Thursday, March 25, 2010

AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack

I was totally in the mood for some Rock Band 2 today after I waited for the bus for an hour this afternoon! But by the time I got home I had a headache. After dinner I felt better and did play Rock Band. Some AC/DC Live Track Pack that is.  It was after 10 (after 30 Rock) so it was too late to rock out on the drums. So I played a few songs on Guitar in the Medium Solo Tour.

It's not on my pile of shame yet, because I just got it a few a weeks ago, and I have to have owned a game at least 6 months and it has be at least two years old before I consider part of my pile of shame. Otherwise I still
consider it to be a game I am currently playing. At least that's the logic I just made up this instant.

It's fine I ended up playing it on guitar  because I was down to the last few songs on the drum solo tour when I got to "Let There Be Rock". That song is just stupid on the drums. Far too much pedal. I should have never decided to start on Medium instead of Easy. So I think I may be finishing the tour on Guitar.

It's really regrettable that AC/DC Live was based on the Rock Band 1 engine. It would be nice to change difficulty at will like you can in Rock Band 2. And play the same tour with friends or by yourself. And it would be really nice if you were actually playing as AC/DC. It seems kind of lame to be performing live AC/DC songs as random schmoes.

As for the actual songs, they're pretty good but not great. The energy is captured nicely, but I don't like the note-tracking as much as I do for the Who or Pixies DLC. The live thing is good in concept, but the songs tend to get a bit repetitive and overlong, especially when you're waiting almost half a minute between notes at times. People who love AC/DC will definitely have fun with this Track Pack though.

In sort of related thoughts; I'm excited about the Green Day:Rock Band. I loved The Beatles:Rock Band and if Green Day gets the same sort of treatment I think the game will be pretty sweet. A lot of people are complaining about the choice of Green Day. Green Day's career is more varied than most people think and they've had plenty of big hits. Also I don't think they really get the credit they deserve for their musicianship. It's not Stephen Sondheim, but its not just three-chord Punk-Pop either.

Anyway, I'm hoping to play some Rock Band 2 drums sometime this weekend....

2 comments:

  1. Cool. I have Rock Band 2 sitting on my shelf and have yet to even crack the plastic on it.

    My girlfriend and I made up our minds to try and complete Rock Band 1 before we got into #2 but we gave up a few months ago and haven't looked back.

    Considering the amount of rhythm games sitting on my shelf I should probably get back into it.

    Is the track pack really worth the money? I can't see myself shelling out some more money just for a few songs, especially if not playing as AC/DC themselves.

    Anyways, good update. Keep it up.

    -M

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  2. So many improvements to the formula in Rock Band 2. I started a Band Tour with my wife in Rock Band 1 and never finished it. I can't continue the tour without her, and you can't even change your instruments. I did finish Solo Tours of all the instruments, but I would have liked to have knocked the Band Tour out as well.

    I think you really have to look at AC/DC live as a Track Pack not an full game. It's 18 songs for $30 which is a bit of discount. You can probably find it on sale at Wal-mart or Target for 20-25 as well. If you have to have AC/DC in your Rock Band it's worth it, but if you don't care that much for AC/DC it's definitely not. It comes down more to how much you like AC/DC I think....

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