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Kimberley Ellis
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| Rock Band 3 goes Pro by Kimberley |  | | PALGN News: Harmonix looks to change the face of rhythm games all over again. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Love it. A real guitar! Finally!
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Kimberley Ellis
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Personally, I'd prefer to have the option to plug in my real guitar, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Now I'll be able to use my MIDI Keyboard as a game controller. Woot =D
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I'm all for progress and all that good stuff but come on... this is starting to get just a tad ridiculous. Look how many freaking buttons are on that guitar! Bananas!
I think we're getting to the point now where you may as well learn to play the actual instrument. If that is Harmonix's ultimate goal well then more power to them, I guess. It's only getting a little hard to justify the charade at this point...
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure that IS the whole point of it, to start to teach you to play the real guitar, as long as they get the charts right in game.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Since one of the pro guitars they are releasing has six strings and no buttons - yes Harmonix want their game to teach you how to play a real guitar.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:26 am Post subject: |
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wow! australia doesn't even have rockband 2 yet
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The reason I play Guitar Hero/ Rock Band over real guitar is because I can't play real guitar. I've tried, but I just don't have the co-ordination. This game is going to be too complex for me in Real mode, I really hope that they keep the simplified version we're used to in tact.
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| sobriquet835 wrote: | | The reason I play Guitar Hero/ Rock Band over real guitar is because I can't play real guitar. I've tried, but I just don't have the co-ordination. This game is going to be too complex for me in Real mode, I really hope that they keep the simplified version we're used to in tact. |
It will. It will have everything from Rock Band 2, Pro mode is completely optional.
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Sadly it looks like RB is going to have another dud Australian release.
Game is only stocking the game. And EB isn't selling bundles, so a Keyboard + game is going to cost you $237 ($138 + $99).
I suspect I'll just be importing the game only when the price drops, which is a shame because the keyboard looked fun and I like the RB experience better than GH
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I'd wait until it comes out before writing it off completely. I'd rather play using the MIDI-Pro adapter and a regular MIDI keyboard anyway, since I've been meaning to buy a keyboard. That said, considering the price gap between here and the US, I'll probably import the adapter anyway.
What's annoying me more is the price of the pro guitars - the Mustang will be US$149 RRP over there (around AU$155), but $288 here? I've been planning to get the Squier when it comes out, but people are predicting it'll be around US$300 in America (a price I'd be fine with paying), so I can't see it being less than $500 here (not fine with that  ). Probably cheaper to import even with shipping!
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I like the idea of getting a Squier too, please be sure to post here with any retailers you find (maybe could get a bulk purchase discount if there's enough of us?). I've contacted a few guitar shops but have had no reply.
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They've said the Squier won't be available on release and possibly not until next year, hopefully we can figure out something then  I've actually been thinking we should try and get a crew together to buy a case of games when something new/popular comes out and get a bulk discount, but I'm not sure where we'd buy in volume from.
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| Jedi_Amara wrote: | | we should try and get a crew together to buy a case of games when something new/popular comes out and get a bulk discount, but I'm not sure where we'd buy in volume from. |
I tried my hand at buy & selling games, the discounts I got were pretty poor (often places like CDWow etc were selling games at the same price I was buying them). Often a game that retailed for $100 cost me about $80, which was about the same price that Target, JB etc would sell them at, and I had to factor in postage too.
Another gotchya is that you often have to put an order in before release (to guarantee stock), if it's a dud game people obviously won't want to buy it and you sell at a loss.
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Fair enough, I guess we don't really have enough people to make it worth it 
I like that the Squier's going to be console-independent as long as you get the right adapter for your console. Thinking of holding off on RB3 now as I really want to buy a PS3 and if so I'd move my whole GH/RB setup to that (the Wii's so bad for DLC ) which would be expensive - especially since I use Logitech controllers - but if I give in when the Squier comes out at least I wouldn't have to buy a new Pro controller.
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