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Ronin_Dragon_NC
11-19-2007, 03:59 PM
From Gizmodo (link (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/games/rock-band-review-roundup-verdict-great-hardware-multiplayer-324477.php)):


Rock Band Review Roundup (Verdict: Great Hardware, Multiplayer)

Ars, OXM, IGN review Rock Band, and find the hardware to be solid enough, the songs righteous, and Guitar Hero soundly trumped in multiplayer. IGN gives it a 9.4/10. OXM gave em a 9.5/10. Glad they both passed over the played out 11/10 verdict.

Fav of reviewers is The World Tour, which penalizes your band's career when one of your musically-challenged friends drops his drumsticks. Single player is not as great as it is in Guitar Hero, because, hey, very few of us are capable of running a one man band (http://gnr.nu/fun/oneManBandAxl.jpg) like Axl here. Surprisingly, there are no mentions of online problems, PS3 or XBox Live. Looks like you're safe to buy, if you can find a copy this late in the game. My two cents: Those drums are going to tart up your livingroom something awful. [Ars (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/rock-band-review.ars) IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/836/836144p6.html), OXM (http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/editors-choice-gallery/rock-band)]
Cynn
11-19-2007, 09:28 PM
http://www.destructoid.com/destructoid-review-rock-band-54901.phtml#ext
DTOID: 9.5
BAN5HEE
11-20-2007, 04:17 AM
Nice! This game is so on my Xmass shopping list.
Hunk_Junk
11-20-2007, 11:54 AM
Ditto!!!
Cynn
11-20-2007, 07:27 PM
Nice! This game is so on my Xmass shopping list.


Good luck my man. RB is going to be very rare this holiday. :vb_cussing:

I have mine but won't get to play until Thursday.
Twilight_Miasma
11-20-2007, 08:08 PM
If enough people get Rock Band, we should start up our own Band on Live. I'd get it if I could afford it. I'd be going with the drums since everyone and their mother goes for guitar and bass. >.>
BAN5HEE
11-21-2007, 04:47 AM
Good luck my man. RB is going to be very rare this holiday. :vb_cussing:

I have mine but won't get to play until Thursday.

I will pay some kid to camp out at a GAME store a week before release date... :)
jayce75
11-21-2007, 02:31 PM
Fry's had a few last night when I went to pick up some BR movies - VERY tempting - but I didn't do it...
jayce75
11-25-2007, 12:24 AM
Okay so I didn't do it last week but I just got back from Wal-Mart with it tonight. I never should have let my wife play it at Best Buy - at least not three days before her birthday ;)

Question - does anyone know off-hand if the guitar that comes with this also works with Guitar Hero?
Cynn
11-25-2007, 01:49 AM
No. Activision won't let the Strat work with GH but the Explorer will work with Rockband. That's a good thing too cause just about every Strat is defective in either the strum bar or tilt sensor. Ugh. Mine included.

Rock band is great though! I sing and play guitar. Drums kinda sucked to me.
jayce75
11-25-2007, 03:06 AM
Yeah we enjoyed it quite a bit tonight as it's after 2 in the morning and we just stopped playing! Now for the hard part - where the heck am I going to put all of this stuff so it's out of the way lol
Ronin_Dragon_NC
11-25-2007, 05:19 AM
If it's the strum bar, it's easy to fix yourself. One of the screws holding the bar's microswitches in place has a habit of getting loose, and the button rotates away from the bar. turn it back, and tighten the screw down, and it should be fine.

Gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/%28don.t-fear%29-the-reaper/how-to-revive-your-busted-rock-band-guitar-to-keep-jamming-this-weekend-325933.php) about busted Rock Band controllers
Cynn
11-25-2007, 08:16 AM
If it's the strum bar, it's easy to fix yourself. One of the screws holding the bar's microswitches in place has a habit of getting loose, and the button rotates away from the bar. turn it back, and tighten the screw down, and it should be fine.

Gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/%28don.t-fear%29-the-reaper/how-to-revive-your-busted-rock-band-guitar-to-keep-jamming-this-weekend-325933.php) about busted Rock Band controllers

Thanks man. Sadly it's my tilt sensor though. It won't activate half the time and most of the time it just randomly activates. I did my own whammy fix on GHII and prefer to do these things myself but I think the tilt might be beyond a simple adjust.

I like the Strat a LOT more so I'm eager to get it replaced.
jayce75
11-25-2007, 09:28 AM
No. Activision won't let the Strat work with GH but the Explorer will work with Rockband. That's a good thing too cause just about every Strat is defective in either the strum bar or tilt sensor. Ugh. Mine included.

Rock band is great though! I sing and play guitar. Drums kinda sucked to me.

Sounds like I better find a GH Explorer then for two reasons - first I've really gotten into playing Bass (I read there's no option for the Bass in solo mode - is that true????) and in case something happens to my strat.

I was so not going to buy this game but I'm glad I did. The deciding factor was that my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are in Guam (he's in the Navy) and they are getting Xbox Live sometime around Christmas along with this game so we can all play together.