Rock Band. More Awesome.

[dore]

Originally Posted by MalReynolds

Yes, it's true. And you only get the game first. Peripherals come out at the same time for PS3 and X-box.

From what I understand the 360 standalone instruments will be sold early as well, but the bundles will come out at the same time as PS3.

[thehunter1117]

PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SethSquall]

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

So I picked up Rock Band for my Wii a little while ago. Just finished up. On GGHT the second solo was giving me lots of problems on the 3-fingered rolls.

What I do. Is hold my left hand index finger on red and I use me middle and and index of my right hand to sort of gallop on the orange and and blue.

I made this video to help explain lol

Works perfectly. I usually always hit every part of that bit. Also, when star powered through the whole thing. It can bump you score up around 90k. No joke. My score at that point goes from like 330k to about 410k.

[EnR]

i use 2 hands for the solos, so I do the exact same thing as Seth. Works awesome, I find it's the easiest part of the solo O.O, my freind always dies on it, but i always cruse through.

[All_That_Chaz]

Oh I had no trouble playing it when I used the solo keys. I fall off the notes some, but what was killing me was trying to time a strum correctly when using the normal keys. I've never tapped before. It's probably a useful skill but I just never had the patience to practice. Maybe it's because I'm way better than any of my friends here without looking into new techniques =p

And that score is misleading, it was the first time I used the solo keys ever. And I played the whole song on it since shifting up there doesn't come naturally. I was missing everywhere in the beginning because my fingers weren't used to the spacing, hence the crappy combo.

[dore]

Both of the GGaHT solos are really easy to transition into on the solo buttons, you ought to use that as an opportunity to learn the basics of how to switch. And even if you miss a few notes at the beginning of the solo it's better to hit lots of notes elsewhere and then miss a few quick ones right in a row than constantly missing all over the place.

[s0ulst0n3]

I use a GH guitar, not a RB guitar, which is what makes my scores somewhat better. =P

Downside, if you miss .. it's hard to pick yourself up again.

[All_That_Chaz]

How does using a GH guitar yield better scores?

EDIT @dore: I'll start practicing, but I doubt I'll give it much time. I still have the Wii track pack to play, the GH3 Aerosmith disc, not to mention I never opened Bully, DBZ BT3, and I want to finish Fire Emblem. I still need to buy Mario Kart, and I'll be getting Rock Band 2 too. Busy busy busy!

[SethSquall]

Really don't think using a gh guitar will do anything but put you at a disadvantage.

Chaz. Takes about, 10 minutes to get over the solo buttons. Getting used to them is a breeze. Getting used to switching between fret buttons is a bit annoying but GGaHT's is really a good start. What I did to start, was rather than relying on the sliding of my hand down and feeling the buttons. Was to quickly look down and place my hands accordingly. You may miss one or two notes but after a little while it becomes second nature and you don't have to look.

All that being said I suggest you take advantage of the solo buttons and finger taping. It's stupid not to in my opinion.

[s0ulst0n3]

I can't play using a RB guitar, the strumming is too weird.

[All_That_Chaz]

Yea the solo buttons are a huge advantage. Being a perfectionist violinist, I've always been the type that freaks out at missing easy notes, even at the expense of failing the song later from not shifting down to the solo buttons. I just need to break that habit. I also need some more harder songs that I need the solo keys for. Although I will say that it was much easier playing on the solo buttons than I thought. I thought that when I would have to tap a button multiple times in a row would be difficult but it came surprisingly easily.

[wwe_extremist]

rock band's pretty fun they have a few good songs but its pretty much like ffr

[fretboardfury]

i found it hard to get used to the rock band guitar rather than the guitar hero guitar, it just feels different and I like using the guitar hero guitar better. I also think the songs on Rock Band are better than the ones on Guitar Hero, even though some of them are the same

[xXpocky_vampXx]

i love rockband

[1mpuls3]

i can't believe this thread is still around. rockband for life

[EnR]

I'm lisining to some Protest the Hero right now and I just realized, if PtH was in Rock Band, they would have the hardest songs. Every single thing sounds really hard. Solo's are intense, the drumming is insane and the singing sounds really hard.

[dore]

pretty much

But I think HMX forgot they existed... as talented of a band as they are it's amazing that they haven't been represented in DLC or RB2.

[Netjet!]

94% on highway star drums expert ;_;

[Tokzic]

help me rock band thread

i just moved and won't be able to play rock band for several months

HOLD ME ;____;

[dore]

ouch

/hold