I know there's some discussion in other threads, but I thought the game probably deserved its own.

For Christmas, my family got a PS3 and Rock Band. Everyone's had a lot of fun rotating through the various instruments (drums, guitar, and vocal). I'm not particularly thrilled with the menu systems and the songs take a while to unlock, but it is pretty entertaining and engaging nonetheless. Haven't played beyond Medium yet. I'm not sure that I like the guitar as much as the GH guitar, though there are some cool innovations.

Anyone else picked it up?

Im still trying to decide between a PS3 and Xbox360, then I will decide between Rockband and Guitar Hero.

If you're going solo, I suggest GH. If you'll be going co-op or a group, I suggest RB.

I bet you eventually get both.

As for which game Cobalt is right. Rock Band is best experienced with a group of family or friends. Guitar Hero is best suited for single player.

I own the cowbell and lyrics on Don't Fear the Reapear.. 100 percent on expert.. eat it

My friends and I bought it for some fun and we love it, expert on drums is rugged though. We bought some songs through xbox live and it's all we've been doing for days.

Just finished unlocking all 58 songs via solo tour. The other night, my bro and I were playing through Band Tour and I remember having to play four straight sets that began with "In Bloom" and "Wanted Dead or Alive"...which got a tad annoying.

I've found that my vocal talents are severely lacking.

What pissed me off the most was every time we picked (Mystery Setlist - Let the fans choose) it was fucking "Here it goes again" by Ok Go. Ugh!!!

I did vocals most of the first night we played it cause my bro is better on drums and Brigette was getting comfy on the guitar, and at first it was impossible, but after a few songs I started to figure out how to manipulate my voice to fit it where it needed to be.... although I'm pretty sure singing to go with the game sounds 10x worse than just my normal bad singing voice.

I did do Black Hole Sun vocals on Expert though. And my only 100% on guitar so far is Blitzkrieg Bop on Medium. I still can't even touch a hard song yet. If Orange ever comes into play I'm screwed.

Haven't played it yet, but I don't have any vocal ability either, heh.

Also, Bon Jovi annoying? Booo! (ok, maybe "Wanted Dead or Alive" qualifies after a while)




looooooooooooooooool

Also, you can't multitask (vocal/drums or vocal/guitar) while playing?

You can if you get a mic stand or something.

If I had to rate my vocal ability, I can play Easy-Medium. On Guitar, I can play Medium-Hard...which will be better when we get our replacement guitar. On Drums, I can play Medium. On Bass, I can usually do Hard.

Did the first 10 songs or so on the solo tour on expert drums. Starts getting a little difficult on some of the songs after that(eg. that song by the yeah yeah's or w/e their name is )

I played this earlier tonight at a friend's house for the first time, very fun.

Only complaint is that the guitar parts are really easy compared to GH, and I hate the RB guitar compared to the GH one.

Probably going to download some new songs as soon as I can get PS Network to recongize that my credit cards are valid. Anyone else run into problems in that arena? I guess I should just call tech support.

I have only used the GH guitar one time at Best Buy before I bought rockband, so I can't really get into much detail, but I did notice that it clicks when you hit it, versus the Rockband version that has a softer feel to it.

So when I tried to grab onto the Rockband guitar strummer, I noticed that sometimes I missed notes from trying to get it back to center and then back down, or something along those lines....

But then I also figured out that you can strum the thing like you would a real guitar and it's much more accurate. You don't need to grab it, you just flick your thumb over it and let it take itself back to normal. As for going up and down, I haven't had to do that very much and i'm not too good at it yet, so I can't say any differences there, but I did notice that actual strumming works best on the Rockband guitar.

Anyone else with any tips or advice?

I wouldn't worry about up/down strumming unless you're going for expert mode. It's only needed on a couple of faster parts in a few songs through hard. My only complaint about Rockband is that you're forced to increase the difficulty level in group mode. My kids can't handle the hard level yet and my wife and our friends suck and don't like these types of games. This may be a divorce worthy offence.

Sidenote on the GH guitar: The one you were using was probably broken from being on display and getting trashed. Both of mine go back to center on their own.

I'm not saying it didn't go to the center on it's own, but it did click when you hit it. This is also what I've read about the differences between the two. It wasn't broken. I guess it's hard to put into words.

I want to get this game but the PS3 stays @ home w/ my brother when im @ school so it would probably never get played but it looks like a lot of fun

The guitar is just a matter of preference to me probably seeing as how I have played a lot of GH. Somebody mentioned complaining about having to increase the difficulty in the career mode being a problem, ditto that.

Ok, so I hit a song I can't beat.

Freaking "I get by" by Honest Bob and the factory to dealer incentives.

On medium.

That fast part at the end with the hammer ons, I am not used to those freakin things and I just can't seem to do it.

I tried it on practice quite a bit, so maybe I could squeak by, but I haven't tried cause I couldn't do it too good. I mean I can't even get 100% when it's on 50% speed.

I can't beat "Suffragette City" on Hard Guitar...which was quite annoying since I had to go back and beat everything on Medium to unlock all of the songs.

Downloaded like 16 songs and beat the game on Solo Drums Medium. Got about 9 songs through Hard before getting stuck on "Here It Goes". I have a really difficult time coordinating the "basic" Red-Yellow alternating with the kick pedal towards the beginning of the song.

Is It Can Be Boston Tiem Now Plees?

(Playing the hell out of that Boston 6-pack over the next couple of hours.)

In Drum news, there are only 9 songs I can't beat on Hard. Gotten through about a dozen on Expert.

The Perfect Drug and March of the Pigs on expert drums is total .
Fun songs though.

All the songs on expert drums are

I still haven't played much drums.

Got through the guitar medium though. Just picked it up one day and beat Enter Sandman... it's weird how that works.

Still can't touch hard though.


Gotta go look at the new downloads.

I finally finished Hard yesterday. Next to You totally kicked my ass. I fluked through it with 3 Stars and 34000 points.

On to Expert!

Bleh, I can't beat Flirtin' With Disaster on Hard Guitar. Only song I can't beat . However, I am also about halfway done with Expert Guitar, I'm good at it, just for some reason I can't beat that stupid song on Hard. I haven't played drums in awhile, still on Medium with those.

Just finidhed Solo Medium on Drums and 29 songs done on guitar and 30 on mic.

I am 8 songs done on hard drums.

I need a gh guitar to go any further on guitar as I hate having the buttons flush on the neck which makes it hard for me to keep track of where I am.

The end (about 85% through) of "Don't Fear The Reaper" on Hard Drums has been owning my soul for about a month. I've made progress elsewhere...but I think I'm going to have to spend some time in Practice mode or Star Power my way through it.

Guitar really got put on the backburner. I can justify stopping my piano practice to practice "Drums" since I think it translates okay...but guitar doesn't translate as well.

I've finished half the songs on vocals on expert, all the songs 5-starred on guitar on expert, 3 songs left on hard on drums

What is this game, are you really playing guitar and drums? Im confused

The Perfect Drug (Rock Band Expert Drums 5 Stars)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band

I figured as much, just when someone was talking about drums I got confused.
I can understand why with friends and family this would be good craic

The wait on Sony to get its act together (3 weeks without new songs) has been killing me. Fortunately, 8 new songs tomorrow!

Massive amounts of new material since last bump:

Judas Priest album
Various singles

And this past week:

Beetlebum as made famous by Blur (cover)
Hier Kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen (master)
Countdown to Insanity by H-BlockX (master)
Perfekte Welle by Juli (master)
Manu Chao by Les Wampas (master)
Hysteria by Muse (master)
Rock N Roll Star by Oasis (master)
New Wave by Pleymo (master)
Monsoon by Tokio Hotel (master)

The Cars and Pixies albums will be fun.

Beetlebum and Monsoon are very easy.
Probably won't be picking up The Cars album this coming week, but I've been grooving on some other recent DLC like Date With The Night, Kool Thing, Zero, and Rock and Roll Band.

Did you guys see the info on Guitar Hero 4?

It looks like it's going to be awesome. I really don't want to have to shell out another $200 for more peripherals though, lol.

Yeah I'll definitely reserve judgment until the release date is a little closer, but I saw a rumored list of maybe 30-40 artists and it looked pretty solid, only time will tell.

God I love the Disturbed pack, so fun on drums although my foot/leg is tired after 1 song lol

Picked up the Jimmy Buffet pack yesterday.

FUCK!! My fucking guitar just broke!

Rock Band 2 officially announced this Monday morning.

Best news that came with that:

All downloaded tracks from first game can be played on it.

Going to the 360 first.

oh man, I sure miss this game. this news is gonna it extra painful:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/885/885168p1.html

played this for the first time 3 days ago then bought it . the drums are so fun and i cant beleive how tired my leg gets from the foot thing lol and i tend to get really into it gripping the stix so tight my hands cramp ..? normal ??

lol anyways will def be geting part 2 and wont hold off like i did for rb1. also i suck still having trouble with some of the hard songs on easy

I'm actually a drummer so the answer is no, your hands shouldn't cramp if you're holding them properly. your middle and index finger essentially balance the sticks and as your wrist hits the drum let loose your pinky and ring finger...the stick will just bounce off the drum and when it comes back to your hand you use the pinky/ring finger to catch. try it with just the drum pad...you'll get used to it. once you get better you can do 8th and 16th notes with the same hand without much effort.

as for the kick drum that's just plain exercise. you can adjust the pedal for less resistance to ease the pain but you'll find you want more resistance for improved control. in a real drum it helps make a bigger BOOM

the drums are insane, and I'm still a Guitar Hero/Rock Band noob so I have yet to master the hard difficulty on either game