NYC_Gamer5049d ago

these music games are just getting the milk treatment

Alcohog5049d ago

To be fair dude, this one is completely different. You can use real instruments in case you didn't know. If it works well this is a actually a huge breakthrough for videogames as a learning tool.

sinclaircrown5049d ago

Rockband I thought made good improvements from 1 to 2. Actually got me into drumming, and using a real kit. I'm not very good on the real kit yet but WAY better than first timer.

RB3 is adding more to guitar, and adding keyboard, and teaching how to play real instruments.

If its to much money for you, then thats fine, buts Activision are not 'milking' this one. They've made geniunely good improvements IMO.

COD, Madden, etc. That's milking.

Spenok5049d ago

Agreed, its a cool idea. But how is it actually going to work? And will it be well done?

tdrules5049d ago

Hasn't been a proper Rock Band in two years.
There are around 1000 tracks available that only require one copy of the game.

Oh yeah, loads of milk there....

hanzthebox5049d ago

just like the FPS games...

it's dumb to say that music games are being milked... just a gender, that's all

TheLastGuardian5049d ago

what would be the point of buying all these expensive peices of plastic if I didn't have many games to choose from. I bought the RB2 bundle back when It was $200 so I would be pissed if they didn't make a load of games to play them on. As long as Harmonix keep churning out good songs in their games I will keep buying them.

Baltis5049d ago

The only thing Rockband can help you with, musically, is singing. Pitch and range still need the kinks looked at though. The drums are slightly servicable too. The guitar and bass are a joke. It should have been called drum or vocal band to be honest.

sinclaircrown5049d ago

Although it won't teach you to play guitar or bass, its good finger excersise on the harder levels.

And from what I saw RB3 will have an optional full stringed guitar to teach you with, so again, they're making good improvements.

hanzthebox5049d ago

is like saying " omg call of duty is worthless... they don't show you how to use a real weapon", a game is a simulation of something, and for having fun

Baltis5049d ago (Edited 5049d ago )

Seems pretty limiting the way you put it. As if you took away all the credit I gave Rockband for singing and drumming. Nice work. On a side note, Dani Harrison is said to have been on-board for the next iteration so I am confident that it'll expand the worth of the product a bit. I'm sure it'll be more inclined to teach than the past versions have.

Awesome_Face5049d ago

Dance Central looks far better than this

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darthv721994d 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.

franwex1994d 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.

Skankinruby1994d ago

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

Christopher1994d 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.

Skankinruby1994d 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.

2pacalypsenow1994d ago

"Online achievement/trophies are dumb"

Christopher1994d 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.

mkis0071994d 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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agnosticgamer1994d ago (Edited 1994d 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...

franwex1993d 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.

agnosticgamer1993d ago

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

OneEyedSteve1994d ago (Edited 1994d 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.

Majors1994d 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.

darthv721994d 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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