stranaspank Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I know there's been other threads about this, but hell if I can find them: Anyway, I need some help deciding what setup to get for my 360. I like the GH guitars way better than RB, but I don't know what drum kit to get. I've heard RB2 drum kits are the best. I also heard that the bass pedal for one game's kit doesn't work for the other game, which would be super lame. Anybody have any advice? The games themselves don't matter because I'll end up getting them both, but I want to have the preferred equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Rock Band 2, no question. Here's why... 1) Have you used the new Rock Band 2 guitars? I thought Guitar Heroes were better, but my g/f got me a wireless RB2 guitar for Valentine's Day and it is the best fake plastic guitar yet! You can plug your drum pedal into it and activate star power. The solo buttons are great for getting a bigger score on the finales. One of my favorite parts is that you can use it to automatically sync your HDTV with the built in speaker. The Guitar Hero World Tour guitar is nice, but trust me, the RB2 one is the best. 2) Downloads. Guitar Hero releases a song here and there. Rock Band releases from 3 songs up to a full album EVERY week. I think I have almost 300 songs for this game now and it really helps give the game more life. 3) Drums. This is what really sucks about these games right now. I still have my Rock Band 1 drums and I'm very happy w/ them. They haven't broke and they work great. I put the silencer pads on them and they help. The Rock Band 2 drums are great, they feel fantastic when you hit them and they're not very noisy. Guitar Hero's drums are great too, I'd say they're on par w/ RB2's. The main difference is that they're set up differently. Without the cymbal add-on for RB2's I don't think you can play GH w/ them. Playing RB w/ GH's drums is very confusing because they're setup differently. 4) Harmonix who makes Rock Band made the 1st Guitar Hero games. They're the innovators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 The drums are what I'm really worried about, I just want to make sure I get the set that's compatible with both. The color order is different on each kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The drums are what I'm really worried about, I just want to make sure I get the set that's compatible with both. The color order is different on each kit? Take a look at the pictures of them and you'll see what I mean. Rock Band's drums are setup like this: () () () () Where as Guitar Heroes look like this: () () () () () Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 i have had every guitar hero/rock band game since guitar hero I. guitar hero III was alright, but i never played again once i got rock band. i got rb2, loved it, bought gh IV for the songs, and feel like i wasted $50. don't bother with guitar hero WT. it's a piece of shit game. the music is decent, but the game just sucks. go with RB2 and spend that extra money on tracks. GH support sucks, if anything breaks. everything about RB2 is just better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 i have had every guitar hero/rock band game since guitar hero I. guitar hero III was alright, but i never played again once i got rock band. i got rb2, loved it, bought gh IV for the songs, and feel like i wasted $50. don't bother with guitar hero WT. it's a piece of shit game. the music is decent, but the game just sucks. go with RB2 and spend that extra money on tracks. GH support sucks, if anything breaks. everything about RB2 is just better. That's another good point. The Support. When my RB guitar broke, the original one, they sent me a new one almost instantly and I sent my broken one back. When my GH3 guitar broke Activision told me to get lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I would go for World Tour for the simple reason of IT'S GOT FUCKING FLOAT ON AND ONE ARMED SCISSOR ON THE TRACK LIST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Float On, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Float On, lol. Songs amazing, why is it funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Two reasons. One, you can play it on both games, and two, song is not that great compared to their other songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Sorry, didn't know I was only allowed to think one Modest Mouse song was good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adamlikesmusic Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Rock Band 2, no question. Here's why...1) Have you used the new Rock Band 2 guitars? I thought Guitar Heroes were better, but my g/f got me a wireless RB2 guitar for Valentine's Day and it is the best fake plastic guitar yet! You can plug your drum pedal into it and activate star power. The solo buttons are great for getting a bigger score on the finales. One of my favorite parts is that you can use it to automatically sync your HDTV with the built in speaker. The Guitar Hero World Tour guitar is nice, but trust me, the RB2 one is the best. 2) Downloads. Guitar Hero releases a song here and there. Rock Band releases from 3 songs up to a full album EVERY week. I think I have almost 300 songs for this game now and it really helps give the game more life. 3) Drums. This is what really sucks about these games right now. I still have my Rock Band 1 drums and I'm very happy w/ them. They haven't broke and they work great. I put the silencer pads on them and they help. The Rock Band 2 drums are great, they feel fantastic when you hit them and they're not very noisy. Guitar Hero's drums are great too, I'd say they're on par w/ RB2's. The main difference is that they're set up differently. Without the cymbal add-on for RB2's I don't think you can play GH w/ them. Playing RB w/ GH's drums is very confusing because they're setup differently. 4) Harmonix who makes Rock Band made the 1st Guitar Hero games. They're the innovators. I personally prefer the Guitar Hero guitar. Something about the Rock Band ones I don't like. The downloads are nice, if you're into spending $2 a song on music you don't even like (or at least I don't, for all I know you may). As for the drums, I find the Guitar Hero set up by default a lot easier to use than Rock Band's. If you go out and buy Rock Band cymbals, maybe it changes, but I figure you're spending enough on the game as it is, it's kind of dumb to have to immediately buy attachments. I made this exact thread like 3 months ago. If you search, a lot of people gave input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 RB2 just had two new pornographers songs released today. pretty rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Rock Band 2, no question. Here's why...1) Have you used the new Rock Band 2 guitars? I thought Guitar Heroes were better, but my g/f got me a wireless RB2 guitar for Valentine's Day and it is the best fake plastic guitar yet! You can plug your drum pedal into it and activate star power. The solo buttons are great for getting a bigger score on the finales. One of my favorite parts is that you can use it to automatically sync your HDTV with the built in speaker. The Guitar Hero World Tour guitar is nice, but trust me, the RB2 one is the best. 2) Downloads. Guitar Hero releases a song here and there. Rock Band releases from 3 songs up to a full album EVERY week. I think I have almost 300 songs for this game now and it really helps give the game more life. 3) Drums. This is what really sucks about these games right now. I still have my Rock Band 1 drums and I'm very happy w/ them. They haven't broke and they work great. I put the silencer pads on them and they help. The Rock Band 2 drums are great, they feel fantastic when you hit them and they're not very noisy. Guitar Hero's drums are great too, I'd say they're on par w/ RB2's. The main difference is that they're set up differently. Without the cymbal add-on for RB2's I don't think you can play GH w/ them. Playing RB w/ GH's drums is very confusing because they're setup differently. 4) Harmonix who makes Rock Band made the 1st Guitar Hero games. They're the innovators. I personally prefer the Guitar Hero guitar. Something about the Rock Band ones I don't like. The downloads are nice, if you're into spending $2 a song on music you don't even like (or at least I don't, for all I know you may). As for the drums, I find the Guitar Hero set up by default a lot easier to use than Rock Band's. If you go out and buy Rock Band cymbals, maybe it changes, but I figure you're spending enough on the game as it is, it's kind of dumb to have to immediately buy attachments. I made this exact thread like 3 months ago. If you search, a lot of people gave input. You must have limited tastes if you don't like the DLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 RB2 just had two new pornographers songs released today. pretty rad. ... and another Against Me! song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I personally prefer the Guitar Hero guitar. Something about the Rock Band ones I don't like. The downloads are nice, if you're into spending $2 a song on music you don't even like (or at least I don't, for all I know you may). As for the drums, I find the Guitar Hero set up by default a lot easier to use than Rock Band's. If you go out and buy Rock Band cymbals, maybe it changes, but I figure you're spending enough on the game as it is, it's kind of dumb to have to immediately buy attachments. I made this exact thread like 3 months ago. If you search, a lot of people gave input. You must have limited tastes if you don't like the DLC. Or I just don't like the DLC songs, for the most part? It's not like the DLC is so diverse to the point where it covers every genre under the sun. The first game that lets you make your own songs is a game that I'll buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 You must have limited tastes if you don't like the DLC. Or I just don't like the DLC songs, for the most part? It's not like the DLC is so diverse to the point where it covers every genre under the sun. The first game that lets you make your own songs is a game that I'll buy. You can make your own songs in Guitar Hero, it's junk. I believe Harmonix is working on something much more advance, but that's just rumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks for the imput everyone. Does anyone know anything about the issue of one game's drums not working as well for the other game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks for the imput everyone. Does anyone know anything about the issue of one game's drums not working as well for the other game? Read my above posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Word, missed that. So RB2 drums with cymbals and I'm good to go for both games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Word, missed that.So RB2 drums with cymbals and I'm good to go for both games? I don't know for sure. Ask Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 didn't i tell you not to play both games? just get rb2. if we're talking 360, i will sell you my copy of GH:WT for well below store prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 how can i get my rock band drum pedal replaced? it broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 how can i get my rock band drum pedal replaced? it broke. Go to EA's website and navigate to Rock Band's, then to support. Maybe Rockband.com, I forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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