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intecel · 12-30-2007, 08:09 PM

I purchased Rock Band for my xbox360 a few days ago. There are so many things that have me already wanting to return it.

The guitar sucks compared to the guitar hero guitars. With guitar hero, the buttons stick up a little and are pretty easy to remember exactly where your fingers are during play. This guitar, all the buttons are inline with the guitar neck, and it is very easy for your fingers to slip farther down and lose track of where your hand is.

My left hand also starts tiring out quickly on this guitar. Usually after about half of a somewhat hard song. This never happened with guitar her.

The strum bar is very tight and spongey. It's not comfortable at all picking on this guitar.

The drums are fun, but they are extremely loud. When playing the guitar while someone else is playing drums, it's easy to get off beat because you hear the drums more than the volume on the tv, unless the tv is extremely loud. I hear there are mods that can be done, but I'd rather have had it come out of the box without being anywhere near this loud.

The mic, while I wasn't around to witness the awefulness of my friends singing, they said there were sync issues and volume issues.

The song selection is not terrible. There are 45 regular songs and 15 no-name band songs. About half of the songs are decent, the other half are just plan aweful.

I've already beat all the songs in hard and expert modes, and have gone pretty far with a band so far.

Does anyone else feel the same? From all the reviews I've seen, most people are happy with the set. I just want to make sure I'm not the only one who thinks it's the worst of the series.

12-30-2007, 08:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
intecel Psycho	Rock Band - Anyone else disappointed? I purchased Rock Band for my xbox360 a few days ago. There are so many things that have me already wanting to return it. The guitar sucks compared to the guitar hero guitars. With guitar hero, the buttons stick up a little and are pretty easy to remember exactly where your fingers are during play. This guitar, all the buttons are inline with the guitar neck, and it is very easy for your fingers to slip farther down and lose track of where your hand is. My left hand also starts tiring out quickly on this guitar. Usually after about half of a somewhat hard song. This never happened with guitar her. The strum bar is very tight and spongey. It's not comfortable at all picking on this guitar. The drums are fun, but they are extremely loud. When playing the guitar while someone else is playing drums, it's easy to get off beat because you hear the drums more than the volume on the tv, unless the tv is extremely loud. I hear there are mods that can be done, but I'd rather have had it come out of the box without being anywhere near this loud. The mic, while I wasn't around to witness the awefulness of my friends singing, they said there were sync issues and volume issues. The song selection is not terrible. There are 45 regular songs and 15 no-name band songs. About half of the songs are decent, the other half are just plan aweful. I've already beat all the songs in hard and expert modes, and have gone pretty far with a band so far. Does anyone else feel the same? From all the reviews I've seen, most people are happy with the set. I just want to make sure I'm not the only one who thinks it's the worst of the series.