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Affeinvasion said:
Perfect enough to enjoy

I guess RB2 wasn't the full body orgasm everyone was expecting...
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The point was that it's fair game to voice ones displeasure at expectations not met or paradigms shifting in the wrong direction.

How else will they improve stuff for RB3?
 
NameGenerated said:
OK so I'm kind of in a drum predicament. All throughout RB1 I played drums on the normal setting (not lefty flip), however, I am left handed. Playing today I realized I just can't keep up with the speed on some songs as my right arm gets tired pretty fast. So I decided to turn on lefty-flip and head into the drum trainer. It's very weird to play like that but I know my left arm is much more suitable for all the hits on the blue pad, rather than my right arm getting tired from all of the ones on the yellow pad. Should I keep at this, it still feels strange to play on the other side of the kit and I'm not used to the fast hits either but I assume this will help me in the long run, right?

I play on Hard btw so this will most likely help for Expert play.
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I'm quoting this because I didn't really get any input, aside from Pedro. But anyways, I was just playing and I decided to do the same song first on lefty flip than again on righty. Of course I dominated on righty and lefty had me missing a ton of easy notes. Just wondering, should I keep at this on lefty or no?

For all the lefties out there, do you play lefty-flip on drums? I'm not sure where to go from here.
 
Man, a Metallica album would be awesome.

Any Metallica album (minus St. Anger, sorry BBG) would be awesome.

The black album would be great; I want Enter Sandman back.
 
Affeinvasion said:
Renting Rock Revolution may be one of my funniest episodes of throwing away money at Blockbuster (and I've rented Lost Highway).
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I hope you die in a fire enter into a bizarre fugue state to deal with the inexplicable murder of your wife.

Lost Highway was wonderful. Also, the soundtrack was pretty damn great aside from the parts where it wasn't. Lou Reed's cover of "This Magic Moment" is absolute perfection.

C'mon Dave, you're into TP... back me up here... please?
 
Affeinvasion said:
Renting Rock Revolution may be one of my funniest episodes of throwing away money at Blockbuster (and I've rented Lost Highway).
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Same here, I wasted my money renting Lost Highway twice.
Fortunately I learned my lesson and bought it on VHS and later DVD.

Belgand said:
I hope you die in a fire enter into a bizarre fugue state to deal with the inexplicable murder of your wife.
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I hope his wife/girlfriend is really Robert Blake in drag.
 
Belgand said:
I hope you die in a fire enter into a bizarre fugue state to deal with the inexplicable murder of your wife.

Lost Highway was wonderful. Also, the soundtrack was pretty damn great aside from the parts where it wasn't. Lou Reed's cover of "This Magic Moment" is absolute perfection.

C'mon Dave, you're into TP... back me up here... please?
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Lost Highway doesn't need defending, but I'm with you. It's not at the top of my favourite Lynch films but it's still awesome.
 
TheGreatDave said:
Lost Highway doesn't need defending, but I'm with you. It's not at the top of my favourite Lynch films but it's still awesome.
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I do find it interesting that while Lost Highway didn't do as well upon release Mulholland Drive was a very similar film in many ways, but had people lining up to chug Lynch's hog over how great it was. Frankly I prefer Lost Highway although Mulholland Drive was good. Maybe people just need gratuitous lesbian scenes.

I still need to eventually get around to watching Inland Empire. I mean, it's on instant watch on Netflix even. I could watch right now if I felt like it. But no, I'm not doing it.

Actually, I'm going to go watch Come Drink With Me... I've been meaning to do so for a number of days already.

Oh, and the Man From Another Place totally fucking lied to me. Teaberry gum still isn't popular. Fucking backwards-talking bastard. I'll show him wrapped in plastic!
 
Inland Empire I just couldn't really enjoy. It's kinda of like...by it's very design I find it hard to watch. Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive I thought were fantastically shot and great looking films, and I find myself unable to enjoy Inland because of the way it's filmed. And it's even more abstract sense of plot.

Mulholland did have tits, but I think it also had a plot that people could kinda get in to before it twisted it on it's head and messed everything around. Lost Highway was always a movie you had to pay more attention to. Which I'd rather watch is based more on mood than opinion.
 
OK, Dr. Feelgood is up. The tracks are medium difficulty, and are a blast to play. Of note so far are the solos; they flow very well, aren't completely random, and still provide challenge. Unfortunately, it sounds like Harmonix has remixed or rerecorded a lot of the vocals. The original album's vocal tracks were multi-layered, and effected. The tracks here sound almost dry and empty by comparison.
 
AMUSIX said:
OK, Dr. Feelgood is up. The tracks are medium difficulty, and are a blast to play. Of note so far are the solos; they flow very well, aren't completely random, and still provide challenge. Unfortunately, it sounds like Harmonix has remixed or rerecorded a lot of the vocals. The original album's vocal tracks were multi-layered, and effected. The tracks here sound almost dry and empty by comparison.
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Hmm... I could see why they might do that for the purposes of the vocal portion of the game, but it still seems like a very poor idea.
 
Belgand said:
Hmm... I could see why they might do that for the purposes of the vocal portion of the game, but it still seems like a very poor idea.
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Yeah, it definintely is. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time Harmonix has done this. Luckily it seems to only be really noticeable on certain tracks.

A few small things. The zipper and giggle at the beginning of "She Goes Down" isn't there, which is too bad. However, it doesn't seem like there are any censored lines in any songs (surprising, considering Sir Psycho Sexy). A number of tracks seem to be mis-tiered, most glaringly is Rattlesnake Shake, which is tier 4 (3 dots) but feels more like tier 5 in most of the song, and 6 in the solo.

I can't wait for some kid to be singing She Goes Down around mom. "Rated T for Teen"


oh, and the solos might be some of the most fun in the game. They really feel like the metal versions of the Grateful Dead solos. Flow very well, melodic, and a great balance between runs and sustained notes.
 
To be honest the DLC looks fun. I just feel no motivation to pay money to hear Motley Crue. Plus I'm kinda in that transitional phase where RB1 feels outdated and dull.
 
TheGreatDave said:
To be honest the DLC looks fun. I just feel no motivation to pay money to hear Motley Crue. Plus I'm kinda in that transitional phase where RB1 feels outdated and dull.
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I was too ashamed to say this myself :(
 
Yeah, the charts looks pretty good. But repeatedly hitting myself in the head with a hammer to be able to stand the songs is too great of a health risk.
 
My god, only a retarded neanderthal could find these lyrics to be at all interesting or clever.
The charts could be fun to play, maybe if the TV volume was completely off.

Sticky sweet
The way she walks
The way she talks
Sticky sweet
Oooh all the time
Sticky sweet
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Doing the rattlesnake shake
Shake, shake, shake
Rattlesnake shake
Make my body ache
Rattlesnake shake
Shake, shake, shake
Rattlesnake shake
It's all I can take
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Of course this will sell 5x as well as Doolittle...
 
NameGenerated said:
I'm quoting this because I didn't really get any input, aside from Pedro. But anyways, I was just playing and I decided to do the same song first on lefty flip than again on righty. Of course I dominated on righty and lefty had me missing a ton of easy notes. Just wondering, should I keep at this on lefty or no?

For all the lefties out there, do you play lefty-flip on drums? I'm not sure where to go from here.
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I'm lefty but have never really used the lefty flip on drums. But I don't really find my right arm getting tired keeping time, either. In fact I think I'd be completely screwed on those snare rolls (more than I already am, anyway) if I wasn't using my left arm for them.

In contrast, I started the original Guitar Hero playing righty, and maxed out somewhere in Medium. Then I switched to lefty, and after about twenty minutes of adjustment I was ten times better at the game.
 
I've seen the bundles and they're a lot smaller this time around - I have no idea where the guitar is, as the box is pretty much the size of the standalone drum kit. o:
 
xbhaskarx said:
My god, only a retarded neanderthal could find these lyrics to be at all interesting or clever.
The charts could be fun to play, maybe if the TV volume was completely off.



Of course this will sell 5x as well as Doolittle...
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Too bad most of Doolittle isn't really fun to play (with a great exception going to Debaser).
 
birdman said:
Too bad most of Doolittle isn't really fun to play (with a great exception going to Debaser).
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Yeah like I said, some of these songs definitely look like they could be fun to play.
But I just can't buy most of them, I'll get 2-3 max.
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
In contrast, I started the original Guitar Hero playing righty, and maxed out somewhere in Medium. Then I switched to lefty, and after about twenty minutes of adjustment I was ten times better at the game.
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I'm a lefty and I play righty because I first played with friends and didn't even know the option existed.
Why was guitar so much easier after you switched?
 
xbhaskarx said:
Yeah like I said, some of these songs definitely look like they could be fun to play.
But I just can't buy most of them.
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I definitely know what you mean though. Most of Motley Crue's lyrics are uninspiring and downright dumb. Every so often, however, they seem to get it right.

xbhaskarx said:
I'm a lefty and I play righty because I first played with friends and didn't even know the option existed.
Why was guitar so much easier after you switched?
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I gotta ask this too, because I'm a lefty who plays real guitar right-handed. I'm in the school of thought where it makes more sense to have the dominant hand be the one that has to do the more precise actions.
 
birdman said:
I gotta ask this too, because I'm a lefty who plays real guitar right-handed. I'm in the school of thought where it makes more sense to have the dominant hand be the one that has to do the more precise actions.
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I've played lefty from the beginning. I just can't strum fast enough with my right hand to hang at expert level. Also, my right hand is used to pressing buttons all the time, so it's fairly dexterous, at least in that regard.
 
xbhaskarx said:
Or how about Death to the Pixies?
At this point I'm over the whole album thing, give me the greatest hits or make a 6-10 song pack along those lines.
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Ideal situation would be to just pick the 10-12 best Pixies songs for the game, but that is a luxury only The Who and No Doubt receive.
 
birdman said:
I gotta ask this too, because I'm a lefty who plays real guitar right-handed. I'm in the school of thought where it makes more sense to have the dominant hand be the one that has to do the more precise actions.
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Fretting/pressing buttons isn't actually as demanding as strumming, which really needs limb independence. The strumming hand is the "rhythm" hand and it's a lot easier to keep time with your dominant hand.

Of course this is the exact opposite of what I was saying with the Rock Band drums, but then they are two completely different instruments, and fake simplified versions of real instruments, to boot.

Also, I play real guitar left-handed as well, and have never played real drums. If you've been playing real guitar right-handed you're probably already used to playing rhythm with your right hand. (Though you probably would have learned faster with your left!)
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
Fretting/pressing buttons isn't actually as demanding as strumming, which really needs limb independence. The strumming hand is the "rhythm" hand and it's a lot easier to keep time with your dominant hand.

Of course this is the exact opposite of what I was saying with the Rock Band drums, but then they are two completely different instruments, and fake simplified versions of real instruments, to boot.

Also, I play real guitar left-handed as well, and have never played real drums. If you've been playing real guitar right-handed you're probably already used to playing rhythm with your right hand. (Though you probably would have learned faster with your left!)
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Never thought about it that way. Makes a lot of sense now. Thanks.
 
Yeah, Motley Crue is similar to Nickelback in that most of their songs sound the same. And the lyrics are mostly trash, some sex references ≠ holy crap awesome.

That said, Kickstart My Heart and Dr Feelgood are both awesome to listen to and (from the youtube vids) fun to play. Those are obvious purchases.
 
Duck said:
Yeah, Motley Crue is similar to Nickelback in that most of their songs sound the same. And the lyrics are mostly trash, some sex references ≠ holy crap awesome.

That said, Kickstart My Heart and Dr Feelgood are both awesome to listen to and (from the youtube vids) fun to play. Those are obvious purchases.
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Never. say. that. ever. No one needs to be compared to Nickelback.
 
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