The Beatles Rock Band

robby^5 · 07-05-2009 11:58am #1

Surprised there's no thread for this yet! This is one of my most anticipated games of the year and so far is shaping up to be the best Rock Band game yet. The peripherals are the best looking I've ever seen for one of these games, they're $99 a pop but I reckon I'll pick up the The Rickenbacker 325 (Lennons guitar)

A really cool addition to the gameplay is being able to sing three part harmony with up to three microphones. If you ask me the only thing Rock Band is missing now to make it a complete band experience is a keyboard peripheral

As for songs, this game is going to be worth every penny and just thinking about some of the songs makes me want to wet myself... off the top of my head I'd love to see:

I Want to Hold Your Hand
Please Please Me
Strawberry Fields Forever
Twist and Shout
A Hard Day's Night
I'm a Loser
Help!
Ticket to Ride
Yellow Submarine
I Am the Walrus
She Loves You
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Dear Prudence
All You Need Is Love
Helter Skelter
Come Together
Here Comes the Sun
With a Little Help From My Friends
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Hey Bulldog
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Dont let me down
Get Back

The choices are pretty much endless, it seems they have access to every album from Please Please Me to Abbey Road, so the only album missing is Let it Be, which I really (really ****ing really) hope songs from it are available as DLC, after all Apple were the label and they're on board already.

So what's everyone's thoughts on this game?

Dreddybajs · 07-05-2009 12:07pm

Doubt Apple will let DLC be available, as I think it's doubtful that the songs will be even exportable into RB/RB2. Still happy to get any Beatles though, even if it means disc-swapping.

D4RK ONION · 07-05-2009 5:13pm

I don't know if The Beatles will transfer over well, but then, I'm not overly familiar with their stuff.

cedomination · 07-05-2009 10:23pm

Paul Mcartney had the coolest guitar and they didn't make a controller for it..bah.
I have completely changed my opinion on this since the last time it was mentioned here,I now love the Beatles.

D4RK ONION · 07-05-2009 10:39pm

You can't deny though that those controllers look THE BOMB!

ShawnRaven · 08-05-2009 11:36am

D4RK ONION wrote: »

You can't deny though that those controllers look THE BOMB!

About the only reason to buy that game!
And the possible opportunity to play Day Tripper.

D4RK ONION · 08-05-2009 2:51pm

Not a Beatles fan? Me neither. We need a Phil Collins game...

grumpytrousers · 08-05-2009 2:54pm

cedomination wrote: »

Paul Mcartney had the coolest guitar and they didn't make a controller for it..bah.
I have completely changed my opinion on this since the last time it was mentioned here,I now love the Beatles.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74159

this suggests otherwise - search page for 'höfner'
you might not, however, be able to buy it separately.

ShawnRaven · 08-05-2009 2:54pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Not a Beatles fan? Me neither. We need a Phil Collins game...

You'd go through drumkits to beat the band.
Rock Band - Rush!

Now we're on to a winner. Because when Moving Pictures is not enough...

D4RK ONION · 08-05-2009 3:00pm

Rock Band- 2112

I would pay full price for just that song... OH GOD, I just wet myself... Marry me Neil Peart!

cedomination · 08-05-2009 4:52pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

You'd go through drumkits to beat the band.
Rock Band - Rush!

Now we're on to a winner. Because when Moving Pictures is not enough...

With the option to hook up 4 drumkits for a more accurate Neil Peart drumming experience.

TestTransmission · 08-05-2009 4:57pm

This game is going to be great,apparently theres gonna be one or two unheard new songs.

ShawnRaven · 08-05-2009 5:11pm

cedomination wrote: »

With the option to hook up 4 drumkits for a more accurate Neil Peart drumming experience.

Unfortunately there's two things wrong with that idea.

1) There's only one Neil Peart
2) Only an octopus would be able to play it!

D4RK ONION · 08-05-2009 5:45pm

cedomination wrote: »

With the option to hook up 4 drumkits for a more accurate Neil Peart drumming experience.

That would be so cool. Tell them to cancel these "Beatles" characters, whoever they are, let's get to work Rock Band Rush. RBR, even the acronym is cool!

robinph · 08-05-2009 6:02pm

cedomination wrote: »

Paul Mcartney had the coolest guitar and they didn't make a controller for it..bah.

But it would have to be a wrong handed one to be properly authentic.

ShawnRaven · 08-05-2009 9:16pm

robinph wrote: »

But it would have to be a wrong handed one to be properly authentic.

I'm surprised they haven't come up with lefty controllers yet. Friend of mine is a lefty and she curses the fact that the whammy bar gets in the way of her playing.

cedomination · 08-05-2009 9:58pm

robinph wrote: »

But it would have to be a wrong handed one to be properly authentic.

Left handed =/= wrong handed

ShawnRaven · 08-05-2009 10:00pm

cedomination wrote: »

Left handed =/= wrong handed

You do not want to tell that to this girl, not if you value your limbs.

robinph · 09-05-2009 12:17am

cedomination wrote: »

Left handed =/= wrong handed

I think you meant !=

McCartney played back to front so that they could share the same mic without clashing guitars and still face the same direction. And look how out of place George looks here, if he wasn't there is would have been a lovely picture:

It's all clearly just done for show.

cedomination · 19-05-2009 3:56pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

You do not want to tell that to this girl, not if you value your limbs.

I thought that meant "Left-handed does not equal Wrong-handed",what does =/= actually mean then?

cedomination · 01-06-2009 8:34pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpXz6TFUbis

they made a bass controller

This looks incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJKoowNG3qU

sd08 · 01-06-2009 11:23pm

WOW. That was absolutely incredible.:eek: This was already a must get, now I can't wait!!:D
Just for this Rock Band definitely wins it for me.

Basq · 02-06-2009 1:56pm

Looks absolutely fantastic tbh!

cedomination · 02-06-2009 2:08pm

Some stuff worth noting,Now allows up to 3 vocalists and they took out the improv drum fills.

Dreddybajs · 02-06-2009 3:10pm

Abbey Road available as DLC after launch - cannot wait.

sd08 · 02-06-2009 3:11pm

This game just seems to get better and better.

ongarite · 02-06-2009 3:16pm

Dreddybajs wrote: »

Abbey Road available as DLC after launch - cannot wait.

Only for Rock Band: The Beatles disc though. Looks like this is going to be the disc to split the RB userbase.
No track exports from the disc & its own regular released DLC.

Instant buy for me though. The visual style is fantastic & the UI design is very 50-60s with fret colours now different along with highway design.

ongarite · 03-06-2009 12:56pm

2 part 3 song live demo by Harmonix.
Some things mentioned are no fail mode selectable from quick play screen, playing on easy activates no fail for that player. Definately tuning the game for Beatles fans who have never played RB or GH games before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GenaWORypRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZGSCTBzlFQ

cedomination · 04-06-2009 10:44pm

The Intro vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftej190O4U

ParalysedBeaver · 06-06-2009 3:21pm

Gamespot The Beatles: Rock Band stage demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkVNC-h_TE

Mr E · 06-06-2009 3:58pm

Love the look of this game. What I like about it is that there'll be no songs with long boring repetitive power chord sequences, and it'll be a definite fun party game.

The Beatles Rock Band

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