peep said:
I liked the set list on World Tour, yeah there were some tracks I weren't keen on but when someone makes a game to try and cater for such a large audience I don't expect to like every track.
GH5 has definitely improved, there seems to be loads of rubbish on the track list but there are some gems in there like Rammstein's 'Du hast' and Nirvana's 'Smells like Teen spirit'.
Tbh I haven't played the Rock Band games but I've never seen much difference between the track lists.
This is the way that I look at it. If I was at a rock club, which of the sets of tracks would make it a good night? The first three Guitar Hero games would have made a good, nostalgic night (in the most part, some decent newer stuff too).
Rock Band 1, I'd have had a good night (especially with the "requests - ie DLC).
World Tour, I'd have left after half an hour.
You can't cater for everybody, but if you fail to cater for me (I've been listening to a diverse range of music, but mostly rock, for thirty years) then surely your track list is very poor. I have a wide range of musical tastes and interests, so there should be at least one song per level that appeals to me. They just didn't.
There's very little difference between the set lists for World Tour and Rock Band 2, but the original Rock Band track list is superb. I just looked at it again and I'd be happy to have that as a CD compilation
before I played the game :lol: Blackhole Sun, Enter Sandman, Blitzkrieg Bop, Dani California, Gimme Shelter, Paranoid, Epic, The hand that feeds, Go with the Flow, Don't fear the reaper, Creep and Ballroom Blitz. Brilliant stuff... And, erm... Orange Crush :lol:
Kebab
I'm not interested in taking the game to an extreme level. I like the games to challenge me to a degree, but I know I'm never going to get brilliant. I do want to be entertained though. For me, it's just an interactive way to enjoy the music. I never want the process of playing the game to overwhelm the joy of listening to the music. To me it's not a game, it's an interactive CD
Point being, I don't care how hard the guitar or drums get
Beatles really depends on how much you like the Beatles
peep said:
Also I did play the demo of Rock Band Unplugged on the PSP, amazing, was so much better than GH: On tour for the DS.
There's a new demo out now for £3.49. It's the game engine with two or three tracks. However, you can add DLC to it. It's not the full game, but you can use it to play tracks just for fun. Then if you do buy the full game, you have the DLC. Unlike the "big brother" versions, I do treat the PSP version as a "game" - oddly
In good news, I got £9 trade in for World Tour - so it only cost me a pound to find out how dreadful it was.
In bad news, I used that £9 to buy Sega Rally - which isn't awful, but it's very hard to play after playing Dirt 2 for three weeks :lol: