate note bending. That would be fun and similar to actual playing.
 
Costanza said:
Those 3 songs are meh, and if I ever need to get the disc again I can just rent it or something.
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You should've traded it in at Blockbuster. I'm hearing they'd give you $32 towards RB2. I think some stores also close at 1AM, so you could pick it up Saturday night. I'm not completely sure on the latter, I need to do more research. I'd rather drive 5 minutes to Blockbuster instead of 20 to Super Walmart.

Also, tomorrow's DLC announcement day. Let us speculate.
 
Duck said:
You should've traded it in at Blockbuster. I'm hearing they'd give you $32 towards RB2. I think some stores also close at 1AM, so you could pick it up Saturday night. I'm not completely sure on the latter, I need to do more research. I'd rather drive 5 minutes to Blockbuster instead of 20 to Super Walmart.

Also, tomorrow's DLC announcement day. Let us speculate.
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Maiden pack.
 
Duck said:
You should've traded it in at Blockbuster. I'm hearing they'd give you $32 towards RB2. I think some stores also close at 1AM, so you could pick it up Saturday night. I'm not completely sure on the latter, I need to do more research. I'd rather drive 5 minutes to Blockbuster instead of 20 to Super Walmart.

Also, tomorrow's DLC announcement day. Let us speculate.
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GNR Mega Pack. Metallica Pack 02, Iron Maiden Pack, Black Sabbath Masters, and some more Nu Metal for Constansa.
 
Colbert's awesome song helped me get Gold's on Drums and Bass Expert. For whatever reason, I always miss that last Red+Orange chord near the end, so I'm having trouble with Guitar, but should nail it soon.
 
Duck said:
You should've traded it in at Blockbuster. I'm hearing they'd give you $32 towards RB2. I think some stores also close at 1AM, so you could pick it up Saturday night. I'm not completely sure on the latter, I need to do more research. I'd rather drive 5 minutes to Blockbuster instead of 20 to Super Walmart.

Also, tomorrow's DLC announcement day. Let us speculate.
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Shit, I would have went to Blockbuster if I knew they bought used games. I haven't been to a Blockbuster in years.
 
Duck said:
You should've traded it in at Blockbuster. I'm hearing they'd give you $32 towards RB2. I think some stores also close at 1AM, so you could pick it up Saturday night. I'm not completely sure on the latter, I need to do more research. I'd rather drive 5 minutes to Blockbuster instead of 20 to Super Walmart.

Also, tomorrow's DLC announcement day. Let us speculate.
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last time I tried to trade something into blockbuster they tried to make me give a fingerprint.

fuck that
 
Blu_LED said:
I thought they confirmed that RB2 DLC will work with RB1....right?
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You need a voucher from Rock Band 2 to download those songs. Whether or not they'll work with RB1 once you've downloaded them is unknown. If they're good songs and they do work, it's possible I will import a copy of Rock Band 2 just for the code. Shoot me now.
 
What's with this voucher? I thought there was one Music store across both games with the same songs listed with the same charts. What's changed?
 
Costanza said:
The 20 bonus songs won't be on the store. You'll have to redeem a code.
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They won't be on the store? Is there proof behind that? My assumption would be that a redemption code will give you those 20 songs for free but they will still let you BUY the songs if you don't want to buy Rock Band 2.
 
Does anyone know that if/when they turn over RB DLC each day to RB2 DLC, they will release it on PS3, or will they just release the 4 weeks worth of it the day the PS3 version comes out?
 
ahoyhoy said:
What's with this voucher? I thought there was one Music store across both games with the same songs listed with the same charts. What's changed?
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You dont get the songs direct of the in-game store, you instead get them from the redeem voucher part of the dashboard.... it is ways like that that Harmonix was screw Europeans that little bit more!
 
StrikerObi said:
They won't be on the store? Is there proof behind that? My assumption would be that a redemption code will give you those 20 songs for free but they will still let you BUY the songs if you don't want to buy Rock Band 2.
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That's my hope, but the fact they're supposed to be part of the Rock Band 2 setlist, but they just "didn't have time" to put them on the disc (or whatever they said) makes me think it may not be that simple.

A little more transparency with things like this would be lovely, Harmonix.
 
Keyser Soze said:
You dont get the songs direct of the in-game store, you instead get them from the redeem voucher part of the dashboard.... it is ways like that that Harmonix was screw Europeans that little bit more!
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This doesn't mean they WON'T be in the music store. The Music Store is just an in-game front end for the Marketplace. You can't redeem the code via the music store, but I'm sure you could buy all those 20 songs if you really wanted to (if you really didn't want RB2).
 
Blu_LED said:
Does anyone know that if/when they turn over RB DLC each day to RB2 DLC, they will release it on PS3, or will they just release the 4 weeks worth of it the day the PS3 version comes out?
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what?
 
StrikerObi said:
This doesn't mean they WON'T be in the music store. The Music Store is just an in-game front end for the Marketplace. You can't redeem the code via the music store, but I'm sure you could buy all those 20 songs if you really wanted to (if you really didn't want RB2).
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If something like this happens then Europeans better get another 20 songs for free upon our official release...
 
sneaky77 said:
what?
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Every week they relse RB1 DLC. Starting Sunday they will no longer relese RB1 DLC and will start relesing them as RB2 DLC. Will these RB2 songs that come out ever week also be relesed on the Playstation Network, or will they just release all the ones that 360 is getting the day the PS3 version comes out.
 
Blu_LED said:
Every week they relse RB1 DLC. Starting Sunday they will no longer relese RB1 DLC and will start relesing them as RB2 DLC. Will these RB2 songs that come out ever week also be relesed on the Playstation Network, or will they just release all the ones that 360 is getting the day the PS3 version comes out.
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the dlc works on both games so i dont think they will stop the ps3 releases
 
Blu_LED said:
Every week they relse RB1 DLC. Starting Sunday they will no longer relese RB1 DLC and will start relesing them as RB2 DLC. Will these RB2 songs that come out ever week also be relesed on the Playstation Network, or will they just release all the ones that 360 is getting the day the PS3 version comes out.
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From now on, all songs will be released for RB1 and RB2 at the same time, if the Xbox marketplace is anything to go by. The RB2 section there gets stuff at the same time as the RB1 section.
 
TheGreatDave said:
Some would call that downloadable content.
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Not if the songs were licensed for disc content (ala Rock Band 1 disc songs)

If all the songs on RB2's disc were under the same guidelines as #1, then there is no way they could give those to RB1 players for free.

We are going to go though the same shit again in RB3 (probably losing many more songs). Mark my words.
 
Sp3eD said:
Not if the songs were licensed for disc content (ala Rock Band 1 disc songs)

If all the songs on RB2's disc were under the same guidelines as #1, then there is no way they could give those to RB1 players for free.

We are going to go though the same shit again in RB3 (probably losing many more songs). Mark my words.
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This whole thing is a joke. I love the franchise, but can we seriously just call it that instead of platform? Then I wouldn't be annoyed when things like this happen.
 
Sp3eD said:
Not if the songs were licensed for disc content (ala Rock Band 1 disc songs)

If all the songs on RB2's disc were under the same guidelines as #1, then there is no way they could give those to RB1 players for free.

We are going to go though the same shit again in RB3 (probably losing many more songs). Mark my words.
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there wont be a rb3 is a platform.
 
Sp3eD said:
Not if the songs were licensed for disc content (ala Rock Band 1 disc songs)

If all the songs on RB2's disc were under the same guidelines as #1, then there is no way they could give those to RB1 players for free.

We are going to go though the same shit again in RB3 (probably losing many more songs). Mark my words.
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Well, the artists for the Bonus Downloads were all licensed under the disc license, if it's at all different.
 
StrikerObi said:
They won't be on the store? Is there proof behind that? My assumption would be that a redemption code will give you those 20 songs for free but they will still let you BUY the songs if you don't want to buy Rock Band 2.
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On the back of your RB2 instruction manual, there is a code. You have to go to this website: http://www.rockband.com/bonustracks/ and enter that code. It is then supposed to e-mail you a redemption code which you claim on the Xbox Live Marketplace to download the songs whenever they go up. When you go to that website now, it says come back later.
 
I played about an hour or so and it's like falling in love all over again. Character creation offers some new options but I had to force myself to stop exploring because I wanted to play. Love that you can do a local tour now with just one player. Love the songs so far. The loading feels faster too.

Beer + Hungry Like The Wolf = OMG Awesome
 
whatdidyousay said:
I played about an hour or so and it's like falling in love all over again. Character creation offers some new options but I had to force myself to stop exploring because I wanted to play. Love that you can do a local tour now with just one player. Love the songs so far. The loading feels faster too.

Beer + Hungry Like The Wolf = OMG Awesome
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I am seething with white hot, hungry jealousy.
 
I picked up a Bass and it's pretty cool. The only problem with it is the downstrum doesn't work. I'm 95% sure that it's not intentional so I'm taking it back in a couple of days (fucking hurricane) and probably getting a replacement plan on a new one.
 
BenjaminBirdie said:
I am seething with white hot, hungry jealousy.
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Don't be, Ben! You're going to be playing the hell out of this game soon enough...

Oh, and I will say that Eye of the Tiger is an AWESOME way to kick off the game!
 
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