Rock Band/GH

[ptrain86]

It's the GH games that require the code for export. RB1 can export to RB2 for a small fee like Jammer said.

I don't remember if there was a fee for exporting the AC/DC tunes. Also I don't think I've ever tried exporting from RB2 to RB3, is there a fee for that too?

one to two was 5 and two to three is 10 if I remember right.

[lotus]

Still, 7 or 8 bucks to buy the first one and then another five bucks to transfer it, still sounds like way less than buying tons of DLC. I have to go back and look at which were in the first one, since I'm pretty settled on buying the second one. Third is too much money at this point for me.

[miketheknife]

RB3 is only 20 bucks, not that much more than RB2 and you would be able to get any of the DLC. Also if you ever were interested to play with anyone, most people still playing have moved on to 3. I'm just sayin.

Although come to think of it there is a lot more of what I would consider shit on the RB3 track list.

[ptrain86]

Its still a good deal. The dlc is better because of the songs, but is more spendy and half the time people don't have the songs you have. Unless you are me and just buy whatever mtk says to.

[Jammer]

Rb3 may be the move as down the road you can get rb1 and rb2 cheap and import them.

[lotus]

What's the big advantage to RB3 over 2? Besides the shitty song list, of course?

Any different features that make it obviously worth it?

Plus, if I was playing with you guys I have only the guitar so I'm pretty limited in options. Also I have played a total of five songs on GH2, on Easy, be warned.

[miketheknife]

RB3 is put together a lot better. I was actually surprised when I got it because i thought it would be more of the same, but it's really done well in that it doesn't matter if you are playing alone, with friends, with strangers online, or whatever. It's all integrated. Of course you can choose if and when you want to go online, but there are no seperate campaigns or profiles or anything like that.

It may be hard to understand if you haven't played RB2, but having to choose whether you're solo, local or online, then getting to the right screen and sending your invites and then herding all the cats into the right place can get pretty frustrating. With RB3 it's drop in or drop out, you get credit towards everything whether you are playing quickplay, setlists, or whatever else. It's kind of like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 in that way, like you are always earning toward your next goal. Playing quickplay in RB2, while it was convenient, didn't get you any progress toward your goals.

It's also a lot better in keeping track of what you've done and what you need to do. THere is a clear list of goals with progress toward each goal shown. For them to win me over took a lot, as I said I was down on this game until it dropped to 20 bucks and I couldn't pass it by any more. I was very pleasantly surprised.

[miketheknife]

As for playing on easy, that's another great thing about RB3. Since on your screen you are seeing your own band, and making progress for yourself only, it doesn't matter much if the other guys are playing on easy or hard. Hell we're all so laid back anyway, failing doesn't really faze anyone, at least in this group. But if you are playing on easy I believe it's automatically set to no fail anyway. Playing with people isn't as stressful as you think and can be pretty fun.

[Jammer]

Once you get other instruments the instant drop in and out is a great addition.

[lotus]

I didn't realize the third one had become so cheap already. Maybe I'll go with that one.

[miketheknife]

Its still a good deal. The dlc is better because of the songs, but is more spendy and half the time people don't have the songs you have. Unless you are me and just buy whatever mtk says to.

My ultimate goal is to convince you to buy Warriors of Rock so we can play the entire 2112 Suite as one song, and then when we are finished and exhausted, as we collapse to the ground we can explode our instruments and never play again, because never again will we achieve such a lofty pinnacle of greatness.

[miketheknife]

I didn't realize the third one had become so cheap already. Maybe I'll go with that one.

In my honest and long winded opinion, this is the best answer. I could even be persuaded to temporarily ship you RB1 and RB2 for export purposes but only if you agreed to jam with PTrain, me, and whoever else we can recruit at midnight Arizona time on a Thursday night, or 7 am Sunday morning.

[lotus]

Shit, I have so much other stuff I am still not through.....

I will probably grab it towards the end of the week.

[Falling Man]

Free advice: don't play with Ptrain if he insists on singing vocals.

[Clem]

Free advice: don't play with Ptrain if he insists on singing vocals.

Generally, I find that P-Train even owning a headset is a bad thing.