New Rock Band coming to PS4/XB1 - Official, coming Oct 6th

[PlatStrat]

[PlatStrat]

[ComicBookGuru]

[ComicBookGuru]

[expertwin]

I'm still going to enjoy the game, even without online or button activation.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

[expertwin]

I'm still going to enjoy the game, even without online or button activation.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

[Rickles]

[Rickles]

[GanonMetroid]

http://www.rockbandaide.com/21107/e3-interviewish-with-aaron-trites-harmonix-community-manager/

[GanonMetroid]

http://www.rockbandaide.com/21107/e3-interviewish-with-aaron-trites-harmonix-community-manager/

[inv4der]

[inv4der]

[FyreWulff]

Haven't heard anything about no button activation for PS4, as that would put PS4 players at a disadvantage over those using PS3 guitars for options.

On PS4 they will probably map the OD activation to the action binded to pressing in the touchpad at OS-level (Destiny uses it bring out your Ghost, which is Back on Xbox 360)

[FyreWulff]

Haven't heard anything about no button activation for PS4, as that would put PS4 players at a disadvantage over those using PS3 guitars for options.

On PS4 they will probably map the OD activation to the action binded to pressing in the touchpad at OS-level (Destiny uses it bring out your Ghost, which is Back on Xbox 360)

[PowerM3tal]

I can't believe they can't flat-out confirm practice mode's inclusion in the game. At this point in the series, it's a vital aspect of the game.
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JOE2210 wrote:

Having sex with a guy in a church is only gay if you're a dude though.

[PowerM3tal]

I can't believe they can't flat-out confirm practice mode's inclusion in the game. At this point in the series, it's a vital aspect of the game.
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JOE2210 wrote:

Having sex with a guy in a church is only gay if you're a dude though.

[FyreWulff]

They wouldn't confirm harmonies were back until the day they announced they were adding them to every song in the game, even though it was pretty obvious they were still there. I think Harmonix is being very careful to not overpromise anything.

[FyreWulff]

They wouldn't confirm harmonies were back until the day they announced they were adding them to every song in the game, even though it was pretty obvious they were still there. I think Harmonix is being very careful to not overpromise anything.

[Ketchupyoshi]

The fact that Harmonix can't confirm or deny critical aspects of RB4 less than 4 months away from release tells me that the game will be incredibly rushed and not sufficiently playtested. I really do hope to be wrong, but I'm not very optimistic at this point especially after what happened with the balancing in Blitz. I'm concerned that the game will be missing too many important features on release to be successful, preventing them from having the resources to add those features later.
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Guitar Hero/ Rock Band goals:

[X] Rock Band Blitz 1,000,000 points in BEER
[X] Rock Band Blitz 50+ bounce pinball
[X] FC Prequel to the Sequel X Guitar
[X] 5-star all three versions of TTFAF X Guitar
[X] 5-star Headed for the Ditch X Guitar
[X] GS Caprici di Diablo X Guitar
[ ] 5-star Roundabout X Pro Keys
[ ] Pass RB3 setlist on Medium Pro Guitar
[ ] Pass RB3 setlist on Medium Pro Bass
[X] RB3 Expert Bass FGFC
[X] Lego Rock Band Expert Guitar FGFC
[ ] Full music library vocals FC

[Ketchupyoshi]

The fact that Harmonix can't confirm or deny critical aspects of RB4 less than 4 months away from release tells me that the game will be incredibly rushed and not sufficiently playtested. I really do hope to be wrong, but I'm not very optimistic at this point especially after what happened with the balancing in Blitz. I'm concerned that the game will be missing too many important features on release to be successful, preventing them from having the resources to add those features later.
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Guitar Hero/ Rock Band goals:

[X] Rock Band Blitz 1,000,000 points in BEER
[X] Rock Band Blitz 50+ bounce pinball
[X] FC Prequel to the Sequel X Guitar
[X] 5-star all three versions of TTFAF X Guitar
[X] 5-star Headed for the Ditch X Guitar
[X] GS Caprici di Diablo X Guitar
[ ] 5-star Roundabout X Pro Keys
[ ] Pass RB3 setlist on Medium Pro Guitar
[ ] Pass RB3 setlist on Medium Pro Bass
[X] RB3 Expert Bass FGFC
[X] Lego Rock Band Expert Guitar FGFC
[ ] Full music library vocals FC

[gitarzann]

It saddens me, but I am becoming less and less enthusiastic about this game. I was over the moon when I heard it was coming back-- as I'm sure many other old timers were-- but all the parts of the game that they are doing away with demonstrate that the game is truly being put together on a shoestring.

I'm infuriated at their attitude about the Ions. "We'll look at that when we can." I could see that attitude about non-RB peripheral like Rolands being put on the back burner, but the Ion kit was a premium drum kit that was an official peripheral. People spent a lot of money on them and to blow them off and pile them in a "a bunch of hardcore players" pile is dismissive and obnoxious.

It was pretty obvious to me that the lack of online play was strictly a money issue. What other possible reason could there be? Who would not want to put their game online? I get that it's expensive but playing online is an expected feature of most games now and added in with no practice mode, breakneck speed and whatever does not bode well.

Of course, these things can be added but think about it: if they were going to add them for sure, why mention that they are not in there now and cause a ruckus on the forums? It's in preparation for the inevitable. They will hang on to the "maybe.... possibly.... if we can... we'll see" and when none of those things get put into the game they will fall back on the "Well, we told you it was only a maybe." If they said nothing and players just expected all the menu options and saw they were removed, they'd go nuts.

They need this game to sell well. Releasing as a bare bone shell of its former self without the most basic player-expected features is going to hurt them tremendously. Especially when they are slashing elements and features and seriously jacking up the price.

[gitarzann]

It saddens me, but I am becoming less and less enthusiastic about this game. I was over the moon when I heard it was coming back-- as I'm sure many other old timers were-- but all the parts of the game that they are doing away with demonstrate that the game is truly being put together on a shoestring.

I'm infuriated at their attitude about the Ions. "We'll look at that when we can." I could see that attitude about non-RB peripheral like Rolands being put on the back burner, but the Ion kit was a premium drum kit that was an official peripheral. People spent a lot of money on them and to blow them off and pile them in a "a bunch of hardcore players" pile is dismissive and obnoxious.

It was pretty obvious to me that the lack of online play was strictly a money issue. What other possible reason could there be? Who would not want to put their game online? I get that it's expensive but playing online is an expected feature of most games now and added in with no practice mode, breakneck speed and whatever does not bode well.

Of course, these things can be added but think about it: if they were going to add them for sure, why mention that they are not in there now and cause a ruckus on the forums? It's in preparation for the inevitable. They will hang on to the "maybe.... possibly.... if we can... we'll see" and when none of those things get put into the game they will fall back on the "Well, we told you it was only a maybe." If they said nothing and players just expected all the menu options and saw they were removed, they'd go nuts.

They need this game to sell well. Releasing as a bare bone shell of its former self without the most basic player-expected features is going to hurt them tremendously. Especially when they are slashing elements and features and seriously jacking up the price.

[PlatStrat]

With all these maybes and we'll sees that HMX is saying, I'm almost wishing that they would just delay it by a few months to get since extra features and polish in. But then they're probably banking on the early fall sales to give them the money injection they'd need to put in post release features. I really want to see this game do well because it'll probably be the last game in the series, at least until the next generation of consoles comes out. But these decisions make it seem that they're just trying to put out the bare minimum they can in order to sustain itself. And that might hurt them in the sales post launch.
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[PlatStrat]

With all these maybes and we'll sees that HMX is saying, I'm almost wishing that they would just delay it by a few months to get since extra features and polish in. But then they're probably banking on the early fall sales to give them the money injection they'd need to put in post release features. I really want to see this game do well because it'll probably be the last game in the series, at least until the next generation of consoles comes out. But these decisions make it seem that they're just trying to put out the bare minimum they can in order to sustain itself. And that might hurt them in the sales post launch.
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[Se7en082]

Sadly, we might have been better off with a "Rock Band Remastered" instead of Rock Band 4. In my world, Rock Band 4 would have all the Rock Band 3 stuff - that includes keyboard and pro guitar, add score duel, fix previous bugs, and add Rock Band Blitz in there to give people the incentive to buy the game even if they don't own instruments yet. That way they can play all the songs with a controller.

They might have been better off just naming it Rock Band instead of Rock Band 4. Because we are getting less features across the board. I'm still getting the game. Have to support them based on getting old dlc to work. That's what I like playing the most. But that doesn't mean I'm happy about where things are headed.

[Se7en082]

Sadly, we might have been better off with a "Rock Band Remastered" instead of Rock Band 4. In my world, Rock Band 4 would have all the Rock Band 3 stuff - that includes keyboard and pro guitar, add score duel, fix previous bugs, and add Rock Band Blitz in there to give people the incentive to buy the game even if they don't own instruments yet. That way they can play all the songs with a controller.

They might have been better off just naming it Rock Band instead of Rock Band 4. Because we are getting less features across the board. I'm still getting the game. Have to support them based on getting old dlc to work. That's what I like playing the most. But that doesn't mean I'm happy about where things are headed.

[singemfrc]

[singemfrc]

[TerminX13]

I really feel like practice mode should've been much higher priority than the "revolutionary" (in how fast people want to turn it off) guitar solos
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[TerminX13]

I really feel like practice mode should've been much higher priority than the "revolutionary" (in how fast people want to turn it off) guitar solos
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