Rock Band 3

[Dyson]

Woo, yay, etc. The only standard band music game series worth giving a damn about returns for Rock Band 3 later this year. Promising to redefine the music genre once more, I wonder what we can expect to see this time around? Here's hoping it won't be a disappointment. Details are on the low right now, the game only being announced in some sort of internal meeting and following up with twitter/facebook announcements.

 

What we do know is that there was a comment made a while ago by a Harmonix staff member claiming the next instalment of RB would get us learning how to play instruments? Then again, they said the same thing about the Drum Trainer, and I only touched that for achievements..

 

Thoughts/opinions? Day one for me. I love me some Rock Band.

[Shorty]

I would rather have a version that changed the gameplay a fair amount, added some new modes and interesting twists, lots of new music - but let me keep using my old instruments so I don't have to spend £100+ on it.

[McPhee]

So... thought? New instruments look dope.

 

[Dyson]

Got a link to these new instruments in action? I really wanna check out the new stringed one

[Dog-amoto]

Looks pretty interesting. As an intermediate guitarist I've never been bothered about Guitar Hero or Rock Band before, as it's nothing like the real thing, but I suppose this could be fun and you could learn some new tricks playing on Expert

 

We will see though

 

Video demonstration - looks like they have two versions, one with strings and one with buttons

 

[tapedeck]

Looks brilliant. As a guitarist and keyboard player I'm finally looking forward to bringing the pr0 to this game. Will be good to rock out with non-musical mates too.

[McPhee]

Video demonstration - looks like they have two versions, one with strings and one with buttons

 

Not quite. They have one with buttons and this thing;

 

 

It lets you hook up your own MIDI instruments to your console for use in Rock Band 3. Guitar, Bass, Keyboard and Drums all work I'm wondering how much it'll cost, I'd rather buy a cheap real guitar than the RB3 Pro guitar if they cost about the same (with adaptor).

 

http://gizmodo.com/5565453/hands-on-with-rock-band-3s-pro-guitar-and-keyboard-keytar

[Ganepark32]

That box thing is only for MIDI keyboards or drums. The string guitar is completely wireless and works exactly like the standard RB/GH guitars that come alongside each game.

[McPhee]

Ah right. Giz lied then. Bastards.

[Ramar]

I don't know whether I'm happy or not about these controller and game changes. Awesome sauce that they're trying to improve the games and what not, but I'm a little concerned I'm going to be dead crap at pro, it'll cost loads and I might as well play my real guitar (which I can't because I suck ^^).

 

I'm assuming all my DLC work with this new one, right?

[Dyson]

Giz didn't lie exactly; you can indeed hook up MIDI instruments to RB3 with the MIDI box. They are also releasing 2 guitars, one which is fully stringed and another which has 102 buttons and strings to pluck.

[Dyson]

So awesome: Play Rock Band 3's Pro Guitar mode on screen, and with an amp at the same time:

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/rock-band-3-squier-stratocaster-plays-both-real-and-virtual-guit/

 

 

God I want this so much!

[Ramar]

I hope the guitars aren't too expensive quite interested myself.

[Dyson]

Well, the 102 button guitar Mad Catz is making has an RRP of $150. I'm thinking that seeing as the Squier is a real guitar on top of a game controller, and has fancy technology in the neck - we're probably looking at, what...$299? >_<

[Ramar]

Well, the 102 button guitar Mad Catz is making has an RRP of $150. I'm thinking that seeing as the Squier is a real guitar on top of a game controller, and has fancy technology in the neck - we're probably looking at, what...$299? >_<

 

Ah well there goes my interest in that, hello mr plastic 5 button guitar.

[Charlie]

Ah well there goes my interest in that, hello mr plastic 5 button guitar.

 

Maybe you should wait until the official pricing is announced before you cool interest in a game?

 

I think it looks very interesting, it's good that they're doing away with the ancient system of 5 button guitars in lieu of something which could potentially make the game better. It'll be a whole new learning curve for people who have been playing the game since the beginning but I think it will be worthwhile because it'll be totally different and much more like playing the actual guitar.

[McPhee]

I'd be happy with £199, £249 is pushing it and £299 would be a flat 'no'. Still want to see what people make of it as a way to learn to play a real guitar first, once bitten twice shy after the drums thing.

[Ramar]

Maybe you should wait until the official pricing is announced before you cool interest in a game?

 

I think it looks very interesting, it's good that they're doing away with the ancient system of 5 button guitars in lieu of something which could potentially make the game better. It'll be a whole new learning curve for people who have been playing the game since the beginning but I think it will be worthwhile because it'll be totally different and much more like playing the actual guitar.

 

I'm definitely getting the game, its whether they can justify splashing the cash again.

[Tyson]

Fark sake, I only just bought a real guitar last week, now everyone's going to learning it and probably doing it better than me. As if most people already can't. Sadface

[Cookyman]

Rock Band 3 list

 

1.Amy Winehouse – "Rehab"

2.Antrax – "Caught in a Mosh"

3.At The Drive-In – "One Armed Scissor"

4.Avenged Sevenfold – "Beast And The Harlot"

5.The B-52s – "Rock Lobster"

6.The Beach Boys – "Good Vibrations" (Live)

7.Big Country – "In a Big Country"

8.Blondie – "Heart of Glass"

9.Bob Marley & The Wailers – "Get Up, Stand Up"

10.The Bronx – "False Alarm"

11.Chicago – "25 or 6 to 4"

12.The Cure – "Just Like Heaven"

13.David Bowie – "Space Oddity"

14.Deep Purple – "Smoke on the Water"

15.Def Leppard – "Foolin'"

16.Divo – "Whip It"

17.Dio – "Rainbow in the Dark"

18.Dire Straights – "Walk of Life"

19.The Doobie Brothers – "China Grove"

20.The Doors – "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"

21.Dover – "King George"

22.Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Killing Moon"

23.Elton John – "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

24.Faith No More – "Midlife Crisis"

25.Filter – "Hey Man, Nice Shot"

26.The Flaming Lips – "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"

27.Foreigner – "Cold as Ice"

28.Golden Earring – "Radar Love"

29.HIM – "Killing Loneliness"

30.Huey Lewis and the News – "The Power of Love"

31.Hypernova – "Viva La Resistance"

32.Ida Maria – "Oh My God"

33.INXS – "Need You Tonight"

34.The J. Geils Band – "Centerfold"

35.James Brown – "I Got You (I Feel Good)"

36.Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing"

37.The Jimi Hendrix Experience ˆ"Crosstown Traffic"

38.Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – "I Love Rock 'n Roll"

39.John Lennon – "Imagine"

40.Juanes – "Me Enamora"

41.Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Free Bird"

42.Maná – "Oye Mi Amor"

43.Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"

44.Metric – "Combat Baby"

45.The Muffs – "Outer Space"

46.Night Ranger – "Sister Christian"

47.Ozzy Osbourne – "Crazy Train"

48.Paramore – "Misery Business"

49.Phish – "Llama"

50.Phoenix – "Lasso"

51.The Police – "Don't Stand So Close to Me"

52.Poni Hoax – "Antibodies"

53.Pretty Girls Make Graves – "Something Bigger, Something Brighter"

54.Primus – "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"

55.Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"

56.Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows"

57.Rammstein – "Du Hast"

58.Ramones – "I Wanna Be Sedated"

59.Raveonettes – "Last Dance"

60.Rilo Kiley – "Portions for Foxes"

61.Riverboat Gamblers – "Don't Bury Me... I'm Still Not Dead"

62.Roxette – "The Look"

63.Slipknot – "Before I Forget"

64.Smash Mouth – "Walkin' on the Sun"

65.The Smiths – "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before"

66.The Sounds – "Living in America"

67.Spacehog – "In the Meantime"

68.Steve Miller Band – "Fly Like an Eagle"

69.Stone Temple Pilots – "Plush"

70.Swingin' Utters – "This Bastard's Life"

71.T. Rex – "20th Century Boy"

72.Tears for Fears – "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

73.Tegan and Sara – "The Con"

74.Them Crooked Vultures – "Dead End Friends"

75.Tokio Hotel – "Humanoid"

76.Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "I Need to Know"

77.The Vines – "Get Free"

78.War – "Low Rider"

79.Warren Zevon – "Werewolves of London"

80.The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"

81.Whitesnake – "Here I Go Again"

82.The Who – "I Can See for Miles"

83.Yes – "Roundabout"

 

[MadDog]

Paramore and John Lennon?

 

Yes please.

[Ramar]

Thats a quality set list, a few favourites of mine. Can't wait for a decent RB session with my mates and a few beers.

[Diageo]

I just discovered what the guitars are like from this video. Amazing stuff. I knew it would come to this one day.

[mcj metroid]

I think the keyboard will prove to be a problem. Not that it will be hard to use or anything but rather the" highway of notes" on pro mode. Your instructions on the screen look kinda awkward to say the least.

 

I also wish the keyboard was bigger but I know that was never going to happen, for size reasons.

 

I do find it hilarious the guitar has a midi output though

[Ramar]

30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge, on the DLC today, I think I might just jizz.