Need a reason to get Rock Band 2 over Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Revolution? Well how does access to over 500 songs sound? Oh Right, maybe a new single by Guns N' Roses to Sweeten the Deal?
Last year, Rock Band was the only music game that enabled users to play as a full-fledged band. Things are different this year with Konami's Rock Revolution and, more dauntingly, Guitar Hero World Tour. Ultimately, no amount of features or new equipment is going to matter. The real winner will be whichever game has the best track list. Harmonix and MTV must be fully aware of this fact, because today, the two released the full 84-song set list. Judging by the impressive list, Konami and Activision have reason to worry. This is easily the greatest assemblage of music in a game to date.
The big jaw-to-the-floor announcement is that Guns N' Roses is set to debut a new song from the long-awaited album Chinese Democracy. It's not just that Rock Band 2 has GNR -- it has new GNR and effectively announces the imminent arrival of the band's oft-delayed album. Guns N' Roses' "Shackler's Revenge" is just the tip of the iceberg for a track list that features far more greats (Bob effin' Dylan!) than stinkers (Linkin effin' Park?!).
Joining GNR and Dylan are such surprises as Tenacious D, Pearl Jam, Beck, Talking Heads, and The Replacements. The list isn't so focused on spreading across decades as it is spanning genres. There's a lot more heavy metal this time around and the music from the '60s is better focused (and lacking the horror that is Green Tides and High Grass). Perhaps the only head scratcher is the inclusion of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," which most will recognize as an overused sports anthem.
Ah, but as great as this list may be, you love your old RB1 tracks and just don't want to give them up. Fear not. All downloadable content will work with Rock Band 2 and gamers can export tracks from Rock Band 1 to RB2. That's right -- from day one you can bring all RB1 tracks into RB2 to compliment your DLC as long as you own a PS3 or an Xbox 360 with a hard drive.
And there's more. Harmonix actually wanted to toss in 100 tracks total for the disk, but couldn't get them all in one time to ship for Xbox 360 by September. So this fall, MTV is releasing an additional 20 downloadable master tracks... for free. By year's end this will mean RB fans will have access to more than 500 songs.
That is the sound of Activision gulping.
Check out the full list of tracks. Note that all tracks on RB2 are master recordings. There are 75 tracks from famous artists, plus nine bonus tracks from various bands that feature members of Harmonix.
"Aerosmith" have only just released their first Guitar Hero game and a "Metallica" version dubbed "Guitar Hero: Metallica" is now in the works and due out within the next year, are the Gunners going to be coming next to Guitar Hero??? If not who's next??
Guns N' Roses, The Eagles, Van Halen and Steely Dan amongst various other artists already have deals in the works with either Guitar Hero or Rock Band or both of these companies so who will be the next to sign for a full title??
According to industry tracker NPD Group Inc., Guitar Hero was the top-selling videogame franchise in dollar terms in the U.S in 2007 with $820 million in sales, so you can bet the music industry will be getting involved any way they can.
Overall Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the upcoming new franchises are another great method for all artists to promote their music and let people learn the basics of what it really takes to play a musical instrument while enoying listening to their favorite bands. Practice, practice, practice.
What other famous bands are you looking forward to playing???
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Rock Revolution is Konami's first attempt to enter the ever expanding Music/Rythym genre and looks to be very interesting. Rock Revolution is planned to have a large multi-pad drum kit and hopefully will bring some new options to the table.
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Looks like the GH franchise is growing again with the news release of Guitar Hero: Metallica. No word on content yet although it has been reported the game will portray the story of the bands uprising much the same as Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
The news was revealed after an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities found mention of the title in an SEC filing by Activision.
Bring it on I hear ya say.....Now we can all really enjoy the Guitar Hero.... No word on a official track list yet but in my opinion that won't matter...
Looking at Guitar Hero and Rock Band tracks from the gods of rock it seems it will be above average on the difficulty scale as the tracks already out on previous games are at the top end of the learning curve except for one of them.
Will this set the music genre alive in 2009 along with Guitar Hero:Aeroesmith, Guitar Hero World Tour and rock revolution??? Only time will tell.
My money is on Guitar Hero: Metallica to be a stand out for the new kits available just before the release of this title.
Due out sometime this fall, Konami's Rock Revolution is yet another game to ad to the increasing list of rhythm based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Rock Revolution will be the most innovative and realistic rock game to hit the market, that will provide a quality drum peripheral and music that players will appreciate. As the originator of music-based games, we are dedicated to bringing fans a truly preeminent music experience. With Rock Revolution, we put the emphasis on the drum kit, delivering an experience unlike any other.
Rock Revolution will be out for the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Nintendo DS, not to sure how the DS port of this game will compare but then again you never know.
From the looks of it this game is going to feature all the same options of Rock Band without the vocals but i would guess they are saving that for a knock off of Sing Star.
Game Features
Rock out on your drums, but also wail on your guitar or bass all in the same game
A broad range of music styles
40 songs on disc, with downloadable songs and song packs available after initial release
Use the Drum Kit and Guitar freely in Jam Mode, and record on up to 8 separate tracks
Stunning unique and authentic venues
Up to 15 cool and realistic characters
Online and offline multiplayer: versus, co-op and band battle
Rehearsal mode: practice sections of songs at different speeds
Career mode: play songs, learn techniques, create set lists and complete challenges
Online persistent scoreboards allow performance comparison with other players around the world
The most realistic drum peripheral on the market, created by real musicians for an overall hard hitting experience
(Known tracks will include but are not limited to the following)
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