Rock Band - DLC Done Right

sinfony · 2009-05-27T08:52:43.000Z

Just wait until you hit Dream Theater.

WarrenM · 2009-05-27T09:35:27.000Z

Yeah, and Rush is a LOT of fun on the harder levels. Heh. I obviously just need to get better…

Adree · 2009-05-27T11:40:44.000Z

Dufresne:

Some YouTube searching revealed that there are actually a bunch of other accounts that do the same thing as npean, so we won’t be completely without previews. It just takes a little more effort to search.

Of course, none of those other accounts are as comprehensive, and the videos of most are not as high quality. Also they’re mostly just guitar, so that doesn’t really help drummers as much.

As another side note of suck, closing npean’s account has completely crippled rbdlc.com, which almost completely relied upon his videos for their reviews sections.

One thing that Npaen did that I really liked was show what someone who was good at the game but not perfect would do playing a track for the first time, usually his little comments about each track fit my own playstyle and tastes perfectly.

walTer · 2009-05-27T11:42:57.000Z

Beatles came on the radio this morning…man I can’t wait. Plus my guitar just broke.

Opening up a Rock Band savings account today.

Dufresne · 2009-05-28T07:29:01.000Z

Adree:

One thing that Npaen did that I really liked was show what someone who was good at the game but not perfect would do playing a track for the first time, usually his little comments about each track fit my own playstyle and tastes perfectly.

Try looking up Alcoholicans. It’s two guys who play guitar and drums at the same time, posting their expert sightreads. The guitarist is about the same as npean skill-wise. Good quality videos too.

I don’t know if they cover every single bit of DLC, but they have all of the songs from the last update. They’ll probably be my go-to preview source now.

Jag · 2009-05-28T08:19:32.000Z

walTer:

Beatles came on the radio this morning…man I can’t wait. Plus my guitar just broke.

Opening up a Rock Band savings account today.

You must be gently weeping.

LokeUtgaard · 2009-05-28T14:01:16.000Z

Uh damn. Serious DLC incomming…

Iron Maiden, Somewhere Back In Time Tour

Aces High (Live)
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Wasted years
The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Can I Play With Madness
The Clairvoyant
Powerslave
Fear of the Dark (Live)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live)
Iron Maiden (Live)

June 9. Can’t wait!

Shadarr · 2009-05-28T14:10:22.000Z

You better not be messing with me. Link?

walTer · 2009-05-28T14:13:20.000Z

shadarr:

You better not be messing with me. Link?

Yeah cause if you are, we are all gonna KEEEEL you!!

So awesome!

Rock8man · 2009-05-28T14:16:12.000Z

Can I play with Madness? Awesome! I sing that to myself all the time. Of course, I’m absolutely terrible at it. Definitely Iron Maiden’s most pop-friendly song that everyone can learn to like.

LokeUtgaard · 2009-05-28T14:19:32.000Z

shadarr:

You better not be messing with me. Link?

It’s from the official Rock Band Community Zine. It doesn’t seem to be on the website yet. But it’s definitely in my inbox.

Shadarr · 2009-05-28T14:30:46.000Z

Cool, I’ve got it too. So all I can say is

The_B · 2009-05-28T14:38:19.000Z

shadarr:

You better not be messing with me. Link?

He’s not - it’s in the Email newsletter.

\m/

Prodigy · 2009-05-28T14:44:26.000Z

Dufresne · 2009-05-28T15:15:18.000Z

I have never, ever been more excited for DLC than I am now. I read that announcement and my whole body literally started vibrating in my chair.

Shadarr · 2009-05-28T15:44:18.000Z

Yeah. The only downer is that I’m not good enough to play most Maiden songs on Expert. But, I mean fuck, Hallowed Be Thy Name? Aces High? I can’t very well not buy that. I may even buy all of it.

Now then, to find my old Trooper poster from highschool.

Omniscia · 2009-05-28T15:46:50.000Z

Whoa. This is the first must-have DLC since Moving Pictures, for my money.

Although isn’t it spelled Clairvoyant?

JPR · 2009-05-28T15:49:02.000Z

Powerslave!

I don’t know anything about the quality of these live recordings, so I have reservations about Aces High. But still, Aces High!

Lizard_King · 2009-05-28T15:57:54.000Z

JPR:

Powerslave!

I don’t know anything about the quality of these live recordings, so I have reservations about Aces High. But still, Aces High!

Fear of the Dark (Live) is the definitive version of the song, and I’ve yet to hear it performed poorly even in more recent recordings. Crowds just love it. They’d be insane to go with the studio version, because RB’s regular crowd chanting can’t match up to that, since I don’t recall them echoing the lead guitar. I guess they’ll do something to make it fit in with the usual audio scheme in the game.

Anyway, if there’s one band that can stand a few live tracks it’s this one.

wumpus · 2009-05-28T16:24:33.000Z

Wait a second, we already have Number of the Beast as DLC. I guess this is the non-cover version?

And yay for Run To The Hills… I … er… guess…

WHITE MEN CAME! THEY STOLE OUR PINBALL MACHINES!