Comments on: Rock Band Demo impressions

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:18:49 +0000

I’m hearing conflicting things about the guitars, so maybe it’s just a bad axe.

Still, I’m not overwhelmed by the game at this point.

By: tanis38

tanis38 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:36:51 +0000

I hope my local Best Buy has one set up, I really want to give it a try. I am extra curious now to see how this new Guitar feels. I purchased GH III (360) without the guitar controller because I already had the one from GH II and since Rock Band was coming with one as well, I did not want to have 3 Guitar controllers laying around (five, if you count the two from the PS2 versions).

I am now thinking I should have just paid the extra $40 for the wireless GH III axe, because I don’t stop hearing about how awesome it is and how good it feels.

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:35:43 +0000

RumbleDan: yes, the Les Paul works with Rock Band, as does the Xplorer guitar. The Rock Band guitar works with nothing but Rock Band.

Also with the Les Paul or Xplorer you are not able to do all the effects that are present on the Fender with Rock Band. This isn’t a bad thing unless the Star Power (or whatever they call it) gives more power to other effects outside of the whammy. Also you don’t have the buttons at the bottom of the neck that are closer together to pull off the solos so you don’t have to slide your hand as much.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:12:05 +0000

I remember playing GH2 on the PS2 at Best Buy after I had been playing it on the 360 for a few months and absolutely hating it. I don’t know if the guitar was busted or what, but I remember thinking that had I played it on the PS2 first, I would never have bought it. I’m wondering if something was wrong with the demo guitar for Rock Band as well. Then again, it could just be loose and flighty.

By: BiffMan

BiffMan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:06:21 +0000

Don’t know if the specific guitar you used at that BB was not working right or something, but I’ve played about 10-12 songs over the last 2 days at my nearby BB and found it to be rock solid. I’m a 5* hard and 3-4* expert GH/GH2 player and was getting 4-5* on hard on the BB RB demo without having played it before, so I didn’t see the problems you were seeing with the guitar and the other people I watched while waiting weren’t having problems either. Granted the Fender controller is different, but I really liked the action and lack of click on the strum bar. Waaaaay better feel for me and will be much nicer to not drive the wife nuts with the loud clicking I’d get from GH/GH2.

By: RumbleDan

RumbleDan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:23:27 +0000

The new Guitar Hero Les Paul will work with Rock Band, right?

Rock Band is going to be a great game. It is going to have its faults just like Guitar Hero III.