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  • Steel5
    MVP
    • Feb 2010
    • 1768

    #91
    re: Rock Band 3

    Originally posted by elicoleman
    That trailed looked badass. I can't freaking wait for October.
    I've considered myself someone that has burned out of the music games, but this stuff today has blown me out of the water. Its all just awesome!

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    • goh
      Banned
      • Aug 2003
      • 20755

      #92
      re: Rock Band 3

      Originally posted by Blzer
      Wowza! Those instruments can't be cheap.
      Cymbals = $40
      RB 3 drums with cymbals = ???
      Midi adpater = $40
      Keyboard = $80
      Keyboard + Game = $130
      Guitar = $150

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      • Blzer
        Resident film pundit
        • Mar 2004
        • 42520

        #93
        re: Rock Band 3

        Originally posted by goh
        Cymbals = $40
        RB 3 drums with cymbals = ???
        Midi adpater = $40
        Keyboard = $80
        Keyboard + Game = $130
        Guitar = $150

        http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1096470p1.html
        Ugh, and who knows how much the Stratocaster will cost as well.

        Well, if I want to be "Pro-gaming" with this game and in the future possibly get GT5 and a wheel peripheral, or ever look into investing a 3DTV in the future or upgrading my sound system, it looks like I'm going to have to win the lottery in the near future. All of this stuff is really exciting to me, but it simply costs too much money for the time being. The guitar being a real guitar though sounds very exciting.

        I still don't know how it is they're incorporating the Fender or the Stratocaster into the game when it comes to being represented on-screen, and it's kind of strange that they haven't yet shown it either. We'll see how it pans out.
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        • goh
          Banned
          • Aug 2003
          • 20755

          #94
          re: Rock Band 3

          On Elecplay...or maybe it was the G4 coverage...one of the guys they interviewed said there were 80 bands,if that's correct that means at least one band has more than one song.

          Just as well mention it here,there's another pretty big RBN update including 2 Bang Camaro songs,more Evile and Beethoven's 9th.
          Last edited by goh; 06-14-2010, 11:35 PM.

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          • Mizzou23
            MVP
            • Dec 2002
            • 1761

            #95
            re: Rock Band 3

            Originally posted by goh
            On Elecplay...or maybe it was the G4 coverage...one of the guys they interviewed said there were 80 bands,if that's correct that means at least one band has more than one song.
            I thought I read that the setlist was 80 tracks...so it might not have more than 1 per band.
            Xbox Live Gamertag: MizzouBrent

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            • shugknight
              MVP
              • Oct 2004
              • 4585

              #96
              re: Rock Band 3

              Sorry if this has been covered before.. but will we be able to port all the songs from RB1 and RB2 as well as the DLC?

              Also, I finally started reading up on RB3 and didn't know they were switching it up to actually strumming strings!

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              • peteykirch
                Banned
                • Apr 2006
                • 3944

                #97
                re: Rock Band 3

                Originally posted by shugknight
                Sorry if this has been covered before.. but will we be able to port all the songs from RB1 and RB2 as well as the DLC?

                Also, I finally started reading up on RB3 and didn't know they were switching it up to actually strumming strings!
                Only on Pro Guitar mode.

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                • Mizzou23
                  MVP
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 1761

                  #98
                  re: Rock Band 3

                  Originally posted by shugknight
                  Sorry if this has been covered before.. but will we be able to port all the songs from RB1 and RB2 as well as the DLC?

                  Also, I finally started reading up on RB3 and didn't know they were switching it up to actually strumming strings!
                  And yes all existing DLC will work, as will the RB1 export. Presumably, you will be able to export most or all of the RB2 disc songs, but HMX hasn't announced anything specific about it yet.

                  The biggest question is probably going to be if they plan on re-releasing any of it as being charted for Pro Mode.
                  Xbox Live Gamertag: MizzouBrent

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                  • Blzer
                    Resident film pundit
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 42520

                    #99
                    re: Rock Band 3

                    Originally posted by Mizzou23
                    The biggest question is probably going to be if they plan on re-releasing any of it as being charted for Pro Mode.
                    Yes, that's my biggest question so far, and the sole reason for me to buy or pass on the Stratocaster.
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                    • Steel5
                      MVP
                      • Feb 2010
                      • 1768

                      #100
                      re: Rock Band 3

                      So they are showing this game at the show this week right? I though we would have seen it at one of the press conferences.

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                      • goh
                        Banned
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 20755

                        #101
                        re: Rock Band 3

                        Originally posted by Mizzou23
                        I thought I read that the setlist was 80 tracks...so it might not have more than 1 per band.
                        It says 83 in the first article.

                        In other new while I'm here,another Seether song is up on RBN,Rise Above This.

                        Also here's this:

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                        Last edited by goh; 06-15-2010, 06:36 PM.

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                        • Steel5
                          MVP
                          • Feb 2010
                          • 1768

                          #102
                          re: Rock Band 3

                          Must HAVE!

                          Guitar
                          As unfair as it is, what initially gave us hesitation about Mad Catz and Squier's Stratocaster Pro guitar controller was that, well, it's Fender's second-tier brand. Despite these prejudices from our youth, Harmonix pretty much sold us on it with one pretty badass trick: the ability to simultaneously play Rock Band 3 on Pro Expert and rock the same tune through an amplifier. Bonus: in the presentation we saw, extra notes and added fills didn't seem to affect score. So, that just about turns the uncanny valley of plastic peripherals on its head. Just make sure you crank your TV's sound system to 11 to not be drowned out from what's likely an even worse screw-up sound. See for yourself in the video after the break (caution: a few naughty words contained within).
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                          Keyboard
                          The internet at large has been joking about it long enough -- "hey, where's Keyboard Hero?" Well, here it is. We're on the fence on how to describe our experience with Rock Band 3's not-a-keytar, because in many ways it's reflective of your own thoughts on the rhythm genre and pianos in general. Those with actual musical backgrounds are likely to scoff at the easy mode's lumping of half-octaves into groups of colored notes -- even if the actual song calls for a F# note, hitting a F or even a B is fine so long as it's in the same set. It's a mentality that's as old as the genre, that what we're really doing is pantomiming instruments -- or in the case of drums, just hitting key notes and letting the game fill in the blanks on lower difficulties. This, however, is an actual piano. The over-simplification is probably a necessary illusion in standard mode -- or even when the keyboard is used as a replacement guitar / bass -- but having actual proper keys will probably drive you insane. Then again, if you're not musically-inclined, none of this will probably bother you at all, so feel free to ignore our impressions and bang away.

                          Pro mode, on the other hand is pretty killer, for all the reasons that standard mode can be irksome. Even at the simplest levels, you're actually getting to play proper notation. Perfect for us, no matter how badly we flubbed up "Crosstown Traffic" on Expert. Sight-reading is a challenge, but nothing worse than actual notation. As we've seen before, the main lane doesn't show all two octaves, but the warning we're given before shifting to the right or left is easy enough to follow, but just like when you first grabbed the plastic axe, expect a good bit of adjustment frustration. See more pics below, and video after the break.

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                          • elicoleman
                            Im The Baby/Gotta Love Me
                            • Sep 2002
                            • 34655

                            #103
                            re: Rock Band 3

                            Holy ****ing ****...

                            MUST. HAVE. STRAT. NOW.

                            I may actually put down a plastic guitar and try and really learn now. What pisses me off is that a month ago, I bought the same freaking guitar.
                            Originally posted by CardsFan27
                            This is the 3rd time John Calipari has been to his first Final Four!
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                            • Steel5
                              MVP
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 1768

                              #104
                              re: Rock Band 3

                              Originally posted by elicoleman
                              Holy ****ing ****...

                              MUST. HAVE. STRAT. NOW.

                              I may actually put down a plastic guitar and try and really learn now. What pisses me off is that a month ago, I bought the same freaking guitar.
                              Yeah, I am a basic guitar player, but this makes me want to actually get good at guitar.

                              I already now the price is going to be OUCH big time, but I don't care, it looks so awesome.

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                              • Blzer
                                Resident film pundit
                                • Mar 2004
                                • 42520

                                #105
                                re: Rock Band 3

                                That's exactly how I imagined it to be, except I didn't expect the game to pick up what strings your fingers were on if you didn't strum. Very cool.

                                In the future, this will all be in my collection. I will have to pass on GT5 and a wheel for now if they also have this for RB1 exports, RB2 exports, and DLC songs as well.
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