3/23/10 DLC Discussion - X, Little Fish, Carrie Underwood, and more

[jlangton]

Not heard of anyone but Ace Frehley

Same here...
JL

[folkeye]

Well I think I give up on ever looking forward to a download again. Been some 'fun songs' I didn't know that I decided to download, but not since last year has there been a 'Holy crap, I can't wait!!!!!' week.

Again falling futher, and further, and further, and further behind on DLC.

[DarkPh0enix1]

ace frehley, the little fish songs out of sheer cheapness (3 songs for basically 2 bucks), and los angeles.

segue time: my guess with the x pack and no harmonies on rb2 comments is that they could have harmonies already in the code for the song, just that the harmony track is not accessible by the rb2 engine. kind of like how the rb1 engine doesn't access hammer on/pull off chords, but yet there were songs released well before rb2 came out that had said ho/po chords in their code already. i mean, the green day game will have harmonies, doesn't make sense that the export download has tracks that won't have harmony track code in them for rb3 operation, which you gotta figure should have harmonies due to the beatles install base having multiple microphones and harmonies becoming a touch of a standard. my hope is that this, if i'm completely correct, has been implemented as an idea from as far back as planning of the beatles game announcement and means the queen dlc has harmony code, also possibly meaning bohemian rhapsody will the final song for vocals difficulty for rb3 for this. after all, rb3 will be revolutionary, figures they'd use available options in previous games (and gives me hope for create a venue).

[16BitAlex]

Another song from GH 80s, and it's still not "I Ran".

[gamrrpol]

Rockband DLC, they have been on hiatus since early February....

Can't disagree. Bands with DLC since beginning of the year:

Lady Gaga
Mute Math
3 Doors Down
Eric Cartman (Southpark)
The Subways
Shaimus
Futureheads
The White Stripes
Neal Peart
James Gang
Trust Company
Disturbed
Silversun Pickups
The Mother Hips
KSM
Him
Marilyn Manson
The Police
Otis Redding
Alphabet
The Chemical Brothers
Brian Setzer
All-Time Low
Megadeath
The Who
Montgomery Gentry
Rascal Flats
Willie Nelson
Kenny Chesney
Sara Evans
Trace Adkins
Rage Against The Machine
Blue Oyster Cult
Nazareth
Motorhead
I Mother Earth
Hawkwind
Phoenix
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Alice in Chains
Blink 182
Paul McCartney
The Psychedelic Furs
Kenny Rogers
Martha McBride

To sum up....from a "rock" perspective most of the "big name" acts (PMcCartney, Blink, Tom Petty, BOCult, AIChains, Rage, The Who, Megadeath, The Police, Disturbed, WStripes) came out in the first couple weeks....since then it's been pretty obscure groups.

The only exceptions are:

one-off kind of things like The Who's really bad SB medley or the BOC / Nazareth / Hawkwing trackpack

the very awesome Megadeath pack

Other than that we have a robust collection of MOR country artists and a lot of 3rd and 4th tier rock bands

What it ain't is....

Pearl Jam - Ten
The OffSpring
SRVaughn - Texas Flood
Thin Lizzy
Pat Benatar
The Pretenders
The Grateful Dead - 12 pack
Steve Miller Band
Rob Zombie
Lenny Kravitz
Roy Orbison - 6 pack
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple

Those are some of the bands released in the same time period of 2009. I'm not saying the actual songs from 2010 are that bad (I honestly don't know since I haven't downloaded most of them) but there's no doubt there is a dearth of "big name rock" acts in 2010.

I'm guessing this has something to do with HMX taking a firmer stance regarding licensing fees charged by record companies and record companies demanding moremoremore from the gaming community and the two pissing on each other in the process......

And no one can really complain about the volume and variety of music being made available through DLC and RBN. But those hoping to see the library of songs from no-questions-asked top ROCK bands are probably disappointed with the 2010 offerings this year.

[howieduen]

Harmonix has had a bunch of good weeks strung together, now. And, I'm not even talking from the perspective of my own personal music preference. I'm talking in terms of releasing some serious variety and trying to appeal to as many different tastes/demographics as possible.

While none of the material released this week (or even the past few weeks) has really been my cup of tea, I like the idea that they are releasing a little bit of mainstream (Underwood, OneRepublic) with a little bit of obscurity (Little Fish) with a little bit of classic/overlooked/underappreciated (X and Frehley). Whether you like the tracks being released or not, you cannot deny that they are trying to give us a little bit of this and a little bit of that, which in the long run will only strengthen the catalog as a whole. It just plays into the whole "Rock Band as a platform" mentality.

And for all of you clowns trying to criticize HMX by saying that the RBN offering has been better than weekly DLC lately, you should probably take a quick second to remember who it was that made the RBN possible/available in the first place... yeah, it was HMX. So, I'm sure their feelings aren't being hurt too awfully bad. That'd be like telling Jack White that the latest Raconteurs album was better than the latest White Stripes album. I'm sure he wouldn't get too worked up about it.

[Deeznutzs27]

And yet none of those BIGGEST SONGS are on Rock Band.

Ummm... All American Girl is a HUGE Carrie Underwood song.. Crap if you go by the Itunes popularity its her most popular there. But I defer to you as you seem like a huge country fan.

[j_dub_rules]

Its a good thing this week didn't happen when the forums used to be insanely busy for DLC announcements. Otherwise we might have a riot.

[BrutalBrian]

OMG, I nearly had a heart attack! I saw X and thought X Japan because that's what they used to be called. Then I realized they changed their name because of the band X that you have this week and now I'm disappointed.

You're not the only one, that's what I was thinking too.

Anyway, I officially dub this week's DLC as meh. I need to get some RBN stuff anyway.

[cmg4894]

I'm getting the free song..

Here's what I really don't understand. As it's been said..WHO??

I listen to everything..I fully support HMX and I understand there are weeks were I get nothing. (I am 30 and can understand not getting everything I want). But I really can't see why THE NETWORK is getting big groups..(don't the Smashing Pumpkins have one of their biggest hits up for review?) And we get X?

I just really don't understand it. I'm not upset and will use my points for THE NETWORK but just can see this..