Rock Band

[Baylan]

Angel' date='Oct 19 2007, 04:31 PM' post='139092']
Disclaimer: this was originally a reply to a post in the "playing with my wii"-thread, but it went off-topic fast, so I decided to make a new thread.
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I beg to differ on 1 issue, g4m.

For multiplayer where people are actually at your house and they are non-gamers...the wii can't be beat.
I've played Wii sports and loved it to bits and first time I tried it with a friend, we played for 11 hours straight. Haven't played it for about 3-4 months though. I wouldn't say I got tired of it; I just felt I was 'done' with it.

Rock Band

This thing however, I assume, will keep me giggling and rockin' for years to come. Read the previews, watch the awesome video clips and interviews with the guys behind the game. I've been following the development of this game since its inception, and it seems Harmonix are doing everything right. Every article I read, every interview I hear, I get more and more excited about this game.

For the uninitiated, Rock Band is an extension of the Guitar Hero-franchise where players are outfitted with a model guitar which allows them to play 'notes' that appear on stage. (no knowledge of music or notes required though). Rock Band takes it a step further and adds bass, microphone and drum kit (!) allowing four players to get their rock on to all sub-genres of rock and roll music. You can play multiplayer and single player alike. The multiplayer can be played locally or over the Internet. The next generation platforms allow the developer to constantly add new stuff, most importantly new songs that can be downloaded and played, keeping the game fresh. For more information, check wikipedia

screenies

edit: having now read my post, I find it's nothing more than a blatant ad for Rock Band. Sorry about that. It was originally a stab at Wii's dominance as the world's leading multiplayer-friendly console.

Apologies.

As much as Rock Band is a great idea, I think it suffers from PS3 syndrome.

Think about it this way: what is the price point? Are there multiple bundles? How many people really want to try and sing? Or play bass?

The end result is that you've got a lot of people that want to do half of the game, and very few that want to do the other half. Add in the fact that at release, they're only selling the $200 bundle, and I think that Rock Band is going to fall flat on its face. The track selection is also (from my understanding) not nearly as large as GH3.

Personally, I'm gonna buy GH3 because it fits in my price range, it is essentially the same thing, and Guitar Hero rules my floor in my dorm :-).

-Baylan