It just does that when you first start. It's like when you buy new songs and RB3 has to access/load the new songs. After your first time, though, it'll only take as long as RB3 does when you start...

Is your issue more with how to handle that orange note or just the overall speed & complexity that happens? If it's in handling that 5th fret button with 4 fingers I had to do something that may not...

Agreed! Blitz is definitely more "video gamey" with a lot to juggle while playing... but it's "video gamey with a beat". :-) I find that on songs I normally hate when playing RB3 there's a...

I can't honestly say where I'll play a song first. Just over the last couple of days I keep switching between games based on my mood. I will say that for songs I already have, if it's a song or...

It was cool finding out (thanks in part to posts here) that some if not most goals from Rock Band World can also be completed by playing appropriate songs in Rock Band 3 as well as Blitz. Even...

Also have to use those controls. When I started playing it with the default controls my instinct was to hit the triggers for notes which, on default, kept switching tracks. So it was less what...

Which is why if the set selection aspect of Rock Band 3's Road Challenges (3 choices) was combined with Rock Band 2's Tour Mode (ongoing tour in gradually bigger cities/venues with bigger setlists)...

I actually play them regularly for one main reason... a great way to mix up what songs are played when friends come over. Sure we all have our favorites but this way we don't get "locked" into...

Nice review and take on the game. I'm excited for the game and this made it even more so... especially being that you're a big fan of the usual way of playing instruments. At one point you said...

I use my Stage Kit all the time when I play. I also added some sound activated lights along with it so playing Rock Band is more of an "experience" than just a game. :-) It does suck, though, that...

That's actually my "go to" mode. I love how, like others have said, it picks categories to choose from based on your songs and also the added challenges for spades. The only thing I wish is that...

Congrats, Harmonix, and here's to 3000 more. 100 more songs would go great with the 700 or so that I have now. :-D

THANK YOU, HARMONIX! I have the Stage Kit and finally got to dig it back out of the closet. I've been using my Hexolights only but when I have those combined with the Stage Kit... EPIC!!! :-)

When I was a kid I had 3 months of piano lessons (against my will) and reading sheet music at speed was IMPOSSIBLE for me. The ONLY way I could play a song properly is after memorizing it. So, for...

Surprised to hear people not enthused about RB3's setlist. I counted 24 of the 83 songs that I'm excited for. That's nearly 1/3 of the on-disc songs and probably the highest ratio that I've been...

One thing I haven't seen addressed is if we have to rate the songs while on the selection screen or if there are different places when we can rate them. What I mean is I think it would be great,...

I agree that it's a pretty great setlist in the game. Of the 83 songs, there are 24 that I'm excited about playing and a handful of others that I'm at least familiar with. I'm going to assume that...

What a great opening post and it's so true! Not only do I have fond memories of 80s music because those were my teen years, but during that time in my life the entertainment industry was my escape...

AMEN TO THAT! I'm a HUGE 80s fan and a lot of these songs struck a PERFECT chord with me. Even the non-80s ones are fun for the most part. If the original poster didn't already export them, I...

I heard in the interviews about having some kind of quick tour mode that can be done in just a few hours but I didn't hear about the full World Tour Mode we're used to as still being in there. I...