RB2 songs in LRB?

[ToddlerTN]

There are a lot more songs available through download than the handful that come on your RB2 disc. Big picture, k?

I'll be disappointed if I want to be. Some of my kids' favorite songs are in RB2. Even if I could pay for them individually as DLC, I'd do it.

[ToddlerTN]

No, because not all the RB2 songs are kid friendly.

Only 22 of the 55 RB1 songs work with Lego RB.

I think he meant that not all of them would pass through the content filter for LRB.

Not at all what I meant. I actually like the content filter, it's another reason I bought LRB. I simply want to be able to play RB2 songs in LRB just like we can play RB1 songs and DLC. There's no other way for my kids to play songs like Paramore's "That's What You Get" in LRB.

[Transbrak]

Not at all what I meant. I actually like the content filter, it's another reason I bought LRB. I simply want to be able to play RB2 songs in LRB just like we can play RB1 songs and DLC. There's no other way for my kids to play songs like Paramore's "That's What You Get" in LRB.

Go back and read the conversation I was in no way referring to you. Neither was Noble.

[ToddlerTN]

I still can't tell what Noble was referring to, or you for that matter. Guess I'm thick.

Regardless, I guess HMX didn't consider LRB a full-fledged game and therefore didn't worry about making the RB2 content available. Guess I should have asked about that before buying LRB.

[davidshek]

Regardless, I guess HMX didn't consider LRB a full-fledged game and therefore didn't worry about making the RB2 content available. Guess I should have asked about that before buying LRB.

So in your opinion, LRB is not a full-fledged game because you can't play content from ANOTHER full-fledged game in it?

O....k...

[ToddlerTN]

So in your opinion, LRB is not a full-fledged game because you can't play content from ANOTHER full-fledged game in it?

O....k...

No, I'm saying HMX apparently isn't treating LRB as a full-fledged replacement for RB2, like they looked at RB2 as a full-fledged replacement for RB1.

RB1 was a full-fledged game. You can play RB1 content in RB2 and LRB. You can play RB1 and LRB content in RB2. They covered all the bases except for playing RB2 content in LRB.

I understand why you guys don't care. Most of you are just treating LRB like a track pack, exporting the songs to use RB2 as the primary engine. But families with young kids will want to treat it the other way, using LRB as the primary engine.

For families, LRB could have been a full-fledged replacement for RB2. It makes everything more accessible to my kids, and gives me content filtering, which I appreciate as a parent. Unfortunately, you can't get to the RB2 songs with LRB.

That's why I feel like HMX dropped the ball for families with young kids, which is sort-of the target demographic for LRB. Is it really that unreasonable? Seems like that feedback would be welcome.

I'm simply disappointed in how it currently works, and I hope at least when HMX does decide to make RB2 content exportable that it will be playable in LRB, just like RB1 content and DLC.

[neo031162]

I agree with the OP, this seems like an oversight. I think at some point, there will be an export function for RB2 songs, but LRB may not be the catalyst for it...

[davidshek]

No, I'm saying HMX apparently isn't treating LRB as a full-fledged replacement for RB2, like they looked at RB2 as a full-fledged replacement for RB1.

That's because RB2 is the next game in the path of RB games, hence why the number in the title incremented to "2". LRB is not. It's a separate game, with a different target audience, developed by a different company (Traveller's Tales).

It's not Rock Band 3. It's Lego: Rock Band.

[Ehfahq]

No, I'm saying HMX apparently isn't treating LRB as a full-fledged replacement for RB2, like they looked at RB2 as a full-fledged replacement for RB1.

Its not a replacement. A replacement for RB2 would be..........wait for it.................wait for it......................RB3.

[ToddlerTN]

I agree with the OP, this seems like an oversight. I think at some point, there will be an export function for RB2 songs, but LRB may not be the catalyst for it...

Thanks, at least somebody gets it.

Maybe you guys aren't aware that Band Hero treats matters exactly as I wished for LRB.

"The week Band Hero hits store shelves, 69 tracks from the acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 will be available to import for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 480 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system for $5.99, and Wii for 600 Wii Points. In addition, 61 of the chart-topping hits featured in Band Hero can be imported into Guitar Hero 5 for Xbox 360 for 420 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation 3 system for $4.99, and Wii for 500 Wii Points. The previously released forward compatible songs from Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero Smash Hits will also be available for import into Band Hero at launch. Finally, Guitar Hero fans can play almost all of their previously purchased Guitar Hero downloadable content in Band Hero, for a music library of up to 300 tracks."

Maybe I invested in the wrong franchise,