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US Release Dates
XBOX 360: 9/14/2008 PS3: 10/19/2008 Wii: 11 /16/2008 PS2: 11/18/2008
For PS3 and 360 users all previously purchased DLC songs from the original Rock Band will work in Rock Band 2. Also, if you have a Rock Band 1 disk, you can transfer every song from that disk onto your harddrive and use those songs in Rock Band 2 for the price of 4.99. Every song with the exception of Enter Sandman (Metallica), Run to the Hills (Iron Maiden), and Paranoid (Black Sabbath). Nothing has been announced concerning PS2 or Wii but I would assume because of their storage limitations they will not have this feature. The Wii version of Rock Band 2 though will have all of the features of the 360 and PS3 versions unlike the first Rock Band including DLC. Another nice thing about Rock Band 2, all of the instruments will work with Guitar Hero World Tour and all Guitar Hero World Tour instruments will work with Rock Band 2, at least with the 360 and PS3 versions. I have no idea whether they work with the Wii and PS2.
"Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC "Girl's Gone Grey" by AFI "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains "Ramblin' Man" by Allman Brothers "Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold "Shooting Star" by Bad Company "So Whatcha Want" by Beastie Boys "E-Pro" by Beck "Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill "White Wedding Pt. I" by Billy Idol "One Way or Another" by Blondie "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi "Hello There" by Cheap Trick "Uncontrollable Urge" by Devo "Feel the Pain" by Dinosaur Jr. "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed "Panic Attack" by Dream Theater "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac "Everlong" by Foo Fighters "Shackler's Revenge" by Guns N' Roses "PDA" by Interpol "Mountain Song" by Jane's Addiction "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett "Anyway You Want It" by Journey "Painkiller" by Judas Priest "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas "Pretend We're Dead" by L7 "Our Truth" by Lacuna Coil "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit "De-Luxe" by Lush "Colony of Birchmen" by Mastodon "Peace Sells" by Megadeth "Battery" by Metallica "Where'd You Go" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones "Float On" by Modest Mouse "Ace of Spades" by Motorhead "Drain You" by Nirvana "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum "Nine in the Afternoon" by Panic at the Disco "That's What You Get" by Paramore "Alive" by Pearl Jam "Lump" by Presidents of the USA "Testify" by Rage Against the Machine "Round & Round" by Ratt "Give it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give it All" by Rise Against "The Trees" by Rush "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins "I Was Wrong" by Social Distortion "Teenage Riot" by Sonic Youth "Spoonman" by Soundgarden "Cool for Cats" by Squeeze "Bodhitsattva" by Steely Dan "Rock'n Me" by Steve Miller Band "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor "Chop Suey" by System of a Down "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads "Master Exploder" by Tenacious D "Souls of Black" by Testament "New Kid in School" by The Donnas "We Got the Beat" by The Go-Go's "Alabama Getaway" by The Grateful Dead "American Woman" by The Guess Who "Kids in America" by The Muffs "Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated)" by The Offspring "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements "Pinball Wizard" by The Who "Visions" by Abnormality "Get Clean" by Anarchy Club "Night Lies" by Bang Camaro "Shoulder to the Plow" by Breaking Wheel "Neighborhood" by The Libyans "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" by The Main Drag "Conventional Lover" by Speck "Supreme Girl" by The Sterns "Rob the Prez-O-Dent" by That Handsome Devil
In addition there will be 20 free downloadable songs on the date of release that have yet to be announced. There will be 500 total Rock Band songs by the end of the year.
Full Albums:
7 new full albums have also been announced as Downloadble Content for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2. They should be released before the end of the year. They are:
Rush : Moving Pictures
RHCP: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Stevie Ray Vaughn: Texas Flood
Megadeth: Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking
Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape
The last album is a greatest hits compilation from No Doubt, but it does not seem to be their actual greatest hits album, and will be more like the Who compilation that was released earlier this year.
Already Released Full Albums: These are full albums that have already been released as DLC for the 360 and PS3 versions of Rock Band.
As someone who hated the original Rock Band guitar, it sounds like they have fixed the problems with it, mainly the strum bar. It is no longer "mushy" and it returns to center much more quickly. For the hardcore geeks out there. They are also releasing an actual Fender guitar with its insides gutted and replaced with the Rock Band buttons and strummer.
The new drums are pretty similar to the old drums, but now they are sensitive to how hard you hit them and the sound coming out of your speakers will reflect that intensity. They have more bounce and are not as loud. Also you now have the option to buy separate cymbals that you can attach to the drum-set. I think they are about 5 dollars each.
Now if you really want to Geek out, there is the Ion drum-set which is an actual electronic drum-set minus the brain. You can buy that separately if you want to take your pretend drumming into a more realistic direction. It works with both the game and as a separate drum-set with the brain. 300 dollars for the obsessed.
New Modes:
Last edited by C4Lukin on Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:28 am, edited 6 times in total.
Damn all that work and I completely failed. I suck at searching. Sad face But really that was a setlist announcement, and I wanted to put all of the pertinent information for all those interested in the game on various platforms in one place.
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C4Lukin wrote:
For the hardcore geeks out there. They are also releasing an actual Fender guitar with its insides gutted and replaced with the Rock Band buttons and strummer.
I think your picture answered my question about the cymbals. I see they have colour spots corresponding to the pads they are over. I would think this means you will always use 4 pads only in any song. If you use the cymbal, you won't use the drum pad of the corresponding colour. I was wondering how they were going to integrate the cymbals on previosly released songs.
By that logic, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit has more pads. 3 drum pads and 2 cymbals.
So, GH's drumkit now looks better with more pads and I really like the new guitar they have. I think I have finally made my choice.
Does anyone know about cross compatibility of instruments? ... I mean controllers.
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antiyou wrote:
Does anyone know about cross compatibility of instruments? ... I mean controllers.
The instruments for both the PS3 and 360 versions of the games will be compatible with each other. In Guitar Hero World Tour for instance, if you use the Rock Band 2 drums then they made it so the charts still have all the notes but instead of 6 columns they will be condensed into 5. So if you want both games, just pick the instruments you like better and they will work with either game.
As for the cymbals on Rock Band 2. They basically work just like the corresponding colored drum pad, so you could either hit the blue cymbal or the blue drum and you will have the same result. It is just up to the player to decide how they want to play it.
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C4Lukin wrote:
bondcfh007 wrote:
man, so schism, parabola and vicarious were just confirmed for GHWT
Yeah it kind of sucks that Activision and MTV seem to be battling for exclusives on certain artists.
it's pretty fucking retarded actually... i have enough fake band instruments and games. they should just join forces and rule the fake music galaxy as father and son
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bondcfh007 wrote:
it's pretty fucking retarded actually... i have enough fake band instruments and games. they should just join forces and rule the fake music galaxy as father and son
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But really that was a setlist announcement, and I wanted to put all of the pertinent information for all those interested in the game on various platforms in one place.
