My Rock Band 3 Hands On Experience.... AWESOME!!!

[BS-Anubis]

I wrote this article on my E3 experience. Here's the link: http://www.battlestrats.com/e3-2010-...and-3-preview/

I had sooo much fun playing it and I think it's going to kick major butt when it releases. Being an Expert drummer, I can't WAIT for the new "Pro" drum option. EXCITED!!!

[XxxadxxX]

Are you sure it was "Friday I'm In Love" or "Just Like Heaven"? Did you reveal another cure song!?!?

[Pop-Mosh-Kid]

although it's pretty confusing to me right now... it seems awesome! there's one thing that concerns me though. that the games becoming TOO realistic. it's good to be detailed, but to be pretty close to the same thing to the instruments, but plastic, is a bit extream imo.

[Renrock]

Are you sure it was "Friday I'm In Love" or "Just Like Heaven"? Did you reveal another cure song!?!?

It's just "Just Like Heaven".



(but hopefully Friday will come soon!)

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I can hear the drum fills on that video, but the drummer ain't hitting the cymbals and I really want to know if they're audible this time.

The snare is better than the RB2 one, but that ain't saying much.

Also, I was hoping for the RB1 drum sounds to return.

*spits*

[Der_Lex]

Despite the little Cure song mix-up, I really like the overall content and tone of your write-up, but as a professional writer/editor myself, I have to give you a small point of (hopefully constructive) criticism: you need better editing. You have a 'your/you're' mistake in the first part of the first sentence of your article, which doesn't make a very good impression on your readers, and you use 'symbols' throughout the whole article in places where you obviously mean 'cymbals'. Those kind of sloppy but obvious little mistakes are (barely) acceptable in a forum post, but not in a published article, and I think your editor (or you, if you edited it yourself) would have caught them on a thorough read-through.

Please don't let that discourage you from writing, though. As I said, the content and tone were A-OK. It just needs to be polished a little bit.

[cjmoore8991]

I read Lex's post and then read a little bit of the article and lol'd

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

*is jealous*



*goes in the corner and sulks*

[BS-Anubis]

Despite the little Cure song mix-up, I really like the overall content and tone of your write-up, but as a professional writer/editor myself, I have to give you a small point of (hopefully constructive) criticism: you need better editing. You have a 'your/you're' mistake in the first part of the first sentence of your article, which doesn't make a very good impression on your readers, and you use 'symbols' throughout the whole article in places where you obviously mean 'cymbals'. Those kind of sloppy but obvious little mistakes are (barely) acceptable in a forum post, but not in a published article, and I think your editor (or you, if you edited it yourself) would have caught them on a thorough read-through.

Please don't let that discourage you from writing, though. As I said, the content and tone were A-OK. It just needs to be polished a little bit.

The "you're" error in the first sentence was definitely my mistake. I had written 'cymbals' in my original article, but the editor was obviously not a musician... lol. I told him to correct the errors, so it should be good to go. I appreciate the critique!

I'm glad you like it, though!

[BS-Anubis]

Here's some added info I found for all you guitar gods out there!

"Rather than strumming chords (which is what most amateur guitar players probably start with), the game throws single notes at you right away. There are six lines on the screen, and the fret number appears on each note, so you need to hold down the appropriate button (the button you're holding appears at the bottom of the screen on the strum line), and then strum the right string as it comes across. If the note coming at you says 3 on the red line, you need to get your finger on the 3rd fret, first string, and then strum as it goes across.

The mechanic is a little different from the regular game itself -- while the colored buttons have your fingers traveling horizontally across the five buttons, the Pro Guitar has your fingers moving vertically also, so the motion doesn't quite equate to the plastic guitar we've all been using to play these games. Also, the only indicator of which fret you're supposed to be on is a number, so there's an extra bit of cognitive power needed to figure out what button equates to "3," and then get your finger there.

As a result, you're not strumming chords, you're hitting notes. Harmonix says that power chords and chord progression appear at higher Pro difficulties, but even on the Pro Easy setting for more difficult songs you'll be picking specific notes. That makes it harder than just strumming chords, but the bonus is that learning to play the songs in Pro mode means that if you bring the same motions to a real guitar, you'll be able to play an approximation of the real song, even on Pro Easy.

According to Harmonix, if you can pull off 100% on the most difficult Rock Band songs, you'll actually have a head start in Pro mode -- while there will be a little curve on learning the guitar itself, you will soon be able to complete most songs on Pro Easy mode and even some Pro Medium songs."

This info goes hand in hand with my article: http://www.battlestrats.com/e3-2010-...and-3-preview/