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05-16-2008
| | | Taste My Love
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|  Konami's Rock Revolution (think RB and GH)
It seems there is a new kid on the block. So soon its gonna be RB, GH, and RR. Sounds good. Quote:
This fall, there will be three options for gamers interested in joining a virtual band: “Rock Band,” “Guitar Hero IV” and Konami’s newly announced “Rock Revolution.”
Konami revealed “Rock Revolution” last night at a media event in San Francisco. It was their first announcement of the night, and it was met with surprised (and confused) looks from the audience.
“Rock Band” is already out, “Guitar Hero” is the established name — is there room for another set of peripherals? I decided to step up to the game’s drums — which features six drum buttons — and find out if I’ll be cluttering up my living room even more this fall…
So far, I’m not sure.
On a dare from Total PlayStation’s Sam Bishop, I decided to drum along to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8r Boi.” No, I wasn’t aware that song had drums, either. “Rock Revolution” actually features a full-fledged versus mode for the drums, but in the version I played, there wasn’t much “battling” going on. We just played together.
The drum kit itself features six face buttons and a kick pedal. Do more buttons equal more fun? It’s a little too early to tell. I only played one song — not nearly enough time to memorize the button layout. Consequently, I kept smacking the drum sticks against the drum kit in every place but the buttons. To my right, Bishop decided to freestyle a little bit, but all he succeeded in doing was making a lot of noise as he smashed the plastic.
“Rock Revolution” does do a couple of cool new things that “Rock Band” doesn’t. One, there’s no penalty for freestyling extra hits on the drums. I’m not a drummer, but even I feel a little constrained by “Rock Band” penalizing me for improvising during a song.
Two, Konami’s take lets you turn off the kick pedal. My girlfriend stopped trying to play “Rock Band’”s drums because the kick pedal was too much for her. “Rock Revolution” features five difficulty levels and doesn’t introduce the kick pedal until hopping into medium.
There’s also a guitar, but I didn’t have a chance to try it out. It doesn’t look much different from the stock guitar included in “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock,” and there’s nothing differentiating it from the guitar in “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero,” except that it’s a different color (all black). There are five buttons, but they’ve been assigned brand-new colors.
The interface is about what you’d expect from a Konami Bemani game, except the traditional animated backgrounds have been replaced with a full-fledged rock show. It’s a little odd at first, actually; I’ve become so accustomed to the slanted nature of both “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” that following the notes in Rock Revolution was distracting.
Konami said “Rock Revolution” will ship with at least 40 songs on the disc, with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions getting downloadable content after launch.
There was no discussion of a release date or price at the event, but I’m told that information should be coming soon (read: E3). Those details are crucial to “Rock Revolution”’s success this fall, especially given that “Rock Revolution” is the only band-centric music game that won’t feature vocals as a gameplay element.
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05-16-2008
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sorry, already bought rockband. I'm not paying another 200 bucks for a different drum set. Hell, I haven't even played guitar hero yet, and its an established one. | 
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05-16-2008
| | | Bird ≥ Word
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I'll get the Guitar Hero set if they allow Rockband instruments to be used if they're gonna be babies about it then boooo. Rock Revolution though I don't know about it, even though Konami kinda started the music rhythm genre they are behind the game with guitar, drums, etc... they could do vocals. The style of it doesn't look that good either but I guess its hard seeing has lot sof ideas are taken. Might buy the stand-alone if other instruments can be used for it. I love how I call them instruments.
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05-16-2008
| | | Clear Vision :: SR2
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it would be cool if they were shaped like the letters/shapes on the controllers. like X O Square Triangle for PS3 and X B A Y for xbox. but im not much into ether game...so
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05-16-2008
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Originally Posted by I Snix I  Rock Revolution though I don't know about it, even though Konami kinda started the music rhythm genre they are behind the game with guitar, drums, etc... they could do vocals. | I'm pretty sure they had DrumMania and GuitarFreaks before Guitar Hero and Rock Band came out. Although, they were never released in America.
The tracklist for Rock Revolution has some terrible music though. Only thing they have going for them is the Dream Theater and Pantera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Revolution
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05-16-2008
| | | Bird ≥ Word
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Yeah but they're behind the game now.
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05-16-2008
| | | Taste My Love
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That really is a shitty playlist. LoL.
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05-16-2008
| | | Ya DoNe SoN!
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Originally Posted by Zim I'm pretty sure they had DrumMania and GuitarFreaks before Guitar Hero and Rock Band came out. Although, they were never released in America.
The tracklist for Rock Revolution has some terrible music though. Only thing they have going for them is the Dream Theater and Pantera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Revolution | Why the the hell would you put Skater Boi in a game...WOW
Pantera is the only one we haven't seen in a game yet and i would like to play. But for the moment I'm definatly going to pass on this game.
GH4 FTW!
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05-16-2008
| | | Sup
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maine Fav 360 Game: GH:WT Posts: 230
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I must like terrible music.
Like there songs.
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Joker & the Thief - Wolfmother
Magic Man - Heart
Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
Pain - Jimmy Eat World
Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Walk - Pantera
Only 5 bad songs anounced IMO...
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05-20-2008
| | | E F F E C T
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Not another one. I'm waiting for GH4. | |
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