RandomManA
11-23-2007, 07:10 PM
This is why I hate the great American hype machine. We all got so excited at the prospect (at least I did) of playing this game with our friends, that we built Rock Band up to be the be-all and end-all of music games.
The really sad part is that it COULD have been, if Harmonix and EA hadn't completely and totally dropped the ball.
Between the flimsy, cheap, plastic instruments (I could buy a toy for my cousin that would be larger and more durable for $20), and the lies (PS3 owners who bought GHIII were peed on not once, but twice, once by Activision/Neversoft and a second time by EA/Harmonix), and the incredibly crappy release scheme (let's rush our badly-made peripheral bundles to market two and a half months before making badly-made replacement/additional single peripherals available, oh, and, I almost forgot, let's screw over PS3 owners entirely by making it impossible to have a band of all four players unless you buy TWO bundles) I am very, VERY surprised and upset that neither Sony or the Better Business Bureau is taking anyone to task for this.
In my opinion, the game itself is the only thing they did right. I like most of the songs, it is fun to play with three people (can't try four, I own a PS3). The only problems I have with the game itself are tiny, and have already been mentioned. Unfortunately, the peripheral problems are gargantuan in comparison, and are enough to severely piss me off.
Shouldn't someone be made to answer for this atrocity? Leave Sean out of this, they must hate him at Harmonix, since it's his job to deal with all the anger around here. Why isn't anyone taking responsibility over there? Step up, admit you made a mistake, and then work to FIX it. Not a sloppy fix, not a quick fix, make it RIGHT.
I feel like I've been ripped off. Like Harmonix/EA straight up stole my money. But that's not the worst of it. I had my aunt and uncle and my 9-year-old cousin over today to play. We could only do a three-person band, because, well, we're PS3 owners, and at Harmonix/EA, that means we automatically get the shaft. I let my cousin play the drums, and we were in the middle of I Think I'm Paranoid when the foot pedal snapped in two. I'd had the thing for maybe a total of twelve hours, and my cousin weighs half of what I do, and he wasn't thrashing on it, either. He started crying because he broke my drums. I had to stand there and tell him that it wasn't his fault.
So now Harmonix/EA owes me bigtime. I want a replacement drum pedal. I want a second Fender, made with better materials and planning, since by all accounts, my Fender, although it's fine for the moment, will break the next time I look at it. I want my money returned to me as part of their apology. I also want a written apology from the CEO's of both Harmonix and Electronic Arts, as well as an in-person verbal apology from those same people. And finally, I want those two CEO's to tell my cousin to his face that it was THEIR fault the drum pedal broke.
Maybe then I'll forgive them. Or maybe not. I don't think I've ever been so angry in my life.
Aaron
The really sad part is that it COULD have been, if Harmonix and EA hadn't completely and totally dropped the ball.
Between the flimsy, cheap, plastic instruments (I could buy a toy for my cousin that would be larger and more durable for $20), and the lies (PS3 owners who bought GHIII were peed on not once, but twice, once by Activision/Neversoft and a second time by EA/Harmonix), and the incredibly crappy release scheme (let's rush our badly-made peripheral bundles to market two and a half months before making badly-made replacement/additional single peripherals available, oh, and, I almost forgot, let's screw over PS3 owners entirely by making it impossible to have a band of all four players unless you buy TWO bundles) I am very, VERY surprised and upset that neither Sony or the Better Business Bureau is taking anyone to task for this.
In my opinion, the game itself is the only thing they did right. I like most of the songs, it is fun to play with three people (can't try four, I own a PS3). The only problems I have with the game itself are tiny, and have already been mentioned. Unfortunately, the peripheral problems are gargantuan in comparison, and are enough to severely piss me off.
Shouldn't someone be made to answer for this atrocity? Leave Sean out of this, they must hate him at Harmonix, since it's his job to deal with all the anger around here. Why isn't anyone taking responsibility over there? Step up, admit you made a mistake, and then work to FIX it. Not a sloppy fix, not a quick fix, make it RIGHT.
I feel like I've been ripped off. Like Harmonix/EA straight up stole my money. But that's not the worst of it. I had my aunt and uncle and my 9-year-old cousin over today to play. We could only do a three-person band, because, well, we're PS3 owners, and at Harmonix/EA, that means we automatically get the shaft. I let my cousin play the drums, and we were in the middle of I Think I'm Paranoid when the foot pedal snapped in two. I'd had the thing for maybe a total of twelve hours, and my cousin weighs half of what I do, and he wasn't thrashing on it, either. He started crying because he broke my drums. I had to stand there and tell him that it wasn't his fault.
So now Harmonix/EA owes me bigtime. I want a replacement drum pedal. I want a second Fender, made with better materials and planning, since by all accounts, my Fender, although it's fine for the moment, will break the next time I look at it. I want my money returned to me as part of their apology. I also want a written apology from the CEO's of both Harmonix and Electronic Arts, as well as an in-person verbal apology from those same people. And finally, I want those two CEO's to tell my cousin to his face that it was THEIR fault the drum pedal broke.
Maybe then I'll forgive them. Or maybe not. I don't think I've ever been so angry in my life.
Aaron
