Rock Band is arguably the biggest release for the 360 this week. Only Mass Effect really stands against it, and let's face it, Mass Effect isn't exactly a party game. So yes, it seems that Rock Band is pretty much universally adored, but that doesn't mean it isn't without its share of problems. What problems, you ask? How about which instrument you will play? Seems like a fine topic for a fanpoll, doncha think? Of course it does. So, which instrument do you favor over the rest? Are you the attention-starved bassist? Do you make the ladies swoon with your potent lyrics? Perhaps you prefer to melt faces with the guitar. Or, do you channel your tone-deaf rage into the skins?We'll examine the results next week. You can find a breakdown of last week's Xbox Originals poll after the break.
So, the results for the poll were more or less what we expected. Most people don't want to fork over extra cash for games they may already have, or games that they could probably buy for less than the $15 price of a downloadable Xbox Original. No, most folks said they would only use the service if it included bonuses like Achievements, HD graphics, and Xbox Live support. Unfortunately, we now know that Xbox Originals will be nothing more than direct copies of the originals, so you won't find anything that wasn't there in the original title (apart from the same HD upscaling featured in all backwards compatible games). In other words, no Halo: CE over Xbox Live. Still, assuming these numbers are even remotely representative of the Xbox community (very remotely, we're sure), Microsoft stands to make some money on the service.
Of course, they probably already knew that.
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11-20-2007 @ 4:19PM
Knuckles Dawson said...
First vote, cause I voted before the story went live. (Sneaky devil, I know.) But I'm not playing favorites. My core band members are probably going to stick to guitar, so I'll be hitting the drums or (Eek! The Cat) Vocals.
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11-20-2007 @ 5:09PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
I want to purchase just the Rockband game and use my GH3 Les Paul with it. Will any USB mic work with Rockband? Since I will be playing mainly by myself with the guitar and maybe a mic with my wife, can I join other people online who has drums and a bass guitar for CoOp Tour? I read that some online functionality is missing, online CoOp one of them?
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11-20-2007 @ 5:34PM
Intentless said...
Vocals for me so I can relive my highschool lead singer days...
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11-20-2007 @ 5:41PM
Yuccadude said...
I'd like to try vocals if I didn't have to buy the uberpack(know all the words to a lot of the songs), but as it stands, I like playing Bass in GHII and III, so I'll probably stick with that.
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11-20-2007 @ 5:43PM
Jon said...
Drums ftw! I think its going to be hard to find a bassist or a singer, so yuccadude you might have a lot of people trying to play with ya bud!
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11-20-2007 @ 5:46PM
xenocidic said...
no 'cowbell' option? blasphemy!
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11-20-2007 @ 5:53PM
Geoff Gibson said...
Vocals and Bass all the way for me.
I am an actual drummer, and unfortunately my years of play with a real drum set has left Rock Band's drumset feeling very awkward. Things are positioned incorrectly and the way the game encourages you to hold the sticks feels all wrong to me. *sigh* I really wanted to rock out with the drums for this game too, but I can still rock the vocals and bass. :)
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11-20-2007 @ 6:01PM
Dale said...
Drums... because I want to skill up my rhythmic abilities, and eventually I would like to work out a way to hook the kit up to my Mac and use it to record electronic drums in iDrum or Ultrabeat.
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11-20-2007 @ 6:07PM
Konchu said...
A friend was saing any USB mic or the headset would work from reading the packaging. I only got to do 4 songs before work 2 drum 2 mic and the MIC can simulate a Cowbell there was a part on one of the songs mind is blank at the moment but it had round markers and it registers just hitting it against your hand.
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11-20-2007 @ 6:13PM
Josh said...
i dont get the whole mic shit how does that work??
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11-20-2007 @ 6:15PM
StickyB said...
I think my mic might be bad(not working) Is anyone have any issues? Everything else is great. My mic on my controller works perfect.
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11-20-2007 @ 6:28PM
Zon said...
The drums look pretty cool since rock band has some rush in it.
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11-20-2007 @ 6:31PM
Konchu said...
@10
The Mic works like many other singing games its pitched based so not so much getting the words right(though words can affect the flow as they affect pitch) It has an arrow that goes up and down based on pitch you could hum I suppose to pass a song. But I believe it has some method of comparing the pitch of your voice to the the games expected pitch and judges success on that I also believe it auto adjust to the pitch of your voice cause if not it would be impossible for some low or high songs to be sung by folks on the whose voice was extreme opposite.
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11-20-2007 @ 6:51PM
E.J. said...
Umm, not the any guitar part that's for sure. Whether I use my X-plorer, wireless Les Paul, or Stratocaster, the game registers my strums as double or triple strums and it has gotten really frustrating!
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11-20-2007 @ 7:28PM
Knight Marquise said...
Dunno...I'll likely not even open the box up yet. It's still sitting in my living room. Mass Effect is here, and that's going to get my attention for a good long time.
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11-20-2007 @ 7:32PM
ChromaTick said...
I enjoy playing them all, although Bass isn't quite as much fun as the other three.
The game can make use of any USB mic, it's actually listed as one of the tips in the games loading screens.
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11-20-2007 @ 7:53PM
OTAM said...
None because every retailer here is sold out due to cunts using ebay.
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11-20-2007 @ 7:54PM
xevia said...
It looks like a lot of people are going to have an easy time finding a drummer. I like playing the bass part myself, this game looks like it is going to be a blast.
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11-20-2007 @ 9:22PM
Amanda said...
Yeah I bought Rock Band Today and my mic isnt working at all...everything else is perfect though....is anyone else having this problem??????
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11-20-2007 @ 9:38PM
Brn said...
Those having problems with a Mic... plug in the mic and also turn on one of your regular xbox 360 controllers. Good to go!
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