Harmonix's Rock Band Discussion

[Mizzou23]

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I finally did it. I passed Flirtin' With Disaster. The end of that solo kept kicking my *** but I finally got through it.

Only GGAHT left.

Beware the zig zags. Use the strat if you have one.

[elicoleman]

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Beware the zig zags. Use the strat if you have one.

I got one but I've tried using the bottom buttons to tap the fast parts but my fingers get lost in the placements because they are too close.

Last night though, I got up to 84% which pleased me.

[Mizzou23]

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I got one but I've tried using the bottom buttons to tap the fast parts but my fingers get lost in the placements because they are too close.

Last night though, I got up to 84% which pleased me.

Just keep practicing and you'll get the rhythm. It's by far the hardest song on disc. There are two sections of zig zags in the 2nd solo, the song ends with an extremely fast section of O-B-Y triplets. Save your overdrive until you absolutely have to use it.

Everyone I've talked to says the solo frets make this song much easier than trying to use the regular frets, so try to get used to using them on something easier, then give GG&HT a whirl.

[MC Fatigue]

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And don't bother trying to play all the zig-zag notes. Pick which is your stronger skill:

-Pull-offs
-Hammer-ons

Then when the two zig-zag sections come up just do one of them for the 3 notes.

So instead of hitting 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1 over and over... make it a whole lot more simple and just hit

1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 or 3-2-1, 3-2-1-, 3-2-1 over and over. Practice it and make sure you can do it without missing any of them - and if you do miss one, so that you can get right back into it. That's how I learned to pass the song. Those are the only two hard sections in the entire song. Get those down and you're golden.

[Qb]

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It's possible that some things I may or may not have done in the past killed the majority of my brain cells, so could anyone give me a brief walkthrough for the World Tour mode? I don't really get the gist of it when playing multiplayer with the wife. We just got the game & would like to unlock more songs but are frustrated that we have to keep playing the same songs over & over at our gigs.

We're still in our hometown (London) and we were given the chance to play at the second venue, but haven't yet as we're still at 19/36 stars for the first one. Also, what do the numbers out of 10 (x/10) mean after create a setlist and random setlist?

I apologize for my ignorance and thanks!

EDIT: nevermind, I remembered that good ol' gamefaqs.com would probably have what I was looking for. Sounds like solo tour is the best way to unlock songs as MP tour seems to limit what you can play at each venue...

[Beantown]

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It's possible that some things I may or may not have done in the past killed the majority of my brain cells, so could anyone give me a brief walkthrough for the World Tour mode? I don't really get the gist of it when playing multiplayer with the wife. We just got the game & would like to unlock more songs but are frustrated that we have to keep playing the same songs over & over at our gigs.

We're still in our hometown (London) and we were given the chance to play at the second venue, but haven't yet as we're still at 19/36 stars for the first one. Also, what do the numbers out of 10 (x/10) mean after create a setlist and random setlist?

I apologize for my ignorance and thanks!

EDIT: nevermind, I remembered that good ol' gamefaqs.com would probably have what I was looking for. Sounds like solo tour is the best way to unlock songs as MP tour seems to limit what you can play at each venue...

The World Tour tries to make it as "realistic" as possible.

The way I look at it is...when you start off as a band, you're only going to know a couple of songs well enough to play and for your first couple of shows those are the songs you need to use to "wow" the crowd.

Then, as you start growing, start going to new venues, start playing more shows you learn more and more songs and start adding more and more songs to the available list of tracks that you have to play at a certain show.

[Qb]

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The World Tour tries to make it as "realistic" as possible.

The way I look at it is...when you start off as a band, you're only going to know a couple of songs well enough to play and for your first couple of shows those are the songs you need to use to "wow" the crowd.

Then, as you start growing, start going to new venues, start playing more shows you learn more and more songs and start adding more and more songs to the available list of tracks that you have to play at a certain show.

Makes sense I suppose. Luckily for me my 10 year old nephew is visiting and he unlocked 20 or 25 songs today while I was at work!

[Mizzou23]

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Makes sense I suppose. Luckily for me my 10 year old nephew is visiting and he unlocked 20 or 25 songs today while I was at work!

That's the way to go!

Yeah it helps to have songs unlocked already, that way you're not so limited. And get some DLC for goodness sake!

[MC Fatigue]

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That's the way to go!

Yeah it helps to have songs unlocked already, that way you're not so limited. And get some DLC for goodness sake!

The only problem is there isn't much DLC that's worth it. They need to get some more freaking metal out there already. It seems they're absolutely in love with this classic rock and rock crap, though. I don't get why there hasn't been some more Metallica, or some Megadeth, Nonpoint, or bands like that. It's like they're completely ignoring the metal fans.

[bjf1377]

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The only problem is there isn't much DLC that's worth it. They need to get some more freaking metal out there already. It seems they're absolutely in love with this classic rock and rock crap, though. I don't get why there hasn't been some more Metallica, or some Megadeth, Nonpoint, or bands like that. It's like they're completely ignoring the metal fans.

Well that's a judgment call really. I'd say more than likely there are more fans of this "classic rock and rock crap" than metal, so they want to appeal to the masses. Plus, the casual player isn't going to want to have to try and play the metal riffs and the screaming.

Oh, and there hasn't been more Nonpoint cause Nonpoint isn't good :wink:

[MC Fatigue]

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Well that's a judgment call really. I'd say more than likely there are more fans of this "classic rock and rock crap" than metal, so they want to appeal to the masses. Plus, the casual player isn't going to want to have to try and play the metal riffs and the screaming.

Oh, and there hasn't been more Nonpoint cause Nonpoint isn't good :wink:

The casual fans don't have to buy it then. That's the thing. They've already put out more than enough songs for the people who like all that sort of music. They released 3 Metallica songs and a really poor Thrasher pack and that's it. It's about time they came back around and got some more metal into the game.

[bjf1377]

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The casual fans don't have to buy it then. That's the thing. They've already put out more than enough songs for the people who like all that sort of music. They released 3 Metallica songs and a really poor Thrasher pack and that's it. It's about time they came back around and got some more metal into the game.

Well, just know that I'm not disagreeing with you, but I'm just saying that they're probably hesitating to release stuff that they know not a lot of people will buy and would rather stick to the songs that are classics or the newer stuff that will draw purchases. That said, the thrash metal pack wasn't all that good, and there needs to be more Metallica, Pantera (I would LOVE to be able to do the vocals on some Pantera), Megadeath, In Flames, etc.

[Qb]

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And get some DLC for goodness sake!

I know and I was waiting for my paycheck today, but after crunching some numbers, I think DLC is very overpriced. If you buy 5000 points for $60+, you'll only get about 30-40 songs. The game itself has what, 70 or so songs and would cost about the same amount of money without the instruments.

That being said, there is some stuff that I have to get: Metallica, The Who, Oasis, Radiohead and many more I can't think of right now. Guess I'll just have to put up with my wife *itching that I spent another chunk of cash on this game. This even though she plays it with me and complains more than I do about wanting more songs. Ahh, the mystery of the female mind...

EDIT: Almost forgot, I was going to buy the DrumShh pads today as well (wife usually plays the drums). Worth it?

[TopDog]

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The only problem is there isn't much DLC that's worth it. They need to get some more freaking metal out there already. It seems they're absolutely in love with this classic rock and rock crap, though. I don't get why there hasn't been some more Metallica, or some Megadeth, Nonpoint, or bands like that. It's like they're completely ignoring the metal fans.

Well it is called ROCK Band. More people are going to spend money on mainstream rock and classic rock songs that they are familiar with than some niche metal. A lot of the "crap" they've put out as DlC knocks the pants off a lot of the original track list of the game. While I'm not a huge fan of the Who, Behind Blue Eyes and Who Are You are my favorite DLC out of any that I've bought and they are probably 2 of the best sounding tracks in the game IMO.

[boomhauertjs]

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I'm going to buy the drumshh pads as well. For those who've bought them, which ones did you go with? I'm thinking of the smaller pads that leave the ring of color visible.