GC: Euro Rock Band in 2008 News

Nooooo.....

:(

Bonus for Guitar Hero III!

That will, at least, prevent some of us Europeans splashing out for both Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 at the same time.

What?!
Oh please no...
No...

Please say that just the on screen texts will be localised, and not the actual songs...
Don't you dare put italian rock into that game!
I'm getting GH III if you try anything stupid like that!...

Missing XMas? F*cking stupid thinking! This is a perfect game for XMas parties with bored family. No buy.

Rock me, Amadeus!

Quick, travel back in time and accelerate development *somehow*, dizzy won't be able to play drums with his nan at xmas!

NA timed exclusive!

This will bomb so hard it ain't even funny.

Well, that's going to cost them.

I'll still be getting it to have something that doesn't look like a badly designed child's toy to play it, however, and most importantly, to DRUM.

Yeah, I'll be getting it whenever it comes out. I want to buy the whole band too.

Heh, I just want them to announce the price.

"IT COSTS HOW MUCH?!?"

The new songs are:

Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"
Deep Purple "Highway Star"
The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
Faith No More "Epic"
Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
Radiohead "Creep"
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"

http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/news/1280...

@tinodz

That list of songs alone is better than the offerings of GHII. Sold.

Did EA talk about the absolutely shocking download speed of the Skate demo? Utterly ridiculous.

Possibly a bit pricey
Fun for all the family
Ideal for Xmas
Oh

The PS3 version should be region free, so import should be an option. I already placed a pre-order at dvdboxoffice. We'll sit and wait.

Oh yeah, are these ten additional songs, or ten alternative songs?

I'm mainly interested in the drums. Actually what I would really like is to allow a completely "free" drum-along mode. In other words just drum along to the song as you see fit - just for fun. That option could work for the vocals too. But only because both those are the closest to 'real' instruments in terms of interface - so obviously the guitar wouldnt work in that context.

PS3 Region free ftw?

@tinodz: Well, none of those appeal to me

Aren't all PS3 games region-free, anyway? So importing should be an option, albeit probably linked with massive import tax on top of it.

Rock Band makes an appearance on the PS2 (apparantly :p)

Joystiq quotes EA press release

They'd better not be loading it with British music.

Yep all PS3 stuff is region free.

Let's hope the 360 version will be region free. Why on earth would I want Dutch text, or god forbid, songs in the game? stupid stupid stupid

Isn't Cherub Rock on GHIII aswell? ...

... and "NOOOO!" and all that hoo haa

Guitar Hero FTW

Do people know how big the package is for the drums? may cost a small fortune to import

Oh God no, not only do we get it later than the damn yanks, we'll also have to endure crap europop :(

Jesus fuck do I not care about localisation.

That's just cruel.

hopefully the UK release wont have a myriad of "cool" british indie and pop music and less proper rock music. I really dont want to play the drums along to any "NME thinks its cool so should too" bands. bleh

Still no announcement on the price. I really don't see the complete package being all that reasonable, otherwise they'd surely have been shouting about it as part of the marketing?!

Localization? Are they dubbing each and every song? I'm sick of this excuse. Why can't they just do the localization as development goes?

Epic? Cherub Rock? Creep? (and to a lesser extent, an ok NIN song) I want this now!

It's possible that music games aren't region free on the PS3, due to music licencing issues - we'll see. If it's no problem, I predict a fair bit of importing. ;)

This just went from want to need. Radiohead? Nine Inch Nails? Screw Guitar Hero, I want to drum Creep!

What an awful pick from The Clash's library...I would have danced a merry dance for Complete Control or White Man (In...). But, as it is, meh.

Creep? Fucking sweet!

In answer to my own question: Yes it is. "How interesting, it's not exclusive!?" I hear you all scream...

On the PS2 ? If true, that's great for me - no need to invest in HD TV and new console.

cherub rock, sabotage, Mississippi Queen, paranoid and reptilia are all in both games now, any others I've missed?

I would have thought the online part of Rock Band is the big selling point for people without £££ to spend on all the peripherals, or friends who regularly come over the play. Seems like the PS2 version will be a bit rubbish because of that.

Well, but if I recall correctly it will be compatible with the GH guitars...
That would mean I'd have 2 guitars already for PS2...
Just that DLC is a real nice addition...Depending on pricing...

EPIC!
Woo!

@brooza

If absolutly none of those songs take your fancy then I would advise against a game called "Rock Band".

Rawk on! Glad it's out on the PS2, seems I can keep it on the shelf for a little while longer.

Being on PS2 will help the sales of this brand. GH3 is going to be out on PS3, PS2, 360 AND Wii

If they can get it out on Wii they could destroy GH

So there's still no hard confirmation on a Wii version? Surely by now they should see that Wii is a major platform?

*OFFICIAL ROCK BAND SONG LIST TO DATE:*

1960s
Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”

1970s
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Mountain "Mississippi Queen"*
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"*
Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop”
Deep Purple "Highway Star"

1980s
Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More "Epic”

1990s
Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead “Creep”
Beastie Boys “Sabotage”

2000s
The Hives “Main Offender”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”

*Indicates a cover song, all other songs are original master recordings


...this looks firkking awesome!!

I really don't like this localisation nonsense either and apparently it will extend into DLC as well. Why can't we all just get the same songs and then pick exactly what extra DLC we want. I don't want to be denied playing along to certain bands because some guy in a suit thinks its not applicable to our region.