GHWT BiB, Is it worth the price tag?

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 7:37 AM

I am considering getting GHWT BiB after not getting the game and guitar from morrisons

the cheapest place at the moment is HMV @ £130 but is it worth that price tag or not

i made a thread about cheapest price (Guitar Hero World Tour - 360, Cheapest Where Please?)

this is to ask about is it worth it?

Semerie · 27-01-2009, 1:25 PM

130 oO

its gone down lol
I've played on the GHWT drums and love them lol i just wish i could afford them

IMO (not that i personally have them) but i would say thats a good deal

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 4:46 PM

130 is not bad but its a lot of money, i have played the guitar and the drums etc worth it for the price tag?

shrimp3r · 27-01-2009, 5:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

130 is not bad but its a lot of money, i have played the guitar and the drums etc worth it for the price tag?

I only play on drums, as it's closer to the real thing and I think the GHWT drumming experience might actually help if I moved onto playing drums for real.

Mark Mac

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 5:49 PM

but they are good fun?

are they hard or easy to pick up?

shrimp3r · 27-01-2009, 7:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

but they are good fun?

are they hard or easy to pick up?

Great fun and pretty easy to pick up IMHO. The key thing is to see if you like the song list or the DLC. I like Metallica and I love the Death Magnetic DLC - I've not even tried the Guitar on it yet. You can't beat the feeling of smashing those cymbals. TBH, if the drums were sold on their own, I would have been happy just to get those. The RB2 drums might show up soon, so you could so consider getting them.

Mark Mac

Oh and play with a pair of headphone and it's even better.

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 8:25 PM

Thanks,

im cool with my surround soundi like quite a lot of the GHWT songs so the drums to them could be fun as i have only played a select few on guitar

are the RB2 drums any good and do you mean they are coming out seperately?

shrimp3r · 27-01-2009, 8:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

Thanks,

im cool with my surround soundi like quite a lot of the GHWT songs so the drums to them could be fun as i have only played a select few on guitar

are the RB2 drums any good and do you mean they are coming out seperately?

Yeah, all the rock band kit is sold separately as well a a full pack - so you could buy just RB2 drums and take your pick of the GHWT and RB2 game discs. You'd need to buy the cymbal add-ons for the RB2 drums. Have a google, there's a few drum comparison reviews knocking about and there's a RB2 Instruments thread over in the RB2 sub-forum.

Mark Mac

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 8:46 PM

i have never ventured to the RB bit

i dont wanna fork out more money to get the cymbals id rather have the GHWT ones

shrimp3r · 27-01-2009, 8:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

i have never ventured to the RB bit

i dont wanna fork out more money to get the cymbals id rather have the GHWT ones

I got GHWT after getting fed up with waiting for the Rb2 drums and I'm happy with them, they play pretty well in RB2 as well.

Mark Mac

Sniper Ash6 · 27-01-2009, 8:53 PM

thanks

there is talk of the BiB being 112 in Zavvi so will try to get lucky and grab one as i have a late start 2moz (Sod's Law says i do not!!!!!)

i bet i don't!! whos with me?

SRR · 27-01-2009, 10:17 PM

Sniper...That picture was taken today. The sign was on top of LOADS of box's of them on the 1st floor.
Good luck mate...

Sniper Ash6 · 28-01-2009, 8:13 AM

thanks
BUT

lucks run out already, my store has closed so ther goes that idea

back to the ... err ... drawing board i guess

mattclarkie · 28-01-2009, 8:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

thanks
BUT

lucks run out already, my store has closed so ther goes that idea

back to the ... err ... drawing board i guess

Get an HMV student discount. £125 10% discount ~£113.

Sniper Ash6 · 28-01-2009, 8:30 AM

its 130 isnt it?

dont u need an NUS card to get student discount there? well to apply for it?

Sniper Ash6 · 28-01-2009, 8:52 AM

site now says 124.99

i believe i can just go apply for the student discount using my college card is that right?

if so i can go to HMV and get GHWT BiB for

124.99/10 = 12.499 (10% of 124.99) 124.99-12.499 = £112.491 which is not bad at all

just the above couple of questions and i will see into it, might go see if there are any in my HMV today - though knowing my luck it will close or something

mattclarkie · 28-01-2009, 8:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sniper Ash6

site now says 124.99

i believe i can just go apply for the student discount using my college card is that right?

if so i can go to HMV and get GHWT BiB for

124.99/10 = 12.499 (10% of 124.99) 124.99-12.499 = £112.491 which is not bad at all

just the above couple of questions and i will see into it, might go see if there are any in my HMV today - though knowing my luck it will close or something

Any photo student ID. It's hard to get a student card without buying something when you ask for it, and I'm guessing it is more expensive instore than online.

Sniper Ash6 · 28-01-2009, 11:15 AM

im having crap luck today

nearly got run over

nearly been in crash when on bus

zavvi closed so no cheap GH

HMV have no student discount cards get a certain amount per year and wont get any till Sep, so try other stores. has your got any please matt?

eddyr · 01-02-2009, 1:04 PM

Its a bit of a novelty, but fun if you've got 2+ people playing together.

Semerie · 01-02-2009, 4:31 PM

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Its a bit of a novelty, but fun if you've got 2+ people playing together.

but dosent it put you off hearing a drummer and another guitarist??

Sniper Ash6 · 01-02-2009, 5:16 PM

what do you mean?

eddyr · 02-02-2009, 6:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Semerie

but dosent it put you off hearing a drummer and another guitarist??

Nah, not really!

matttr6 · 03-02-2009, 12:12 AM

I've thought about this many times but always put if off for a couple of reasons. I haven't really got the space to store it when not in use, generally play games on my own (girlfriend will join in if its GH:WT or LoR), its very expensive (basically price of 3 good games) and I'm also worried about the reliability of drums and guitar (touch wood, the guitar I got with LoR on the HMV £35 deal has been fine so far!)

Sniper Ash6 · 03-02-2009, 9:26 AM

i have heard a lot about the drums so i may wait a bit longertill they sort the problems out and drop the price

for GH3 i havent really had any problems with my guitar but mattclarkie has though he got a new one with GHA

shagaboopon · 03-02-2009, 11:54 AM

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i have heard a lot about the drums so i may wait a bit longertill they sort the problems out and drop the price

for GH3 i havent really had any problems with my guitar but mattclarkie has though he got a new one with GHA

Unfortunately there is very little chance of either the RB or GHWT drum kits being anything other than problematic in the long term. The kits are built too cheap and will always have issues unless they release a premium kit like the ION's which are a nice budget level entry compared to converting a electronic kit. The other option of course would be to build a custom set and butcher the controllers from a faulty drum set.

Sniper Ash6 · 03-02-2009, 2:46 PM

so theres not gonna be any refinement of them?

is it just luck of the draw whether you get good ones?

shagaboopon · 03-02-2009, 6:09 PM

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so theres not gonna be any refinement of them?

is it just luck of the draw whether you get good ones?

They've already done refinements, unfortunately it doesn't matter how much you polish a turd, it's still a turd! The components needed to make the kits last are just not cheap enough to make it into a mass market product it seems.

There is a chance you'll get a "good" set but unless you play rarely they'll all suffer sensor failures sooner or later.