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[The Jer]

Instruments


- Are instruments cross-game compatible? Yes. (PS3 and 360). All your current Rock Band and Guitar Hero instruments will work in the current generation of rock music games (2008 gen.).
- Are instruments cross-console compatible? No.




Guitar

You can use any guitar. There are several new features of the game supported by the "World Tour guitar" which is packaged with certain bundles of the game.

The World Tour guitar:

For details on the World Tour guitar and general gameplay issues concerning the guitar, please go here.




Drums

You can use any drum set. If you use the Rock Band drum set, the highway will only have four lanes with the orange pad being mapped to either green or blue depending on what makes more sense for the song (this occurs with any Rock Band set, regardless of any cymbals add-on. It looks like RB cymbals will be supported and allow five lanes with an upcoming patch.).

The World Tour drum set:

Drum set with a MIDI input. For details on the World Tour drum set and general gameplay issues concerning the drums, please go here.




Vocals

You can use any USB mic.

The World Tour mic:

Pretty much a standard USB mic. For more information on vocals gameplay, please go here.






Gameplay


Lots of gameplay information (including elements and mechanics new to World Tour) can be found here.






Music Creator


Really fricken cool. I suggest watching these videos:
part 1
part 2

And these:
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4 (rock on!)








Obligatory Coldplay Banner:

 

[The Jer]

Guitar Hero: World Tour (on disc)

"Love Me Two Times" - The Doors
"Purple Haze" (Live) - Jimi Hendrix
"The Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan
"Band on the Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
"Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Sweet Home Alabama" (Live) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Stranglehold" Ted Nugent
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
"Hotel California" - Eagles
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
"One Way or Another" - Blondie
"Antisocial" - Trust
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osbourne
"On the Road Again" (Live) - Willie Nelson
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"Escuela de Calor" - Radio Futura
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol
"Trapped Under Ice" - Metallica
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"La Bamba" - Los Lobos
"Love Removal Machine" - Cult The Cult
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys
"Satch Boogie" - Joe Satriani
"The One I Love" - R.E.M.
"Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
"Pull Me Under" - Dream Theater
"Soul Doubt" - NOFX
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" - Lenny Kravitz
"Demolition Man" (Live) - Sting
"Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"About a Girl" (Unplugged) - Nirvana
"Feel the Pain" - Dinosaur Jr.
"Love Spreads" - The Stone Roses
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" - Filter
"Some Might Say" - Oasis
"Spiderwebs" - No Doubt
"Santeria" - Sublime
"Beautiful Disaster" - 311
"Dammit" - Blink-182
"Everlong" - Foo Fighters
"Freak on a Leash" - Korn
"Prisoner of Society" - Living End The Living End
"One Armed Scissor" - At the Drive-In
"Shiver" - Coldplay
"Schism" - Tool
"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
"Obstacle 1" - Interpol
"Parabola" - Tool
"VinterNoll2" - Kent
"Stillborn" - Black Label Society
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"B.Y.O.B." - System of a Down
"L'Via L'Viaquez" - The Mars Volta
"Monsoon" - Tokio Hotel
"Never Too Late" - The Answer
"You're Gonna Say Yeah" - HushPuppies
"Assassin" - Muse
"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Nuvole E Lenzuola" - Negramaro
"Our Truth" - Lacuna Coil
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" - Lostprophets
"Toy Boy" - Stuck in the Sound
"Vicarious" - Tool
"Aggro" - Enemy The Enemy
"Good God" - Anouk
"Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups
"Misery Business" - Paramore
"Pretty Vacant" - Sex Pistols
"Scream Aim Fire" - Bullet for My Valentine
"Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" - Airbourne
"Weapon of Choice" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"What I've Done" - Linkin Park
"Hail to the Freaks" - Beatsteaks
"Kick Out the Jams" - Wayne Kramer
"Overkill" - Motörhead
"Re-Education (Through Labor)" - Rise Against
"Ted Nugent Guitar Duel" - Ted Nugent
"Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel" - Zakk Wylde



Downloadable Songs (in order of release)

"That Was Just Your Life" - Metallica
"The End of the Line" - Metallica
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" - Metallica
"The Day That Never Comes" - Metallica
"All Nightmare Long" - Metallica
"Cyanide" - Metallica
"The Unforgiven III" - Metallica
"The Judas Kiss" - Metallica
"Suicide & Redemption J.H." - Metallica
"Suicide & Redemption K.H." - Metallica
"My Apocalypse" - Metallica
"Anything" - An Endless Sporadic
"Electrorock" - Sworn
"Rock and Roll Band" - Boston
"Hot Blooded" - Foreigner
"Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield
"No Rain" - Blind Melon
"Ted Nugent Guitar Duel" - Ted Nugent
"Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel" - Zakk Wylde
"Horse to Water" - R.E.M.
"Man-Sized Wreath" - R.E.M.
"Supernatural Superserious" - R.E.M.
"G.L.O.W." - The Smashing Pumpkins
"1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"The Everlasting Gaze" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Bag it Up" - Oasis
"Waiting for the Rapture" - Oasis
"The Shock of the Lightning" - Oasis

 

[Wario64]

If it's platform, wouldn't that mean I could use GH3 DLC in GH:WT lol

 

[ascii42]

How do you activate star power with the Rock Band drumset?
I was just thinking about this earlier.

 

[The Jer]

How do you activate star power with the Rock Band drumset?
I was just thinking about this earlier.

hit both cymbals at the same time

 

[ascii42]

hit both cymbals at the same time

Er, so on the Rock Band drumset would those be the rightmost pads or what?

 

[TheGreatDave]

Awwwwww!

 

[The Jer]

Er, so on the Rock Band drumset would those be the rightmost pads or what?

probably yellow and blue or yellow and green depending on the song.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

You forgot the Oasis DLC

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Oh, come on. The game deserves a better OP than this.

 

[Y2Kev]

hotel california!!!!

 

[maniac-kun]

great songlist cant wait
i have nothing better to do so i hear all songs on youtube and post links here :lol
€: links will be edited in this post when i finished the song ^^

"Love Me Two Times" - The Doors
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
"The Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix
"American Woman" - Guess Who The Guess Who

"Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan

 

[Rodeo Clown]

- Are instruments cross-game compatible? Yes, now and forever! (PS3 and 360)

So will my Rock Band 1 stuff for PS3 work in World Tour?

 

[The Jer]

You forgot the Oasis DLC

ya, i didn't want to post too much stuff before it came out. But, I thought I'd get a bit of a head start. Metallica is the only thing out right now. The other stuff comes out pretty quickly.
Oasis comes out 2009 sometime.

 

[Akia]

This thread title is horrible.

 

[Dizzan]

If you wanna add it to the OP:


Australian release date: 12th November
RRP $330
Can find it at launch for around $280

 

[DuckRacer]

This thread title is horrible.

Yeah, it is. Sorry. I can't play Bulls On Parade in GH4. (referring to "platform")

 

[Tieno]

This thread title is horrible.

It isn't worse than the other thread titles, except for the simple "the official [game] thread"

 

[The Jer]

Yeah, it is. Sorry. I can't play Bulls On Parade in GH4. (referring to "platform")

I realize it's not a "platform"
It's meant to be a joke. :/

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I am immortal now.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

Seriously. How can you laugh at the joke at the beginning (unrelated reference goes here) and miss the joke at the end?

 

[agm2502]

Hotel California makes this a very tempting purchase for me.

 

[NIN90]

Tool?

Hmm, cool.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I love the title. Part of the reason I never want to make threads is I can't do titles.

 

[The Jer]

So will my Rock Band 1 stuff for PS3 work in World Tour?

in World Tour PS3. Yes, it should.

 

[overthehill99]

Platform? What platform?

 

[McBradders]

My info says November 11th for Europe ¬_¬

 

[TheGreatDave]

Platforms don't exist. It's just applicable here, MAAAANN.

 

[birdman]

Platforms don't exist. It's just applicable here, MAAAANN.

 

[Ikopi]

Nov 28th in Europe? I thought it was 14th in UK.

 

[BulletSmoke]

Thanks to our slumping canadian dollar, Best Buy has the bundle as 199.99 while FutureShop wants to leach another 10 dollars and will sell em for 209.99

 

[Crag Dweller]

I can't wait to get my hands on the creator. I'm going to try to recreate "Breaking The Law" first, since it should be an easy song to get comfortable with the software before I try to compose anything. Looking forward to playing the songs that people here will make too.

With all the different tastes in music around here, the critical response to songs made by the members here on the forum should be interesting.

 

[The Jer]

My info says November 11th for Europe ¬_¬

Actually, now I'm seeing Nov. 7 as the release date:

http://eu.vgreleases.com/Wii/ReleaseDate-148040.aspx
http://eu.vgreleases.com/PS3/ReleaseDate-148038.aspx

their sources seem to check out

*edit: and it still looks like amazon is showing the 14th

 

[FF_VIII]

Worth it for Hendrix alone.

Can't wait.

 

[TheGreatDave]

Aww, you got me

 

[TheGreatDave]

I can't wait to get my hands on the creator. I'm going to try to recreate "Breaking The Law" first, since it should be an easy song to get comfortable with the software before I try to compose anything. Looking forward to playing the songs that people here will make too.

With all the different tastes in music around here, the critical response to songs made by the members here on the forum should be interesting.

I'll make the Avril songs those corporate fuckers fear. HEY HEY YOU YOU.

 

[BigBlackGamer]

shit jer at least you tried with the coldplay banner. :lol

 

[The Jer]

shit jer at least you tried with the coldplay banner. :lol

don't hate on the banner. the banner is AMAZING

 

[McBradders]

I'll make the Avril songs those corporate fuckers fear. HEY HEY YOU YOU.

ALL OVER MY FACE.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

ya, i didn't want to post too much stuff before it came out. But, I thought I'd get a bit of a head start. Metallica is the only thing out right now. The other stuff comes out pretty quickly.
Oasis comes out 2009 sometime.

"Featuring “Bag it Up,” “Waiting for the Rapture” and the hit first single “The Shock of the Lightning” from the band’s seventh studio album, the Oasis Track Pack will be available on November 6th for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system."

(from the release)

 

[TheGreatDave]

There's obviously going to be more DLC. I don't think it's the place of the OP to document it.

 

[Sharp]

Worth it for Hendrix alone.

Can't wait.

This.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

"Featuring “Bag it Up,” “Waiting for the Rapture” and the hit first single “The Shock of the Lightning” from the band’s seventh studio album, the Oasis Track Pack will be available on November 6th for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system."

(from the release)

you're both right. The singles come in Nov, the album comes in 09.

 

[The Jer]

"Featuring “Bag it Up,” “Waiting for the Rapture” and the hit first single “The Shock of the Lightning” from the band’s seventh studio album, the Oasis Track Pack will be available on November 6th for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system."

(from the release)

http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=341073

Oasis Joins Forces With Guitar Hero(R) World Tour to Bring New Album, Dig Out Your Soul, as Downloadable Content
'Bag it Up,' 'Waiting for the Rapture' and Hit Single 'The Shock of the Lightning' to arrive in November; Full Album Available in 2009

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct 17, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Gamers looking to shred, drum and wail away to the new sounds of beloved, multi-platinum UK rock band, Oasis, need not wait much longer as music from the band's critically acclaimed Dig Out Your Soul album will soon be available for download in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero(R) World Tour.

Featuring "Bag it Up," "Waiting for the Rapture" and the hit first single "The Shock of the Lightning" from the band's seventh studio album, the Oasis Track Pack will be available on November 6th for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system. In addition, the three tracks will be released as single downloadable songs for both the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. The Dig Out Your Soul album, in its entirety or via individual singles, will be available for download in 2009.

the album itself is out in 2009. this is what happens when I read too fast.

edit: that's a week and a half later than all the other stuff, i believe. I'll put it up, but I think I'm gonna wait until stuff is actually available before it goes up from now on.

 

[M3wThr33]

So the 360 has the DLC for an extra two weeks. Not a big deal, I don't plan on digging into DLC anytime soon for it.

There's a midnight launch party on Saturday at the Universal City Walk. Starts at 8. Anyone else going?

 

[Druz]

3 songs from tool? FUCK! I hope RB gets these somehow or i"ll be having to purchase World Tour.. hopefully the OP means it'll work with RB1 peripherals.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I really can't wait either. I need to get some multiplayer band action going on in my house ASAP!

Character/instrument/song creators were really the final nail(s).

 

[M3wThr33]

3 songs from tool? FUCK! I hope RB gets these somehow or i"ll be having to purchase World Tour.. hopefully the OP means it'll work with RB1 peripherals.

EVERYTHING works with EVERYTHING now, as long as the console is the same. The only odd man out is GH3.

 

[Druz]

EVERYTHING works with EVERYTHING now, as long as the console is the same. The only odd man out is GH3.

Awesome... a buy.

 

[Ten-Song]

This thread title is horrible.

This.

Just because BB's come up with some spiffy titles for Rock Band threads doesn't mean the Guitar Hero thread should do a piss poor job of trying to copy the spirit of those two threads. I expected more from this thread, really I did.