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[ultron87]

Finally unlocked Shackler's Revenge. That song isn't nearly as bad as people have been making it out to be. It's certainly not as good as a lot of earlier GnR stuff, but it's not awful.

Visions, on the other hand, can go die in a corner, because it is the worst song that has ever appeared in a GH or RB game ever and quite possibly one of the worst I've ever heard.

 

[saunderez]

Chop Suey looks horrible to play on guitar. I know I'll never gold star it, so I'll probably play it as few times as possible.

It is horrible. I failed it twice last night. I'm not looking forward to playing it again tonight.

 

[Archie]

I passed Chop Suey the first time but failed my Feel the Pain sightread, lol.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I can't do riffs like that. I can't gold star Ballroom Blitz because of the brief bit in it that's similar.

 

[Onemic]

Are there even any GAF bands in existence yet?

 

[Struct09]

Listened to the song a ton of times, passed BYOB first try.
Passed 81/84 songs on the RB2 disc first try. I just can't do that song.

Weird. I have yet to pass BYOB

 

[saunderez]

I passed Chop Suey the first time but failed my Feel the Pain sightread, lol.

That is pretty funny, I didn't have any problems with Feel The Pain.

 

[M3wThr33]

Just got this:

Hey folks! Sean coming in with an update! There'll be a patch coming out for Rock Band 2 by the end of this month. It's meant to address a couple issues with game, namely removing Visions. That's pretty much it! Thanks!

 

[LakeEarth]

I'm enjoying the game, though I do miss just being able to unlock everything in order instead of trying to find the right combination of challenges to find each song. I haven't failed a song yet, but I have yet to try the Steely Dan one. Master Exploder kicks ass.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I do wish solo career was still in. Its a much more logical way to play for me.

 

[Costanza]

What's wrong with Visions and why are they removing it? I haven't gotten to it yet.

 

[bounchfx]

it's amazing how much hate visions is getting. as expected, though.

they better not fucking get rid of it.

maybe an option to remuve it, I GUESS, to shut some of you whiny bitches up. suck it up and get used to it, it's an acquired taste but it's ever so delicious. not to say it's the best in the genre or anything, but the genre itself is great.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

it's amazing how much hate visions is getting. as expected, though.

It's not a very good death metal song. Very generic and by the numbers.

 

[M3wThr33]

What's wrong with Visions and why are they removing it? I haven't gotten to it yet.

An update

One more update guys! A little clarification on the upcoming patch. Seems people are wondering about why we're taking out Visions. Frankly, it's because it sucks ass.

 

[TAJ]

Finally unlocked Shackler's Revenge. That song isn't nearly as bad as people have been making it out to be.

It sounds a lot better than it did online. Take out the bass track and it sounds even better.

 

[bounchfx]

It's not a very good death metal song. Very generic and by the numbers.

either way, I'm happy to see that kind of music represented, no matter the hate it receives

 

[fistfulofmetal]

That's stupid. I think some of the songs on RB2 suck ass but that doesn't mean I want them gone.

 

[duderon]

Just got this:

:lol

I better beat it before it's gone!

An update

The song's so bad I kind of believed you

 

[Xevren]

It's amazing how gullible some of you are. :lol

 

[Archie]

You guys actually believe M3wThr33 is being serious ? lol

 

[Uncle AJ]

I'm now noticing that the strum bar on my RB2 Strat requires a fair amount of pressure in order to register.

Nothing is more maddening than seeing your yellow-note streak on Eye of the Tiger constantly being broken because you're alt-strumming too lightly.

 

[saunderez]

Nothing is more maddening than seeing your yellow-note streak on Eye of the Tiger constantly being broken because you're alt-strumming too lightly.

I was having problems with that using both of my Les Pauls and even my Xplorer. I just put it down to bad calibration because its something I know I should be able to hit consistently.

 

[TAJ]

I do wish solo career was still in. Its a much more logical way to play for me.

I wouldn't miss it if they fixed two things.
1. Give me my fucking star ratings in Solo Quickplay, idiots.
2. Unlocking songs in Tour should unlock them in Quickplay. It's ridiculous that you have to beat them first.

 

[vatstep]

Man, the drum trainer is awesome, I could just be in there for hours messing around.

Yeah, definitely. Some of the beats are really challenging on the higher BPM settings, which makes it ever so satisfying when you clear them.

Speaking of patches: if there's a real one any time soon, I really hope they fix the volume on the drum fills. You can barely hear them!

 

[Costanza]

You guys actually believe M3wThr33 is being serious ? lol

shit :lol

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I'm now noticing that the strum bar on my RB2 Strat requires a fair amount of pressure in order to register.

Nothing is more maddening than seeing your yellow-note streak on Eye of the Tiger constantly being broken because you're alt-strumming too lightly.

Maybe my original RB guitar's strum bar was shot to hell, but I'm finding the RB2 guitar's strum bar to be much faster and less tiring. I love it. Whether it's the new strum bar or the auto-calibration or both, this is the first time Rock Band has "felt" as good as the first two Guitar Hero games for me. Fast downstrums are so much easier and I'm not having trouble keeping time any more.

 

[Struct09]

2. Unlocking songs in Tour should unlock them in Quickplay. It's ridiculous that you have to beat them first.

At least with the Tour Challenges you don't have to play them first. There's a number of songs I haven't played in the Tour yet, but I have unlocked.

 

[duffey]

What's wrong with Visions and why are they removing it? I haven't gotten to it yet.

It's death/grind so you know all the hate for metal you have? This song would make you want to kill someone.

I like it but I do regularly listen to that kind of stuff so there's that.

 

[NameGenerated]

Just 4 starred Chop Suey on my sightread. 88% What's up with you all?

 

[TAJ]

You guys actually believe M3wThr33 is being serious ? lol

Seriously. There's no way they'd say that about a fellow employee's band, even if it's true.

 

[TheGreatDave]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ar-praise-unboxed-with-screenshots/#more-9483

 

[Archie]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ar-praise-unboxed-with-screenshots/#more-9483

Jesus Christ that looks bad.

 

[Costanza]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ar-praise-unboxed-with-screenshots/#more-9483

:lol

 

[duderon]

You're buying that, right Dave?

 

[TheGreatDave]

You're buying that, right Dave?

They don't ship here ;_;

 

[Ten-Song]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ar-praise-unboxed-with-screenshots/#more-9483

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/gp_screenshot_02-tn.jpg

You can't insult this game because God will get super pissed at you, the PERFECT cure for snobby internet critics!

Spoiler

I'd say it looks about on par with Rock Revolution though.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

What's wrong with Visions and why are they removing it? I haven't gotten to it yet.

If I had to guess? Because it fucking sucks.

 

[Javaman]

What's wrong with Visions and why are they removing it? I haven't gotten to it yet.

I can't speak for the guitar/bass/dragon, but the drums freaking suck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHWwrTeYLY

edit: 2:07. WTF!

 

[Costanza]

:lol

 

[TheGreatDave]

You can't insult this game because God will get super pissed at you, the PERFECT cure for snobby internet critics!

Spoiler

I'd say it looks about on par with Rock Revolution though.

Rock Revolution has Rush. It also has a release date! A couple of weeks in to October for the stand alone. If only it was likely to be region free...

 

[Oreoleo]

I can't speak for the guitar/bass/dragon, but the drums freaking suck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHWwrTeYLY

That doesn't even look that hard (lol, I'm probably in for a surprise). It's just a really really stupid chart.

 

[Costanza]

Rock Revolution has Rush. It also has a release date! A couple of weeks in to October for the stand alone. If only it was likely to be region free...

I really don't get why you want that so much, Dave.

 

[M3wThr33]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008...ar-praise-unboxed-with-screenshots/#more-9483

Wow. There are some poor design choices there, especially with text overlapping and being so prominent.

Also, ripped off concept wholesale.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I really don't get why you want that so much, Dave.

It has quite a few songs on it I think will be fun. I ain't no hater, I'll give the game the benefit of the doubt. I still don't see how it can be so radically un-fun when it's nearly the exact same gameplay.

 

[Sp3eD]

I do wish solo career was still in. Its a much more logical way to play for me.

Tour Challenge Marathon sessions mimmic the Solo tour. The only reason you would need the old system is if you wanted to play the tiers songs in a different order.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Tour Challenge Marathon sessions mimmic the Solo tour. The only reason you would need the old system is if you wanted to play the tiers songs in a different order.

All these modes complicate my poor brain. It would be a lot easier if I could play the damn game

 

[Costanza]

It has quite a few songs on it I think will be fun. I ain't no hater, I'll give the game the benefit of the doubt. I still don't see how it can be so radically un-fun when it's nearly the exact same gameplay.

Konami will fuck it up somehow. All the music games they've released this gen have been pretty awful on a technical level.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Frets on Fire works, if RR doesn't Konami should just shut down and keep the Kojima and Pro Evo teams churning those games out.

 

[duderon]

That doesn't even look that hard (lol, I'm probably in for a surprise). It's just a really really stupid chart.

It's ridiculously hard and stupid.

 

[DarkJC]

I dont know what you guys are talking about with regards to Chop Suey, it's awesome!

Edit: I also wanted to chime in and say how annoying I find the streak battles. You need to finish the battle for your streak to update, but I screwed up at a point where I knew even if I played perfectly for the rest it wouldn't beat my streak. It kinda sucked :/