E3 2008

[Backglass]

Premium rock band 2 drum set at $300 is a bit much for me I'm afraid.

Well, keep in mind that it IS a real eDrum set from Ion so you can transition from game drumming to real drumming. The cheaper "stock" RB2 drums are much improved over the last set as well. Velocity sensitive pads, Metal pedal and optional Cymbals. Plus the traditional four drums layout instead of GHWT's three which I always though was a strange choice.

I'm assuming everything is compatible...

Don't be to quick to assume...everyone thought that with the guitars as well but Activision balked.

RB2 certainly has the sweeter tracklist though, sonic youth, dinosaur jr, smashing pumpkins, nirvana, talking heads, Bob Dylan, awesome...

Absolutely! Over 500 DLC songs by the end of the year. They just releases an incredible Who pack yesterday, hand picked by Daltry & Townsend.

And it will be out in less than 8 weeks!

[pancakemix]

Yeah, GH is looking like it's going to not do so well. It'll probably sell just because it's called Guitar Hero. Though with Eagle on the set list, it looks tempting...

Speaking of Guitar Hero, I did remember that I was a little surprised that they were making another GH: On Tour game so soon, even with the mixed reviews of the first one.

[qeee1]

Well aren't you the little salesman?

Overall I've been dissappointed with the quality of the RB equipment, particularly the guitars.

Doolittle as dlc has me excited, but right now all I own is a Wii, so DLC may not happen. Plus at least GH doesn't have any of this timed exclusive crap. I'm gonna pick up one of the other consoles at some point, but I've no money right now.

[Backglass]

Well aren't you the little salesman?

I am an unashamed Rock Band fanboy. It's a great party game...my son and I play just about every night.

Overall I've been dissappointed with the quality of the RB equipment, particularly the guitars.

Yes, they are/were different. No "click" which veteran GH players found annoying. The RB2 guitars are supposed to be much improved. We will see. They are also opening it up for 3rd party controller developers which will help.

Doolittle as dlc has me excited, but right now all I own is a Wii, so DLC may not happen. Plus at least GH doesn't have any of this timed exclusive crap. I'm gonna pick up one of the other consoles at some point, but I've no money right now.

Ahhh...I agree that RB1 for the Wii is trash. A port of a port and no DLC which is the biggest reason to get it in my opinion. If I had a Wii I would probably pass as well. Xbox for the win!

[Neoteny]

Well aren't you the little salesman?

Overall I've been dissappointed with the quality of the RB equipment, particularly the guitars.

Doolittle as dlc has me excited, but right now all I own is a Wii, so DLC may not happen. Plus at least GH doesn't have any of this timed exclusive crap. I'm gonna pick up one of the other consoles at some point, but I've no money right now.

I'm partial to GH, so the RB guitar frustrates me to no end. But if they can make the guitars as impressive as that drum set, I'll probably convert...

[static_ice]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway. Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

[Backglass]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway.

In my opinion, GH is more a solo gamers game and RB is more a party/group game.

Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

Well, if there is just one of you RB makes no sense. If there are 2-3-4 however, RB is a blast.

[static_ice]

Yes... we have 4 people but not much money.

[static_ice]

Of course... I will be leaving those other 3 in a month and a half, maybe my roommate will be more financially fortunate than I.

[Neoteny]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway. Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

I seriously just beat "Raining Blood" on expert. What a pain in the ass...

[Backglass]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway. Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

I seriously just beat "Raining Blood" on expert. What a pain in the ass...

...and I Gold Starred "Who Are You" last night.

[Fircoal]

I have both Guitar Hero 3 and RB but only a wii. >_> Great for me. I'm not getting an XBOX360 just for one game though so meh. I'll probably end up buying both of the new ports for the wii when they come out. :/

[sam_levi_11]

MICROSOFT:
-Rock Band 2 a timed exclusive for the 360 and all 84 tracks revealed.
-Gears of War 2 details released, including a new Horde mode for 5-player co-op
-Resident Evil 5 detailed with online co-op
-Fable 2 is completed and will included jump-in/jump out co-op online
-Fallout 2 has over 100 hours of gameplay
-NBC and Universal Studios now a part of Xbox Live and will distribute content
-New dashboard, My Xbox Channel for direct access to everything on your console, New Mii-like avatars that will be implemented all over the dashboard and in some games, new community channel for viewing friend avatars, Live Party for up to 8 friends to chat and interact, and Xbox Live Primetime will be able to host their own game shows like 1 VS 100 and with real prizes
-New Uno Rush and Geometry Wars 2
-Galaga Legions and Portal 2 announced
-Netflix will allow movie rentals on XBLA and will be able to share TV shows and movies with your Live Party
-New Banjo and Viva Pinata 2 shown and detailed
-New Scene It! with avatar functionality
-You're In The Movies is announced
-GHTunes for distributing original music from Guitar Hero World Tour (not Xbox 360 exclusive)
-Metallica's new album % Magnetic" will be downloadable on GHIII and GH World Tour
-Star Ocean: Infinite Discovery coming exclusively to Xbox 360 Spring 2009 (darn you)
-Tha Last Remnant a timed exclusive for Xbox 360 this holiday (darn you again)
-New microphone peripheral with singing game called Lips
-Final Fantasy XIII trailer with reveal for Xbox 360

NINTENDO:
-Shaun White Snowboarding with Wii Balance Board Compatibility revealed for Fall
-Animal Crossing: City Folk with Wii Speak online microphone revealed for Fall
-Wii Sports Resort with WiiMotionPlus revealed and demoed
-Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars revealed for DS
-Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party, Call of Duty: World at War, and Star Wars: Clone Wars revealed for Wii
-Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades is announced for DS
-Spore Creatures for DS is detailed
-Pokmeon Ranger: Shadows of Almia coming November 10 for DS
-Wii Music is demoed with 50 usable instruments

SONY:
-Resistance 2 demoed and detailed
-LittleBigPlanet is demoed while showing off sales numbers for the PS3 and revealing a list of Greatest Hits titles, which include Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Need for Speed Carbon, Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Fight Night Round 3
-PS2 featuring NCAA Football 2009, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Warriors Orochi 2, Tiger Woods 2009, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Singstar, and Madden NFL 2009 20th Anniversary
-New PS2 bundle including Lego Batman and Justice League: The New Frontier on DVD for $149
-BUZZ coming to PS3 and will have downloadable questions and trivia
-Sony players will now have a single sign-on to the PlayStation Network on PC and PS3, which means you can now message friends from your PC
-Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty announced and detailed, will be released this summer at a lower price (will be $14.99) as a shorter game
-Crash Commando, Fat Princess, Pixel Junk Eden, PAIN: Amusement Park, Flower, Siren: Curse, and Ragdoll Kung-Fu, Fists of Plastic shown
-GT TV is announced and shown, will be a pay-per-view service and feature famous races shown in HD, coming August 1
-Home is urged as being worth the wait, has game-exclusive rooms for Warhawk, Resistance, and Uncharted, plus more
-New movie rental service that also allows purchasing of movies and TV shows by the episode, also transferable to PSP, released July 15 at night
-Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters bundle detailed, which will include silver PSP Slim, R&C: Size Matters, National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets UMD, 1GB Memory Stick, and redeemable voucher for echochrome, coming October
-Resistance: Retribution is announced and detailed for PSP
-Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2, Midnight Club, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Madden NFL 2009, NBA 09 The Inside, Super Stardust Portable, LEGO Batman, BUZZ! Master Quiz, and Valkyria Chronicles shown for PSP
-PSN working with Google to allow videos of your gameplay to be uploaded to YouTube in an exclusive PS3 tab on the site, will be available by the end of the month (KD, here ya go! Video recording for the PS3!)
-DC Universe Online detailed and shown
-80GB Core Pack for PS3 shown for low price of $399.99 to replace 40GB
-Call of Duty World at War, Prince of Persia, Fallout 3, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Quantum of Solace, Socom: Confrontation, and Ghostbusters shown
-More shown include Soul Calibur IV, The Agency, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Mirror's Edge, Resident Evil 5, Singstar, Guitar Hero World Tour, NBA 09, BUZZ! Quiz TV, 50 Cent, and Killzone 2
-God of War III revealed with trailer
-inFamous shown and detailed in trailer
-MAG: Massive Action Game revealed as only possible on PS3, will feature 256 players online, divided into 8-person squads

MAG sounds awesome

[qeee1]

Holy shit, the most hilarious videogame trailer ever (sorry Samba de Amigo):

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36746.html

[static_ice]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway. Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

I seriously just beat "Raining Blood" on expert. What a pain in the ass...

Nice, I remember I could barely beat that song on Hard, now that I'm on expert I can't even touch tier 8.

[Neoteny]

I love the guitar difficulty you get with GH but I'm kinda getting bored of rows and rows of the "stairs" hammer-ons anyway. Though the whole reason we picked GH3 over RB was the price anyway and I'm not getting rich anytime soon.

I seriously just beat "Raining Blood" on expert. What a pain in the ass...

Nice, I remember I could barely beat that song on Hard, now that I'm on expert I can't even touch tier 8.

It's obnoxious. Those stair hammer-ons are a bitch. I have to say, Cliffs of Dover is one of the more fun songs in the series. It's difficult, but in a really creative, less obnoxious way. Sounds awesome too.

[qeee1]

Shit, Jimi Hendrix for guitar hero, awesomeness,
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/17/exclusive-hendrix-comes-to-guitar-hero/

[sfhbballnut]

on the topic, i am also quite disappointed by E3, few minor highlights, but nothing mindblowing and awesome

as to the GH/RB topic, I just got RB for wii and its pretty awesome, and just about anyone can play, but its still challenging, great party game as well

[muy_thaiguy]

Shit, Jimi Hendrix for guitar hero, awesomeness,
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/17/exclusive-hendrix-comes-to-guitar-hero/

Personally, I would like to see an AC/DC version.

[Fircoal]

Shit, Jimi Hendrix for guitar hero, awesomeness,
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/17/exclusive-hendrix-comes-to-guitar-hero/

I'm not buying that.

[Ritter8point0]

Nintendo Press Conference summarised:

lol, that's gold. Yeah, there's too many FPS, but there have been too many for a long time now. It's almost like when EVERY game was a Fighting Game back in the 90s, now in the 2000s it's all FPS and I just can't play those. And, too bad for me, Nintendo doesn't do too many RPGs for the Wii. They got a couple, but then instead of doing a real Dragon Warrior they have that dumb "swords" thing instead. Sigh. I'm looking forward to Tecmo Bowl and Gauntlet on the DS though, but those are soon-to-come-out games. Nothing on the slate from Nintendo out of E3 really says "you gotta buy me!" I'll probalby get Animal Crossing at some point though. I switched it to G4 today just in time to see The Miz talking about how The Mizzard of OZ and the Reality Check are his finishing moves in the new Smackdown vs Raw game. Man, and another thing about Nintendo is their Madden and SD!vRaw games are way outside the box next to the other versions on the other systems and not in a good way. Warg. Yeah, I really didn't have point in mind I just felt like rambling about video games for a mintue.

[Ritter8point0]

And personlay I'm waiting for "Sadness" on the wii but that doesn't come out for over a year AND I'll probably be very excited about it only to be crushed with disapointment like I was with "Rule of Rose" a few years ago.

[qeee1]

You're right about FPS, although I think platformers had their moment of prominence in the 90s too. Every movie had a shitty platformer cash in at one stage.

Nintendo did say that new Mario, Zelda and Pikmin were in the works. They just eh... don't have anything to show for them. Also Madworld looks cool.

I'm not buying that.

Personally, I would like to see an AC/DC version.

What the hell is wrong with you guys?

[sam_levi_11]

am i the only one excited by 256 online players in one game, MAG?

[qeee1]

MAG sounds interesting.

But I'm not really into the socom games, so meh.