Fused solo tour with Band World Tour

[DaddyO]

I did a search through the forums and did not find a specific answer (I know - the answer will come on Sunday). I read that there will be no solo tour in RB2. I read on the official features link that they will fuse the solo tour with the band world tour. What is the outcome? The daily challenges? Are the daily challenges for band only?

I have a band with my wife, but she doesn't always feel like playing (I'm a night owl, she is not), and will play to increase my scores (how I keep track if I am getting better) with a free few minutes here and there.

Someone please tell me that it's not either Quickplay, or find someone to play RB2 with (either through XBL or local). Waiting to find people now, through score duel or tug of war, even if its 20secs, sucks.

[Flawless]

You can play the game as an individual in any given band.


Edit: There will be challenges for both singles and several people playing at the same time.

[o1skinneej]

I did a search through the forums and did not find a specific answer (I know - the answer will come on Sunday). I read that there will be no solo tour in RB2. I read on the official features link that they will fuse the solo tour with the band world tour. What is the outcome? The daily challenges? Are the daily challenges for band only?

I have a band with my wife, but she doesn't always feel like playing (I'm a night owl, she is not), and will play to increase my scores (how I keep track if I am getting better) with a free few minutes here and there.

Someone please tell me that it's not either Quickplay, or find someone to play RB2 with (either through XBL or local). Waiting to find people now, through score duel or tug of war, even if its 20secs, sucks.

There will be quickplay and Tour Challenges which is essentially the Solo Tour, but MUCH better. It has a more open structure that allows you to play through varied setlists.

[Keebler]

I wrote this in Wikipedia:

Unlike Rock Band, which segregated the single-player Solo Tour mode and the multiplayer Band World Tour mode, Rock Band 2 features a single "Tour Mode" that makes no distinction of the number of players. Any combination of 1–4 players, both online and local, can create a band composed of the player(s)' virtual characters. A band leader is no longer necessary, allowing the characters within the band lineup to change at will, as well as swap instruments. The band must also select a name, logo, and hometown before proceeding to their "practice space". From here, the band can choose to "Start Tour", undertake "Tour Challenges", or compete with other bands in "Battle of the Bands."

If the band chooses to "Start Tour", they will enter the game's equivalent of the original Rock Band's Band World Tour mode, allowing the band to play gigs and tour a virtual representation of the world. Once setup is complete, the band can begin playing concerts in small venues in their hometown until they unlock vans, tour buses and private jets, which unlock more cities and different continents. Unlocking and completing new gigs unlocks additional songs for play across all game modes. Successful performances also earn the band fans (used as a metric of measuring the band's popularity), stars (which accumulate based on the success of each individual song performed), and in-game cash (which each player can spend at the "Rock Shop"). Most cities and larger venues require the band to achieve a certain number of fans and stars before they are unlocked.

The band must complete unique sets of activities at each venue. Performances consist of single songs, multiple song sets, "make your own" setlists, and mystery setlists. Bands need to choose which sized venue they perform at carefully, as a poor performance at a larger venue poses a greater threat of the band losing fans. For certain performances, bands are faced with an optional challenge that requires the band to average a certain number of stars for their gig in order to reap the rewards. Bands can also hire personnel, including band managers, roadies, security personnel, and sound guys.

The second option from the band's "practice space" is "Tour Challenge", which is a set of non-linear challenges. Some of these challenges include completing certain band-specific setlists, sets of songs that are difficult on a particular instrument, or songs all with a common theme. New downloadable songs will be integrated into this mode, allowing the creation of new challenges. Players can save their progress through these setlists and complete them at a later time. Newly purchased songs that will extend the length of a Tour Challenge setlist will also need to be completed in order for the challenge to be completed.[18]

The final option from the band's "practice space" is "Battle of the Bands", only available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the game. This mode allows the band to virtually compete against other bands via online scoreboard tracking. This mode will be composed of limited-time online tournaments created by Harmonix, with approximately five to ten challenges available any time. Challenges may be made up of one or more songs, and may be geared to one instrument or a full band. The songs will not be limited to those on the Rock Band 2 disc and will include ones that use songs off the Rock Band disc and downloaded content; it is expected that challenges centered around downloadable albums will also be made available. Challenges may also provide special rules, such as turning on the "no fail" mode for a difficult guitar song, or completing a song without activating "Overdrive". While playing the challenge, the band will see the score of the next highest band from the online leaderboard, as well as a "tug of war" meter to show how close they are to the score. If a band's score is surpassed, they will be notified the next time they are online. Challenges participated in and the corresponding scores will be tracked as part of the band's history, with this information also being made available through the game's website.[19][20]

Unlike the original Rock Band, players can designate custom characters as "stand-in musicians" for their band members, which will be available to place in the position of the default musicians created by Harmonix.[18]

[DaddyO]

Thanks Keebler, clarified exactly what I was looking for.