Rock Band gets new music out of fucking nowhere

>>279198163
Didn't most of rhytm games get their entire dlc libraries purged some time ago?

>>279198334
Guitar Hero did for sure, but you've always been able to browse Rock Band's DLC catalog.

I was just thinking the other day if they'd ever try to revive rock band/guitar hero

>Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Seven, and Foo Fighters
absolutely disgusting

>>279198334
>>279198403
DJ Hero as well.

>avenged sevenfold anything past city of evil
How about no

what's the point?
western rhythm games are dead and i doubt a burst of dlc from 3 artists will bring people back

This would be cool if I still loved Foo Fighters or had the desire to take out the drumset. I may turn the 360 on again and play on Blitz if they release anything I like though (pls new wave or post-punk).

>mfw still play Rock Band 3
Fucking nice

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>mfw I have custom songs and don't have to pray Harmonix starts putting out DLC again to get new content
Still glad they're still paying attention to Rock Band though

>tfw no Rockband 4

Normally I'd ignore these songs but this is a special case so I could justify getting this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_YlZ1JdcVk

>>279199581
PS3bro here, is jailbreaking the only way to get custom songs? I use my PS3 online a lot for fighting games so I wouldn't want to take too big of a risk for something that might not last too much longer. My drums are falling apart and I have my red pad rewired inside and it retaped together, I have to hold it up with my knee to play effectively.

>>279199924
I don't know about PS3, but for 360 you only need a USB stick and a program called Party Buffalo to put the songs on the USB, the same might apply to PS3 but I'm not sure

I guess with most of their big projects either finished or dead (RIP Chroma) they decided to give RB a little love. I doubt we'll ever get a full sequel but something like DC Spotlight would be nice, if only to improve the engine or make it possible for guitar, bass, and keys to be playable online at once.

>Shepard of Fire
Oh fuck. I've been waiting for a custom of it, but looks like Harmonix is on top of it.

Fucking love them. I'll have to renew my Gold though in order to do it, sadly. I think.

>>279200735
No, you can buy stuff from the Marketplace without an XBL membership.

You only need it to play online. I never play Rock Band online.

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As somebody pointed out in the last thread

>Testing the waters that DLC is still profitable
>Testing the waters that RB is still profitable
>Testing the waters with new coded DLC that can transfer into next gen consoles

I couldn't care less, personally. When I started to play guitar, I grew bored of Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Though I can still see the appeal.

>>279201029
>all of my dlc is on 360
>refuse to buy an xbone
fuck.

>>279198791
Nightmare wasn't that bad.

>>279201174
You piece of shit normalfag, don't post in these threads.

>>279201335

>implying I'm not an expert still

>>279201026
Me neither. Good, that's good news.

>>279202178
Well I have Gold for other reasons, but not this one.

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>>279201185

I know that feel bro, but if they did announce RB4 with full DLC backwards compatibility I'd buy an xbone in a heartbeat. Crackdown would be the icing on the cake

>there are people on /v/ who have such shitty taste that they listen to Avenged Sevenfold.

>>279198791
>anything past waking the fallen
stop pretending like you have taste

>>279201323
>>279198791
>>279202291
We can at least agree that Hail to the King was liquid shit right?

These make believe band games are still around? I thought DLC killed them off already?

>>279201029
>new coded DLC that can transfer into next gen consoles

I never got this. Games can already read your transaction history, especially with the Xbone/PS4. Ubi even transferred data cross-generation between their AC games, mainly for multiplayer, even if you didn't sign up for uPlay.

>>279202385
Never heard a single track on it but yeah I agree

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>>279202393

>I thought DLC killed them off already?

DLC is the lifeblood of these games, moreso in Rock Band's case.

>>279201026
>Never play rockband online
Sometimes I do it, most of the time I'm reminded why I don't, sometimes I'm glad I did

>That one guy who quits if you pick guitar first and he's forced to play base
>People who always play on expert when they clearly can't and never go down to hard
>People who only have on-disc songs and zero DLC
Sometimes I'll get a singer who's really good AND has plenty of DLC songs, singer + 1 other person is the best combo imo

>>279202652
*Bass
Jesus H Christ

>>279202575

>Ubi even transferred data cross-generation between their AC games, mainly for multiplayer

Wait, are you saying that your level, abilities and perks finally started carrying over to the new games?

Does anyone else feel like Rocksmith's out-of-left-field success, even on next-gen, prompted Activision to consider reviving Rock Band?

>>279202837
i don't think the two are really comparable
rocksmith is a learning aid and rockband is a party/music game

>>279202816
Songs and some cosmetics honestly Its really nice to pop it in for a party and have all the songs on one game. I miss Rock Band

>>279202385
Not bad, just really really generic.

>>279202816
Unfortunately not. It was basically for Black Flag. "Did you play Brotherhood/Revelations/3's multiplayer? Here's a little charm thing."

Also why the fuck is captcha asking me what things are bananas, I'm not a robot goddamn

If they ever came out with a Rock Band 4, what do you think it would be like?

>>279201185

If they do make a new Rockband, I can guarantee you'll be paying for the same songs again.

1. They're jews.

2. Most of the music needs to be re-liscensed again before Harmonix can sell it.

>>279203116
Rock band 3

>>279203116
Exactly like Rockband 1-3 with the previous songs and new ones.

>>279202837
Activation is for Guitar Hero

>>279203129
>I can guarantee you'll be paying for the same songs again.

They've never done this before though. Even with songs that they lost the license for and then gained back again they just let you download them.

>>279203116
Like Rock Band 3 but with more pop music.

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>>279203231
Shit, you're right. I meant EA. I've had an off day today, Anon, thanks for having my back.

>>279203196
>>279203218
>>279203342

Sorry if I was unclear, you don't think they have any room to add new ways to play or other instruments of some kind?

>>279203342
I want more Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Blake Shelton.

...

Uh oh.

>>279202385
Had a few nice songs but overall really generic. The Rev really held them.

>>279202837

Harmonix isn't owned by Actvision.

In fact, Harmonix quit making DLC nearly 2 years ago shortly after buying themselves out of Viacom's ownership when Viacom decided to sell them, they bought themselves out instead of being sold off to shit like Activision or EA.

My guess is that buying themselves basically killed their budget too much to continue DLC at the time, and now they can finally continue.

>>279203419
What else could they possibly add

>>279203393

EA didn't own them either, Viacom did under their MTV label.

See

>>279203473

>>279203493
The triangle.

>>279203419
Probably a skin flute.

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>>279203579
okay fuck this, I'm too tired. Goodnight, Anons.

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>>279203393
>>279203579

>That update for Rock Band 3 that replaced EA's logo and slapped Mad Catz over it

I, for one, and glad Harmonix managed to pull though on their own

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>>279202652
>tfw good drummer
>have played on Expert for years
>have 5 starred the majority of my DLC + 3/4 of Rock Band 3s library
>3/4s of RB2 library
>friends come over to play
>noticeably miss more

I'm pretty sure the smaller highway fucks me up, I can play way better solo then in a group

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>>279198163
Harmonix is already on Steam, they should release RB there too although I doubt I'd switch.

>tfw no trivium songs

>>279204601
trivium is fucking garbage

>>279198791
>avenged sevenfold
How about no

ftfy ;)

>Rock music

We Deathgrips now, nigga.

>>279204139
I have no problem with smaller highways, not playing with BNS speed is what fucks me over for the harder songs, I play either the guitar/keyboard

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>>279203419
I guess they would add real instruments, again, but not overpriced propietary ones like the Squier Rock Band. They worked with Realta on the failed Bandfuse afterall.

>>279203129
>They're jews

Don't you ever say that about Harmonix again.

>>279198603
>Talking shit about the Foo Fighters
Get the fuck out of here.

>>279201185

They'd almost certainly release it for the old systems as well.

>>279204449
I don't think Rocksmith is Harmonix.

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>Anything but the GOAT

>>279206131
They had a beta for a rhythm FPS and they have some platformer now. I was just saying that rhythm games are viable on PC.

>>279202652
I thought I was pushing it when I had almost 400 DLC songs, and even then every time I tried to play with people I wouldn't even have a third of their songs. I could tell the other players were disappointed when they spent a long time trying to pick a song, silently saying "Goddamnit this asshole doesn't even have THIS song?".

I really want to play this fucking game online, but nobody stays around for more than a song or two, and it's always during MY song choice that they leave; any asshole who also has Selkies The Endless Obsession and leaves right when it starts is an absolute faggot and I want nothing to do with them.

>Arctic Monkeys
Brb dusting off 360

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>>279206281
>Leaves when your song comes up
Goddamn do I hate that shit

>In a lobby with 2 others
>2 easy songs first
>I then pick 2 somewhat harder songs
>Peace Sells and Flirting With Disaster
>get to my songs after the first 2 boring ones
>get sent to the menu with a message saying I've been kicked
>send leader a message saying "Well fuck you too, buddy"
>"Don't pick shitty try-hard songs"
>all my wat

>>279206145
>Avenged sevenfold
>GOAT

>>279206281
>400 DLC songs

Damn, I thought I was bad with 85 or so.

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>2015
>still no rock band megadeth

>>279206281
My brother has around 800 songs

>The only good song from Sonic Highways
>The only good song from AM
Can't complain.

I miss playing this with friends. Shit.

>>279207867
I was at magfest last year, a guy there brought his rock band set up and had 3000+ songs, he even brought a trapper keeper with a list of all the songs he had arranged by artist

>>279206281
Its so satisfying when they choose a song you downloaded and loved though

>oh shit they have this song? Nice
>OH SHIT THEY CHOSE THAT SONG? NICE
>said song has drum solo
>my time to shine
>%100 percent drum solo while they just watch

Damn it why do my drums have to be in another state ;_;

>>279208785
That must be at least $5000, jesus christ.

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>mfw rock band guitar broke 2 weeks ago, all used game stores nearby are out, and they're crazy expensive online, and now DLC is being revived

at least it's all shit i guess

>>279208730
>you will never stay up until 5 in the morning with 3 of your bros on Sunday completing The Endless Setlist in Rock Band 2 and getting the Bladder of Steel achievement again

>>279209112
>tfw I still need to get all trophies in RB3
>tfw they require you to buy extra peripherals

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>>279208860
>scrolling through setlists
>see they have Andromeda songs

>>279209043
Are the guitars really that hard to find nowadays? I got a new one at a thrift store two years ago for only 2 bucks and kinda assumed it was like that all over the country, what with these games just fucking dying and people wanting to get rid of all their plastic instruments after the novelty wore off.

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>>279209043
>mfw Rock Band guitars sucked

>>279209551
The feel and the action of the buttons is up to personal taste, but they were certainly higher quality than the later Guitar Hero guitars.

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>>279209551
>tfw you use one of these

They went on sale for $60 at one point, same as one of the plastic ones. Nice (I had to coerce MadCatz into replacing it once but the one I've got now has lasted me for a few years at this point).

Still no Pink Floyd. Fuck this.

>>279198163
>shit bands
lol

>>279209551
>my guitar hero guitar had a clicky strum bar
>my rock band guitar had clicky buttons
>the whammy bar on both broke after a month or so

shit is annoying

>>279210019
I used a Guitar Hero guitar for years (and still do) and the clicky strum bar is what makes it feel so responsive. The frets on the Guitar Hero guitar are a lot of better imo too

>>279198403
>>279198629
It was only Activision who purged their DLC libraries. Rock Band never went anywhere, even though they stopped making new games and the instruments can only be found on the secondary market.

>>279209551
The RB guitars are god-tier IMO
>Those small solo buttons that you can use all the time
>makes solos easier
>don't have to stretch out fingers as far as you would with the larger buttons

>>279198163
>no Pink Floyd
>tfw you'll never play those amazing concept albums from start to finish in Guitar Hero with your bros
man, why do these guys always pick shit bands?

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>>279209805
Damn, those were cool but $300 was too much. I'd love one in red.

>>279210196
I just don't like how loud they clack, sometimes I want to play it without bothering people in other rooms and the constant click-clacking gets on people's nerves.

Don't get me started on RB1 drums.

>>279209551
I preferred the Rock Band 3 guitar due to the smaller set of buttons closer to the base of the guitar tfw tiny girly hands, plus everything became a hammer on during solos if you used that smaller set.

>>279210019
>>279210196
The frets on the Version 2 Rock Band guitar are perfect. I still miss the clicky strum bar from GH, though. I might do the mod to put switches in my RB guitar sometime.

>>279210443
Do you seriously believe that they never once tried to get Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin or whoever?
Don't blame Harmonix, blame the bands for not wanting to play ball.

>>279210443
>>279209816
yfw there are Pink Floyd customs - Brick in the Wall and Comfortably Numb

>>279210443
>why do these guys always pick

It's the other way around, anon. Pink Floyd refuses to put their songs in games like this.

>>279209043
people sell rb and gh shit all the time on craigslist anon

me and my roomies bought a full set with a handful of games for 80 bucks

>>279210493
Just like real instruments! Its part of the immersion.

>>279210584
it's hard to get a band that doesn't exist anymore, anon.

>>279210631
Where did you see that? I highly doubt Gilmour or Waters would say "no" to having their songs in a videogame. It introduces young people to music and they're all for that.

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>>279210467
>>279209805

>be a guitar player
>see these toy guitars

>>279210584
They did have some good ones though. ACDC, Aerosmith, wasn't there a Motorhead pack? and one of the games had a bunch of Rush on it.

>>279210627
>2 songs from a shit tier floyd album
ugg

>>279210896
I play both real guitar and Rock Band.

>>279210493
When I want to play a song and not deal with the clacky shit I just use the directional pad on the controller as a strummer instead. It's actually not too bad once you get used to it, and if you want to play one of the quieter/slower acoustic songs it's great.

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>>279210757

>>279210896
Those are actual guitar bodies probably Bullet Stratocasters that retailed for $300.

Is there any way to turn RB1 drums into pro drums for RB3? Always wanted to try out the pro drums stuff but there's no way I'm shelling out £150+ for a new set.

>>279211118

But why? That's a straight rip off.

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>>279210632
i've checked already, within 100 miles of me only one person's selling a shitty off-brand guitar for $100 and that's it

however, i did just find this on CL and am fairly confused

>>279210986
Beggars can't be choosers. Hey, you could always learn how to make your own fucking customs!

>>279211087
Why would a band refuse to have a music videogame dedicated to them though? I HIGHLY doubt in Pink Floyd's case it's because they (floyd) asked for too much money.

>>279210919
>ACDC
Oh, yes. The $5 Walmart track pack. I would love to suffer through Brian Johnson butchering Bon Scott-era AC/DC songs, but it's not like every single Walmart I've been to in the past five years has dozens of unsold copies of the game.

>>279211087
>tfw this game will never EVER get anymore DLC

>>279210883
wow, you really have no clue, do you

>>279211501
enlighten me. I am curious.

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I almost bought the metallic pink bass because they were only $60 a few months ago, but now the price has shot up to $100. I always miss out on everything.

I guess I should at least pick up a keyboard and some drum cymbals before those disappear, too.

>>279211578
Don't you think its probable that new instruments are on the way? Although they'd probably would be next gen only.

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>>279210493
My cousin made the argument of he liked the Rock Band guitar more because of the quieter buttons
I still don't get this because I didn't think about it till later that day how he must put up with playing drums. This was recent and I've played both games for a long time so I don't know how it didn't come to mind at the time. I'm sure he would've come up with some shitty excuse anyway to agree with my older cousin. My older cousin is actually good with the Rock Band guitar though and he's just used to it.

By the way, anyone RB1/2/3 PS3 here? I can play any of them, drummer.

>>279202393
Rock band a really good DLC scheme going on
If you bought rock band 1 and wanted to play those songs on rock band 2 or 3 you could buy a key that lets you put all the songs onto the disc, it was like £2, and while I don't like that you had to for that it wasn't that much and you can pick up rock band 1 for filth cheap.
All DLC songs from rock band 1 and 2 could be played on rock band 3 too.
Man I really miss rhythm games

>>279211971
>next-gen only
>there isn't even a RB/GH on next-gen

>>279211572
http://www.gigwise.com/news/52374/Rolling-Stones-and-Pink-Floyd-Legends-Slam-Rock-Band-Guitar-Hero

simple google search.

And this attitude is not a one-off. I remember reading articles about jimmy page complaining that it led kids to thinking that it was actually how you played music, or some stupid shit like that.

These people are clueless. They're as stuck up and conservative about music as their parents were to them

>>279212079
Shit I'd join you if I didn't have exams to prepare for right now.

>>279211971
>Don't you think its probable that new instruments are on the way? Although they'd probably would be next gen only
I've considered it. I do think that Rock Band 4 is coming eventually. It would great if it was backward compatible with the old instruments, but even if it's not I can always sell off the ones I have. And I'm not about to drop $100 on a piece of plastic, especially when it might be getting replaced, that's for sure.

I think that with Guitar Hero gone, now's a great time to bring back Rock Band. Harmonix doesn't have to worry about this arms race to get a new game out every year, and they can focus on just having the instruments and base game available, with a focus on building up Rock Band as a platform for buying new songs rather than having to keep releasing new games all the time. As long as people can easily buy the game and instruments, that's what matters.

>>279211087
This game was a fucking masterpiece
That Hoffner bass is god tier.

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>>279198163
It would make sense for harmonix to breath some life back into rockband since they have zero competition. I got well over 500 songs downloaded because rockband is really a cool karaoke machine with great songs that plays the master track instead of a shitty midi version.

That being said, the pessimist in me say that it's just a contractual obligation that got forgotten and nothing more.

If they brought the franchise back, especially on Steam, I would be ecstatic

>>279210443
>Tfw no Rock Band: Progressive rock

It would be pointless to release a new Rock Band really, what would they add? They can just add new songs as DLC.

>>279201185

I know how that feels, but I am not willing to throw down $300+ USD on an Xbone. I'd rather they make versions for past gens while making one for the new gen.

Or at least make a Rock Band for PC, hell I almost wouldn't mind if they slap on the whole GFWL thing on it as long as I can get my tracks

>>279212628
Probably to get on the Next-gen market. The one on the 360/ps3 is shrinking everyday.

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>>279211467
>No One After 909
>No She Said She Said
>No Your Mother Should Know

>>279212238
>Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
I was hoping for Waters or Gilmour to speak their mind.
But in a way, I also find that guitar hero does not encourage people to learn music, even though it might encourage them to pick up an instrument.

>>279212725
Didn't think of that actually, good point.

>>279212628
New console, anon.
There's going to be a whole new market of kids who never had a PS3/360 soon, and making a new game instead of DLC allows them to cater to this market.

I'd like them to release on Steam too, then I'd really believe they have longevity in mind for the game.

>>279212628
A decent fucking single player mode, and the ability to create more than ten characters.

Man, I haven't played RB in years
I miss it, I remember when they released 2112,
God damn that killed my fingers.

>>279212725
>>279212857
>would have to pay to play it online

;_;

>>279212740
>tfw Beatles Rockband will never ever get Across the Universe or Blackbird
>No more dreamscapes

just kill me now

They ended RB DLC off at a good note though
Not off on a good note persay, but a funny one.
Last song ever uploaded (before now) was American Pie. "The day the music died" fit so much then.

>>279212931
>implying I didn't already own a 360
Welcome to Hell, Sonybros.

>>279212967
Dreamscapes were the best thing about that game.
Kinda dumb when you consider you couldn't focus on them 80% of the time.

>>279212750
ofcourse it does. It's two absolutely seperate things. One does not exclude the other but they compliment each other. I have plenty of friends who play instruments who love GH and RB. I myself started playing guitar after having played them religiously for about 5 years.

>>279213282
Wait, unless you were arguing that it doesn't encourage people to actually learn the theoretical aspects of music, in which case I won't oppose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTS16klgqMU

>>279213595
I know this is just something someone rigged up on the spot after seeing Synthesia, but notice how the notes don't convey any bend or slides or any information needed to actually play.

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How many songs do you have in your library /v/?

[Spoiler]I have little to no taste in music so I never know what songs to get[/spoiler]

>>279213795
Something like this could work if you really wanted to feel in a big venue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yna-PypC5VM

>>279214662
365

>>279212628
>>279212725
Not to mention that the instruments are impossible to find these days. They need an excuse to put more instruments out there every few years, because the ones people have sometimes break or someone new wants to get into the game but needs instruments. It's a supply and demand situation that they need to find the right balance with-- it was near impossible to back when there were so many different companies pumping out plastic guitars, but now I think the market is right for a slow but steady production line for plastic guitars.

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>>279207275

I have 915 ... 916 tomm with Arctic Monkeys

>>279214662

500+

I lost count the shitload of money Harmonix got from me for that game

>>279216103

>Not Brianstorm or fluorescent adolescent

P-L-E-B

>>279216103

Any word on pro charts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5wkdavas6I

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>caring about RB/GH dlc when you can just download Phase Shift or FoF or GH3 with custom song tools and import any song from any RB/GH game/dlc ever plus any custom chart anyone's ever made for any of the three
I don't understand

As someone who's been playing guitar for 8 years I don't understand the appeal of these games.

Someone fill me in? I've tried playing them but I didn't find it fun or interesting in the slightest.

>>279216934
They are DDR with a different controller

It's an arcade game

>>279216934
It's just a rhythm game.

How the fuck do you buy just a real tone cable without it costing you $50?

Why don't you autists just learn to play a real instrument?

>>279217557
Its cheaper to buy the first game with cable for consoles or pc than the standalone cable. You can then buy the import tool to get 50 songs from the old game to the new one.

>>279217782
If I buy the original for PC do I have to own the steam version as well to upload the songs? I notice it's $10 for a "disc import tool."

>>279199117
>mfw me too

ps3 by any chance?

>>279216934
Been playing guitar for 8 years too, and I love the absolute shit out of these games. If you go into it thinking it's in any way comparable to the real thing, you're setting yourself up for failure. They're just fun music games where you push buttons on a plastic guitar to cool music. If you can't get behind a music game with a neat controller where the appeal is trying to beat your high scores, then it's just not for you.

I'll admit these games actually really helped me out when I transitioned to the real instrument by making my fingers more responsive and able to form chord shapes much easier. I took a guitar class in high school and noticed that I was the only person there whose fingers weren't in agonizing hell when we first started.

>>279218037
Yes

>>279198163

Good news.

I really think that they should bring back the franchise.

The genre should have never died. It was the rape of Guitar Hero that made everyone panic.

Rock Band had the right idea even though I loathe DLC. That's how you handle a franchise like Rock Band. Release one game every once in a while and release songs as choice DLC or in packs. Just like I-Tunes or whatever else.

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>>279217981
Yes. If you already have RS 2014, the original goes on sale all the time on Steam for $7. Check out other sites for good deals too.

>>279211389

A lot of bands are seriously against music games.

Ranging from "How dare they play our epic songs on simple controllers" to "I am so above that shit, video games fans are sub human".

>>279218037
Anon you there?
Gonna need your PSN

I bet were gunna get a port of rockband 1-3 on ps4 exclusively

>>279218512
That's like saying "movie fans are subhuman"
How fucking out of touch can you be

>>279218391
GH had like 5 games in one year correct?

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>>279218627
too shy

>>279218627
Sorry anon, was just booting up the game. my psn's jakeeem, what instrument do you main?

>>279216934

>As a failed musician, I'd just like to say that I see myself as better than all of you

Every Rock Band thread.

>>279218724
They're all 90 years old and had their brains diminished by drugs and alcohol. Video games are scary to them.

>>279218727
There were six Hero games in 2008.
There were nine Hero games in 2009.

>>279218727
Not Guitar Hero specifically, but I believe one year there was

>Guitar Hero
>Band Hero
>DJ Hero
>DS Guitar Hero
>DS Band Hero

So yeah.

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>That night you first got Rock Band and got three friends together
>TFW you played Say it Ain't So eight times in one night

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>>279218941
Jesus

>>279218727

Don't know the specific number but the absolute rape started after Guitar Hero III. Aerosmith was a total fuck up. Didn't even have any of their decent tracks. They fucked it up so hard.

Couldn't believe it when a friend of mine got the next one. I'd google it but there's no reason to. It was so bad.

Didn't help they released them on mobile shit too so that adds to the numbers.

Activision should never be forgiven for how they truly fucked up the whole genre.

>>279211087
there was a shitload of loopholes they had to go through to make that work

like if you failed a song, everything just stopped; music cut out, fade to black. No "you lose!", no band members acting sad, like the Beatles were above that shit.

>>279218986
You just reminded me of that Rock Band board game skit Harmonix did for April Fools one year

Shit was funny, I'd link it but I'm on my phone.

>>279218885
drums
Wait just a minute so I can play another match of Ultimax

>TFW no music game will be as fun as GH Metallica

I don't even like Metallica, but hot damn those songs were so much fun

Unless you tried drumming

fuck that shit

>>279218727
>2009
>Metallica
>Smash Hits
>5
>Band Hero
>Van Halen

>>279218986
Hipster

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>watching someone play drums on easy/medium, awkwardly holding the drum sticks and awkwardly hitting the pads and still doing terribly
Pretty damn cringe-worthy

>>279219226
Sweet, nearly picked up a pair the other day but wasn't able to. Probably gonna have to fucking fix the lag and find some double a's

>>279219289
Metallica and 5 were actually really good too, like if they just released those and spent time polishing them...

but nope, fucking Activision just had to keep pumping that well until it went dry

>>279219289
I seem to recall Van Halen being given away for free for some reason, yet you could still buy it in stores

>>279219351
>holding the sticks with stiff hands and arms like a robot

>>279218986
>>279219194
Thought about that too, here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueS7rbHqo_k

>>279216934
For the same reason you'd play an FPS instead of/in addition to playing paintball or going to a shooting range or something.

>>279219450
you got it free with a pre-order for 5
eventually most retailers just gave it to you if you bought 5 even after it came out

Who /RockSmith/ here?
>started a year ago
>never picked up a guitar before in my life
>shit at first
>"holy fuck i'll never be able to do some of this stuff"
>time slowly passes
>get alot better
>tfw I get difficulty lag now on easy stuff
If you wanna get into guitar fucking buy it, especially the PC version. All them custom songs and free DLC.
I'm gonna start getting into music theory soon, probably hang out in /mu/'s /GG/ more since they're pretty swell guys.

Wasn't there some RB custom shirts or skins for D4, the new Swery game on Xbone the other week that came up entirely out of the blue?

[rock band 4 hype tentatively intensifies]

>>279212628
I'd like a proper lobby/matchmaking system so I don't have to resort to the DLCquickplay website.
Better singleplayer campaign, fuck spades
Bring back proper CPUs (I remade Sir Thomas after they showed him in some pre-release screens but he was never in the game)
Don't have fans exclusively tied to goals, but to playing the game and songs.
Bring back multiple band per profile (PS3)
Bring back standing in to help others on their campaign
Completionist is obtainable without Pro Guitars

Shit a lot of stuff can be fixed for RB4 by just bring back features from RB2.

>>279219289
There should have been nowhere near as many releases, and every single one of them should have had the ability to import songs from previous games you also owned.

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>>279208604

>The only good song from Sonic Highways
>Ignoring The Feast and The Famine, Subterranean, and I Am A River

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>mfw really wanted to play Rockband or Guitar Hero for a few months now
>moved out and left all my instruments at my parents across the country
>probably cost a hundred or more to ship it
>only brought my Wii U with me anyway

>>279219554
>Sorry Australia

>>279218885
>>279219356
added you, ready to play whenever

>>279219795
Sonic Highways was pretty much the only album I was excited for in 2014. Something from Nothing was great, then every song after it was mediocre as shit. I remember this clearly.

>Rock Band 2 lobbies showed your character with a static camera angle
>putting a tattoo right on your bare chest telling how much DLC you have so you don't get kicked
They should've kept that static camera angle instead of that footage in the background with your characters

>>279218986
TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' ALL NIGHT LONG x 500

>>279219847
Fuck, I forgot about all that bullshit with Australia

>getting RB1 right when everyone else had RB2
>never actually getting RB2
>still getting RB3

Glad I imported that shit

QUICK /V/. POST YOUR GUILTIEST PLEASURE SONG YOU DOWNLOADED AND PAID MONEY FOR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXwJxtHasYg

>>279219580
Got it for Bass but I haven't played at all recently.

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>>279220052
>putting a tattoo right on your bare chest telling how much DLC you have so you don't get kicked
That's fucking incredible

>>279220258
I saw someone else do it and had the same reaction

>>279219356
Alright, invited you

>>279220052
I remember that shit. My character was a gigantic faggot though in RB2.
>long brown hair
>smoke rings eyeliner
>Dr. Acula cape
>"Braaaaains" mouth makeup
>spider tattoo on the front chest

But fuck I completed the Endless Setlist 2 on Expert drums with him and I still miss him.

Remember when Rock Band was a new thing and the hype for it? I had just gotten into Guitar Hero and was getting to hard/expert songs. I remember watching all the demos at E3 and other shows. I remember rushing to Best Buy after school to awkwardly play Wanted Dead or Alive with a friend a couple strangers and singing like a strangled cat and still having the time of my life. I remember picking up the huge ass bundle box from GameStop and cramming it into the car to drive back home.

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>>279220647

>MFW The final song on Endless Setlist 2

HE
IS
THE
PAIN KILLER

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>doing a versus mode in RB2/GH/whatever
>completely wreck your opponent on expert
>they send you a rump-ravaged message telling you to get a life
That reminds, I fucking hate how RB3 doesn't have a face off mode, it fucking sucks.

>>279220709
I remember when I first played Guitar Hero at a friends house and I couldn't stop playing Monkey Wrench. When I got the actual game myself I played it non stop and ended up being too good for my friends. Good times.

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>Guitar Hero/Rock Band is dead
>saw IIDX at a convention, played a bit and eventually bought a controller for it
>am now having more fun than I ever did across 5 years of GH
>has a huge and active community, new styles still coming out every year with all previous songs included
Why haven't you upgraded to IIDX master race yet, /v/?

>>279220521
just a sec, gotta find my receiver, only took it out yesterday and it's gone missing

>>279220919
Did you ever have guitar battles against people at parties like a huge dork? This kid and I would play each other from time to time when we ran into each other at parties. It was like we were rivals.

>>279220209
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iEjijXNTY

>>279221123
I ended up becoming 'that guy', had to tone it down all the time because I constantly won everything. I wish I had a rival ;_;

>>279221080
Let me know, gonna warm up in the meantime

>>279221031
i already play IIDX, but i don't consider gh/rb to be rhythm games in the same sense
they're more for parties and casual fun

>>279221031
How expensive are the controllers for that game?

>>279220235
Whenever I pick up the game I can't stop playing until my fingers hurt, so after an hour or 2. I always think I should play more often I'm having so much fun.

Anyone remember this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHRfbiwdheg

>shit era arctic monkeys
>avenged
>shit foo fighters
21 months guise

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>>279220871
>ending drum solo
>big rock ending
>keep playing to control the lights and fireworks
>platinum drum icon as a reward

Best moment of my entire time playing RB.

>>279221338
He's still around and streams sometimes. I remember him saying he's gonna start taking guitar lessons, not even a month later he uploads a video and he's fucking shredding

>>279221291
At least $200 if you want a real one

>>279221468
Shredding is basically just doing what he was already doing with tons of distortion.

>>279221291
~$200 if you want a nice one
there are also ps2 controllers for $50 but you'll need a usb adapter if you want to play something on the pc

What are the differences between Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014? Different songs obviously, but different minigames? Different guitar effects? Which is the better one to start with?

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>>279211389

>in Pink Floyd's case it's because they (floyd) asked for too much money

Are you referring to Roger Waters? There was no "Floyd"

>>279221338
I miss people trying crazy ass shit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a497Hom8Gg

>>279221338
SO FAR AWAY

>>279221683
huh, no? Why would I refer to Waters as Floyd? "Floyd" refers to Pink Floyd.

>tfw I was a god on drums


my friends all lived in the neighborhood and our band held a few number 1s on leaderboards we where always in the mix for one of the top ten spots

haven't played in forever and all my friends have moved away I'm not sure I would buy it if a new one came out it just isn't the same without friends

>>279221338
How about this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GpRJItqjw

I remember waking up and seeing this in my sub box, blew my fucking mind

>>279221690
what the fuck are those drums

>>279221962
You play the drums now?

>>279222120
probably made them himself

just checked the site they have a podcast about it any new on it? Gonna g

>>279221670
2014 basically just a very heavily upgraded version. RS1 had some problems that RS14 fixed, it's also got a better UI, mini-games, performance, guitar detection, etc.
Skip the first one and get 2014.

>>279222091
Did anybody even give a shit about Dragon Force until that song was on these games?

>>279222196
I just realized that he's playing the guitar parts of the song with drums. Holy shit.

>>279222160
nope I would be interested in getting myself an electric kit and learning but I need the money for other things

>>279222091
Its easier to play the actual song:

http://youtu.be/OZ993t4Yerw?t=2m33s

>>279222359
nope


>that instant injection of nostalgia whenever you hear a song from these games

feels

>>279222317
Is there a 2015 version announced?

>>279212693

They wouldn't add gwfl, that shit is as dead as steve jobs.

>>279222479
I get hit whenever I hear John The Fisherman, Bark at the Moon, or a lot of songs from GH 80's.

>>279222359
They were one of the most requested bands for GH3 on the official forums. Everyone wanted either TTFATF or Fury of the Storm.

>>279221031
Because the controllers are expensive, and I want to try it out first before I buy.

Too bad I will have no opportunities to play it

>>279221080
I have some stuff I wanna do, we might just have to do this tomorrow. Unless you can find it in the next 5 minutes
My yellow pad is going out too by the way, it won't register every 20 or so hits

>>279222540
Nope, they recently just ported 2014 to current-gen consoles. Rocksmith isn't a yearly series, first one came out in 2011 I think, and then 14 came out in Q3 2013 I think.

>>279222795
you could always play on keyboard

>>279222635
Any single song from the ps2 version of gh2 will always be associated with a brightly colored plastic guitar. Forever.

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>>279221670
No loading times, more techniques, more lessons. I prefer the old minigames, specially the scales minigame but the new chord minigames is better. Only get the first game if you want to import its 50+ songs or if you can get a good deal. Its sometimes cheaper to buy the game + cable than the cable by itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRTHQr9TFI

>>279222540

Doubt it, 2014 was just released on xbone and ps4. They are still working on that iOS version. Although I read that Ubisoft San Francisco was hiring so maybe.

>>279222970
I fucking suck on keyboard, I want to play it how it was meant to be played

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>>279223086
Thanks

>>279223475
Then play DJMax trilogy.

>>279223475
http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php
time to get searching for a machine then

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>mfw i got the keyboard a few weeks ago from gamestop for $10

>>279223058

SHE'S A KILLER QUEEEEEEEN

>Rock Band Japan was more or less going to have the Ouendan games' soundtracks
>never came out

Goddamnit, I want to play some Kishidan.

>tfw when no keys in new dlc ;_;

I hope they won't remove keyboard in future releases..

A shame RBN got closed down.

>>279224069
>tfw getting it years later in Rock Band
>trying to play it on expert vocals
>failing like a little bitch

Man, being a vocals main sucked when you realized you didn't have the range for what you wanted to play.

>>279214662
419

>>279223781
I didn't know this resource existed. Thank you

don't forget ps3 has a few dlc packs on sale til the 20th

* Rock Band Blitz - on sale for $5.49 (originally $14.99)
* Foster The People Pack 01 - on sale for $3.99 (originally $5.49)
* Lynyrd Skynyrd Pack 01 - on sale for $4.99 (originally $6.99)
* Linkin Park Pack 01 - on sale for $6.99 (originally $9.99)
* Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Pack 01 - on sale for $4.99 (originally $6.99)
* Foo Fighters Pack 04 - - on sale for $4.99 (originally $6.99)
* Ozzy Osbourne 8-Pack - on sale for $9.99 (originally $13.49)
* Def Leppard Pack 01 - on sale for $6.99 (originally $9.99)

>>279225785
Rock Band Blitz is a steal for that price. If just for Cult of Personality, Metal Health, and one of the best Iron Maiden songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAuD7xQoz4

>>279225785
If only this game was on PC.

>>279203129
Harmonix isn't like that, but I'm pretty sure there would be a technical/licensing problem that will emerge. They only signed the labels and bands for a video game series that specific to consoles probably only named Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii. Which doesn't cover Xbone or PS4.

>>279222469

That was painful to listen to.

>>279214662
I'm at 900+, but it's because of customs.

Only about 400 songs are legit Harmonix authored DLC.

I still play RB at least once a week with my roommates, it's glorious with the stage kit.

Also, if you can afford it I cannot stress it enough: get a MIDI drum set for Rock Band. It makes the game that much better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlPphA3is9U
also by far my flavorite non-party but fun multiplayer RB song

>>279219575
I got it for 3 bucks at gamestop just so I could play Panama. Hot damn that game is a mess.

>>279227843
The only things wrong with the game are Van Halen's shitty band politics and the fact that they let Wolfgang choose all the guest songs. Everything else is fine.

>>279221670
Rocksmith 2014 is straight up better, RS vanilla is dogshit in comparison. Unless you want to import the setlist that is.

>>279226627

Get PhaseShift, dweeb.

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>>279228793
But I want cheevos, cards and backgrounds.

>>279212238
>>279212238
This is such bullshit. Those old fucks just hate kids who play video games and aren't active.
The reason I got into music was guitar hero and rockband, that's one of the motivations I had to learn how to write my own music and learn how to compose shit for full band.
Those old fucks are just salty that unpopular looking kids can make better music then them, fuck them.

>>279229408

Do it, faggot.

>>279223475
Keyboard really isn't the same anyways, because it doesn't really let you use your thumbs and not actually having a turntable really isn't the same.
Try and find an arcade with it

>>279198334
Rock Band is safe.

Most of the music they licensed later on was for extremely long periods of time or forever.
A few songs/bands have been removed from the store though, like Metallica, Spinal Tap, Red Hot Chili Peppers and 2 Fleetwood Mac songs.

>>279201185
I love rock band so much I'd buy an Xbone for RB4

>Scrapped my RB drums because they were falling apart
>A couple weeks ago get the strong urge to play Rock Band again

Is it possible to still buy drum kits for this game?

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>>279198163
>new music from Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, and Foo Fighters

>>279231367

>2 Fleetwood Mac songs.

WHICH ONES??

>>279232490
Does it matter? The band went to shit after they lost Peter Green.

>>279232490
There were a ton of Fleetwood Mac downloadable songs.

>>279220189
>tfw Australian
>never got around to importing RB2
Would any sites still sell PAL copies brand new so I'd be able to transfer the songs to RB3 (and RB4 whenever that comes out)?

>>279232229
Le brony face xd

Brand New dlc when?

Wasn't Harmonix working on a rhythm based arena FPS?

>>279235681
I think it was called Amplitude. It looked like a clusterfuck. The only redeeming thing was they were considering getting licensed music for it, but even then I think it'd be too confusing.

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>>279235438
Play Guitar Hero.

>>279235681
Yup, you're thinking of Chroma. I was in the beta and it wasn't too bad, but it definitely needed some work in the balancing department. However, I'm pretty sure they scrapped it since they haven't said anything for a while

>>279236115
Amplitude is something totally different. The current one they're doing is a redux of a game that came out for the PS2 that they're making again for the PS3/4 because Sony owns the license.
It's also the tightest shit.
That kickstarter succeeded, right?

>>279236568
Oh, excuse me. Yes, it did.

>>279236568
It better have, considering they took my money.

But for reals, gimme RB4.

>>279235681
They released a game on Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/316180/

>>279236225
I know, I have GH5 and Warriors of Rock which I bought Sic Transit Gloria for right before the dlc shop was shut down. I just prefer Rock Band and want to see full album dlc for BN.

>>279237140
I wouldn't be surprised if the only other pack we got this year is the "Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary Pack", then no more for another two years.

>>279199889
Rhythm gaming was a fad that lived and died with last gen

>>279198163
well if more DLC shows up for songs i like i'll download em

>>279237019
Honestly, Rock Band 4 would probably be the only thing that would convince me to buy a PS4/One. Everything else looks tempting, but they're all things I could do without. A return to that genre on the other hand, I'd welcome with open arms.
and I'd need a new system for it considering the Wii versions were really mediocre and I'd expect about the same for a Wii U version

>>279237598
>tfw you don't like in japan where it's been thriving ever since its birth

So who wants to play some rock band right now?

I've got 2 and 3 on the 360 and a mic.

>>279239192
>like
live, even

>>279239317
If I didn't have stupid work tomorrow I'd be guitar or bass. Dammit.

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>>279239409
You can always import controllers and pirate games.

>>279239920
I'm playing spada on my dao controller right now actually

>>279239317
I've got no work tomorrow, every game and instrument, but prefer guitar or bass. What'choo got, son?

>>279240154

I've got a mic, but I'm no singer. Frankly, I just want to play the game again, so I'll sing. I have some DLC, but not a lot.

>>279239317
If I still had Live I'd take up your offer. Pretty certain RB was the only reason I paid for it

>>279240457
If you want to set up a room or something I'd be happy to join, man.

>>279241302

What instrument and what game?

>>279214662
Too lazy to go check, but about 700.

>>279241626
I've got my guitar (or bass, what the fuck ever) and Rock Band 3 set up. RB3 because I've already got all the songs imported onto it anyway, but I can switch to RB2 in a second if we need to.

I'll set up a room for Rock Band 3 for the 360. If you want to join in, post your Gamertag, and I'll invite you.

>>279214662
About 1100, and about 1500 customs mostly from C3

>>279242532
GT is jayblin, and will be using the guitar/bass.

>>279235681
they never made an official statement but i pretty sure it was scrapped due to the layoffs back in 2014. They said on their twitter that the game now turned into >>279235681

>>279243157

I guess we have to be friend for me to be able to invite you.

>>279243306
fuck i meant to quote >>279237106

>>279243404
That better not be it because they took in like 800 grand from their kickstarter for the fps.

>>279243791
I REALLY loved the alpha, fuck you Harmonix

>https://twitter.com/Harmonix/status/554420054310133760

>>279243930
Are you fucking kidding me?

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>>279220052
>mfw they completely fucked up the tattoo system in RB3

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>>279244186
Like i said, i was around when Harmonix had layoffs, and they p much butchered like 90% of the team working on Chroma

>>279221670
OG Rocksmith has fucking horrendous load times and the menus are designed by an idiot.

>>279243791
Harmonix didn't kickstart the FPS. They kickstarted Amplitude.