The Beatles: ROCK BAND - Rumors and Facts

[Rockbandfan23467]

I really don't care what name they tag on the disc or what they claim, I've listened to the Beatles alot and I just don't see any fun in playing them on Rockband. Whens the last time you heard a Beatles song with some serious shredding going on? This disc if you ask me will be a waste of cash. It just goes to show how desperate Michael Jackson who owns the rights to the Beatles music really is for cash and Harmonix bit the hook cause Activision probably wouldn't.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9KRpEkGfY

[moneyp]

We'll probably play as John, Paul, George, and Ringo, but....

I wanna play as the 5th Beatle!

Brian Epstein, Derek Taylor, Neil Aspinall, George Martin, Tony Sheridan, Billy Preston, Jimmy Nicol, Wilfrid Brambell, Astrid Kirchherr, Jeff Lyne, Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Eric Clapton, Mahommed Ali, Stu Stutcliffe, Pete Best, fake Paul, Phil Spector, James Taylor, all of them!!!

Don't forget Patti Harrison (handclaps and background vocals on "Birthday"), Maureen Starkey (exuberant cheering at the end of "Get Back") and Brian Jones (frequent guest of the lads at the studio and uncredited alto sax on "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)").

I kind of want to play as the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi myself.

[MBarryC]

Being totally honest (I feel someone's going to stab me for this), I never really listened to The Beatles. I mean, I've heard some of their music, but never actually really listened to them. This is just like every band I currently love that I found in a music game, I feel the exact same thing is gonna happen here.
Regardless, though I'm not as psyched as others (my girlfriend definitely included), I'm still pretty psyched, exportable or not.

And it definitely looks like Harmonix is doing a better job than Neversoft did with Aerosmith... "Steal GH3's engine, change the songs, and add Aerosmith characters" failed, IMO.

Steal? GH3 was their engine to begin with. Are you going to say Guitar Hero: Metallica stole World Tour's engine?

[moneyp]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=om9krpekgfy

"i've got blisters on my fingers!!!"

[OakTea]

"This is not just a Rock Band expansion pack, it is much much more than that."

Ahem... To me, this says...

"This is not merely a Rock Band expansion pack, it is much much more than that."

Which means, This isn't a Rock Band expansion pack, it's much more than that.

"Rock Band is not just Guitar Hero with drums, it is much much more than that."

So does that mean that Rock Band is still Guitar Hero?

[Hysteria]

Steal? GH3 was their engine to begin with. Are you going to say Guitar Hero: Metallica stole World Tour's engine?

I think you missed his point. GH:A is just modified verion of GH3. The Beatles game appears to be built from the ground up, not just RB2 with Beatles characters. And I'd bet GH:M will be GHWT with Metallica characters plus a few small modifications/additions. HMX wants The Beatles game to be a different experience where as Neversoft tries to pump out as many games as they can, as fast as then can so they use the same game engine for a year or two. Just different approaches and different company goals.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

This thread should be stickied.

[Sayburr]

I think you missed his point.

I agree, from what I have read... and included in the first post of this thread... it seems the game will be a brand new experience that utilizes the instruments from RB/GH. So, its not the Rock Band engine with Beatles characters and backgrounds...

[Fizzeler]

As long as they have The White Album, and Sgt Pepper's tracks it is a buy for me

[Mr. Tate]

I agree, from what I have read... and included in the first post of this thread... it seems the game will be a brand new experience that utilizes the instruments from RB/GH. So, its not the Rock Band engine with Beatles characters and backgrounds...

I would find it at the very least questionable if it DIDN'T use the Rock Band engine. For the gameplay part, of course. Tweekings would be necessary, but I can't see why the game engine, that's no less than magnificent, shouldn't be used.