GotchaForce
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That's a pretty small reveal for E3 as far as songs go. Hope there's more announced soon and the game has a decent amount of songs. Has there been any word on the final amount?
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Rock Band 4 announced for PS4 and Xbox One
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Harmonix has never made DLC that was pre-order exclusive for Rock Band. I was actually really surprised at how quickly they released the RB3 pre-order tracks after the game's release.
The MadCatz press that was posted online (and later taken down but can still be found in a few different places) said "over 60 songs"
60+ according the the game's pre-order page BEATEN.
I'm pretty sure most of the dlc is supposed to be there at launch, if you watch any video all of the dlc is in the trailers of rock band 4. I think it was said somewhere that all of the dlc that wasn't rock band network should be there... but I am far to distracted with final fantasy 7 remake rumors looking more and more legit to dig it up lol.
as someone else said there is to be over 60, as for a small reveal, well it's likely in rock band's best interest to trickle information so people keep talking about it. Any big announcement right now will get lost in the sea of xbox one BC announcements or final fantasy remake announcements ect so why not wait until closer to launch for a big blow out, maybe gamescom.
FAILURE?!?! Where?
since I am in full ff7 remake mode now... I am kind of hoping that rock band 4 is at sony's conference and they announce this version of one winged angel will be in rock band and then right after they show that off a bit we move onto the ff7 remake lol.
Gaming Truth
Member
A-ding-ding-ding! Release date?
The IGN articles also confirm this date
falconxcrunner09
Member
Pre order on Amazon's page. Part of a 4 song pack
Nerd_Incognito
Member
So I did all of my rocking / DLC buying on 360.
I own both an Xbone and PS4.
90% of my friends switched to PS4 from 360.
mfw my DLC and old instruments won't be compatible on a competitor's platform....
I own both an Xbone and PS4.
90% of my friends switched to PS4 from 360.
mfw my DLC and old instruments won't be compatible on a competitor's platform....
So I did all of my rocking / DLC buying on 360.
I own both an Xbone and PS4.
90% of my friends switched to PS4 from 360.
mfw my DLC and old instruments won't be compatible on a competitor's platform....
there isn't online play anyways. just get it on the platform your dlc is on and make your friends come over to play
60 is still a fine number without a major publisher.
Nerd_Incognito
Member
there isn't online play anyways. just get it on the platform your dlc is on and make your friends come over to play
Wait, WHAT?!?!
There is no online.
PROh1bited
Banned
http://madcatz.com/ways-to-pre-order-rock-band-4/
So it looks like on the Mad Catz site you'll find the instruments in the different colours. Only black is available ATM.
Also it looks like the bundle is $300 in Canada, guitar is $160. I really don't know what am I gonna do now. This is absurdly high. Might just get the guitar.
So it looks like on the Mad Catz site you'll find the instruments in the different colours. Only black is available ATM.
Also it looks like the bundle is $300 in Canada, guitar is $160. I really don't know what am I gonna do now. This is absurdly high. Might just get the guitar.
Huh. I even preordered and missed that.
Edit: I thought it was the band. Nevermind.
I really hope the 'packs' let you delete individual songs, for example the Green Day track list only has a handful of songs I like (but I really LOVE them) and I don't want the songs I don't care about to show up in my library. Even better if they can be deleted off the console to save HDD space.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Rock Band is on Twitch. Bass player gets no creativity sections like the other instruments.
Also, we got a look at the new guiartar freestyle thing. It sounded pretty bad. I'll give it a chance at launch, but I'm leaning towards just playing the old solos.
Also, we got a look at the new guiartar freestyle thing. It sounded pretty bad. I'll give it a chance at launch, but I'm leaning towards just playing the old solos.
bass always gets screwed, it's why there should be a rhythm guitar selection too.
GotchaForce
Member
Can you turn solos off?
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Nick confirmed so earlier in the thread.
Solo thing is gonna be kind of like drum fills.
It will sound fucking amazing when someone with a sense of rhythm and style plays, and like hot garbage when people faceroll as quickly as possible across the fret board.
I'm really excited for it.
They need to have that full solo mode as a cheat/toggle, though. Need my 17 minute jam band song experience.
It will sound fucking amazing when someone with a sense of rhythm and style plays, and like hot garbage when people faceroll as quickly as possible across the fret board.
I'm really excited for it.
They need to have that full solo mode as a cheat/toggle, though. Need my 17 minute jam band song experience.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I think turning custom solos on is the only way I'm gonna be able to beat Satch Boogie.
Lady Siara
Member
Since online is such a big deal to me, I'll simply wait and pick it up later. It's only going to get cheaper.
Shame, I wanted to be there day 1 but can't justify it without online at launch. Ah well, better late than never.
Shame, I wanted to be there day 1 but can't justify it without online at launch. Ah well, better late than never.
GuitarAtomik
Member
I think it would have sounded alright if the dude playing wasn't just hitting the strum bar as fast as possible the entire way through it.
there isn't online play anyways. just get it on the platform your dlc is on and make your friends come over to play
I.. really hope this changes in the near future... I planned on playing online primarily...
Not yet.
I imagine it will at some point but the people who play online are the minority so it wasn't a focus for launch.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
ELVIS! Fuck, yeah! And The Warrior is an awesome song to get too.
Time to do a kickstarter?
I am praying and sending vibes to my family to just send me money for my birthday in August so I can get a console to play this on.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
I played RB4 for a little bit at the xbox fan party. The new guitar solo system has a definite learning curve, but holy shit, once you get it down, it is the greateset feeling of all time, This is the closest a plastic guitar will ever make me feel like I am shredding. It was pretty euphoric.
I'll post more impressions tomorrow when I get some more time. But man, people are going to be fighting over olaying guitar now. It's so good.
I forgot to add, the new guitar is so much better, the buttons have a lot less resistance and I feel like it's much easier to transition from note to note.
I'll post more impressions tomorrow when I get some more time. But man, people are going to be fighting over olaying guitar now. It's so good.
I forgot to add, the new guitar is so much better, the buttons have a lot less resistance and I feel like it's much easier to transition from note to note.
EYEL1NER
Member
An Elvis song in the game? That is some pretty cool news.
I'll probably pre-order the bundle tomorrow from BB for $200. All of my old instruments work well-enough but I am down for updates. I still might end up using my GH3 Les Paul rather than the new one, since I have never cared for the RB guitars, but at least then I can have the RB4 guitar available for a second person to use rather than my lame RB1 Strat and GH2 Xplorer.
I'll probably pre-order the bundle tomorrow from BB for $200. All of my old instruments work well-enough but I am down for updates. I still might end up using my GH3 Les Paul rather than the new one, since I have never cared for the RB guitars, but at least then I can have the RB4 guitar available for a second person to use rather than my lame RB1 Strat and GH2 Xplorer.
Great to have a date and everything!
And I don't mind the price, where I live the bundles of RB and GH used to be north of US$500... hell, the bundle I got was a used RB2 one and was over 250. Might end up getting the guitar+game combo, I don't really use the guitar at all
but it seems to be on its last legs
And I don't mind the price, where I live the bundles of RB and GH used to be north of US$500... hell, the bundle I got was a used RB2 one and was over 250. Might end up getting the guitar+game combo, I don't really use the guitar at all
ProDrums all the way
toymachine
Member
Tell me about the strumbar
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
It feels a bit more rigid, to be honest I didn't spend too much time on guitar so I can't give a fair comparison yet. If you are expecting a click similar to guitar hero then you are out of luck. I should get more hands on tomorrow, but the build quality has really left a good impression on me.
It's kinda feeling like RBN songs won't be making the move. All the media talks about having "more than 1,500 songs", which in marketing usually means the number is pretty close to 1,500. There's 1,692 official DLC songs, and more than that number (I think it was around 1,750?) of RBN songs. So either they're being quite modest with their advertising, or we may not be getting RBN songs.
(I mean, I can totally understand why that'd end up being the case, it just kinda sucks.)
All the media talks about having "more than 1,500 songs", which in marketing usually means the number is pretty close to 1,500. There's 1,692 official DLC songs, and more than that number (I think it was around 1,750?) of RBN songs. So either they're being quite modest with their advertising, or we may not be getting RBN songs.(I mean, I can totally understand why that'd end up being the case, it just kinda sucks.)
FlashFlooder
Member
It's kinda feeling like RBN songs won't be making the move.
(I mean, I can totally understand why that'd end up being the case, it just kinda sucks.)
I can see them maybe bringing over the RBN tracks that made the jump to PS3 (supposedly the most popular tracks), since they've already been ported to both platforms. At least, I hope that's the case.
After looking at the RB3 tracklist again, I really hope they end up making an export for that game. Might be one of my favorite lists... so many awesome songs we'll be losing.
Sounds like they're just being careful not to overpromise. I hope everything makes it over in due time.
toymachine
Member
If my Cynic songs don't come over I care even less (still buying it)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but before when referring to the Rock Band 3 export, they've always said something along the lines of, "Not right now, but if you want it, let us know." This is understandable since their focus has been on core DLC. However, in their forum post yesterday, they have a question in regards to exports/RB3 export:
Now, this could be a stretch (and speculation always is, isn't it?), but that's different wording than they usually give. Hopefully that means that they've heard how much people want to be able to export Rock Band 3 and have been working on that too. Or it just means they'll give the typical, "Export your other games now! Rock Band 3 maybe sometime!"
Additionally, in terms of RBN songs, sounds like they are also aware that people want them to carry over, but again, other songs/features take priority.
The game just needs to be released already so that they can work on these things!
GuitarAtomik
Member
It's kinda feeling like RBN songs won't be making the move.
(I mean, I can totally understand why that'd end up being the case, it just kinda sucks.)
I think this is a given at the moment. Too many songs to try and port over right now and there may be more rights issues they'd have to figure out. I think they'll focus on the official DLC tracks first and then possibly start to bring over select RBN tracks similar to how they did for PS3.
My brain fails to understand how porting 3,000 songs is any more difficult than 1,500 songs (other than licensing). I know that it's a completely rebuilt engine and everything, but they should be able to just write a tool that batch converts things, and then it doesn't matter if it's one song or 50,000 songs.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Well, I imagine that royalties are more complicated with RBN songs.
Doctor Ironic
Member
Well, you see, it would actually be about twice as difficult, because -
oh you just don't know how game development works okay.