Thread: Beatles Rockband

Anyone else have this game? It's pretty cool. But my 10 year old is already scoring 100% on expert on drums. Tonight he hit #8 on the global charts. We need to buy him more stuff for the game already.

OTOH, we put him in band this year on percussion. He says it's so slow and boring he could die. Apparently beginning band doesn't play many Rockband or Beatles songs...

I feel like I am one of the only hardcore gamers that has never played a Guitar Hero or Rock Band before.

iam on that same boat ive never palyed any rock band or guitar heroes game

Originally Posted by shazam!

i feel like i am one of the only hardcore gamers that has never played a guitar hero or rock band before.

Originally Posted by LECONA1980

iam on that same boat ive never palyed any rock band or guitar heroes game

I like the rockband better than guitar hero game because it includes some "real" talents like drumming and singing. I mean if someone is good at guitar hero (or the guitars on rockband) it doesn't translate to real life guitars, but if you are good at rockband drums, that CAN translate to real life drums. Also rockband microphones measure your voice tone and notes. It can't make you American Idol worthy, but it can tell you if you have a decent voice and if you hit the right notes.

Rockband 2> Beatles Rockband.

It's not even close. The ONLY thing that's better about the Beatles version is the 4 part vocal harmony.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

Rockband 2> Beatles Rockband.

It's not even close. The ONLY thing that's better about the Beatles version is the 4 part vocal harmony.

That and my mom doesn't mind being in the same room while my son is playing.

Originally Posted by girler

That and my mom doesn't mind being in the same room while my son is playing.

Well in all honestly it's good to here that your son enjoys it. If he gets to cocky or "bored" get Rockband 2, and have him try to play "Battery" on expert. That will teach him.

Beatles Rock Band is 20 times better than any other Guitar Hero/Rock Band game. There's good graphics, good songs, an actual storyline, and harmonies.

Seriously.

Originally Posted by aberdien

Beatles Rock Band is 20 times better than any other Guitar Hero/Rock Band game. There's good graphics, good songs, an actual storyline, and harmonies.

Seriously.

Same graphics engine, not near the selection of songs. The vocal harmonies are nice, but if you thought the Beatles were overrated, then so is this game. Also, no characters to create, etc. If you love the Beatles, then you'll love this game. If you think the fab 4 are insanely overrated, this game is the same....and holy crap is it easy. This game is almost identical in play to Rockband 2, without the track list, creativity, or difficulty. The vocal harmonies are pretty bad ass, but that only lasts for so long. This should have been released as an expansion, not a stand alone title. Seriously. 45 track. 45 Friggin tracks. Really? My rockband2 has over 300.

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Seriously.

Every month or two there seems to be a new Guitar Hero or some kind of expansion. Talk about milking it.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Every month or two there seems to be a new Guitar Hero or some kind of expansion. Talk about milking it.

To be fair, this is the 1st "expansion" for Rockband (although it was sold as a stand alone title, why, I have no idea). Guitar hero has gone apeshit, Rockband, not so much. The great thing about Rockband, is if you owned rockband 1, and purchased rockband 2, you had the option of putting all the rockband 1 songs on your hard drive. So, since I owned the original rockband, when I purchased Rockband 2, I (for free mind you), was able to copy all the songs on my rockband 1 disk to my hard drive, I then promptly sold rockband 1 for $30. So, Rockband 2 ended up costing me $30, not $60. I now have over 300 songs to choose from. It's awesome. Beatles Rockband is great if you like the Beatles. Personally, paying $60 for 45 Beatles songs? PASS.

I've been a Beatles fanatic forever, and have raised my kids on the Beatles- so this is a pretty cool piece of history for us.

I must say it's over priced and I really did expect more songs though. That doesn't mean I'm not going to throw more money at it. I have to get all the effing songs eventually.

timmy, have you seen anything about that rockband community thing that they're supposedly developing? something along the lines of user created track exchange, hopefully? how sick would that be if they do it right and don't charge an arm and a leg.

I think I read something about that on IGN Shanks.

Originally Posted by shawshank24

timmy, have you seen anything about that rockband community thing that they're supposedly developing? something along the lines of user created track exchange, hopefully? how sick would that be if they do it right and don't charge an arm and a leg.

I've heard some things, but haven't really seen it. Guitar Hero World Tour had something of a track creator, I didn't play with it a whole lot, but what I did didn't I really impress me.

It's hard to say man. If they could actually do it right it would be awesome, but creating true rockband tracks (4 parts, even more if they want to throw in multiple vocal parts, which I think are awesome) would be extremely hard to do right, especially from a user standpoint. That being said, I'd love it. There are several bands (SEETHER!!!...sorry, huge fan) I'd love to see on Rockband. Then again I guess I could be missing the point all together. Say some unsigned no-name band creates a track and it propels them to stardome because it's awesome. Who gets the royalties, etc? I think it's a great idea, and great for the community if they do it right, but it does open a can of worms.

Then again, if I could play a real axe like a I can a plastic one with 5 colored buttons I would be rich and it wouldn't matter.