Beatles Rock Band pre-order is on, custom guitars are a go
By Laura June 
posted May 5th 2009 12:26PM
posted May 5th 2009 12:26PM
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Is it worth it? I have RB1 and RB2 so should I get this?
it's worth it. There is a plug in Yoko controller too
Its worth it, but you don't need the extra instruments. The game will work just fine with the existing RB instruments. I'm also 99.9% sure it will work with existing GH instruments too.
I hate the RB guitars, I prefer the GH ones.
But I'm still buying the shit outta these!
Has anyone else noticed the video is playing like 20% faster than the real song?
Don't get it unless you love The Beatles enough to have your drunk friends butcher the songs.
Still have yet to figure out why RB is considered fun and COOL when its just finger DDR.
because it's not finger DDR or guitar mania type of button smashing BEMANJI game, the music is way different and the game play feeling is too
It's karaoke for the people that sings. Friends don't let friends sing karaoke. Friends don't let friends play Rock Band or Guitar Hero.
Friends don't let friends continue to make "friends don't let friends" jokes... especially when they have no friends in the first place.
already too many GH games, including RB ones... GH aerosmith is only $9.99 for new these days... dont think brit pop bands are much of guitar hero...
The Beatles are the most overrated band of all time.
Yes, they suck so much it's unbelievable.
You are the most overrated band of all time
Yeah, Miley Cyrus is way better. She is such a talent
Hope you emo kids are using sarcasm.
Hope you emo kids are using sarcasm.
I couldn't agree with you more.
i truly hope that was a joke....
i like some emo music and i still consider the beatles the greatest band to ever grace this earth.
without them, do you really think emo would have existed? nope.
his guitar gently wept, harrison was emo way before any other band was.
Poor ringo, they make him stand while they all sit and relax.
Yeah, it's completely backwards.
It seems that HMX is putting in more effort in this band game than Neversoft oput into aerosmith or metallica. hopefully its not just Rock band with beatles characters, and they actually do something worthwhile.
I'm not a fan of the series, but I have seen a demo of it played
the have realistic models of the Beatles members
as well as tons of studio samples put into the gameplay to make it more authentic. (at the begging and end of songs)
track mixdowns are really good.
Over all it is a extremely well put together and polished package.
wish they would put this much effort into a good game :-p
indeed.
I'm actually really surprised that they didnt raise the price point of guitar games yet again, beyond $100 testing the waters to see how far they could actually push people. Meanwhile, my GH III guitar gently weeps.
Silly piece of plastic thinks that's it's a rocker, but it's just a frying pan.
Richard Starkey: Best fake drummer ever...
He was the glue that held the band together, and they won't even let him play his drums on television.
He will have his day.
The idea is already great, but what would really make this the complete Beatles experience is if this had two vocal tracks to do harmonies.
While it hasn't been confirmed by Harmonix yet, there are plenty of reports leaking the fact that The Beatles: Rock Band will be supporting three-part harmonies.
it looks like a headphone jack on the guitar...anybody else see that on the bottom left?
maybe for a wired headset mic?
or a pedal?
why are these guitars twice the price of regular RB guitars? they look nice but...c'mon!
jr
Just like on the RB2 guitar, its a headphone jack for your headset. Not for microphone singing in game though, just chat in online play.
okay anybody know how the strummer is going to be... i mean if i am going to pay a premium price for these guitars i wan to know that the strummer isnt all "mushy" like RB1. I never bought or played RB2 so can anyone tell me if they fixed this issue? I know i'm a GH fanboy with the clicky clicks. Thanks for the heads up.
The RB2 strummer still doesn't click, but it's a lot more solid and not mushy like the RB1 one.
thanks for the heads up... i stopped play RB1 for that very reason... so sad indeed.
I've shied away from every other Rock Band game, but this might push me to the Dark Side that is Rhythm Gaming. Plus, I could probably get my whole family to play... and we could become the Partridge Family.
wow, that rickenbacker. i don't have any guitar hero/rock band games, so i can justifiably get this. STOKED!
Hope you emo kids are using sarcasm.
D'oh!
Any info on the song list yet?
wow i cant believe how many of you suckers are gonna pay $100 each for guitar controllers when most probably have 2 already
ahhh.... even more guitars to be added to the "used" rack at Gamestop
Oh wait, I forgot music stores now sell RB and GH games, too...
Pretty soon they'll outnumber the used real guitars at Sam Ash.
Apparently Harmonix couldn't pull off a Bigsby licence... since John replaced the Kaufman on his 325 with a Bigsby.
I love how uninterested Ringo is. LOL
$100 is bullshit. The margins for these shoddy made controller are out of... control.
Beatles songs are generally simple and easy to play. Pick up cheap little squier strat, it's money better spend.
Love the Beatles, greatest band of all time. I am 29 but I still prefer real instruments as controllers.
Why not use real guitars like this:
http://www.guitarrising.com/
Cheap versions of Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Hofner, Epiphone casino guitars?
Like what? A product that was shown a year and a half ago and still hasn't come out?
Even when it does, it's just going to be a bunch of wannabe elitist pricks sitting at home on their PCs wanking by themselves.
At that point, you might as well join a cover band. At least you'd get paid to play a bar or club.
RB and GH are APPROACHABLE and MARKETABLE to a wide audience, games that use real instruments are much more limited to finding a wide, profitable market.
If you own a guitar and want to play a song, most people get the tab/sheet music/tabit/guitar pro file/midi/whatever or just jam with the song. They don't want to screw with midi interfaces or USB audio devices.
When I started playing guitar a decade and a half ago, I saw midi pickups, midi guitars, blah blah blah...
None of that crap catches on. You're making niche markets for niche markets.
Fellow musicians: stop being pricks about RB and GH existing. At least now you get to hear kids play more than just, "Smoke on the Water" when they pick up a guitar at the local music store. Plus, they're more fun to completely destroy when you plug into the amp next to them (which is even funnier when you plug in like a $100 strat-clone guitar and they're trying out a $3000 Gibson)...
If I'm around other musicians, I can jam.
When I'm at a party, I will gladly play RB or GH. I wouldn't pay for them, but I'll go to someone's house, drink, and play them.
I can play with lots of people who aren't necessarily musicians. Plus, you can always talk the other people into playing a different game eventually...
this one is similar and free, found through wiki, need to register to download, any one tried?
http://littlebigstar.net/main/
When is the Jonas Brothers version coming out? ;)