Rock Band or Guitar Hero??? [Archive]

Hightreker

10-09-2007, 08:27 PM

To me it depends on if you're into the multiplayer or not. If it's just you playing or playing online then I'd go for guitar hero. If you think you're gonna play with friends go for rock band, I can't wait to get a few friends over and rock out together. And I like the ability to try out more than one instrument if I get bored with the just the guitar (although that hasn't happened yet with guitar hero I or II).

hairlesswookiee

10-09-2007, 08:31 PM

here's a question... if i buy guitar hero 3 will the controller work with rock band or do i have to buy the controller for that game as well??? i really want the stratocaster that is coming with rock band, but since the wireless one isn't coming out until february there's no point in me buying the package if i can just use the one that comes with guitar hero 3. i just don't want to have a living room full of instruments when i can just buy the games and have 2 guitars.

NightCreeper

10-09-2007, 08:37 PM

I am getting GHIII because:

-Guitar Hero is the ^^^^^

I am not getting Rock Band for the following reasons:

-I play drums and have my own kit, no need to bang on plastic ones
-I don't feel like singing.....especially to a TV
-EA sucks
-Don't have the room for all that extra gear anyways

Darth Caedus

10-09-2007, 11:22 PM

any video game awesome enough to have some Tenacious D in it is okay in my book.

Guitar Hero III !!!!

RogueJedi30

10-09-2007, 11:51 PM

scubasteve

10-10-2007, 12:10 AM

GH III!!! :D

hairlesswookiee

10-10-2007, 01:58 AM

Where is the both option? GH2 was awesome, and I think 3 will be even better. I'll be buying GH3 as the game only. I've already got the X-plorer. I plan on asking for Rock Band for Christmas. I want the whole shebang! Drums, another guitar, and if they are compatable like expected I'll be all set for the full experience. It will give me time to work on GH3 before I tackle drums in RB too. So I guess in the poll I'll answer GH3 cause that's what I'll be buying first, but I plan on having both by January!:D
sorry i meant this as a poll to help me decide which one i should buy. i dont want both, but i might end up getting one and then picking up the other later down the road. i think right now im gonna go with guitar hero.

oxbeard

10-10-2007, 04:22 AM

I much as I love GH I and II, I decided to go the RB route this time for the diversity of instruments and the ability to get more involved in a group session.

El Roranous

10-10-2007, 09:07 AM

Wow ok, I just watched two trailers for Rock Band and while I appreciate what they are trying to do that game still looks whack. They are trying to mesh all of these instruments together but it's just not going to work. Furthermore, that "drum kit" they are trying to sell is a piece of junk. You have one pedal no cymbols and all your drums (only 4) are in an almost straight line. There is no way anyone could even feel like they are drumming realistically with that. Rock Band is just a game trying to cash in on the success of it's predecessor- Guitar Hero.

bagelsncheesey

10-10-2007, 09:43 AM

Try something new, go with Rock Band.

Guitar Hero = same stuff, different day.

Just my opinion :D

Boba Fett 73

11-20-2007, 11:51 AM

Just got back from Wal-Mart played the RB setup while i waited to get one from the back. The guy comes back 15-20 minutes later while i am playing in the garden section?WTH and says here ya go.

I look at the box and it is totally crushed and a hole in the side of the box?. I said do you have anymore that are not damaged and he said nope?. Shipping must have banged a forklift or something into the RB pallet all boxes had some kind of damage?? this sucks :monkey4. I said bye :rolleyes: :monkey2 :emperor

darthviper107

11-20-2007, 11:59 AM

I'd go to a different store, but hey at least it wasn't opened. Or missing the game, some people getting Guitar Hero 3 opened it up and they didn't have the game in it, just the guitar.

tomandshell

11-20-2007, 12:03 PM

I'd go to a different store, but hey at least it wasn't opened. Or missing the game, some people getting Guitar Hero 3 opened it up and they didn't have the game in it, just the guitar.

And I'm sure the folks at Wal-Mart were very understanding about that, right?

:D

If that had happened to me and they had given me any trouble I would have blown a fuse right there at the customer service counter.

darthviper107

11-20-2007, 12:48 PM

And I'm sure the folks at Wal-Mart were very understanding about that, right?

:D

If that had happened to me and they had given me any trouble I would have blown a fuse right there at the customer service counter.

I think they were having a lot of problems with it at Gamestop. Heh, I should go up there and buy one and then steal the game and return it saying that it didn't come with the game. I've been playing the demo with the Xbox controller and I kinda like how I can just hit the buttons to make the notes so I'm not sure if I really want to play with a guitar.

tomandshell

11-20-2007, 12:58 PM

If you can get used to the controller, it actually saves you the trouble of handling both the fingering and the strumming, so you only have to think about one thing at a time.

However, activating star power and using the whammy bar is much easier on the guitar. (And you just look cooler.)

ProgMatinee

11-20-2007, 03:04 PM

I've been playing the demo with the Xbox controller and I kinda like how I can just hit the buttons to make the notes so I'm not sure if I really want to play with a guitar.

Thats the most retarded thing I have ever heard.

The Craw

11-20-2007, 03:20 PM

i vote for a real guitar and actually learn a little something about music.

tomandshell

11-20-2007, 03:22 PM

Like how to play a chord on one string, lol.

:D

Seaward

11-20-2007, 03:42 PM

I picked up Rock Band today, and knowing I won't get home from work until well after midnight kinda sucks. I planned on getting Rock Band (and an additional Guitar controller) and then just getting the Guitar Hero III game disc for 360. I have had so many people play Guitar Hero I and II that never play videogames, and I can't wait to see their reaction to Rock Band. The multiplayer stuff seems to be great. The downloadable content for Rock Band seems pretty appealing too.

I've read some sites that suggest the controllers aren't entirely compatible though, so I am waiting to buy GHIII until I hear that the controllers for Rock Band work with GHIII. Either way, both games are a ton of fun.

Boba Fett 73

11-20-2007, 04:49 PM

I'd go to a different store, but hey at least it wasn't opened. Or missing the game, some people getting Guitar Hero 3 opened it up and they didn't have the game in it, just the guitar.

Well for me anyway i live in a very small town in Washington and Wal-Mart is my only choice as of now. There is a gamestop being built as i speak so that will help but not at the present it won't. I could drive 2 hours to Wenatchee and get it but thats bull to have to do that:rolleyes:.

Seaward

11-21-2007, 08:40 AM

So I got home last night, and tried to play around with Rock Band. The Drum Kit was too loud to play, as I didn't want to wake my neighbors, and for the life of me I couldn't get the microphone to register. I tried the guitar part of the game, and it was fun, but nowhere near as complex as GH III. I think the song selection favors the entire band experience, not just fancy fretwork like GH III. It looks like the Rock Band controllers are not at all compatible with GH III, though, so if I want to play that, I need to just get that game with guitars. The GH III guitar (for 360 anyway) seems compatible though with Rock Band, so I may get that to use as a Bass, but it doesn't have the same effects switch on it.

Aaaarggh, this is confusing and crappy that super expensive games are incompatible with each others hardware.

The Godfather

11-21-2007, 09:13 AM

Aaaarggh, this is confusing and crappy that super expensive games are incompatible with each others hardware.

This is exactly what I expected to happen with these two games and it is a shame. I may still pick up Rock Band but I think I will get it off ebay in a few weeks when someone gets sick of it.