The Beatles: Rock Band hands-on!
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jun 3rd 2009 10:02AM
posted Jun 3rd 2009 10:02AM
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nice
Would someone PLEASE tell these ppl (Harmonix) where the hi-hat should be in relation to the snare drum? These kits make me feel (and look) stupid, being an actual drummer. How about a little 20 second instructional clip for noob drummers about how to cross your right arm over your left? ah yes - the 'simplicity' problem is solved..........
Phenoum, if I'm looking properly at how those cymbal pads are attached, you could actually place them either way you like.
Indeed that makes it a potential, but the problem is if the hi-hat functionality of the songs is expected from one of the 'drums' then there's no way to actually play properly. the pad would have to be used for the hi-hat 'sound' from the game.....
Stop having fun! This doesn't make you a real musician! :p
Yeah, go spend thousands on a real drum kit instead! You're so stupid for playing a game where you aren't really doing the real-life activity!
Damiaking and Andy
This has got to stop.
Looks like their comments have been removed :)
They were both "first"
to tell you the truth is the first time i did that lol
Let it be the last. "First" posts are idiotic.
I DEMAND a video of your performance, it better be impressive too.
:P
Well done guys; looks like a blast. I will not however be dropping $250 on all of the cute toys. I might pick up the software to play with my RB1 hardware, lol.
awwww......
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/02/the-beatles-rock-band-dlc-not-compatible-with-other-rock-band/
hmmm well after reading that story a little closer it appears you still might be able to buy just the disc and use your old rock band 1 or 2 instruments but i'm not sure.
You really ought to pick up new instruments at some point, whether it's the Beatles ones or just the RB2 set. They're a big improvement over the originals functionally: the guitar's strum bar is more responsive and easier to double-strum with, and the drum pads are quieter and slightly bouncier.
I have read about the differences and that is one of my biggest complaints, the volume of the drum pads, not only does it piss off the neighbors but it's really distracting for anyone I;m playing with. That said, I probably play the game... 4 hours every 3 months? It's just not something I do anymore, it was great, and novel when it was new, but now it's old hat. Nothing special. That said, if I did ever get back into it, these instruments look fantastic.
video please!
i play a real hofner bass and i have to say, the controller looks quite nice for being what it is :)
So, can you do 2 gutars + bass, and are there now 5 drums points + pedal ala GHWT?
I see the cymbals are installed here; are they part of the kit or do you still have to buy them separately? I'm betting on the latter since the cymbals weren't in the press shots.
lol@ someone's mom naming them Ringo Starr... well she musta done suppm right.
I can't tell if you're being serious or trying to make a joke, either way, you're a moron.
His real name is Richard Starkey, dipshit.
I'm not sure if you're being serious either, but his *real* name is Richard Starkey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr
Also, Bono's real name isn't Bono, The Edge's real name isn't The Edge, Boy George's real name isn't Boy George, and Puff Daddy's real name isn't Puff Daddy. Crazy stuff, eh?
Prince, on the other hand, might actually be named "Prince" at this point. I can't keep up with him...
Shovelware galore.
Your comments are shovelware.
Nice come back.
But seriously, are you guys going to spend all that money to get a plastic version of Paul McCartneys guitar? Or a drum kit? I can see buying the game for the tracks (although they should really just be DLC), but I don't get this obsession.
They're plastic toys!
Consoles are "just toys" too, when you get right down to it, so I'm not sure what the complaint is.
how is the difficult mode? do you have t oplay several songs at time to make it interesting?
It seems like all the songs would be easy compared to songs on Rock Band 2.
For one thing, not all Beatles songs are as easy as you think, though for the most part I would expect Rock Band and Guitar Hero to be much more varied and more challenging than a majority of the Beatles songs. For another thing, not everyone who plays these games are like gamers who want to play challenging things; some just want to be able to play Beatles songs. Those three part harmony parts look wicked fun.
Im excited.......
Yay olde A-hole Paul McCartney gets more money to continue to be an A-hole, Like he was on Microsoft's stage... Not buying, renting or even playing it ever, I rather club a seal.
Should have been a track pack.
Anyone seen if three part harmonies on the vocals are confirmed?
With an option to use singstar mikes?
the three part vocal harmonies are in the pics and the videos. Xbox live has footage of people on separate mics singing, so yeah it's confirmed. Also I don't know if singstar mics are an option, but I think the mics with Lips are. Assuming singstar mics are just usb mics, I don't see why not? I think the idea is to cobble together multiple mics together from you and your friends and make use of them.
Using singstar microphones has a big benefit, since two microphones can be used on each USB port.
We've seen some of the lag and sync problems when going through external hubs (other than the one built into the RB2 drum dongle).
Support for both the blue and the red singstar mikes (instead of blue only as in RB1, RB2) keeps my good ports free for the RB instruments (plus logitech wheel, buzz controllers, etc.)
Take 500 micrograms of LSD and then go play it and tell me if you see Lucy.
I see this being more of a collectors item that gets stashed away by people who are into the Beatles. I can't imagine that you won't ever be able to buy the tracks. You might have to wait a few months but most people aren't going to purchase all of the Rock Band equipment over again just because it's the Beatles.
I could be wrong though. I thought Guitar Hero and Rock Band would've been huge failures due to the fact that you had to spend a bunch of extra money on custom controllers that are only good for one game. In the past, this idea had always bombed.
Here is band that my parents grew up with (mom was actually there in NY when they first arrived) and so I was drawn into the wonderful music that is The Beatles. Now I can play a video game of one my favorite bands of all time in not the GREATEST bands of all time.
Wait... did you play Love me Do at the demo? Cause that song aint been mentioned yet... can you confirm that for uS?
lol the dudes wearing a dsi chain which could mean rock band will come to ds or dsi nooooo i like my guitar hero
You can find extended coverage on this game here at: http://stusreviews.com/video-game-trailers/xbox-360/rock-band-the-beatles-e3-2009/. Enjoy. This game is going to be great!