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Rock Band 4 announced for PS4 and Xbox One
- Thread starter GameE
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I'm betting that it's realistically just that we can stream gameplay, with no archive.
I'm hoping the craziest announcement we get is an explanation of how legacy DLC downloads work.
Baron von Loathsome
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"All cover versions are upgraded to master tracks."
"The studio version of 'Ridin' the Storm Out' will be replaced by the live version."
"'Gypsy Queen' will be added to 'Black Magic Woman.'"
Baron von Loathsome
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Baron von Loathsome
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Pink Floyd: Rock Band
as performed by Foo Fighters
Yes. Remember to download AND LAUNCH the game. The songs are only added to your account when you launch the game.
All of Blitz's songs are DLC anyway, so yeah, it's all safe.
Oh come on, don't you want to experience Fake Geddy and Friends present A Passage To Bangkok?
I have no idea how they would, afterall, the first game featured all of Dookie and I don't believe Green Day made any albums other than that.
okay, blah, good to know Lol. Time to find my 360.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Baron von Loathsome
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Force him! Force him to announce it!
Baron von Loathsome
Member
So first feature update comes in December, adds assorted "competitive and social" features including track speeds customizable for individual players.
ok so nothing really so far outside of patch in dec?
they're talking about the freestyle guitar solos but after witnessing it live at PAX it's by far the least exciting feature to me since it essentially just butchers the song in the worst way
they're talking about the freestyle guitar solos but after witnessing it live at PAX it's by far the least exciting feature to me since it essentially just butchers the song in the worst way
fuck you for ruining metropolis pt 1, person at pax
Scapegoat
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I hope the individual track speeds setting saves in RB4 instead of having to toggle it on every session.
I feel like it'd be a way bigger announcement if you were already playing the game. Like, "this is when the first major title update happens" is big, if you're way down in it and already see a need for some quality of life improvements.
TheFurizzlyBear
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Face-Off and Pro Face-Off! Pleasezzzzzzz
Scapegoat
Member
This has got to be a sure thing.
Sp3eD
0G M3mbeR
as much of a mega rock band fan I am and love all the exposure this game is getting, why is it EVERY SINGLE reveal for every game sound so awful? Is it the settings for doing it on stage? Is it nerves? The twitch con stream is tough to watch people pretty much just flub everything hard...one band after another...
Somebody Told Me is still constantly picked though at least!
I'm not keen on the note gems but maybe i'll get used to it when i'm actually playing it.
Mushroomer25
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Most likely, it'll just be confirming some DLC coming in the first few weeks. Likely the contents of the Van Halen track pack, or maybe something like RBN compatibility or RB3 export.
please let it be muse: rock band
Lady Siara
Member
Calibration looked really off on the drum chart at the start, It's hard, especially when working with multiple delays.
Although stuff like the girl on bass not knowing to strum, or the guy who didn't know about the bass pedal on drums was a bit iffy, they should probably take all players aside before and give them a quick run down on the game
Lady Siara
Member
I noticed that too. And yeah, it is very difficult. I remember reading someone at HMX saying that calibrating for gigs like this was easily the worst part of the job.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
To be fair, it seems like these guys opted into it, you'd expect them to have a little experience
Yeah, I'm sure auto calibration helps, but eh, still takes alot of time to get "perfect", and in situations like this, especially shared stages you don't have time, one thing I would really like to see if the ability to calibrate each instrument differently in the future, would make running multiple display set ups alot easier.
To be fair, it seems like these guys opted into it, you'd expect them to have a little experience
Yeah, maybe if something similar is done in the future sign ups could ask about experience, if someone hasn't really played before take them off to one side and explain things, just make the overall stream smoother.
Sp3eD
0G M3mbeR
I got rock band 3 set up at bowling alley / bar sized venues myself with perfect calibration so I'm starting to not buy that excuse after like 6 or 7 game releases.
It really just looks like they throw everybody on expert whether they are ready or not including thier own devs.
Oh well, it doesn't matter now that the game is almost out but It is just an embarrassing thing about series that has bothered me for a long time.
Without knowing yours or their set ups, I imagine most of the problems they had were down to working with multiple displays (using past experience as a base for their set up)
They were only throwing the vocals on expert I believe, the instruments were free to choose, I saw a couple playing easy.
TheFurizzlyBear
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Not really, its been beaten to death in this thread so I don't really want to have the convo again but... Online Multiplayer was a small niche in the Rock Band world. Face-Off and Pro FO were much smaller niches and weren't included in RB3 because of this. I expect online co-op before these come out but who knows. My guess is that it will be score chase features but I hope I'm wrong and that's not all.
"So first feature update comes in December, adds assorted "competitive and social" features including track speeds customizable for individual players."
competitive sure sounds like a score ranking system.
social could be something as simple as making it so you can go to the harmonex forums and discuss songs with a click of a button on a song.
either way you would be best to not hope for serious online modes if they were delivering online play they would be saying that or at least be saying that it is in the works, but they haven't been.
Crimsonclaw111
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That would be awesome. Imagine the FC craze coming back.
matrixman92
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its been so long that I honestly cant remember what I have exported...other than Green Day, I know I exported that one. Is there a way to check without having rock band 3? Would any of that show up in transaction history on 360?
RaySpencer
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Ok weird question:
If I put a friends Xbox profile on my Xbox One so we can transfer his old DLC from previous games, are those songs available now on my console on my profile?
If I put a friends Xbox profile on my Xbox One so we can transfer his old DLC from previous games, are those songs available now on my console on my profile?
Scapegoat
Member
Assuming the Xbone licensing works the same way as on the 360, yes, you would, as long as either:
a) his account is logged in while you play. The account shouldn't actually have to play an instrument during the game however, so you can still play under your profile.
b) he sets your console as his default Xbone One. Then his account won't need to be logged in and all accounts on the console should be able to access the content.
Once again - this is assuming the Xbone DRM works under the same "rules" as on 360.
billmcdougal
Member
Those first two months without individual player speeds will be rough. I didn't realize that was a time consuming feature to add. I guess is just low priority, but i don't get how expert players can stand their track moving medium speed if playing with new players.
Edit: I Just realized that I don't understand the concept that they added harmonies to all old tracks. Doesn't that only make sense with songs that have multiple singers on the recording? Or are they basically inventing new harmony parts for each song from scratch?
Edit: I Just realized that I don't understand the concept that they added harmonies to all old tracks. Doesn't that only make sense with songs that have multiple singers on the recording? Or are they basically inventing new harmony parts for each song from scratch?
RaySpencer
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toymachine
Member
Yeah my prediction as well, not online of course
This is one of those things that I've always had a lot of difficulty with in RB games ever since moving up to HDTVs with amp/surround speaker set ups. Amazingly, I've still got Gen 1 RB instruments, so I've never had the convenience of an auto-calibration system, though I heard they weren't that great anyway.
I hope someone here at GAF comes through with an RB4 calibration guide, because so far, I've only really ever felt my calibration timing was spot on when I actually disconnected the audio from the PS3 and hooked it up with A/V cables to small speakers, letting me put the audio calibration number to 0. Whenever I hook it up to a home theater audio system it just always feels slightly off.
Auto Calibration is great for a ballpark, I don't like RB guitars but I always include one in my "gigbag" as such for set up, I tend to use it as a ballpark, then mute the audio, play a song and edit calibration until I feel its spot on, same for the audio
billmcdougal
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I remember having that issue when i tried to buy Rise of the Fenix. Tried many times. I don't remember if I ever got around to buying it on the 360.