It sort of amazes me they can release an entire expansion and now re-release songs from RB2 as individual purchases, but my Santeria purchase I made in the PSN web store still isn't working.
So people who imported RB2 still have it and this is for those who missed out?
I mean, if I lose access to it in RB4 I won't be too sad since it wasn't much fun to play. I'm just trying to clarify.
If you have RB2 exported then you'll have this song (and it'll likely show up as In Library / Owned or whatever, since it's technically already on the store as a single, just locked into the RB2 export bundle.. like, literally the same file everyone already downloaded)
It sort of amazes me they can release an entire expansion and now re-release songs from RB2 as individual purchases, but my Santeria purchase I made in the PSN web store still isn't working.
Since I'm a vocals guy there actually quite a few songs I know I could get Brutal Stars. It's just between Black Friday, Final Fantasy and Rivals mode I really don't have time to get them.
@FyreWulff Challenge accepted. I didn't quite hit crimson on Warning, because of the final prechorus that's just a bit different rhythmically, but I'll get there.
@lionheart_m Brutal mode does count for Rivals, but you have to do the annoying dance of backing out of the main menu and finding the song to play it that way. Crimson stars give you 14% more XP for the weekly challenge than gold stars do.
What I really hate is that if I get a score in Brutal, the score is not reflected on the general song list. It's as if I haven't played it at all.
I'm out of practice as it is, there are only a couple of songs I think I could tackle on Brutal mode, even given some time to get back in the groove.
There's probably a couple dozen songs I could gold star on Brutal if I worked at it but I very much don't want to memorize Rock Band charting for songs I like
Since I'm a vocals guy there actually quite a few songs I know I could get Brutal Stars. It's just between Black Friday, Final Fantasy and Rivals mode I really don't have time to get them.
No worries, we're not getting out of Gold this week and I don't think it was ever on the table with the holiday and all. I just checked and with 4 hours to go we're 62nd percentile on spotlight songs and 78th on crew exp. Even if we all played non-stop we're not hitting 80th percentile average.
Which I'm ok with, hopefully next week doesn't include prog :P
So yeah, PDP apparently has customer service that literally does not exist. After trying to contact them for more than a week, I have not heard back from them in any way and I was forced to call my credit card company to dispute the charge, which it seems like they will do. I emailed PDP, submitted online requests on their website, tweeted them once and called over a dozen times. Every time I called, even during their listed hours, I got a recorded message saying no one was available and to leave a voicemail. I did leave one and haven't heard back so, whatever....
I just reordered the Legacy adapter from Amazon, and even if I have issues there, Amazon at least has some more avenues for me to go down I believe.
Although, it's not like I will actually have any time to play this month....
So I've stayed away from RB4 ever since it came out based on what the majority of people were saying about the state of the game at the time. All this time later, what is the consensus? Is it worth purchasing now (as I have every previous release)?
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So I've stayed away from RB4 ever since it came out based on what the majority of people were saying about the state of the game at the time. All this time later, what is the consensus? Is it worth purchasing now (as I have every previous release)?
Character appearance selection is anemic compared to earlier editions, and pro guitar and keys are no longer supported. There is no "how to play Rock Band" tutorial, like I think there should be. Real-time online play isn't implemented yet, but is supposed to be coming soon as part of Rivals. I can't think of any other big regressions left, though. The Rivals update restored a ton of missing stuff, like fine-grained song list filtering and playlists.
At this point I think it is solidly in the "better than RB3" zone, unless you use the online mode or keys/pro guitar.
Move Minor Standard is doing pretty well, but only three of us have posted scores. If we had anywhere near our full 10 participating we'd be crushing it.
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Move Minor Standard is doing pretty well, but only three of us have posted scores. If we had anywhere near our full 10 participating we'd be crushing it.
I'll be rocking shit later today. Been away from the Xbox all weekend.
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Move Minor Standard is doing pretty well, but only three of us have posted scores. If we had anywhere near our full 10 participating we'd be crushing it.
My adapter is coming, so eventually I will contribute. But that might not be too frequently this month because my wife is back at work (on a midnight shift :bigfrown:) and I am barely able to shower and get ready for the next day after I put both kids to sleep.
I did the firmware update on my MadCatz Strat and it's vastly better than it was before. I used to get pretty regular disconnects where the game would simply stop accepting input from the guitar at all, though the XBone link light on the guitar itself would stay on and the xbox itself wouldn't see the controller actually disconnected. The only way to fix it was to shut off and turn on the guitar. That problem has completely gone away since the firmware update. I feel like it might be slightly more accurate and drop fewer notes as well. It had a habit of pretending I wasn't actually holding the blue fret occasionally. Maybe it's observation bias but that seems like less of an issue.
That has me really happy with the Strat now, though it would be nice to have a second guitar. Most of the reviews on Amazon are for the bundle and generally say "Rivals is awsome, guitar is mediocre" but don't expound on the guitar at all. I feel like I would hate the placement of the buttons. My Beatles RB Gretch was my long time favorite, but the tilt sensor straight up did not work short of shaking the guitar vigorously, so I am completely trained to Overdrive via button. That seems to be a no-go with the tiny Jaguar buttons placed way away from the strum bar.
I also have concerns about the folding neck. The GH3 guitar's detachable neck basically only accomplished introducing a point of failure that would sometimes cause notes to drop. I just don't see the benefit of the fold. I guess having the option of the charging station would be ok. A couple reviews mentioned the neck on the Jaguar having a little play to it, and that's a little concerning.
Some reviews have said the buttons are less 'sticky', which I sometimes miss a note from on the Strat, and the strum bar is more accurate for fast sections and quieter, which sounds great. The Strat's strum bar is juuuust loud enough to annoy me at times.
EDIT: They have the charcoal ones instead of that ugly ass blue at Gamestop? Fuck it, I'm in.
Activision at least addressed their shitty GH3 design by switching to a USB-style connector for GH4. I'm actually getting strum issues rather than fretting ones.
I have not seen the charcoal Jag yet, but I don't mind the blue one. Frankly, I'd be considering just painting it my own colour anyway.
So I've stayed away from RB4 ever since it came out based on what the majority of people were saying about the state of the game at the time. All this time later, what is the consensus? Is it worth purchasing now (as I have every previous release)?
Character appearance selection is anemic compared to earlier editions, and pro guitar and keys are no longer supported. There is no "how to play Rock Band" tutorial, like I think there should be. Real-time online play isn't implemented yet, but is supposed to be coming soon as part of Rivals. I can't think of any other big regressions left, though. The Rivals update restored a ton of missing stuff, like fine-grained song list filtering and playlists.
At this point I think it is solidly in the "better than RB3" zone, unless you use the online mode or keys/pro guitar.
The game is absolutely not the same RB4 that came out ~a year ago. They're doing a good job making it a "platform" now, and bolting more features onto it.
I think my most consistent remaining annoyance with the game is that each player can't individually rate songs for their instrument during the after-song score screen like you could in RB3. When we're playing at home it seems like only the person who's band you're playing under gets to rate, and only in the song library screen. Since they added navigating the songlist by first letter instead of bandname, I don't really have any further quality-of-life complaints.
My wife hates the new cymbal uh.. symbols.. on pro drums, but that's just a matter of time and familiarity.
I guess there could be more character customization, but I usually just set myself up as "a guy in a shirt and jeans who sorta kinda looks like me" and never think about it again. The Rockudrama was amusing, and I might eventually go back and try to get the 'best' ending for it. I think I was like 60 fame short. Between that and the weekly Rivals challenges, they did a really good job of putting in modes that get me to play songs outside of the ~50-100 go-to songs we tend to play the most in quickplay.
I don't get the point of levels and skill rating aside from e-peen.
The button cable goes through the hinge. Nothing ever disconnects. You can technically play the Jag while it's folded, lol
There's a tiiiiny amount of flex, but you won't really notice it.
That is very reassuring, thanks. I'm also compelled by the charging base and battery pack, instead of blowing through AAs. I reserved a bundle, gonna go pick it up over lunch.
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I'm liking this week's challenge. Give me an excuse to blow through all my Hendrix.
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I bumped up our Spotlight ranking by a few percent by gold staring Bass and put about 9k into the crew exp
We're around 86th percentile for spotlight scores which should be solid but only about 70th for crew exp. However we're now in a place on crew exp where it looks like just about every song played will move us up the leader board.
I'm gonna push DLC songs after work tomorrow but challenge ends at midnight Eastern and that only gives me about 2 1/2 hours after work so I'm not sure if we can pull it off without some exp from other people too.
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I mean, if I lose access to it in RB4 I won't be too sad since it wasn't much fun to play. I'm just trying to clarify.
If you have RB2 exported then you'll have this song (and it'll likely show up as In Library / Owned or whatever, since it's technically already on the store as a single, just locked into the RB2 export bundle.. like, literally the same file everyone already downloaded)
Well, that's due to Sony.
I'm out of practice as it is, there are only a couple of songs I think I could tackle on Brutal mode, even given some time to get back in the groove.
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@lionheart_m Brutal mode does count for Rivals, but you have to do the annoying dance of backing out of the main menu and finding the song to play it that way. Crimson stars give you 14% more XP for the weekly challenge than gold stars do.
What I really hate is that if I get a score in Brutal, the score is not reflected on the general song list. It's as if I haven't played it at all.
There's probably a couple dozen songs I could gold star on Brutal if I worked at it but I very much don't want to memorize Rock Band charting for songs I like
No worries, we're not getting out of Gold this week and I don't think it was ever on the table with the holiday and all. I just checked and with 4 hours to go we're 62nd percentile on spotlight songs and 78th on crew exp. Even if we all played non-stop we're not hitting 80th percentile average.
Which I'm ok with, hopefully next week doesn't include prog :P
We just got killed on the spotlight songs. Short of nailing White Denim on every part I don't think there's much we could have done.
I just reordered the Legacy adapter from Amazon, and even if I have issues there, Amazon at least has some more avenues for me to go down I believe.
Although, it's not like I will actually have any time to play this month....
I have 549 Rock Band Drum and 305 Pro Drum FC's
REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS
amazon price matched it as well: Game + Guitar / Full Bundle
Also PS4 bros! i can't do it alone I need some help to keep us in Gold :bigfrown:
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At this point I think it is solidly in the "better than RB3" zone, unless you use the online mode or keys/pro guitar.
Also, I bit the bullet and just bought the full band kit. I dunno what I'm gonna do with that extra Rivals disc though.
I'll be putting points up before the timer is up. Division updated has brought people back so I've been wasting time on that recently.
I'll be rocking shit later today. Been away from the Xbox all weekend.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
My adapter is coming, so eventually I will contribute. But that might not be too frequently this month because my wife is back at work (on a midnight shift :bigfrown:) and I am barely able to shower and get ready for the next day after I put both kids to sleep.
I have 549 Rock Band Drum and 305 Pro Drum FC's
REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS
I did the firmware update on my MadCatz Strat and it's vastly better than it was before. I used to get pretty regular disconnects where the game would simply stop accepting input from the guitar at all, though the XBone link light on the guitar itself would stay on and the xbox itself wouldn't see the controller actually disconnected. The only way to fix it was to shut off and turn on the guitar. That problem has completely gone away since the firmware update. I feel like it might be slightly more accurate and drop fewer notes as well. It had a habit of pretending I wasn't actually holding the blue fret occasionally. Maybe it's observation bias but that seems like less of an issue.
That has me really happy with the Strat now, though it would be nice to have a second guitar. Most of the reviews on Amazon are for the bundle and generally say "Rivals is awsome, guitar is mediocre" but don't expound on the guitar at all. I feel like I would hate the placement of the buttons. My Beatles RB Gretch was my long time favorite, but the tilt sensor straight up did not work short of shaking the guitar vigorously, so I am completely trained to Overdrive via button. That seems to be a no-go with the tiny Jaguar buttons placed way away from the strum bar.
I also have concerns about the folding neck. The GH3 guitar's detachable neck basically only accomplished introducing a point of failure that would sometimes cause notes to drop. I just don't see the benefit of the fold. I guess having the option of the charging station would be ok. A couple reviews mentioned the neck on the Jaguar having a little play to it, and that's a little concerning.
Some reviews have said the buttons are less 'sticky', which I sometimes miss a note from on the Strat, and the strum bar is more accurate for fast sections and quieter, which sounds great. The Strat's strum bar is juuuust loud enough to annoy me at times.
EDIT: They have the charcoal ones instead of that ugly ass blue at Gamestop? Fuck it, I'm in.
There's a tiiiiny amount of flex, but you won't really notice it.
I have not seen the charcoal Jag yet, but I don't mind the blue one. Frankly, I'd be considering just painting it my own colour anyway.
The game is absolutely not the same RB4 that came out ~a year ago. They're doing a good job making it a "platform" now, and bolting more features onto it.
I think my most consistent remaining annoyance with the game is that each player can't individually rate songs for their instrument during the after-song score screen like you could in RB3. When we're playing at home it seems like only the person who's band you're playing under gets to rate, and only in the song library screen. Since they added navigating the songlist by first letter instead of bandname, I don't really have any further quality-of-life complaints.
My wife hates the new cymbal uh.. symbols.. on pro drums, but that's just a matter of time and familiarity.
I guess there could be more character customization, but I usually just set myself up as "a guy in a shirt and jeans who sorta kinda looks like me" and never think about it again. The Rockudrama was amusing, and I might eventually go back and try to get the 'best' ending for it. I think I was like 60 fame short. Between that and the weekly Rivals challenges, they did a really good job of putting in modes that get me to play songs outside of the ~50-100 go-to songs we tend to play the most in quickplay.
I don't get the point of levels and skill rating aside from e-peen.
That is very reassuring, thanks. I'm also compelled by the charging base and battery pack, instead of blowing through AAs. I reserved a bundle, gonna go pick it up over lunch.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
We're around 86th percentile for spotlight scores which should be solid but only about 70th for crew exp. However we're now in a place on crew exp where it looks like just about every song played will move us up the leader board.
I'm gonna push DLC songs after work tomorrow but challenge ends at midnight Eastern and that only gives me about 2 1/2 hours after work so I'm not sure if we can pull it off without some exp from other people too.