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Rock Band 2 announced.; Exclusively for.....
Topic Started: Jul 1 2008, 09:01 AM (170 Views)
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IGN.com - June 30, 2008 - Rock Band is ready for a comeback tour. Today, Harmonix announced Rock Band 2 is set to ship for Xbox 360 this September and PS3 later in the year. However, the official announcement of Rock Band 2 is sparse on details, so we went straight to Harmonix to learn more. We spoke with Lead Designer Dan Teasdale to get the full scoop on the mega-sequel. Teasdale gave us his thoughts on user-created content, improving accessibility, upgrading last year's model and more.

IGN: The most important question. Will Rock Band 1 DLC be playable in Rock Band 2?

Dan Teasdale: Yes. We've been developing Rock Band as a music platform from the start. All of the songs that you've purchased so far (and will be able to purchase in the future) are instantly playable and fully supported in Rock Band 2. We've even added some cool new features that let you play your DLC in different ways, which I think people will be very excited to get their hands on.

Time to get the band back together.
IGN: Once RB2 is out, can you still download and play new tracks on RB1?

Teasdale: Absolutely! We've been working hard with Microsoft and Sony to develop a way to share content between games, and we're really happy that we'll be the first game to support fully functional cross-title DLC.

As far as Harmonix is concerned, there's no difference between "Rock Band 1 DLC" and "Rock Band 2 DLC" – we're just releasing awesome songs every week onto the Rock Band platform, all of which are playable by the Rock Band titles that support DLC.

IGN: Some people are going to ask, why even buy RB2 if you can keep enjoying DLC on RB1? I'm one of those people. So, what's the hook that will make me want to spend $60 on a new game disc?

Teasdale: At Harmonix, we have a very clear method for making games – we innovate, then we perfect. With Rock Band, we innovated by being the first full band game that you can play in your living room or online.

Rock Band 2 takes all the lessons we've learned from making a multi-instrument music game, addresses them, then adds some amazing new ways for you to experience your music library that have never been seen in a music game before. We've been scouring forums and parties everywhere for what people liked and didn't like, and I'm pretty confident we've addressed everything I've heard people ask for.

On that note, we've also secured what I can easily say is the best setlist I've ever seen in a music game. The PR team would kill me if I revealed some early, but it reads like a who's who list of rock music. We have a couple of surprises that we'll be announcing soon regarding this.

Rock Band 2 really is the ultimate rock experience, and I think people will find it hard going back to the original Rock Band after playing Rock Band 2 for a few minutes.

The interface hasn't changed much, but why fix what's not broken?
IGN: As someone who has played a lot of RB with three friends at a party, it's a real pain to get everyone into a band and ready to play. Are you streamlining the plug-and-play aspects?

Teasdale: One of our biggest focuses of the design team has been to make the game "party safe." We've made navigation improvements to Rock Band 2 across the board based on the feedback we've been getting both from fans on forums as well as from our own personal experiences at Rock Band nights.

IGN: Will we get Band World Tour online right out of the box?

Teasdale: I'm pretty sure John Drake (Harmonix PR Coordinator) will hit me if I confirm or deny anything, but I can say this: We've taken almost everything people have asked for in Rock Band and added it to Rock Band 2, as well as including some "first time ever" features. Our World Tour campaign mode is no exception to this.

Read the rest of the interview @ IGN!


At first, I was like... GREAT. I'll have 5 plastic guitars, and 3 drum kits by the end of the year..... but now, I don't care! I suggest you read the interview -- a lot is covered, like the fact that you can use Rock Band [1] periphs for RB2. Of course, I want that guitar. It's sexy as hell.

Thoughts? Will you get Rock Band 2?

PS: It's a timed exclusive for Xbox 360. Same time release in Europe, too... don't know about Canada -- but that would be lame. I had to wait an extra 3 months!
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Sounds like it's going to be as crazy awesome as Rock Band, but with fixes to all of the not so crazy awesome aspects of Rock Band. I hope the track list is as good as they say it is, that alone could be my motive for buying it. Maybe more modern tracks? I mean the 70s-90s had some good music and all, but I don't think that pleases most of the crowd today, including myself. Online Band World Tour would also be friggin' awesome. From what this guy said I'm 90% sure it'll be in there.

EDIT :: Holy crap that guitar is sexy! :D I wish they'd adapt the touch-pad for finger tapping like the Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar..
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Well, I for one never actually bought a guitar hero or rock band game, but I ALWAYS play them at my friends house. They kick ass, and I'm sure this game will do the same. I'm also hoping for some more modern tracks to play. There's plenty of downloadable songs for rock band now, but a bit too much Boston if you ask me... and too much crazy metalhead music. Can't rock out.
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Yea, they got around to getting some modern music in the DLC. Weezer, Offspring, Disturbed, etc. but still a lot of oldies in the DLC. I mean I'm sure there's a reason for it, I doubt it's that easy to get modern music and apply it to this game, especially with 3 instruments and a microphone to think about.
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I had a good time rockin' out to Coheed today. What an awesome band. I would really love it if they just expanded the amount of music they have a LOT. I know it costs money to get licenses and whatnot, but I would die if they threw in some Thursday, Maritime, and other lesser known bands, to appeal more the each individuals tastes. I look forward to the day where I can browse through an endless list of songs to find the ones I love, and then proceed to play my little heart out. It will happen... oh it will happen...
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GOT MY DRUMS!!!!
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Sweet! I'll be at Zypher's tomorrow so be on in the middle of the afternoon so we can rock out!
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