Official Rock Band 2 Preview Thread (UK Release: November 21st 2008)

SeedyR · 16-11-2008, 6:36 PM

Review of the cymbal add on here mate. 8.5/10

Yubious · 17-11-2008, 6:36 AM

anyone tried rock band1 with the guitar hero drums?
just wondering how they perform as im gettin rb2 this week and no longer have rb1 to test it out.
i assume you're gonna av to hit cymbals when its actually toms being played..?

Chrispyphillips · 17-11-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Yubious

anyone tried rock band1 with the guitar hero drums?
just wondering how they perform as im gettin rb2 this week and no longer have rb1 to test it out.
i assume you're gonna av to hit cymbals when its actually toms being played..?

See the thread in the guitar Hero section "The video we've all been waiting for"!

(cant be bothered to link it)

Cant believe this is out Friday, and I havent placed a preorder anywhere!!!

I cant see it being cheap in the Supermarkets either, so not sure what to do really. I know I'm gonna want to play it immediately, but at the moment I just cant pull my finger out.

silvercue · 17-11-2008, 11:39 AM

I will be getting this, but have to say the horrible price of LIVE Points has really dampened my enthusiasm for RB at the moment.

Kind of bored of all the tarcks I have. But I was getting 4200 points for just over £25 and now can't find any for less than ~£33.....

That is a big increase when you look at how many points RB eats up.

/waits for the stingy scrooge replies

Bursar · 17-11-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by silvercue

Kind of bored of all the tarcks I have. But I was getting 4200 points for just over £25 and now can't find any for less than ~£33.....

That is a big increase when you look at how many points RB eats up.

/waits for the stingy scrooge replies

I'm in the same boat. I was going to get the Foos album, but I only have 1490 points. I'll get the Killers pack, but the Foos album will have to wait until I can get some cheaper points.

kismet110 · 17-11-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by silvercue

I will be getting this, but have to say the horrible price of LIVE Points has really dampened my enthusiasm for RB at the moment.

Kind of bored of all the tracks I have. But I was getting 4200 points for just over £25 and now can't find any for less than ~£33.....

That is a big increase when you look at how many points RB eats up.

/waits for the stingy scrooge replies

Au contraire. There's a LIPS promotional pack available on Tesco's website. If you buy two, add the FreeDel code and go via QuidCo then it works out £25.73 for 4200MSP

oasismark · 17-11-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SeedyR

Review of the cymbal add on here mate. 8.5/10

i think that may have just decided the fate of my GH:WT gear.

i dont think i can do with the GH pedal, it need s to be fixed and hard wearing, the RB drum kit was fine but needed cymbals, now with these add ons at a reasonable price. i'm gonna get the RB2 drums with the cymbal add on and return the gh KIT.

silvercue · 17-11-2008, 12:40 PM

I thought that promotion was not available until later this month?

I'll try to find it - if anyone has a link that would be cool.

Never used Quidco...will have to check it out.

kismet110 · 17-11-2008, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by silvercue

I thought that promotion was not available until later this month?

I'll try to find it - if anyone has a link that would be cool.

Never used Quidco...will have to check it out.

This is the link:

Tesco Entertainment

They are available from this coming Friday (and shipping details state they will be sent out on release date).

Madness to not use QuidCo imo if you buy regularly online; in the short time I've been doing so I've got back over £100 and counting

**zAndy1** · 17-11-2008, 2:35 PM

Surely if the RB2 instruments were going to be available this Friday then somewhere would be advertising them by now? Looks to me like we're gonna have to wait for the instruments although to be honest I'll use the GH:WT guitar for now and probably pick the drums up later when I've seen some opinions of the drum kit.

Yubious · 17-11-2008, 4:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kismet110

Au contraire. There's a LIPS promotional pack available on Tesco's website. If you buy two, add the FreeDel code and go via QuidCo then it works out £25.73 for 4200MSP

where can i find the free delivery code??

ah was just looking a bit closer, the code is freedel for free delivery!

Azzin · 17-11-2008, 5:40 PM

Lips mic won't work with GH or Rock Band

oasismark · 17-11-2008, 6:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Azzin

Lips mic won't work with GH or Rock Band

thats crap but not a total loss yet!

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But Yano said adding compatibility to Rock Band and GHWT would be easy. "It's not something we can do, obviously [the games would require a patch]. I mean, I hope so for Rock Band, Guitar Hero. It won't work out of the box but it's relatively easy to kind of get it going," he told MTV.

So, Harmonix and Neversoft, it's up to you

stument · 27-11-2008, 2:29 PM

Hey sorry if this has been answered but,

Is it possible to trasnfer all my ROCK BAND 1 songs including all my DLC onto ROCK BAND 2?

Also if this is true how is it done? do you need the RB1 disk?

Im getting RB 2 tomorrow want to check its all possible before i say good bye to my RB1 disk..

Thanks

Greasychipbutty · 27-11-2008, 2:35 PM

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Originally Posted by stument

Hey sorry if this has been answered but,

Is it possible to trasnfer all my ROCK BAND 1 songs including all my DLC onto ROCK BAND 2?

Also if this is true how is it done? do you need the RB1 disk?

Im getting RB 2 tomorrow want to check its all possible before i say good bye to my RB1 disk..

Thanks

Right m8.

In rb1 menu find an option for importing tracks.
This will cost you 400 ms points.
Once complete, simply load up rb2 and in the track list there'll be all your dlc (symbolised by a downard pointing arrow) and all rb1 tracks and some rb2 tracks (notable by a little 1 or 2 in a circle at the beginning of the track title).
You'll only have about 15 rb2 tracks in the list until you progress thru the career and open the rest up. Easy peezy!

stument · 27-11-2008, 3:06 PM

So once i put the RB1 songs onto RB2 ill not need to use my RB 1 disk again?

Thanks for the reply

kismet110 · 27-11-2008, 3:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stument

So once i put the RB1 songs onto RB2 ill not need to use my RB 1 disk again?

Thanks for the reply

The Export Licence will let you transfer all the songs bar Paranoid, RTTH & Enter Sandman (licensing issues). Once done the RB1 songs will become usable in RB2.

You might want to keep your RB1 disk if you like those songs a lot, or want to work through the Achievements, or nostalgic reasons. Or all three. I did

Captain Speedy · 27-11-2008, 3:14 PM

You don't get Monsoon either.

kismet110 · 27-11-2008, 3:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Speedy

You don't get Monsoon either.

Yes,, forgot about that one (was one of the Euro-only jobbies). Shame really, not difficult to play but a decent track..

Captain Speedy · 27-11-2008, 4:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kismet110

Yes,, forgot about that one (was one of the Euro-only jobbies). Shame really, not difficult to play but a decent track..

I like it as well (one of the reasons I am keeping RB1) just a little annoying that the yanks can still download it but we cant.

Greasychipbutty · 27-11-2008, 4:37 PM

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Originally Posted by oasismark

i think that may have just decided the fate of my GH:WT gear.

i dont think i can do with the GH pedal, it need s to be fixed and hard wearing, the RB drum kit was fine but needed cymbals, now with these add ons at a reasonable price. i'm gonna get the RB2 drums with the cymbal add on and return the gh KIT.

Haha! PMSL!

Mark...awesome avatar m8!

Best i've seen yet r kid!

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