Green Day? What an awful choice for a music game. Simple and repetative. They should try using a band like Dream Theater or Opeth. They'd need some more buttons though.
Originally Posted by urobulos Maybe it was chosen to showcase the demise of the music genre?
AFAIK, we were never sent GH5; we would have reviewed Rock Band Beatles but I was out of the country on my sabbatical when it came out. We'll definitely be looking to do RB3 / GH 6...
Originally Posted by urobulos Maybe it was chosen to showcase the demise of the music genre?
AFAIK, we were never sent GH5; we would have reviewed Rock Band Beatles but I was out of the country on my sabbatical when it came out. We'll definitely be looking to do RB3 / GH 6...
Well I can tell you GH6 = crap and Rock Band 3 = Possibility of reguvenating the music genre!
Originally Posted by Pieface Oh yes, I'm sure the public would flock to get the well known Opeth's Rock Band over the unfamous Green Day rock band.
Green Day are awful though, I just don't see a punk band, where they know as many chords as there are buttons on the controller, is going to be any fun. Opeth and Dream Theater, while not as well known, would have made for challenging gameplay. Any metal/prog/rock band in fact. Trivium/Pink Floyd/Led Zep/ These would just have been more interesting.
And to hell with the 'public'. I went to school with the public, and they were idiots.
GREEN DAY SUCKS!!!!11one THEY SHOULD USE (insert my favorite band here) BECAUSE THEY ARE TEH AWESOME!!!!!eleventyone11
There, that should just about cover the rest of the complaints. Despite anyone's personal feelings about their level of skill (or lack thereof), you have to admit that they are a popular band. As such, they will provide a much wider draw for the game. That said, Dream Theater has a track on Rockband 2, and it's absolutely a blast to play. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a few more tracks from them. The first time I ran through Panic Attack on the drums on hard I thought my arms were going to fall off. I can manage now, but I'm still far from getting 5 stars. :(
Panic Attack is a superb song, in fact the whole Octavarium album is fantastic.
It's not that I think they should include the bands I like because I like them, it's purely that it would offer more of a challenge. Punk rock is just not hard enough for an entire game.
That's a fair enough criticism, but you have to keep in mind that they're investing time and money to produce the game, and in order to guarantee a return on the investment they have to appeal to the broadest market possible. I would wager that more people have heard of Green Day than Dream Theater, and the general public is more interested in the band game genre as a party game, rather than an exercise in complex instrumentation.
Although I think Green Day are the greatest band on the planet it's way too expensive for what it is and the idea of messing around with cheap plastic instruments doesn't appeal to me at all.
In the case of the Green Day: Rockband game, it has 47 tracks, many of which are not available as DLC. If they were all available as DLC, and you downloaded each one individually, it would cost more than the $60 suggested price tag (including the $10 cost to export for use with the standard game content).
im not a huge green day fan, or a huge rock band fan. but after playing through all of green day rockband i have 2 say id rather play green day rock band then any of the other rock band games, the music i good, its accually made me a fan of the band,... and as for what u need 2 know im a 14 yr old girl and this game is not just for males, heck my mom plaed it with me she is 33! so u can say its only for men 13-24 because that is just bull ****!!! and another thing, the price is good, i think it was a good strategy point to make a game that appeals to all of green days fans, tthere is alot out there, you have all the new wavers from 21st centery break down, you have the fans brought in by amerivan idiot, and the fans that have been there since dookie, rlly green day rock is goin 2 sell well, 2 its main fans, and other ppl who just like punk bands, there r ppl who hate the game but its stilll a good game
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ReplyIn any case, if lack the skill to play Green Day songs on a normal guitar, you've got serious motor skill issues.
You'd need about eight hands. And a lot of LSD. I could really go for some At the Drive In actually.
AFAIK, we were never sent GH5; we would have reviewed Rock Band Beatles but I was out of the country on my sabbatical when it came out. We'll definitely be looking to do RB3 / GH 6...
You know, things that would be good?
Well I can tell you GH6 = crap and Rock Band 3 = Possibility of reguvenating the music genre!
Green Day are awful though, I just don't see a punk band, where they know as many chords as there are buttons on the controller, is going to be any fun. Opeth and Dream Theater, while not as well known, would have made for challenging gameplay. Any metal/prog/rock band in fact. Trivium/Pink Floyd/Led Zep/ These would just have been more interesting.
And to hell with the 'public'. I went to school with the public, and they were idiots.
There, that should just about cover the rest of the complaints. Despite anyone's personal feelings about their level of skill (or lack thereof), you have to admit that they are a popular band. As such, they will provide a much wider draw for the game. That said, Dream Theater has a track on Rockband 2, and it's absolutely a blast to play. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a few more tracks from them. The first time I ran through Panic Attack on the drums on hard I thought my arms were going to fall off. I can manage now, but I'm still far from getting 5 stars. :(
It's not that I think they should include the bands I like because I like them, it's purely that it would offer more of a challenge. Punk rock is just not hard enough for an entire game.
I still wouldn't be interested though.
It would be awesome, but your fingers would fall off.
I would sell my Nan for a Pink Floyd or Queen based Rock Band/Guitar Hero.
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