Rock Band 2 vs Guitar Hero World Tour

[Dolphins9954]

yes, you can use gh's guitars with rb, and the gh guitars are the best ones to use. i still use my x-plorer for all guitar gaming needs

and as for which drumset to use, you can't really go wrong with either one. they both have their plusses and minuses, from what i've heard/read. but i enjoy my rb2 drums

and also...if you're more of a drummer, i recommend rb2. like i said in a previous post, the drum charts on ghwt just seemed not nearly as fun as the ones on rb2. they were just too repetitive. remember...ghwt is a guitar game first with other instruments added on. rb was made from the ground up as a full band game, even though the guitar still seems to get a lot of the spotlight shown on it

Are the drums the same for RB1 and RB2. They got a killer deal here to buy RB1 with everything for $99. I was thinking to buy RB1 then buy RB2 disk only. Is that a good idea?

[PhinzN703]

Do you need to have drums to play GHWT or is it an added bonus if you do? I only ask b/c currently I only have the two guitars from GH Legends of Rock.

At some point I'll throw down the money for drums but not yet

[Get Up And Go]

I'm in a fix right now. RB2 or GHWT? I've always been a fan of guitar hero. And I really want to get GHWT because the drum set looks 10x better. But at the same time I hear a lot of good things about RB2. I play both guitar and drums. I'm more of a drummer than anything. Will I be disappointed with RB2's drums? GHWT drum set is the only selling point for me right now, But the good talk about RB2 really has me stuck with which one to buy. Help me please. I got money burning a hole in my pocket.

I like world tour A LOT better. I recently rented Rock band 2 and I returned it the next day.

[maccachief]

you don't have to have the drums to play either game. you could use both games for guitar play only

and as for the rb1 set for $99...that's not that bad of a deal, but consider these opinions of mine:
1) the rb1 guitar blows. don't even bother with it, go buy a used x-plorer gh2 guitar (assuming you have a 360, if you don't, go buy a used wireless sg)
2) the rb1 drums aren't THAT bad out of the box, but with a little modification, they are a lot better. i went out and bought a sheet of adhesive foam and a sheet of adhesive felt. cut the foam out to fit the drumpads, stuck the foam on the pads, then stuck the felt on the foam. this makes the pads quieter and also allows for more bounce on your sticks. also..don't play too hard with the pedal, or it might break. i recommend some sort of reinforcement

even if you did get that bundle for rb1, and then bought the other guitar and the mod for the drums, it's less than a full rb2 bundle

and i gotta wonder get up and go, what level difficulty you play on?

EDIT: forgot to mention to dolphins9954, if you buy that rb1 set for $99, you can then export 55/58 of the rb1 songs and put them on your harddrive for $5 (as long as you're online to get the update/download code). then, you could take the rb1 disc and trade it in towards rb2. then, you'll have all the rb1 songs available to play on rb2, as well as all of the rb2 stuff. the only 3 songs you can't export and transfer over are "enter sandman" by metallica, a cover of "paranoid" by black sabbath, and a cover of "run to the hills" by iron maiden. if you do export the rb1 songs into rb2, you could then go into your harddrive later and delete any rb1 songs that you don't care to play, so then you won't have to worry about them being played randomly in rb2

[Dolphins9954]

you don't have to have the drums to play either game. you could use both games for guitar play only

and as for the rb1 set for $99...that's not that bad of a deal, but consider these opinions of mine:
1) the rb1 guitar blows. don't even bother with it, go buy a used x-plorer gh2 guitar (assuming you have a 360, if you don't, go buy a used wireless sg)
2) the rb1 drums aren't THAT bad out of the box, but with a little modification, they are a lot better. i went out and bought a sheet of adhesive foam and a sheet of adhesive felt. cut the foam out to fit the drumpads, stuck the foam on the pads, then stuck the felt on the foam. this makes the pads quieter and also allows for more bounce on your sticks. also..don't play too hard with the pedal, or it might break. i recommend some sort of reinforcement

even if you did get that bundle for rb1, and then bought the other guitar and the mod for the drums, it's less than a full rb2 bundle

and i gotta wonder get up and go, what level difficulty you play on?

EDIT: forgot to mention to dolphins9954, if you buy that rb1 set for $99, you can then export 55/58 of the rb1 songs and put them on your harddrive for $5 (as long as you're online to get the update/download code). then, you could take the rb1 disc and trade it in towards rb2. then, you'll have all the rb1 songs available to play on rb2, as well as all of the rb2 stuff. the only 3 songs you can't export and transfer over are "enter sandman" by metallica, a cover of "paranoid" by black sabbath, and a cover of "run to the hills" by iron maiden. if you do export the rb1 songs into rb2, you could then go into your harddrive later and delete any rb1 songs that you don't care to play, so then you won't have to worry about them being played randomly in rb2

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to go ahead and get the new RB2 bundle. I read that the guitar and drums are better than the first RB1. I rented GHWT. It's pretty fun but I've played all of the Guitar Hero's and I'm looking for something new. RB2 will do that for me. Thanks for your time.

[maccachief]

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to go ahead and get the new RB2 bundle. I read that the guitar and drums are better than the first RB1. I rented GHWT. It's pretty fun but I've played all of the Guitar Hero's and I'm looking for something new. RB2 will do that for me. Thanks for your time.

no problem. i don't know your financial situation, but one of the main draws to the rb series is the DLC. be sure to check that out. lots of stuff there

[PhinzN703]

you don't have to have the drums to play either game. you could use both games for guitar play only

and as for the rb1 set for $99...that's not that bad of a deal, but consider these opinions of mine:
1) the rb1 guitar blows. don't even bother with it, go buy a used x-plorer gh2 guitar (assuming you have a 360, if you don't, go buy a used wireless sg)
2) the rb1 drums aren't THAT bad out of the box, but with a little modification, they are a lot better. i went out and bought a sheet of adhesive foam and a sheet of adhesive felt. cut the foam out to fit the drumpads, stuck the foam on the pads, then stuck the felt on the foam. this makes the pads quieter and also allows for more bounce on your sticks. also..don't play too hard with the pedal, or it might break. i recommend some sort of reinforcement

even if you did get that bundle for rb1, and then bought the other guitar and the mod for the drums, it's less than a full rb2 bundle

and i gotta wonder get up and go, what level difficulty you play on?

EDIT: forgot to mention to dolphins9954, if you buy that rb1 set for $99, you can then export 55/58 of the rb1 songs and put them on your harddrive for $5 (as long as you're online to get the update/download code). then, you could take the rb1 disc and trade it in towards rb2. then, you'll have all the rb1 songs available to play on rb2, as well as all of the rb2 stuff. the only 3 songs you can't export and transfer over are "enter sandman" by metallica, a cover of "paranoid" by black sabbath, and a cover of "run to the hills" by iron maiden. if you do export the rb1 songs into rb2, you could then go into your harddrive later and delete any rb1 songs that you don't care to play, so then you won't have to worry about them being played randomly in rb2

Thanks for the insight friend
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[Perfect23]

Rock Band 2

[zackmandude63]

i dont know if its just my guitar, but for RB, the damn thing never goes into overdrive. On a side note: anyone play GH:Metallica yet? I haven't but i remember rerading somewhere that the drum set can use two pedals. How insane is that?!

[maccachief]

i dont know if its just my guitar, but for RB, the damn thing never goes into overdrive. On a side note: anyone play GH:Metallica yet? I haven't but i remember rerading somewhere that the drum set can use two pedals. How insane is that?!

if you like metallica, gh:m is really good. i've gone as far as saying that it is my favorite on-disc plastic instrument game yet (by on-disc, i mean not counting DLC, since only the "death magnetic" album works for gh:m). my favorite plastic instrument game is still rb2 though, because of the dlc

and yeah..i have that problem with my guitar too (not going into overdrive, or i have to almost turn it 100 degrees for it to activate). i credit that to the guitar being a few years old with a few loose mechanics and what not. still the best guitar though (x-plorer from 360 gh2)

and yeah...you can use 2 pedals for gh:m. actually...it is possible to use 2 pedals for any of the music games, it's just that gh:m is the only one that has double bass actually charted (only if you play on expert+, for drums only). there are a few retail drum pedals out there that come with a splitter (i like the metal pedal personally) that you can hook up to your drumset to get double bass. if i remember correctly though, you still can't have one pedal pressed down and try to press down on the other pedal. you can only have one pedal pressed down at a time to get credit for the notes, so that takes some getting used to