Where's multiplayer?

[DeferredGalaxy3]

Hey, SinValor didn't seem to know.

vvv Yes he did. :P vvv

I've noticed there's no multiplayer in Blitz.

You dont think throughout the development if Blitz that some people on the team didnt try to come up with a multiplayer mode for Blitz?

Simultaneous MP wouldnt work for Blitz unless it was an entirely different game. You want MP play a song, pass the controller to a friend and have them try to beat your score.

Yes, I do realize some of the developers thought up of Multiplayer. I'm not making brainless posts here, I actually take about a half an hour before making posts. But, I am easily offended by people so there's a problem. I'm just saying there might be a way, even if they never implement it. Just because Harmonix doesn't think up of an idea doesn't mean it's impossible. But just because it's not impossible doesn't mean you should take my word for it either. :P (I suck at ideas) I know I'm expecting a sarcastic reply, but I'm not in the mood to argue with people who say there is no way. (Yes, I do realize some of the game has to be change, but not necessarily entirely changing the game.) [Yes, I do realize they're probably never going to implement multiplayer.]



.......On a different note, not really replying to anyone, I just thought up of an interesting idea. May be a little stupid, but what if one player could late "trap notes" which would make you lose points if you hit them. There could be trap notes that look a little different from blast notes, flame notes, (what ever note powerup you have set), and you have to really pay attention to what the blast notes look like. Maybe the player placing trap notes can also send projectiles from time to time. Of course, you can't just spam these "trap notes." If the player trying to get the points gets 4 or 5 stars, he wins, if not and the score is bad, he losses. (Or maybe gold stars and 5 stars since they're so easy to get.)
Of course, now this sounds like a stupid and terrible idea, since it wouldn't work out with the one-track songs (whoops lol) and it just seems kind of weird one person gaining points, and the other not. But I thought this would be some fun gameplay, it was fun to write and think up of.

[intropee]

RB Blitz is a single player game for the multiplayer challenged

No offense to any multiplayer challenged people out there...

[SinValor]

Although I'm going off the subject here, I'd prefer a patch that'd automatically switched the track you're currently playing on to the solos after you pass a checkpoint, I've had this problem when I'm casually playing a song and then suddenly I had to play a solo which is on one track only, causing me to switch tracks, miss a few notes and miss out on big points and GS sometimes.

It would be cool to have 2 players playing 2 tracks on the same song, as suggested by DeferredGalaxy3, but then the Bandmate powerup would have to be scrapped, although a 2-player synchrony powerup would be great in the game. I think Blitz is an ok game, but I think it has much more potential to be better...that and I can't play all the Rock Band 3 songs, what the hell?

[grace_pressure]

It's like you have to pay attention or something :P

It's too bad that they'd have to invest a lot of resources for a RB3 export, but that's the way it goes.

[Groudon199]

Although I'm going off the subject here, I'd prefer a patch that'd automatically switched the track you're currently playing on to the solos after you pass a checkpoint, I've had this problem when I'm casually playing a song and then suddenly I had to play a solo which is on one track only, causing me to switch tracks, miss a few notes and miss out on big points and GS sometimes.

What would happen if more than one solo starts at the same time?

[grace_pressure]

Or if you were using power-ups such as Pinball.

[Gabbangelion]

Generally speaking, a "realtime" score war would be cool as well.

[DeferredGalaxy3]

Although I'm going off the subject here, I'd prefer a patch that'd automatically switched the track you're currently playing on to the solos after you pass a checkpoint, I've had this problem when I'm casually playing a song and then suddenly I had to play a solo which is on one track only, causing me to switch tracks, miss a few notes and miss out on big points and GS sometimes.

It would be cool to have 2 players playing 2 tracks on the same song, as suggested by DeferredGalaxy3, but then the Bandmate powerup would have to be scrapped, although a 2-player synchrony powerup would be great in the game. I think Blitz is an ok game, but I think it has much more potential to be better...that and I can't play all the Rock Band 3 songs, what the hell?

I don't see why bandmate would be scrapped, just have three lanes going at once. loljk But seriously, just grey out the bandmate option in multiplayer mode, no need to remove it altogether.

I agree, Blitz could be more than it is already, but I don't think Harmonix has the time anymore to focus on cool new features in Blitz, because we never get cool stuff when it's needed the most.
And a RB3 export would take time to come out with. I think they'd have to ask all the labels first. Then, they'd have to upload it to XBox, PS3, ...and not Wii. :P Plus, I think they'd have to make a RB4 or something, I don't know. All I know is that it costs money. When Microsoft and Sony run consoles, it costs 10x more than it should to do a simple* task and more.

i think we're at a dead end with Blitz. Meaning no big updates soon at least. Maybe in the future when humans are actually able to manipulate time, but right now, nope.

*Not implying that an RB3 export is simple.

Generally speaking, a "realtime" score war would be cool as well.

Yes. This would work with local multiplayer, too!