Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: Official Rock Band 2 Info/Rumors Thread (last upd: 09/10/08)
Official Rock Band 2 Information, Rumors and Discussion
Updates
Newest updates within the thread will be noted in red. 6/30/08 - The existence of this thread. Rock Band 2 Officially Announced!
7/01/08 - Small leaked list of possible songs. Plus, added a few more songs that were leaked by a "supposed" play-tester
7/08/08 - GameSpot Hand-On blesses us with A LOT of new information, including first OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED songs + Dueling Set List "Leaks". PLUS, RB2 Q&A with Dan Teasdale.
7/09/08 - A.V. Club Hands-On reveals some interesting information. Plus, IGN delivers their own Pre-E3 preview.
7/10/08 - Massive 8 page article in GameInformer reveals tons of new info.
7/12/08 - First ever footage of RB2 by GameTrailers TV.
7/13/08 - GNR "Chinese Democracy" single announced.
7/14/08 - FULL SET LIST REVEALED! Score one for the leak. Press Release reveals RB1 songs can be exported to RB2!!!!!! Official RB2 Website reveals first City!
7/15/08 - Release Dates revealed. Plus, hmxspraynwipe updates his blog.
7/16/08 - GameSpot Live @ E3 Stage Demo and IGN's full-length video of Ace of Spades. Plus, Sluggo's preview.
7/17/08 - Chop Suey video added. Plus, GameTrailers videos
7/21/08 - Developer Demo video added + New Cities.
8/07/08 - Dan Teasdale blog update!
8/07/08 - Achievements revealed!
8/20/08 - Cross-compatibility and Final songs confirmed. The Trees revealed to be a Vault Edition
8/24/08 - Select a Venue! Finally!
8/26/08 - Multiplier in Practice!
9/04/08 - Song Transfer information revealed. New cities revealed.
9/10/08 - Game leaked. We rejoice in the shower of videos!
Release Dates:
XBOX360 - September 14 (game only), October 19 (bundle)
PS3 - October 19
Wii - November 18
PS2 - November 18
Confirmed Bands/Songs (84/84):
All master tracks.
Main Set List
"Ace of Spades ('08 Re-record)" -- Motörhead
"Everlong" -- Foo Fighters
"Pinball Wizard" -- The Who
"Panic Attack" -- Dream Theater
"Any Way You Want It" -- Journey
"Chop Suey" -- System of a Down
"Kids in America" -- The Muffs
"Give It Away" -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hello There" -- Cheap Trick
"Pump It Up" -- Elvis Costello
"Almost Easy" -- Avenged Sevenfold
"Bad Reputation" -- Joan Jett
"I Was Wrong" -- Social Distortion
"Livin' on a Prayer" -- Bon Jovi
"Rock 'N Me" -- Steve Miller Band
"Testify" -- Rage Against The Machine
"White Wedding Pt. I" -- Billy Idol
"Shackler's Revenge" -- Guns N' Roses
"Let There Be Rock" -- AC/DC
"Girl's Not Grey" -- AFI
"You Oughta Know" -- Alanis Morisette
"Man in the Box" -- Alice in Chains
"Ramblin' Man" -- Allman Brothers
"Shooting Star" -- Bad Company
"So Whatcha Want" -- Beastie Boys
"E-Pro" -- Beck
"Rebel Girl" -- Bikini Kill
"One Way or Another" -- Blondie
"Tangled Up in Blue" -- Bob Dylan
"Uncontrollable Urge" -- Devo
"Feel The Pain" -- Dinosaur Jr.
"Down With the Sickness" -- Disturbed
"Hungry Like The Wolf" -- Duran Duran
"Go Your Own Way" -- Fleetwood Mac
"PDA" -- Interpol
"Mountain Song" -- Jane's Addiction
"Aqualung" -- Jethro Tull
"The Middle" -- Jimmy Eat World
"Painkiller" -- Judas Priest
"Carry On Wayward Son" -- Kansas
"Pretend We're Dead" -- L7
"Our Truth" -- Lacuna Coil
"One Step Closer" -- Linkin Park
"My Own Worst Enemy" -- Lit
"De-Luxe" -- Lush
"Colony of Birchmen" -- Mastodon
"Peace Sells" -- Megadeth
"Battery" -- Metallica
"Where'd You Go ('08 Re-record)" -- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Float On" -- Modest Mouse
"Drain You" -- Nirvana
"Spirit in the Sky" -- Norman Greenbaum
"Nine in the Afternoon" -- Panic! At The Disco
"That's What You Get" -- Paramore
"Alive" -- Pearl Jam
"Lump" -- President's of the USA
"Round & Round" -- Ratt
"Give It All" -- Rise Against
"The Trees (Vault Edition)" -- Rush
"Lazy Eye" -- Silversun Pickups
"Today" -- Smashing Pumpkins
"Teen Age Riot" -- Sonic Youth
"Spoonman" -- Soundgarden
"Cool For Cats" -- Squeeze
"Bodhisattva" -- Steely Dan
"Eye of the Tiger" -- Survivor
"Psycho Killer" -- Talking Heads
"Master Exploder" -- Tenacious D
"Souls of Black" -- Testament
"New Kid in School" -- The Donnas
"We Got The Beat" -- The Go Go's
"Alabama Getaway" -- The Grateful Dead
"American Woman" -- The Guess Who
"Come Out & Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" -- The Offspring
"Alex Chilton" -- The Replacements
Bonus Songs
"Visions" -- Abnormality
"Get Clean" -- Anarchy Club
"Night Lies" -- Bang Camaro
"Shoulder to the Plow" -- Breaking Wheel
"Neighborhood" -- The Libyans
"A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" -- The Main Drag
"Conventional Lover" -- Speck
"Supreme Girl" -- The Sterns
"Rob the Prez-O-Dent" -- That Handsome Devil
Confirmed Venues:
All original venues and cities from Rock Band 1 will be in Rock Band 2.
New Cities & Venues:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dublin, Ireland
Madrid, Spain
Austin, Texas, USA
Tijuana, Mexico
Shanghai, China
Istanbul, Turkey
Details:
-> You will be able to transfer 55 of the 58 RB1 on-disc songs. The 3 you cannot transfer are: "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden and "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. The cost to export these songs is 400 MSP ($5)
-> Practice mode now implements the combo multiplier (at least on the 360 version)
-> The ability to select a venue is under "Modify Game" menu (Hell Yes!), as well as Performance Mode which has the player play a song without the chart.
-> All instruments between Rock Revolution, Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour will be cross-compatible for both the 360 and the PS3.
-> The full tier listings for Vocals, Drums and Guitar can be found here:
http://rockband.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13632
-> Drums and Bass will feature solo sections similar to the Guitar. Vocals?
-> Stand-Ins features allows you to select which band-mates will play with you when your band is not complete in BWT.
-> Total Score (all songs including DLC) is now calculated along with Total Career Score (only disc songs)
-> If you download songs that fit into a Tour Challenge after already playing the challenge, you will be prompted to complete that song(s) added
-> You can Quit & Save in the middle of a set of songs
-> Music Video venue allows you to watch your band perform in a music video instead of on stage.
-> The talkie system has been scrapped and replaced with a brand new one. No word yet on how it plays
-> Battle of the Bands challenges will be daily
-> HYPERSPEED RETURNS! It's now named "Breakneck Speed"
->Naturally, all of this is supported for online bands too, but we've also added a "Round Robin" selection method so that everyone playing has a chance to pick a song. No more having to deal with leaders hogging the limelight.
-> While they're mapped to the same colors for the note charts, the Drum Trainer and fills in-game treat these surfaces are unique - hitting the yellow cymbal triggers a hi-hat, and hitting the yellow pad plays a tom. Same goes for all the inputs on the Ion kit and other third-party kits in development.
-> Disc Export Feature gives owners of the original Rock Band the ability to export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2 gameplay--the first time ever in videogame history!
-> The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs - with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall.
-> 59 Venues, 24 Cities
-> Activation window for OD as vocalist is much more detailed
-> The vocalist on screen can have a Microphone Stand
-> Brand new psychedelic effects
-> Photo Creator
-> All cities and venues from RB1 are included, plus brand new cities and venues
-> You can select from the pre-made characters in the game
-> Auto set list creation
-> Juke Box Mode - let's you listen to the songs by themselves accompanied by an in-game video of characters playing minus the scrolling tracks
-> No Fail cheat returns!
-> The new Quickplay select menu resembles Music Store
-> 78 Drum Patterns in Drum Trainer
-> Ability to hire staff in BWT; with a risk and reward system that relies on the types of people you hire
-> Possibility of purchasing the shirts or posters of your band or band logos
-> Drum Trainer mode
-> Freeplay Mode for drums that allows you to play Drums over your ripped MP3s.
-> You can create your own customized band-mates. You won't have to play with randomly preset models any longer!
-> Band World Tour is now just "World Tour" and you can play it with a single player.
-> Online Band World Tour
-> No more "Band Leaders" required to start up a band
-> Any character you create can play any instrument and can switch throughout the BWT
-> Rock Band 1 songs available in Rock Band 2 (method not yet discussed) *NOTE: This information was first posted in the original article, since then the inclusion has been removed by GameSpot.
-> Battle of the Bands Mode; can be played locally or online
-> Solo Tour Mode replaced; labeled: "Tour Challenge", playable with anywhere from 1 to 4 band members and follows a non-linear path
-> You can pick Solo Bass in Tour Challenge
-> The challenges in Tour Challenge will integrate DLC, and you can have challenges that could involve playing a full album.
-> Quickplay Set Lists
-> Easier to reach Gold Star cut-off
-> Fully backwards and forwards compatibility for DLC - with a new way to play old DLC
-> All Rock Band 1 instruments are compatible with Rock Band 2, as well as some Guitar Hero controllers
-> Exciting new modes that will help translate plastic instrument skills to real instrument skills
-> Over 80 songs - all masters, with new focus on female-fronted bands and artists that have never before been represented in a music game
-> Instruments have been improved to be sturdier, quieter and more realistic
-> New exciting ways to play your music library
-> New dynamic online modes that will connect people globally and locally
-> Brand new genres of music (country, hip-hop, r&b)
-> A way to experience the music library for those who sing and play guitar simultaneously
-> Several new modes
-> Pushing player choice and customization for peripherals
-> No instrumental music creator (ala GH: WT)
Mazzocchi's YouTube Page (Includes: Let There Be Rock, Carry On Wayward Son, Master Exploder, Ace of Spades etc.): http://www.youtube.com/user/Mazzocchi
-> Sunburst finish
-> Wireless
-> Sturdy strum bar
-> Quieter fret buttons
-> Auto calibration system that syncs to television to reduce lag through the use of built-in microphone
-> Fender is making limited edition controllers out of the shells of real Fenders.
Drums
-> Velocity sensitive pads
-> Wireless
-> Pads are muffled to reduce noise when hitting
-> Better bounce
-> The pedal is metal
-> New kit will feature cymbal expansion slots.
-> A special drum kit (Ion Drum Kit) with cymbals that correspond to colors on the pads will be sold - it can also be used as an electronic drum kit.
-> $300, releasing in mid-September for XBOX360 (other consoles later in the year)
-> Only ships with two cymbals, the other is optional and sold separately
-> Pads are adjustable
-> Pedal has some real nice weight to it
Microphone
-> Improved pitch detection and significantly revamped talkie system; talkies are drastically more reliable
-> Hints at singing without pitch detection to "make the song your own"
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Official Rock Band 2 Information, Details and Discussion
inv4der wrote:
foolosophy wrote:
-> No instrumental music creator (ala GH: WT)
I don't remember an outright denial of the music maker. it was more "we cannot confirm or deny existence of this at this time".
GJ on the thread though.
Quote:
"Guitar Hero World Tour" — the fourth iteration of the franchise that started the music-game trend — will be released in October and will feature a "Rock Band"-like assemblage of peripheral instruments for the first time, as well as the ability make instrumental music, a feature Rigopulos said won't be found on "Rock Band 2."
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: Official Rock Band 2 Information, Details and Discussion
Good idea putting this up, I already cant wait for the game! Bad Religion, AC/DC, Beatles, Journey and Led Zeppelin FTW! Also, might I say that Drain You is my favorite song by Nirvana and if it is indeed there, Ill crap my pants out of joy. _________________
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Listening to: Dinosaur Jr., Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:
BTW.. from the IGN article:
Quote:
It [the soundtrack] reads like a who's who list of rock music. We have a couple of surprises that we'll be announcing soon regarding this.
Probably meaning... There's a lot of historically IMPORTANT bands in rock history... Like those that have been rumored?... </speculation>
AND... Also from IGN:
Quote:
While I can't rate your list explicitly on "What's on Rock Band 2," I can rate you based on the number of times you mention music from my home country of Australia – which is none. Do you not like Australians? I'm a little offended that you haven't added iconic rock acts like Billy Thorpe, Radio Birdman, INXS, Midnight Oil or Crowded House to your list of songs. I haven't even started on modern bands like Regurgitator, Silverchair, Architecture in Helsinki, The Grates or Wolfmother!
I suggest that you purchase a couple of the "Triple J Hottest 100" CD's and get back to me.
So maybe Aussie music? Moar Wolfmother pl0x. _________________
Well VG247 is reporting that it will release on 360 in Europe on September. But the official press release on the Rock Band Announcements Forum states that this launch window is only for North America. I'm not too sure which one is true yet, but I suppose I'll go with the forum announcement.
Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features including:
- Backwards compatibility with Rock Band downloadable music content. All previously purchased tracks will immediately load into your Rock Band 2 song list. No need to re-purchase or re-download.
- The biggest and most diverse soundtrack ever featuring some of rock’s most prolific acts, comprised entirely of master recordings.
- Major new and dynamic online modes that will connect the entire Rock Band community in more ways than ever before both locally and globally.
- More variety of instrument choices than ever before with new and improved drum and guitar peripherals, enhanced functionality and innovative new designs - all fully compatible with the original Rock Band instruments.
And much more.
"As successful as the original Rock Band continues to be, we've now had the benefit of the last eight months to listen to our fans' requests and to build upon that foundation," said Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix. "Rock Band 2 is a second-generation band game that will elevate the music game experience to the next level." _________________
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: Official Rock Band 2 Information, Details and Discussion
foolosophy wrote:
-> New exciting ways to play your music library
This caught my attention. Are they gonna make something similar to customs? If so, awesome!
Edit: FUCK YES JUKE BOX MODE!!!!!!!!!!!! Been waiting so long for this...
Edit2: It's awesome to see this game come together with the setlist and now venues. Awesome. I can't wait to watch the E3 demo tonight.
Edit3:
Quote:
-> Freeplay Mode for drums that allows you to play Drums over your ripped MP3s.
Guess that answers my first question.
Here's a new question: Why no Freezepop or Bowie???
Edit4: Just thought I'd come in here and say, "Man I'm happy I got onto the first page!" And that I think this game's looking awesome. Still disappointed about FP and DB not being on the setlist, but I might manage. I wonder if people are still looking at the first page.... Probably jus people who haven't read the thread yet... So.... HI! To all those people, PM me and tell me Hi back if you see this.... _________________
Oui vuumc tuh'd ihtancdyht Al Bhed, NUVM.
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