http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/ Engadget Comments for Red Octane VP excuses axe incompatibility, blames Rock Band issues http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 10th 2007 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
Xbox X-Plorer: busted whammy bars.
GH3 for Xbox/PS3/Wii: stupid detachable neck doesn't work, so the fret buttons aren't reliable.

Admittedly, RB has had problems with their strummers. A friend had his replaced. I had mine replaced because the tilt sensor doesn't work (which is sporadic on all guitar controllers ever designed, IIRC).

The difference? To get your GH3 guitar replaced takes weeks, and you have no guitar for that time. Whereas EA sent me a new RB guitar in 4 days, and they send you the new one before you send the old one back, so you are never without a guitar.

Activision are just being pricks here. I'm done with the GH3 ukelele, the RB Strat blows it away. Too bad the 360 version isn't wireless, I have the PS3 one and it's great.

Oh, and on top of all this, GH3 just doesn't play right, it's tough to feel "in-sync" with the fret board display and music, whereas RB plays like butter.]]>Dec 8th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 9th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/

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No, the explanation for that is that Activision are doing this on purpose.]]>Dec 8th 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 9th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
Free guitar is awesome.]]>Dec 8th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 8th 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
Guitar Hero 3 is highly competitive, with pretty crazy note charts when you get into level 7 and 8. If you only play these music games to show off, this is your best bet.

Rock Band (created by the devs of GH1, GH2, GH 80's by the way) is centered mainly around the idea of fun before competition. Since it's a band game, they wanted to encourage the feeling of comradeship over competition. The note charts will thus not go into the "inhuman" levels (still, it's as hard as GH2) but lots of stuff based on this comradeship idea is what makes it appeal to me, personally, over GH3: a real rock band world tour instead of levels, band customization, modified and new gameplay mechanics, and, obviously, new instruments.

I'll agree that GH3 has some pretty badass songs if you're not into good ol' classic rock (which is what RB is mainly about), but sooner or later your favorite music genre is bound to show up in Rock Band seeing the amount of DLC.

I think that was pretty fair. ]]>Dec 8th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/How they can claim to have the "gods of rock" and not have AC/DC I dont know.
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It's a business move and I don't really blame them for taking this route.]]>Dec 8th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
"You cant blame them, they just want money!"]]>Dec 8th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 9th 2007 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
The GH2 guitar works with guitar hero 3, so will it work on rock band?]]>Dec 9th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 10th 2007 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Dec 9th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/Jan 12th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/08/red-octane-vp-excuses-axe-incompatibility-blames-rock-band-issu/
In the future, use GH equipment for GH and RB equipment for RB. This will save you the hassel and frustration as well as needless posting.
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