Rock Band Rules

[PowerPlayoffs06]

The whammy on my guitar broke this morning. I wonder how long it'll be before you can purchase individual instruments from Rock Band 2.

[Dan02]

bought Rock Band 2 this morning, haven't got to playing yet but I am pretty displeased with the importing of rockband 1 songs.

You need to have a xbox live account and purchase a export license for a additional 5$ in order to export your songs from rockband 1 to use in rock band 2.

Pretty cheap if you ask me....

[PowerPlayoffs06]

Yeah, I'm a little displeased about having to purchase that key as well. I'm exporting RB1 now, but kind of a kick in the teeth to have to dish out more money. I'm guessing it's mostly so people can't just rent RB one and use it to pretty much DL the game for free.

[jar_e]

Is that just for all the RB1 songs on the disc or the DLC content?

Edit: nevermind...I googled it. RB2 is sweet though...only had a few hours to play it before work but much better songs IMO....

[jar_e]

Ok I don't want to double edit my post...lol...where is this password to export the songs? Is it in the manual?

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by jar_e

Ok I don't want to double edit my post...lol...where is this password to export the songs? Is it in the manual?

There is no password. You update Rock Band and then go into options and there will be an Export Songs button. It will ask you to buy the key and once you do the songs will be downloaded to your hard drive except for Enter Sandman, Run To The Hills, and Paranoid(Black Sabbath).

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by Inferno

There is no password. You update Rock Band and then go into options and there will be an Export Songs button. It will ask you to buy the key and once you do the songs will be downloaded to your hard drive except for Enter Sandman, Run To The Hills, and Paranoid(Black Sabbath).

Ah gotcha. Thanks!

[burnin_vernon]

Originally Posted by Dan02

bought Rock Band 2 this morning, haven't got to playing yet but I am pretty displeased with the importing of rockband 1 songs.

You need to have a xbox live account and purchase a export license for a additional 5$ in order to export your songs from rockband 1 to use in rock band 2.

Pretty cheap if you ask me....

I thought 5 bucks was a pretty good deal for the convenience of having all those songs on one disc. They could have easily been a bunch of ######s and not even allowed for the old songs to be compatible.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

I thought 5 bucks was a pretty good deal for the convenience of having all those songs on one disc. They could have easily been a bunch of ######s and not even allowed for the old songs to be compatible.

According to Harmonix, the nominal $5 fee was to cover licensing of the music. For Rock Band 1, they had signed a "one game" deal with the music companies, so to use those songs again in Rock Band 2, they had to pay a second licensing fee.

Anyway, $5 is hardly a big deal. That's the price of what, three downloaded songs? For the same fee you get everything off the RB1 disc (minus a few exceptions) plus the ability to delete the songs you don't like (so long, Fallout Boy!).

[PowerPlayoffs06]

So, after a few hours of playing yesterday, here are some comments...

I like how they've made the "Solo Tour" from RB1 into just a single-player Band World Tour for RB2. Also like that you don't have to unlock the songs to be able to play them in Quickplay.

No-Fail Mode is the best thing they could have included. I always felt bad when having a family get together with my brother, sister and my dad and the old man keeps failing out of songs so we'd rarely actually finish anything and he'd feel like a drag.

Kind of disappointed that there's no importing characters or Bands from RB1. Was also hoping for more when it came to character creation. It's pretty much the same. More customizability would have been nice. The handful of faces and whopping 3 body-types leave much to be desired.
A few new instruments to be purchased, with the inclusion of a few different microphones for Vocals characters but I was hoping for more variation there too. Including some bad-ass mic stands or a few headset mics would have been nice.

The freestyle drums sounds like an interesting idea. Being able to play any song on your X-Box and drum along with it. Haven't tried it yet, so I'm not sure how well it pulls off, but cool idea.

[Russic]

I don't own the game yet as it won't be on ps3 for another month, but from what I've read on the IGN review it appears as though they've fixed every issue I had with the first one.

First off, I think 5$ to transfer all the songs is an excellent deal. As mentioned before they had to pay more money to get the games in, so it's not like they're making a mint off that move.

I agree with powerplayoffs06 about the no fail mode. It's always rough with a family member or first-timer as they generally feel like they're bringing down the fun for everyone else.

I also agree about the single player tour. Excellent stuff. I also read in the review that a group can do a tour and not have to worry about increasing the difficulty. My wife is good, but we did get to a point where we couldn't progress because she couldn't make the jump to hard on drums.

I adore the ability to make custom setlists too. Not having to jump back to the menu screens after each song will make things much smoother.

Overall it sounds like they went with the "if it ain't broke" line of thinking. I'm very pleased to hear that!

[Flaming Choy]

i bought it yesterday as well, and it's awesome!

I don't mind the $5 transfer fee since i can make setlists of songs from RB1 and RB2 and not have to swap discs and all that (yay custom setlists)

The online band is awesome also, played over live with Green Hard Hat. The challanges and battle of the bands is really good too, I can see it being very addictive (was only 0.02 stars from beating the next closest band!!)

All in all, the "if it a'int broke, don't fix it" approach to RB2 is great.

[dobbles]

i think i want to buy this when it comes out on ps3. are they doing the same $5 transfer idea? and will it work to rent rb1 and pay the $5? i just got my ps3 so i don't have the first one. give me your wisdom great calgarypuck nerds!!!!!!!

[burnin_vernon]

Has anyone bought the new guitar or drums? I don't like the RB1 guitar and read to stay away from the new one if you didn't like the first. I am going to wait for the GH World Tour one to come out and likely buy that as I prefer the GH3 one.

As for the drums, they look like an upgrade (more quiet, pressure sensitive, wireless) but I read that more than a few people have had issues with the yellow and blues playing together when either note was hit. It might be a good idea to wait out this first wave of instruments until the bugs are worked out.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by dobbles

i think i want to buy this when it comes out on ps3. are they doing the same $5 transfer idea? and will it work to rent rb1 and pay the $5? i just got my ps3 so i don't have the first one. give me your wisdom great calgarypuck nerds!!!!!!!

Yes, the $5 transfer will be on the ps3 as well. I've also heard that you will be able to rent rb1 and transfer that way.

If you get it let me know ... we can start up a cp band.

[dobbles]

Originally Posted by Russic

Yes, the $5 transfer will be on the ps3 as well. I've also heard that you will be able to rent rb1 and transfer that way.

If you get it let me know ... we can start up a cp band.

nice! i guess cpfatas will be a multi-game site pretty soon!

[zukes]

I'll be getting it too, my family loves to play it when they come over, plus it's the one game that my wife plays.

[C Squared]

Hey guys I just had a question. I was wondering how playing Rock Band 1 or 2 is on a smaller TV. I have only played at a friend's house and he has a massive 42" HD TV. I have a 27" old "SD" TV I suppose you could call it. It's not widescreen or flat screen or anything like that. Is it still playable for everybody? The one thing I am concerned with is the singer. I know on some games on the Xbox 360 the writing is really hard to read if you don't have a HD TV (NHL 09 for example.)

[MonsieurFish]

Originally Posted by C Squared

Hey guys I just had a question. I was wondering how playing Rock Band 1 or 2 is on a smaller TV. I have only played at a friend's house and he has a massive 42" HD TV. I have a 27" old "SD" TV I suppose you could call it. It's not widescreen or flat screen or anything like that. Is it still playable for everybody? The one thing I am concerned with is the singer. I know on some games on the Xbox 360 the writing is really hard to read if you don't have a HD TV (NHL 09 for example.)

Nah it's fine. I have a 27 " TV like that and thats what I've been playin on ever since I got it and no problems at all.

[burnin_vernon]

Good week for DLC in my opinion...

Offspring Three-Pack

Gone Away
Pretty Fly
Self Esteem

Stop! by Against Me!
All Right Now by Free
Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood
Cream & s Rise Harvey Danger
Nearly Lost You by Screaming Trees
Push It by Static-X

Love it when stuff like Screaming Trees shows up here