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"I can't play any songs above easy because it won't register quick strikes on the guitar. will they fix that or is the consensus just use the guitar from GH3?"

I played this game for two weeks thinking that my timing was off and that I sucked. I later got my guitar replaced which is slightly better but there are still problems. After reading this thread and others regarding this game, I think the bass drum pedal sucks out the box also.

How can any company release a rhythm based game with shitty peripherals that don't register in time and charge $160 for it?

12/13/2007 11:03:17 PM

buy the red octane wireless....it's solid

12/13/2007 11:58:21 PM

Hey Rockstar006, I got a wireless Nyko Frontman for my PS2 but I wouldn't recommend it. Although it works perfectly fine (I've had it since about July), it is just too different from the Gibson that came with GH2 that it messes with me. The fret buttons are slightly further apart, take a different amount of force to push in all the way, and the strum bar just feels different. If you haven't played GH too much and you haven't gotten used to the Gibson, it's fine, but I would recommend waiting until the Kramer is released by itself early next year.

12/14/2007 9:37:02 AM

thanks for the info guys. and yes i was referring to ps2.

12/14/2007 10:24:05 AM

BTW, this is the one I'm talking about.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8119939&st=guitar+hero+ps2&lp=55&type=product&cp=1&id=1158319643631

I have one and my bro has one. Works wonderfully...same size and spacing as the wired controller. Powers down when not in use so it saves batteries.

12/14/2007 11:25:42 AM

Yeah I think I'm gonna sell my Frontman to EB Games and buy one of those^ or just wait for the Kramer.

12/14/2007 11:36:38 AM

I got the beat Down absorbers last week. Noticeable improvement with the noise, and after long playing sessions, there is less stress on my arms from the pad recoil.

12/14/2007 1:20:10 PM

you got what?

12/14/2007 6:35:36 PM

got my new guitar. its still a pos.

12/14/2007 8:06:21 PM

^ http://www.benheck.com if you want to make the strummer work.

12/15/2007 1:19:12 AM

My sister just picked up the mic and sung for the first time. First song was Maps... 100% on Expert. I get like 80% on fucking MEDIUM.

12/15/2007 9:19:45 PM

that's cause you suck

and you're a guy singing a girl's part

[Edited on December 16, 2007 at 4:11 PM. Reason : ]

12/16/2007 4:11:09 PM

lol. i was trying to do the singing career. i only got through a few songs though.

12/16/2007 4:33:46 PM

i just got 346k on green grass and high tides, drums on hard

i feel like i accomplished something today

12/18/2007 4:32:57 PM

I'm over 400k on that

12/18/2007 4:55:08 PM

so i just rma'd my drum pedal and guitar

pedal is about to break in half, it's cracked in the middle by the spring on both sides...i think im gonna invest in one of these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rock-Band-Bass-Pedal-Reinforcing-Plate_W0QQitemZ280184356549QQihZ018QQcategoryZ122517QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


^yeah but that was my first try so, dont bring me down

12/18/2007 5:10:40 PM

so addicted.

12/18/2007 6:38:06 PM

So question: how does it handle guys singing songs that have a girl singing and girls singing songs that have a guy singing?

12/18/2007 9:10:30 PM

My replacement guitar got here and stopped working before I could even send out my original broken one.

12/18/2007 9:23:54 PM

I just got my replacement guitar today too, works very well.

Strum bar is tight, and registers all strokes.

There are also like 10 little quality assurance stickers from the factory all over the back of it

edit: Also....you guys think my drums are fucked up? Whenever there are notes that require simultaneous hits I always seem to miss them. Seems like Im hitting them at the same time but I don't know what's going on.

[Edited on December 18, 2007 at 9:45 PM. Reason : drums]

12/18/2007 9:44:31 PM

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"So question: how does it handle guys singing songs that have a girl singing and girls singing songs that have a guy singing?"

Just fine. There's a difference between pitch and octave. (Someone correct me if I am completely wrong on this.) The game registers pitch, not octave, so a guy can be singing a song that is normally sung by a girl, at a much lower octave, but with the same pitch. Therefore there are no problems with hitting high notes.

12/18/2007 10:39:32 PM

geez, my guitar is fucked up, now my drums don't seem to be registering as quickly.

what's the deal with the manual calibration? i hear 2 loud clicks at the beginning and then they go away and i move the cursor around and never hear the clicks again.

12/18/2007 10:45:13 PM

my new drums were a lot better.

did you guys repackage the shit up well when you sent it back or just shove it in the large box and get it out?

12/19/2007 12:06:07 AM

My bass pedal broke in half...

Had to reinforce it with a church key and electrical tape.

12/19/2007 7:08:44 AM

did the staples mousepad mod

well, my girl did all the work....used compass, budweiser box for test circle, then cut the pads with scissors

works like a charm, about half the noise and the bullshit clackity clack is gone

12/19/2007 9:12:23 AM

I'm gonna have to add something to the strum bar so it makes a clicky sound like the old controllers. I'm so used to the feedback; the silence throws me off."

12/19/2007 11:29:42 AM

sooooo addicted

just got this today at like 6 and played till 2 am

one thing i notice, singing is actually pretty easy for me...drums are natural because i play anyways, but the bass pedal sticks and their bass patterns are terrible till you get to about hard...then expert is stupid...there are totally unwarranted runs

o well, im still loving it...have yet to really play the guitar, the drums are by far the best


and let your parents try it haha, my mom is a music teacher and was totally sucking it up but it was trippin me out, seeing others fail is great

10 years of music education, just shows that its not nearly as cool as a real set.

12/20/2007 2:26:56 AM

^Have you done singing on hard or expert? It is pretty easy on medium level, but once you get any higher than that you basically have to hit perfect pitch, especially on expert.

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 4:24 PM. Reason : ]

12/20/2007 4:24:03 PM

holy fuck shit on a stick I can't fuckin beat Flirtin' With Disaster on hard.....I beat every other song on the first try but GOD DAMN that solo at 60% is fucking insane.

12/20/2007 6:48:40 PM

wahoooo, first 100% on hard on the drums

that was fun


the guitar is alot harder




anyone having trouble pluggin the headset in to be used as a mic? mine wont do it, not even with the adapter thing

could my headset be shot?

12/20/2007 10:22:21 PM

Bass pedal broke last night at the hinge. We have it duct taped back together as a temporary solution until the replacement gets here. It's pretty lame that they place a $125 charge on a card for any of the pieces whether it's the drum pads or the pedal.

12/20/2007 11:19:44 PM

yep, my drum pedal and new guitar are on the way...look up a couple posts of mine, i posted a link for the metal plate...costs $15 and its to stop the bass pedal from breaking

12/21/2007 10:48:55 AM

brought rock band into work today for the office party and hooked it up to the new 40" sony lcd tv. i couldn't get it calibrated right. i tried lcd first, then plasma, all the others, manual, NOTHING.

i disconnected it and hooked it up to the big rear projection, set it on plasma, and it worked just fine.

wtf

12/21/2007 12:01:18 PM

I just played a demo with the Rock Band guitar (rather than the Guitar Hero one) and it sucked balls.

12/21/2007 2:26:38 PM

How do you get your Rock band guitar to work with Guitar Hero games? I tried the Guitar Hero 3 demo on the market place but it didn't work at all.

12/21/2007 4:34:39 PM

anyone with any idea as to why my headset wont work as a mic?

and anyone want to trade the RB guitar for the old GH guitar?

12/21/2007 4:38:40 PM

rb guitar doesnt work with guitar hero

12/21/2007 5:31:22 PM

^^ it has to be plugged in to a regular controller. you can't plug the headset into the drums or guitar and use it as a mic.

12/21/2007 5:50:13 PM

I played this in best buy the other day. As much as I didn't want to like it, I still couldn't help smiling while playing drums to the clash.

12/21/2007 6:12:08 PM

you can plug it in to talk like online but not to sing to...if youre using it to sing you gotta put it into a controller like he said

12/21/2007 9:49:58 PM

'Run to the Hills' on hard drums is a bitch :/

12/22/2007 1:33:29 AM

^yeah, that's the only one I can't do yet. Its those damn galloping triple hits.

12/24/2007 3:20:01 PM

got this for PS2, but i regret it now; you can't create your own characters, and the tour mode is basically just playing from a list of songs. totally lame that they took out a bunch of features for the PS2.

with that said, it's damn awesome to rock out in a band. i can't wait to get a four-piece going.

12/24/2007 3:27:14 PM

dlc for tomorrow, christmas

* Attack - 30 Seconds To Mars (80 MS points/ $1)
* The Kill - 30 Seconds To Mars (80 MS points/ $1)
* Dirty Little Secret - All-American Rejects (80 MS points/ $1)
* Move Along - All-American Rejects (80 MS points/ $1)
* Song With A Mission - The Sounds (80 MS points/ $1)

i think ill get move along because itd be a good drunk song....

def pick up the two 30stm songs just because they are guilty pleasures...shhh

but for $1, cant beat any of them

12/24/2007 4:25:26 PM

w00t just unlocked the 58-song Legendary set

And yeah, Run to the Hills is a bitch.

12/25/2007 10:52:02 PM

Ok, someone find me a rock band bundle that i could drive to tomorrow and pick up for ps2.

12/26/2007 12:35:29 AM

am I the only one to have a problem with the drums or lack of downloads?

12/26/2007 1:51:32 AM

lack of downloads? there's atleast 3 new songs every tuesday

cant please everyone

12/26/2007 11:18:29 AM

for real, i'm looking to get rock band for ps2 today, if you have one and want to get rid of it, i'll buy it, or let me know how you got it.

12/26/2007 1:42:17 PM

i think i played for at least 8 hours today

and now my neck hurts from the way i was sitting i guess.

i don't think there is one, but i wish there was site that tracked how long you played specific games, like the gamerscore data sites and my360blog or whatever

12/27/2007 1:20:01 AM