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post #121 of 12388
11/21/07 at 1:00pm
I just stopped at Sam's Club in my area (Se Wisconsin) and they had about 10copies of Rockband for both the 360 and the PS3 stacked up with about 4 people waiting in line to give it a try.

Here is the real kick in the teeth..... the cost $149.46.

I picked mine up yesterday for $169.99. I also saw 3 copies for the 360's at a Target about 1/2 hour ago.
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post #122 of 12388
11/21/07 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by FrankJ.Cone View Post

HOLY SHOOT the pedal is UGLY on med! WAY overboard compared to easy. Its not a gradual increase its a friggan WALL!

And since you can only progress so far on easy thats quite a slap in the fact to your fun (IMHO)

From 98% on a song on easy to failing it on med...

It sounds like the "wall" you hit was on the BWT. Try playing through easy on solo play first. It has a gradual increase up to medium, and then play through medium. Much better than jumping right into the world tour...
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post #123 of 12388
11/21/07 at 1:19pm
Guess i was right....

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/21/ju...band/#comments
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post #124 of 12388
11/21/07 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by ice1874193 View Post

Guess i was right....

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/21/ju...band/#comments

Crossgates EB games was out as well as the others in our area, but yeah BB has a massive stack of them even today. I saw a guy leaving with a 360 and RB though... some people are willing to spend quite a bit to play this title.
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post #125 of 12388
11/21/07 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by thejokell View Post

It sounds like the "wall" you hit was on the BWT. Try playing through easy on solo play first. It has a gradual increase up to medium, and then play through medium. Much better than jumping right into the world tour...


Yup WT. Its hard to play solo as everyone in the house wants to play!
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post #126 of 12388
11/21/07 at 2:18pm
Think I just broke my strummer playing Creep. What a work out that song is!
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post #127 of 12388
11/21/07 at 3:56pm
finished the easy tour on drums. Not much of a challenge, even for my lack of rhythm. a few songs got ugly but never in danger of failing. made the move to medium, and man is it a lot more fun. you feel like you are actually playing more than on easy, which had some pretty barren note charts. I also started using my noise cancelling headphones, and it's great for isolating the music and getting rid of the stick tapping.
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post #128 of 12388
11/21/07 at 4:37pm
>>noise cancelling headphones

great idea
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post #129 of 12388
11/21/07 at 5:41pm
makes a world of difference.
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post #130 of 12388
11/21/07 at 6:27pm
I wish there was a better way than headphones for when your playing with buddies
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post #131 of 12388
11/21/07 at 7:11pm
Anybody else have a fubar tilt sensor on their guitar out of the box?
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post #132 of 12388
11/21/07 at 8:54pm
what would really be sweet in some future system is where each band member could wear headphones and would hear their instrument a little louder. my boys have been hogging drums and guitar so i've been playing a lot of bass. sometimes the bass gets drowned out in the mix.
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post #133 of 12388
11/21/07 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by eatenbacktolife View Post

Anybody else have a fubar tilt sensor on their guitar out of the box?


Mine seems f-ed up. It doesent seem to work like the GH2 tilt. I go 90 degrees up from where im holding it and sometimes 3-4 seconds after i lower the guitar the overdrive activates. Either I dont know how to tilt properly or its f-ed up >
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post #134 of 12388
11/22/07 at 7:15am
I freaked out this morning when in the Dashboard UI my strumbar was all screwed up. About 33% double strums when pushing down and occasionally no strum was registered.

In game it seems ok, I guess thats what the launch day update fixed. I feel sorry for those who do not have their 360 connected to the net.

I can't believe GH3 refuses to start if the Strat is even connected (I wasn't going to use it), LAME!!!!!1 Halo theme song is pretty cool...
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post #135 of 12388
11/22/07 at 8:25am
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Originally Posted by ileff View Post

what would really be sweet in some future system is where each band member could wear headphones and would hear their instrument a little louder. my boys have been hogging drums and guitar so i've been playing a lot of bass. sometimes the bass gets drowned out in the mix.

in the main options menu you can turn on "bass boost" should help ya hear your self better.
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post #136 of 12388
11/22/07 at 8:41am
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Originally Posted by jasonstiller View Post

Mine seems f-ed up. It doesent seem to work like the GH2 tilt. I go 90 degrees up from where im holding it and sometimes 3-4 seconds after i lower the guitar the overdrive activates. Either I dont know how to tilt properly or its f-ed up >

I think it's crap like mine. I tried my GH guitar and everything was fine, a simple tilt activated "overdrive." Does yours rattle? Mine has a rattle to it.

My strum bar sucks too, has tons of play in it...I have to push it all the way down to register the command....
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post #137 of 12388
11/22/07 at 8:44am
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Originally Posted by logicalnoise View Post

in the main options menu you can turn on "bass boost" should help ya hear your self better.

That absolutely can be attributed to setup. I had to turn my subwoofer WAY down last night. The bass drum & bass guitar ROCK my house. My friends were over to 3AM!!! last night playing.

Everyone rotated. The game is AMAZING> Sure the guitar is easy, but the singing and drums are ridiculous!! THis is a GREAT karayoke game as well.

My wife loves it, all the female party goers LOVED it. My ex-band mates were over. WE killed it ... LOL

This game WAY over exceeded my expectations!!!
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post #138 of 12388
11/22/07 at 8:53am
and to anyone having microphone problems out of the box.

simply turn on a wireless controller, and navigate with that. the microphone will work once the song starts.
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post #139 of 12388
11/22/07 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by ileff View Post

I freaked out this morning when in the Dashboard UI my strumbar was all screwed up. About 33% double strums when pushing down and occasionally no strum was registered.

In game it seems ok, I guess thats what the launch day update fixed. I feel sorry for those who do not have their 360 connected to the net.

I can't believe GH3 refuses to start if the Strat is even connected (I wasn't going to use it), LAME!!!!!1 Halo theme song is pretty cool...

GHIII Starts just fine with the Strat connected for me. Even if it's the only controller connected. Too bad all the fret buttons register as orange heh. The update didn't fix my strumbar tho, still hosed.
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post #140 of 12388
11/22/07 at 9:26am
Anyone have a Sony SXRD that is playing this game? I played GH so much on this tv that it doesn't feel like lag with the guitar but the drums feel a bit off and I can't tell if maybe I just suck still or maybe I just got used to the lag with the guitar?

I know there are options to change the lag which I haven't done yet - just curious.
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post #141 of 12388
11/22/07 at 11:14am
Thread Starter 
I got my ROCK BAND SPECIAL EDITION last night at CC and I had my surround sound cranked!! The drums are where its at!!!
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post #142 of 12388
11/22/07 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by guyutemsg View Post

That absolutely can be attributed to setup. I had to turn my subwoofer WAY down last night. The bass drum & bass guitar ROCK my house. My friends were over to 3AM!!! last night playing.

Everyone rotated. The game is AMAZING> Sure the guitar is easy, but the singing and drums are ridiculous!! THis is a GREAT karayoke game as well.

My wife loves it, all the female party goers LOVED it. My ex-band mates were over. WE killed it ... LOL

This game WAY over exceeded my expectations!!!

Funny, my SW doesn't even register, even with DD selected in the menu. Anyone know why?
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post #143 of 12388
11/22/07 at 11:22am
I love the fender but can't use it!! My strum bar is CRAP!! I think the update made mine worse! Switched to the Les Paul and was money!!! What a shame as I really like the guitar!
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post #144 of 12388
11/22/07 at 11:54am
Add me to the list of people with messed up strum and tilt sensor. I was doing OK with the strat but still missing really simple notes - i switched over to the Xplorer and was doing 10x better.
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post #145 of 12388
11/22/07 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by omnisxrd View Post

Anyone have a Sony SXRD that is playing this game? I played GH so much on this tv that it doesn't feel like lag with the guitar but the drums feel a bit off and I can't tell if maybe I just suck still or maybe I just got used to the lag with the guitar?

I know there are options to change the lag which I haven't done yet - just curious.

YES!

I have a VPL-VW50 "Pearl" projector, and the guitars feel ok, but the drums feel like you have to hit the notes JUST before th line, or you are too late.

I tried one of the calibration options (DLP), but we were all so busy getting used to the game, I couldn't really tell if it helped...
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post #146 of 12388
11/22/07 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by scaesare View Post

YES!

I have a VPL-VW50 "Pearl" projector, and the guitars feel ok, but the drums feel like you have to hit the notes JUST before th line, or you are too late.

I tried one of the calibration options (DLP), but we were all so busy getting used to the game, I couldn't really tell if it helped...

Doing a manual calibration makes all the difference. The preset things are not worth poop, in my opinon.
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post #147 of 12388
11/22/07 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by GrantMeThePower View Post

Doing a manual calibration makes all the difference. The preset things are not worth poop, in my opinon.

Ahh, cool. I hadn't even noticed that. Thanks.

On edit: I just did the manual calibration... much better. Thanks!
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post #148 of 12388
11/22/07 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by alougher View Post

Funny, my SW doesn't even register, even with DD selected in the menu. Anyone know why?

Hmm. I just enabled DD in the Audio menu as well, and SW will fire for special-fx sounds (i.e. the sounds as the "Report Cards" show up at the end of a song), but the bass kick drum is now non-existent.

Odd.
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post #149 of 12388
11/22/07 at 7:13pm
I finished solo guitar career on hard, started a few songs on expert. Finally the game has stackable achievements (I beat it on hard and got medium and easy achievements too).

I'm just glad to have all the songs unlocked now, time to go through the vocal career.
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post #150 of 12388
11/22/07 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by wilson10 View Post

I love the fender but can't use it!! My strum bar is CRAP!! I think the update made mine worse! Switched to the Les Paul and was money!!! What a shame as I really like the guitar!

I have the same feelings. I guess I should try and get a new on from EA. I really like the Strat. It looks great and the extras (sound select and solo buttons) are things I want to mess with but the strum bar just sucks. Les Paul works great.
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