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Rock Band 3 six string guitar unveiled

Screens of the new six string electric guitar, along with a weird looking MIDI version.

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DamonTheMoney5069d ago

wait for it...

wait for it...

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SOME

Evoluti0n5069d ago

They've stepped it up a few notches i see.

theEXPATRIATED5069d ago

...why not take it to a whole nother level and play a real guitar? I mean, you'd totally have a feasible chance of impressing a girl.

UltimateSin5069d ago (Edited 5069d ago )

This is cheaper. Plus you're going to be able to learn 3 instruments for possibly $200, based on previous bundle prices.

Also, how will bass work? For those who play it.
Will they add a bass controller?

The_Zeitgeist5069d ago

You are not going to learn guitar from this. Thats what they want you to think. As someone who has played for 15 years I feel confident to say they will never emulate the way real strings feel and play. They can't match the resistance of a string to the fret board which can drastically alter the way notes or played. Hell I don't even understand how you could do a bendy with this. Just learn real guitar. Do you have any idea how accomplished you feel learning an instrument. The time put in is worth that feeling alone.

dktxx25069d ago

geist is right. this wont teach you anything. guitar is all about manipulating the strings.

UltimateSin5069d ago

I don't think it'll fully emulate a real guitar. It'll teach which frets to put your hand on and which string to pluck. I think that's as far as it'll go, just have to wait and see.

FragMnTagM5069d ago

You do realize that it is a real guitar right? You can plug it into an amp and play. It will at least get people into the right direction. I am sure that if they are going that far with it that you will be playing chords, strumming up and down and picking.

Will this make you a guitar master? Doubt it. But it could very well help get someone started in the right direction. I think we should wait till we learn more about it to write it off as a failure.

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duplissi5069d ago

somebody didnt read.......

the rock band 3 pro guitar doubles as a real guitar.

The_Zeitgeist5069d ago

It doesn't have strings and even if it did, this is not a new idea to learn. They have sold these for years. You just hook them up to a computer. Besides any of that, if the whole package is only two hundred dollars how good is that guitar? Not very good. I bought my last guitar. An Ibanez for 190 and downloaded Ableton live and Guitar rig 5 for free. Plus I have my M-Audio Oxygen Midi Keyboard and a Bass. I can create all my own music. Because I took the time to learn. Thats all it takes.

duplissi5069d ago

looks like it has strings to me... the bass doesnt on the other hand.
no i suppose its probably not very high quality though being so cheap.. probably compares to a first act.. *shudder* but hey maybe some people dont want to invest the same time and/or money into that kind of setup and maybe they just want to pick up an play you know? nothing wrong with that.

anywho im not arguing that actually learning isnt worth it, in fact i think everyone should give an instrument a try. i play albeit not very good, but i still like to throw down on rock band every now and then... and besides its not like its meant to replace real instruments- harmonix said themselves in an interview(think its an unlockable vid in rock band 1)their ultimate goal is to make people want to learn and try the real thing anyway.

http://www.everybodyplays.c...

metalhead5069d ago

The special edition of the pro controllor is an authentic squire strat with real strings, buuuut I will agree with you full heartedly about this not teaching you how to play a guitar. Of course doing this and mastering it, you'll be able to know what strings to hit to play the right guitar riffs, but without the theory that you have to put in to learn how and why the notes make the sounds they do, you are going to be lost. As a person who has been playing guitar for 10 years I can tell you that anyone can shred, but it takes true talent to make it sound good.

BISHOP-BRASIL5069d ago

You guys nailed it. This is a step in the right direction for teaching guitar in a game but it won't work. Anyone can learn how to follow a tablature or even a partiture, but if you don't do your lessons first 'till you start to get how to sound like playing something, not just hitting strings, people will not sound good ever...

Being able to hit the right notes means nothing if you don't know how you sound. You can't rely on a computer to tell you if you are doing it right, your ears must be as trained as your finger, if not more.

And I'm not that confident in the price excuse too. Ibanez have some starter pack bundles pretty good and cheapy... You get a guitar, amp, cable and pick. With Rock Band you'll get a squier guitar - meybe even worse, since it must be cheap - and the game. You won't be rocking with this... I believe Fender, Gibson and many other guitar brands have this kind of bundle too. Yes they don't include a teacher, but I believe the game isn't a good one too, you could probably learn more by yourself.

Maybe it can work for keytar but RB don't even work for learning drums... You learn some timing, but don't learn to hit in the right spot, with the right strengh, in the right angle so to sound right and be able to make the next hit.

PS: Sorry for the bad english, no time to check now.

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White-Sharingan5069d ago

Maybe because its a game, and its fun? why don't you go drag racing, rally racing instead of playing a video game of it? why not just ride a plane rather than playing a game like Ace Combat, Flight Simulator? why play tennis, basketball, hockey, football in a video game when you can do it IRL?

White-Sharingan5069d ago (Edited 5069d ago )

I bet it is...some musicians think they are so badass.

Halochampian5069d ago

I completely agree. I play the guitar some myself. But i love playing me some rockband.

It's about having fun without having to go out and do the real thing. And it's no different Zeitgeist.

Train all life to be good at football and go into the NFL.. or plop in some Madden and play for the fun of it..

Same goes for Rock Band.

BISHOP-BRASIL5069d ago

I have nothing against having some fun with the game. I myself don't like it, but many of my friends love rocking out with plastic mini guitars... What can I tell... Have fun with it, I know I will watching you LMFAO!

The point of criticism here is: does RB or any game teach you to play guitar? IMHO no.

Also, I don't believe pro mode will give you anymore fun than any mode... I can be wrong through as many people would like the challenge...

Baka-akaB5069d ago

again some of you guys are full of crap ... for years you've been complaining that it doesnt teach you music , wich we've known all along , and replied to you that it's just a rythm and buttons pushing game .

And unsurprisingly , it's still a game , only with that little extra mode for those who wanna go a bit beyond . That's all .

And where does that snobbish assumption that instrument players dont enjoy rock band/gh games comes from ?
Plenty of us do and know the difference between gaming and playing real music .

Stop telling others to pick an instrument , when it's mostly unrelated to the act of playing a frickin' game

metalhead5069d ago

White-Sharingan:

Yes some musicians are arrogant a-holes, but others are just trying to share their knowledge that they spent the better part of their lives learning so as not to get people to get the wrong idea of something. Music takes years of theory to properly learn how to play. I know stuff played on the radio is undoubtly simple, but there are a massive amount of bands that use a lot more complex theory to create music that is completely different from everything else like Rush or Dream Theater or even more recently Coheed and Cambria

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wwm0nkey5069d ago

Umm yeah did you not see? It is a real guitar! there are 2 different pro version, one with buttons and one thats a real guitar lol

psman0125069d ago

I have played real guitar for 3 years now. I can say that Rock Band is nothing like it. But, they are both extremely enjoyable, as I am a fan of both.

Play drums on Rock Band, as that is much more "accurate" to the real instrument.

metalhead5068d ago

Ya I'm a 10 yr guitarist and I have to say the drums taught me how to play a drum set and I now drum for a classic rock cover band along with my guitar work in a prog metal band lol.

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fatstarr5069d ago (Edited 5069d ago )

well at least they added the keyboard looks like some new gameplay. this looks interesting...

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Dave writes: "Hopefully time will be kind to Rock Band 3. It’s the equivalent of a Blade Runner or Van Gogh, unappreciated and undersold in its own time, but something that has undeniable quality. We may never see another Rock Band, no encore to this great series, but in Rock Band 3 and Rock Band 4, we got some pretty awesome final tracks."

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10 Games With Achievements & Trophies You Won't Get This Lifetime

Joe Y writes: With server closures, glitches, and broken patches, many games have unobtainable achievements and trophies. Here are the top 10 you can't 100% anymore.

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darthv721977d ago

"It sounds simple enough, but due to the expiration of licenses, one of the four songs, Promised Land by Vesuvius, is no longer available to download. If you previously had it downloaded, it will *not* be taken away, so you'll still be able to grab this one."

Well damn it. I really dig that song from The Rocker and I did not know it was in RB3. I stopped playing after RB2.

franwex1977d ago

Online achievement/trophies are dumb. I’m not sure why they still include them. I recall the modern warfare games were applauded for not including them.
Unless the game is an online only game because what choice is there at that point.

Skankinruby1977d ago

Uhm trophies are fantastic, they give you real reason to keep playing a game after you beat it

Christopher1977d ago

If you need trophies to keep playing a game after you beat it, then is the game worth playing any further? It's imaginary points, not better gaming. Good games will be replayed regardless of imaginary points.

Skankinruby1977d ago

@Christopher
That logic makes zero sense. It's most definitely 'worth playing further' as you go and do things you clearly didn't do the first time....hence why do didn't get the TROPHY. It's not about better/worse gaming, it's about a replay of a game feeling fresh and not redundant.

2pacalypsenow1977d ago

"Online achievement/trophies are dumb"

Christopher1977d ago

***It's most definitely 'worth playing further' as you go and do things you clearly didn't do the first time....hence why do didn't get the TROPHY.***

If you need a trophy to do something and not the fact that you enjoy it, is the game actually worth playing? Seriously, how is that a foreign concept? How is that nonsensical? I guess it's nonsense to someone who plays for trophies, but that's about all you're playing for when you promote the reason for doing more to just get trophies and not because you enjoy it.

mkis0071977d ago

Chris

In fairness sony did have that gold trophy auction for all those commercial props.

Would have loved to have enough trophies for that.

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agnosticgamer1977d ago (Edited 1977d ago )

Pretty ignorant statement to have... there are lots of fun achievements/trophies to be had playing online... I've never played through the single-player campaign in any COD... but had lots of fun playing online... Companies have to be sure to cater to all gamers when it comes to achievements/trophies... a good mix is never a bad thing...

franwex1977d ago

...except if you want to play a game online a couple of years later and not being able to, hence from getting all the trophies.
I’m not obsessed with getting every achievement/trophy but if I like the game I may try to. I’m simply being punished for not discovering the game earlier.

agnosticgamer1977d ago

Most games... minus complete failures last much...much longer online than I believe you are giving credit for...

OneEyedSteve1977d ago (Edited 1977d ago )

Half of these are false .. The Evolve one can still unlocked... Ghostbusters is only unachievable on PS3 its still online on 360.. Destiny 2 one is only unobtainable for a while as said by bungie... GTAV one can still be unlocked too in a private game. And the Black Ops 3 one can still be unlocked using a few different methods. Guy who wrote this is clueless.

Majors1977d ago

When a games server goes offline then they should allow users to create their own p2p servers to keep these games active. They should also unlock or delete the trophies from any list to those who havent got them.

darthv721977d ago

I can think of a few honorable mentions. there is one for smartglass seeing as smartglass is now defunct. there is also ones for 1v100 and dorito crash course 2 since both of those games are also defunct.

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