Spoonman and Give it Away

[SirDavidTLynch]

I was going to rationalise this in my head by pretending two arbitrary recent DLC singles were on Blitz, then I realised that since I was going to buy the RB2 songs anyway, it doesn't matter. There's a few songs that I flat-out don't care about, so a couple of recycled songs I would have bought aren't that bad.

[grumblevolcano]

The complete list of MIA disc songs:

As Made Famous by Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills (RB1)
As Made Famous by Black Sabbath - Paranoid (RB1)
Metallica - Enter Sandman (RB1)
Tokio Hotel - Monsoon (European RB1)
Oasis - Rock and Roll Star (European RB1)
Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex (European RB1)
Metallica - Battery (RB2)
Journey - Any Way You Want It (RB2)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (RB2)

BLUE is we have the original version or a live version playable in RB3.
RED is songs that are not playable in any form in RB3 and affects everyone.
YELLOW is songs which only affect Europeans.

[hmxhenry]

People want to buy a game with 25 new songs. Not 23 and 2 others that people keep begging for.

Just so we're real on perspective here, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I probably have a better idea of what people in the community are requesting. Not trying to be a jerk about it, but it's my job and I spend 40+ hours a week listening to the requests.

When we are swamped with requests to re release songs lost in export, or update back catalog songs with RB3 Version and there have been thousands of posts dedicated to releasing the entirety of the GH1 and GH2 soundtracks in Rock Band I'm not convinced that people only want new songs.

So are these songs going to be updated to be RB3 versions? I'm not sure if either of the songs have harmonies or keyboards anyway, but I'm curious nonetheless.

Yes, these songs will both have RB3 features where applicable. They won't appear in the library as RB3 version, because the legacy versions don't appear in the RB3 setlist. Still, they will both have pro drums, harmonies and keys where applicable (i.e. Give It Away should have keys, Spoonman will not).

In RB3, will the songs be sorted under "Rock Band 2" or with the rest of the DLC?

In RB3, these songs will sort as DLC, same as the rest of the Blitz soundtrack. They won't be sorted under RB2 because they don't share the same file data as the RB2 disc songs.

I am fairly disgruntled by it as well, but it's not like there's any proof to "Spoonman and Give it Away stole 2 slots from other songs."

I'll go one step further to dispel that notion and reassure you that any song that could have been on Blitz has been / will be released as DLC. It's not like we licensed a bunch of songs for Blitz, slotted in Give It Away and Spoonman and then threw the rest away. All that stuff is in the pipeline.

[Pernicious0281]

The way I am looking at it, you get 25 songs for 15 bucks. Who cares that two of them are from RB2. Especially considering they are updated as RB3 tracks. But I guess you can only please some of the people some of the time and never all of the people all of the time. I will be enjoying some Spoonman in a couple weeks!

[TheStuddz]

I'll go one step further to dispel that notion and reassure you that any song that could have been on Blitz has been / will be released as DLC. It's not like we licensed a bunch of songs for Blitz, slotted in Give It Away and Spoonman and then threw the rest away. All that stuff is in the pipeline.

That pipeline must be filled with so much good stuff. I really wish I could see it. I've checked the pipelines around my house, it's mostly sewage.

[Jibblypuff]

"Rock and Roll Star" and "Hier Kommt Alex" can't be played in RB3 for everyone (European RB1 export and American DLC purchases). The only song which Europe is at a disadvantage is "Monsoon" by Tokio Hotel and that's all.

wouldn't call it a disadvantage. we got it for free. and if you still want it in rb2 or 3 you need to pay for it like America did.
if anything the Americans had a disadvantage because they weren't able to play it before buying it for the later games.

The way I am looking at it, you get 25 songs for 15 bucks. Who cares that two of them are from RB2. Especially considering they are updated as RB3 tracks. But I guess you can only please some of the people some of the time and never all of the people all of the time. I will be enjoying some Spoonman in a couple weeks!

please change your avatar ;_;

[dragoninforcer]

Pennywise is scary.

[Buttered_Noodles]

I'm not even concerned with the setlist that much. I just want to play the game. The songs are an added bonus.

[CloudWolf]

Can't wait to play two songs that were ALREADY ON ROCK BAND 2.

Yeah! Actually, I'm going to pop in Rock Band 2 right now to play Spoonman on harmonies! Oh...

[fcmlefty]

The complete list of MIA disc songs:

As Made Famous by Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills (RB1)
As Made Famous by Black Sabbath - Paranoid (RB1)
Metallica - Enter Sandman (RB1)
Tokio Hotel - Monsoon (European RB1)
Oasis - Rock and Roll Star (European RB1)
Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex (European RB1)
Metallica - Battery (RB2)
Journey - Any Way You Want It (RB2)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (RB2)

BLUE is we have the original version or a live version playable in RB3.
RED is songs that are not playable in any form in RB3 and affects everyone.
YELLOW is songs which only affect Europeans.

This list of songs is my new DLC want list. Lets bring 'em on home HMX!

In all honesty though, I personally believe that the HMX crew would jump through any and all hoops to get us those songs back if the hoops presented themselves.