Which bands deserve their own game?

D4RK ONION · 07-11-2009 3:53pm

There's a bajillion Foo Fighter songs for DLC already, no more!

robby^5 wrote: »

Thousand year ban here I come! Rock Band U2 please! Everyone has their opinion, but it's a fact that U2 are one of the biggest bands in the world with one of the biggest followings in the world too. So it makes a lot of business sense to choose them, especially given that they're interested it the idea.

In no way does large amount of fans mean large amount of quality. Look at the Irish charts this week for evidence of this.

Visuals are another reason to choose U2. You have some really great videos to draw inspiration from, for example I can already see a stage set in the video for Where the Streets Have No Name, echoing The Beatles final stage on Apple Corps rooftop. Their tours have been consistently visually striking as well. Not to mention the change in the bands own style throughout the years, I can already see slicked back hair and bug eye shades Bono pulling shapes on stage Plus seeing Dublin in a Rock Band game would be great!

I'll give you that one, the stages would be very nice, but then we could have that stage where they're celebrating the fall of the berlin wall, and they do an open air concert where the wall was, only to build a wall around it to keep non ticket holders out :P

Gameplay-wise the drums would be great as would the vocals and bass would be fine, but I who really cares about bass Now obviously Edge uses effects a lot so the songs wouldnt be very complex at all and the guitar would be pretty dull, remedy? An effects pedal. I dont think it'd be that hard to implement really and it would add a new feature to the game.

Never heard a difficult U2 song on drums to be honest. Vocals would be the only real draw (if you're into U2), guitar as you said would be 4 notes over and over with an array of effects turned on, and yes, people do play bass, and yes, it would be awful! The effects pedal wouldn't work, all you have to do is press it once to turn on the "delay" effect and off you go, pseudo great guitarist!

robby^5 · 07-11-2009 5:47pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

In no way does large amount of fans mean large amount of quality. Look at the Irish charts this week for evidence of this.

Well I never said that it did

What I said was that regardless of wheter or not you like the band they are huge, absolutely frikkin huge and you cant deny that. Once a band gets as ridiculously big as U2 have, there's bound to be as many critics as there are fans which makes for a lot of critics.

So it makes a lot of business sense to make a Rock Band: U2.

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Never heard a difficult U2 song on drums to be honest. Vocals would be the only real draw (if you're into U2), guitar as you said would be 4 notes over and over with an array of effects turned on, and yes, people do play bass, and yes, it would be awful! The effects pedal wouldn't work, all you have to do is press it once to turn on the "delay" effect and off you go, pseudo great guitarist!

Ok well I suppose we differ here, I care more about liking the songs than their difficulty and I play on expert drums. Beatles Rock Band had except for a couple of songs very simple drumming (havent done guitar/bass yet, just drums/vocals) on expert but it's still my favourite RB game by far. So difficulty isnt everything to everyone.

D4RK ONION · 07-11-2009 6:32pm

And I'm no difficulty whore either, most of my favourite songs aren't final tier, but I think most games need to have that final tier of difficulty, which imo, just wouldn't be there in RB:U2.

And aside from all that, I simply can't stand the music

calex71 · 07-11-2009 8:10pm

I heard harmonix have this weird opt out clause with their games, where if you think it's going to be a steaming pile of poo (which I think a U2 would be and u2 are

) you don't have to play it or even buy it

AidySevenfold · 08-11-2009 11:48pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

Foo Fighters. Imagine ripping it up with "The Pretender" or "Best of You" in your sitting room!!! heaven!!!:P

im imagining it...not as great as u said :P:P

Jackobyte · 08-11-2009 11:54pm

AidySevenfold wrote: »

im imagining it...not as great as u said :P:P

U obviously ain't as big a Foo Fighter fan as me

AidySevenfold · 09-11-2009 12:09am

Nah but i like a fair few of their songs. my free live trail ran out and was gunna download Wheels but that's life

RHRN · 09-11-2009 8:14pm

RB: Dream Theater
Or just RB: Prog Rock/Prog Metal

*drools*

RHRN · 09-11-2009 8:19pm

speedboatchase wrote: »

The Who

Well well:
http://rockband.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28785

calex71 · 09-11-2009 9:13pm

AidySevenfold wrote: »

Nah but i like a fair few of their songs. my free live trail ran out and was gunna download Wheels but that's life

You don't need a live subscription to download new songs just the M$ points

EDIT: Was wondering how many posters in this thread took part in the weekly challenge !!!!!! Go on doooooooooooooo it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glico Man · 20-11-2009 2:27am

I would like to see the following incorporated into a Rock Band Rock game:

Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Cure
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Alice Cooper
Audioslave
Depeche Mode
Eric Clapton
Guns n Roses
Jimi Hendrix
Lost Prophets
Motorhead
R.A.T.M
Rush
Silverchair
Thin Lizzy
Whitesnake

If they could put all those bands on one disc, I would be very happy

D4RK ONION · 20-11-2009 3:54am

Well, you don't ask for much do you?

Glico Man · 20-11-2009 2:32pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Well, you don't ask for much do you?

Well the top 3 are what I would consider the favorites.

I'd love to be able to play the bass for Floyd's "Money"

Guitar for Led Zep's "Kashmir" and "Stairway to Heaven"

And Bass for The Cure's "Disintegration" and "Prayers for Rain"

If I could find a game that had those songs, I would be a happy man.

And a bit of Clapton, Rush and possibly some Hendrix but other than that, the rest would be fillers

Jay P · 20-11-2009 6:10pm

aaronh007 wrote: »

I would like to see the following incorporated into a Rock Band Rock game:

Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Cure
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Alice Cooper
Audioslave
Depeche Mode
Eric Clapton
Guns n Roses
Jimi Hendrix
Lost Prophets
Motorhead
R.A.T.M
Rush
Silverchair
Thin Lizzy
Whitesnake

If they could put all those bands on one disc, I would be very happy

I'd buy that.

callaway92 · 22-11-2009 9:52pm

Spice Girls

I_Am_The_Walrus · 22-11-2009 10:02pm

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Muse. They have some great guitar heavy songs.

Would love it! Plug in Baby, New Born & Assassin would be awesome!

cmpunk · 22-11-2009 10:42pm

Fall out boy / emo bands
emo hero now that will be some game

D4RK ONION · 22-11-2009 10:54pm

cmpunk wrote: »

Fall out boy / emo bands
emo hero now that will be some game

It's been done, tbh

Look at all those cool, hip kids!

calex71 · 22-11-2009 11:05pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

It's been done, tbh

Look at all those cool, hip kids!

:eek: I want this , while ur on pick a new song seeing as you bags'd it earlier in the week :rolleyes: there is a shiny NEW xbox that needs a challenge here , and a RB guitar that has had its scratch plate painted black that needs to be played after it dry's

cmpunk · 22-11-2009 11:07pm

But do you no what you will all get it and it be fun to play overdrive will be called curting whrists time

D4RK ONION · 22-11-2009 11:10pm

calex71 wrote: »

:eek: I want this , while ur on pick a new song seeing as you bags'd it earlier in the week :rolleyes: there is a shiny NEW xbox that needs a challenge here , and a RB guitar that has had its scratch plate painted black that needs to be played after it dry's

That will have to wait til tomorrow I'm afraid. I'm sure you understand