Guitar Hero Track packs now up [Archive]

PeteJ

11-04-2007, 11:22 AM

ffs that's a rip off. Considering they are charging £70 in the first place the first bunch at least should be free.

What tracks are in each pack?

Myth

11-04-2007, 11:25 AM

Pack 1:

Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Hey You - The Exies
Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Pack 2:

Killer Queen - Queen
Take it Off - The Donnas
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

Pack 3:

Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Infected - Bad Religion
Stellar - Incubus

Marmite

11-04-2007, 11:32 AM

I quite fancy pack 3, but 500 points?! Ouch.

Im still reeling from the retail price

Myth

11-04-2007, 11:34 AM

My problem is I'm after:

Bark at the Moon
Ace of Spades
Killer Queen
Stellar

Which means I'd have to get all 3 packs andthe price is too steep for my liking.

spagmasterswift

11-04-2007, 11:39 AM

Hardly rock&roll this :(

cutmymilk

11-04-2007, 11:42 AM

Are they the proper songs?

If so, its probably all licensing malarkey and you are essentially paying for MP3s as well.

How much is 500 points in cash?

Bleeders

11-04-2007, 11:43 AM

Pft, bollocks to that, why not let us by each track individually?

Bleeders

11-04-2007, 11:43 AM

Are they the proper songs?

If so, its probably all licensing malarkey and you are essentially paying for MP3s as well.

How much is 500 points in cash?

About £5.

Herbalizer

11-04-2007, 11:43 AM

Quite frankly the pricing of this is a disgrace. I certainly wont be spending any points on this DLC.

Myth

11-04-2007, 11:45 AM

It'll just be the covers from Guitar Hero 1, there should be no licensing issues.

wicky

11-04-2007, 11:47 AM

How much is 500 points in cash?

£4.25

http://www.mspconverter.com/results.php?MSP=500&conversion=Convert

Jebus

11-04-2007, 12:19 PM

Lets put this into MAJOR perspective.

1 pack of 3 songs, MORE expensive than Jetpack refuelled.

An absolute joke, the game cost me £62.99 and they want me to pay another £15 for 9 tracks? Seriously, did NOBODY tell them that it was far, FAR too expensive?

Let alone the fact you can't even by single tracks!

Wow, what poor marketing for a superb game.

watusi

11-04-2007, 12:26 PM

I was looking forward to these but they can suck my balls. I'm not spending that much on 3 songs! 500 for all 9 tracks would be just about ok... I hope people vote with their wallets and don't buy any

mackemansj1

11-04-2007, 12:26 PM

Are they the proper songs?

If so, its probably all licensing malarkey and you are essentially paying for MP3s as well.

How much is 500 points in cash?

No from what i remeber on the ps2 version these are covers. This is indeed too much i would pay max 100 per song, and these songs should be seaparate not bundled in packs which i dont want. No dice redoctane/ms i wont be buying at that price thank you very much.

Geoff D

11-04-2007, 12:32 PM

That is disappointing. Far too much money for not enough return as far as I'm concerned. I'll have to stick with my existing PS2 versions.

PeteJ

11-04-2007, 12:43 PM

Yep, very disappointing. The chance of DLC was one of the main reasons I 'upgraded' to the 360 version, but these prices are a joke.

Even worse than Oblivion's Horse Armour pack - have they learnt nothing?

Pookmunki

11-04-2007, 12:47 PM

£95, which in real terms is what most people will be paying for the full GH2 360 experience so far, can net you both games on PS2, with ALL the songs...

After the recent good pricing of Castlevania et al, its a shame to see this.

We should get a petition to see Heavenly Star (or some other Lumines track) in Guitar Hero, see if they get the point ;)

Concept

11-04-2007, 12:51 PM

Yup, I don't play GHII but that pack pricing is a joke.

bootmonster

11-04-2007, 01:02 PM

Is there a way we can feed back to them on this? Other than no one buying it. It's an absolute joke, I was thinking it would be 800 for the whole lot, greedy bastards.

Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot with the DLC malarkey, the one thing they should be bending over backwards to promote because for the most part it is far superior to anything Sony has done.

I'm worried...

PeteJ

11-04-2007, 01:25 PM

I wonder who set the pricing, I'm not sure who owns the licence for these GH1 tracks. Could be Harmonix, Activision, Red Octain, MTV or MS!

stormbreak

11-04-2007, 01:41 PM

This kind of makes me glad I cracked and bought the PS2 versions ages ago.
GH 1 only costs £20, and that has way more songs and has to cover manufacturing costs aswell. Paying £15 for nine songs? The most I would pay for 9 songs which were already on GH1 is 500 points.

Jebus

11-04-2007, 01:46 PM

£95, which in real terms is what most people will be paying for the full GH2 360 experience so far, can net you both games on PS2, with ALL the songs...

After the recent good pricing of Castlevania et al, its a shame to see this.

As I said, one pack of songs is more expensive than Jetpack Refuelled (400 points) which is a superb game and a proper example of value for money.

Basically, they are taking the piss out of us. It's a ****ing disgrace.

mackemansj1

11-04-2007, 01:47 PM

I have to say the more i think of it the more i wish i could return my gh2 now. I bought it purely as i knew dlc would make for a game that lasted longer and be like the best of gh. Now with the price seemingly set 500 point for 3 old songs whats it going to cost for new songs that they havent already paid for the mind boggles.

MartyG

11-04-2007, 02:06 PM

Are they the proper songs?
All Guitar Hero songs are covers.

Spatial101

11-04-2007, 02:11 PM

Just to add that at that price I won't be buying them either.

If they'd even lumped them together at 1200 points I could kind of accept that, but totalling 1500 and the lack of individual downloads if they aren't going to include them in one bunch, just doesn't sit right with me.

T'is an error of Lumines Live style proportions! :o

And I'm expecting a similar internet backlash as we had with that.

FreelancePolice

11-04-2007, 02:17 PM

There was a backlash for lumines but didn't major nelson still reveal that loads of people had still bought it (myself included)

Spatial101

11-04-2007, 02:26 PM

Yeah, I bought it as well.

But they did come out and say they'd learnt their lesson from it (hence the Heavenly Star download being put up for free in a bid to make some sort of amends to the fans).

Clearly they've not learnt much after all. And before anyone says it yes, I'm aware its possible that MS may not have set the price point here, but ultimately it's their network and they decide yay or nay.

PeteJ

11-04-2007, 03:06 PM

I can't view any other forum from work, but I presume the general reaction has been 'wtf?'?

Unfortunately they can't go back on their pricing now, because that will piss off all the people who have paid the money.

merf

11-04-2007, 04:13 PM

i've done my mini protest bit.

had it on back order with HMV as the price was ok, i bought on the basis i was expecting some good DLC as already have 1 & 2 on the PS2

seeing this, which is a total piss take, i've cancelled the order and won't be buying the game now.

will either wait for GH3 with a wireless guitar or that EA Rock Band thingy.

MikeRox

11-04-2007, 04:21 PM

I'm absolutely insane I know, but I think I'm going to be purchasing all 3 packs tonight >_< I draw the limit at £30 tho as I said I'd happily pay £30 for the GH1 back catalogue so I'll spend up to that much getting the GH1 songs I want then that'll be it. I did get the game for £59.95 though so technically these first 3 packs are free :P

Spatial101

11-04-2007, 07:14 PM

I can't view any other forum from work, but I presume the general reaction has been 'wtf?'?

As a loose indicator the official Guitar Hero presently says `Service Unavailable` :lol:

Beware the angry internets! :ph34r:

edit: s'back up now innit... no wait it's gone again. Up,down,up, down...

watusi

11-04-2007, 07:17 PM

Someone over one MajorNelson has pointed out if they released all the tracks from GH1 at this price then it'll cost £68 to get them all. The Twats! (Harmony/Red Octance - not the calculatory bloke)

Jebus

11-04-2007, 07:21 PM

Yeah and MajorNelson himself has stated that we should think about "Copyright and licensing fees" in relation to the price...which is bullshit.

A) They are covers
B) They are OLLLLLLLLLLLLD
C) It didn't cost £68 to get them the first time around.

Basically, all excuses aside, it's just ****ing greedy.

You could charge 50p a track and the amount of people who'd buy it would FAR outweigh the cost of doing it.

Whats 50p x 1 million Major, or do the figures only work when they are to justify an overpriced rip-off?

ChrisField

11-04-2007, 10:25 PM

Petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/GHIIDLC/petition.html

mr_sockochris

11-04-2007, 11:59 PM

What a rip off, existing Guitar Hero 1 songs should be FREE for god's sake! I don't mind paying for new content but repackaging content that was made 2 years ago and charging nearly £5 for the privilage is obscene. The £70 price tag was a joke anyway given the £50 price of the PS2 version (how is £20 more justified for a PS2 port?!) but this really takes the piss.

MartyG

13-04-2007, 04:07 PM

http://www.ascap.com/playback/2004/summer/licensing.html - Was linked in the Major Nelson blog. It is a couple of years old, but I doubt the figures have changed that significantly.

Yoshimax

13-04-2007, 04:21 PM

I urge everyone to sign that petition - it has increased in numbers hugely since it was setup - additionally there's a thread on red octanes forum to complain about the pricing - people power c'mon everyone.

I bought packs 1 & 3 but I do feel a nut for it - The points were sitting there, I wanted BatM and Infected so I paid.

But I won't buy no more - 100 points a song it's gotta be.

Nembot

14-04-2007, 01:36 PM

I bought pack one and that was hard enough for me.

Before the downloadable content was released I was really hoping for Ace of Spades so it was a must get for me but, when I was spending the points I felt as if Bill Gates himself had violated me anally.

If all the songs from GH had been made available in a song pack worth a tenner I would`ve paid it but 4 quid for three songs is tantamount to theft! :curse:

Oh_Mutants

14-04-2007, 02:28 PM

Bugger that, i hadn't picked up Guitar Hero 2 for my PS2 yet as i was waiting on the 360 version, but now this combined with the ott rrp of the game itself has sent me over to play.com to pick up the PS2 version (£12.99). Cheeky bastards.

Brats

14-04-2007, 03:01 PM

I'm a big supporter of DLC, but even I can't justify these crazy prices. It's really stupid of everyone involved, it can't take much brains to work out that everyone is going to compare the price of the DLC songs with the price of the songs that come with the game.

toythatkills

14-04-2007, 03:47 PM

DDR (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/02/27/ddr-content-theme-and-pictures.aspx)

If those songs can be 100 points each, or 10 for 800, why can't GHs? How are the licensing costs more, or whatever excuse they're using?

MartyG

14-04-2007, 03:49 PM

The thing that really gets me is the justification for bundling the tracks together:

Is it easier to process one song and release it and would have it to be more expensive? Or can you take some of that development, bundle it together, and drop the price down. All those songs have to go through that process. If you have three songs entering the approval process, individually, that’s three times more problems–and there’s more probability for error. So, let’s bundle them together, and test them as a unit and drive the price down."

It's just utter bullshit - it's purely down to making people buy all the packs for the more premium tracks - this sort of thing really gets my hackles up.

Jebus

14-04-2007, 03:58 PM

I must admit, I pretty much liked Major before this, but his defence of this is just unforgivable in my eyes. Absolutely lame and to be honest all the people who believed he was an impartial kinda guy will all be shown that he isn't. He likes to pretend he is but this kind of thing is indefensable, rather than lie he should have said nothing.

To be honest, it's embarrassing for everyone involved.

MartyG

14-04-2007, 04:28 PM

Totally, I use to think that despite MN's Microsoft employment that he was largely impartial - it's quite clear now that the MN stuff really is just a corporate mouthpiece and nothing more.

Spatial101

14-04-2007, 04:36 PM

Have to admit I've never thought anything else of Major N. He's a good source of info and gives a quick insight into what we're can expect or what's just been delivered, but he's just another corporate employee at the end of the day.

His comments regarding the DLC are total rubbish though - they sound like the remarks of someone who kind of wishes it hadn't blow up on the day of his press junket so he wouldn't have to field the questions, and had to think of answers during the train ride there.

At least with Lumines / Horse Armour thing the parties involved held their hands up and went "Do you know what? We got it wrong and we're going to learn from this next time around". What's more worrying is that this time they're justifying it despite the obvious outcry.

ChrisField

14-04-2007, 04:45 PM

As crazy as this sounds (especially as Ive never even played the game). I had a dream that they re-released the tracks individually and lowered the price of them to 50pts each. Here's hoping for you guys! :)

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 10:56 AM

am i the only person who can't stand guitar hero because the tracks are covers? they sound ****ing terrible, not even 'funny' terrible like the ricky martin tracks on samba de amigo, just plain old terrible.

oh and the prices for these are insane... really glad i didn't buy this.

Ish

15-04-2007, 11:50 AM

The worse thing is.... I came in piss blind drunk on Friday night and bought them. I'm off out today to get the word "chump" tatooed on my forehead.

Yoshimax

15-04-2007, 03:39 PM

ChrisField

15-04-2007, 04:01 PM

am i the only person who can't stand guitar hero because the tracks are covers?

I cant stand guitar hero because i absolutely hate guitars. I think they're the devils work. make the most horid sounds. they should be banned and all owners of them given asbos.

wicky

15-04-2007, 04:03 PM

Spatial101

15-04-2007, 04:37 PM

Not all the songs are covers by the way - Dead and Possum Kingdom definitely aren't and are exactly the same as the MP3 versions I have.

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 04:44 PM

that's the thing that put me off the first one... pantera - cowboys from hell. it's a stonking track but it had it's balls removed for the game, ****ing weak.

thusly i cannot stand it. without dimebag darrell it's utterly gutless.

Yoshimax

15-04-2007, 04:45 PM

I'll give you KitnO as it's a watered down cover but other that that I've got no problem with the covers - I think it was partly down to it allowing them to re-arrange some of the tracks to fit the game rather than vice-versa !

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 05:14 PM

exactly, it like the music in co-op stores... you walk in late at night with the munchies and someone is singing a poor cover of one of your favourite tracks, it's horrible.

Jebus

15-04-2007, 05:50 PM

Musically speaking some of the covers in the game are superb, perhaps not vocally but musically they are really of a high quality.

Ish

15-04-2007, 06:20 PM

Would I prefer to listen to the originals? Always. Do I care when I'm playing? No! They're plenty good enough for the game. Once I'm 10 seconds into a track thats it for me.... zoned out!

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 07:19 PM

that's the thing though, i'm listening to the music as i play, it's indeed an integral part of the point... i cannae enjoy CFH if it's not the original, in my head i'm saying "this is gash, it sounds wrong" which messes me up finger wise.

i need to be able to switch off my brain.

EvilBoris

15-04-2007, 09:05 PM

The cover thing doesn't bother me in the slightest mainly because I've never ever heard most of the songs before. The songs that aren't covers say 'as performed by' instead of 'As made famous by'

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 09:12 PM

you fail rock history 101 there boris...

:(

EvilBoris

15-04-2007, 09:21 PM

You may be disgusted when I say that i thought Hush was a song by Ash...

Crisp_Rapper

15-04-2007, 09:39 PM

wow, i think i might cry...

MikeRox

16-04-2007, 04:37 PM

The cover thing doesn't bother me in the slightest mainly because I've never ever heard most of the songs before. The songs that aren't covers say 'as performed by' instead of 'As made famous by'

They're also on the most part, bloody good covers, infact Ziggy Stardust imo is better than the original. I'd say the same for a few others too.

MonkeyWrench

16-04-2007, 04:53 PM

You may be disgusted when I say that i thought Hush was a song by Ash...

I thought it was by Kula Shaker :)

bignige

16-04-2007, 04:57 PM

I thought it was by Kula Shaker :)

The piss poor attempt at a cover was....

mackemansj1

16-04-2007, 05:06 PM

I really dont want to buy these but i ****ing love bark at the moon. :(

Yoshimax

18-04-2007, 10:38 AM

I really dont want to buy these but i ****ing love bark at the moon. :(

To be fair it's worth 500 points alone :thumb:

billy_dimashq

20-04-2007, 09:00 PM

Boston's More than a feeling - is it on GH1 or 2? i played it at the science museum (first time ever) and i'm curious

Myth

20-04-2007, 09:40 PM

It's on GH1.

billy_dimashq

20-04-2007, 10:51 PM

bugger :(

DavidHolliss

24-04-2007, 02:43 PM

Rumoured details of the next packs, no prices obviously

Content Pack 1:
"Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera
"I Love Rock & Roll" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Cochise" - Audioslave

Content Pack 2:
"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult
"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones
"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top

Content Pack 3:
"Iron Man" - Black Sabbath
"Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple

Yoshimax

24-04-2007, 02:44 PM

Utter shit - We've been thoroughly stitched up - I knew they'd release some GH1 tracks but I was hoping for some other stuff.

I reckon we'll get GH1 drip-fed like this and if we're lucky some game tracks (i.e Halo2) and that'll be it till GH3. Perhaps stupidly I thought we'd get more good stuff - at least then 500 would've seemed more attractive.

For this lot I bet they go 500 points again - despite the complaints I bet BatM and Ace Of Spades were too much for most to resist !

Shit.

bignige

24-04-2007, 02:59 PM

I want some Def Leppard!

Bleeders

24-04-2007, 03:37 PM

:lol:

In true Harry Enfield style (if you've seen the new series) - "It is available on the PS2 for about fifteen pounds, but as I see you coming, it's now going to cost you close to the same price as regular 360 game".

I won't even bother with these packs until they decide to actually price em' up sensibly.

Family Fry

26-04-2007, 10:18 PM

How many people would pay £29.99 for a full boxed up version of guitar hero HD, with separate achievements?
There is a market there certainly.
Surprised they have decided to re-hash and drip feed it all onto marketplace at 500 MS points per pack.

MartyG

26-04-2007, 11:44 PM

Utter shit - We've been thoroughly stitched up - I knew they'd release some GH1 tracks but I was hoping for some other stuff.

With GH3 around the corner and the chance to up the ante even further on dlc - tbh, I think you're wanting for nothing. There'll be nothing new till that hits the street.

Strider

28-04-2007, 10:24 PM

I want Even Rats. I'd pay 500 points for that alone. Love that song.

wicky

29-04-2007, 12:50 AM

I want Even Rats. I'd pay 500 points for that alone. Love that song.

omg me too

Jebus

29-04-2007, 09:14 AM

You lot are nuts to even consider paying these prices!! :(

Family Fry

29-04-2007, 06:07 PM

If they keep the packs at 500 points each.
We have 30 Regular songs in Guitar Hero 1.
10 Packs of 3's, 3 songs a pack @ £4.25 per pack.
That would be
Guitar Hero 1 DLC=£42.50
I love guitar hero but they can kiss my arse.

Crimson Day

29-04-2007, 06:56 PM

£20 for the lot would have made alot more sence to be honest

Yoshimax

30-04-2007, 10:55 AM

So, the new ones are 500 a pop ? Surprised if they are that they've ignored the outcry !!

DavidHolliss

30-04-2007, 11:01 AM

The song lists I posted are not confirmed, just rumoured (by the same people who were right about the first bunch of packs) - no price has been comfirmed for future DLC packs either - as far as I know.

Spatial101

30-04-2007, 01:57 PM

I'd imagine they'd be the same price - if they release them cheaper they're basically admitting they got the pricing wrong.

Which means they'd feel pressured in to drop the price on the content already released.

Which means hundred of angry people who've shelled out for them already.

etc etc

Yoshimax

30-04-2007, 02:07 PM

If they just did it at 150 points a song I can't help feel everybody would be happy.

They'd only be losing 50 points per 3 songs !!!

PeteJ

30-04-2007, 02:15 PM

watusi

30-04-2007, 02:18 PM

and I seem to remember a lot of the Lumines add-ons were dropped to 100 points (or was that only temporary)

Spatial101

30-04-2007, 06:25 PM

Fair points but in both those instances they quickly held their hands up and said "Ok, we're hearing what your saying and we'll reconsider any future pricing".

This time they've been more stoney faced and not said much (apart from Major N trying to defend it when put on the spot). Makes me think they don't see an issue with the price this time.

Guess we'll have to wait and see :)

MonkeyWrench

01-05-2007, 12:47 PM

The thing with Oblivion is they could charge different prices as all the subsequent releases were different in content. How can Activision charge less for 3 songs in the second wave of packs without lowering the price of the first wave?

arcnas

01-05-2007, 12:50 PM

who sets the pricing on these things, i assume the final choice is microsofts and not activisions in this case, so they could lower new packs, but they wont will they.

MonkeyWrench

01-05-2007, 12:59 PM

Why would it be up to Microsoft? It doesn't own the content, it just delivers it. It's up to the publisher and developer to set the price as long as MS gets it cut.

MartyG

01-05-2007, 01:17 PM

Listen to the gamerscoreblog podcast (http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/04/21/544319.aspx) from 20th April at 18mins 40secs.

The way it works is, think of Xbox Live as a retail store. Somebody comes to us with the product they want to sell, they tell us how much they want to sell it for ....

... as the retailer, technically we [MS] have the ability I think, or right to, we set the price, but they [Publisher] actually set the suggested price, we [MS] set the real price.

So, Microsoft have the final say, after-all, if MS don't agree with the pricing, it won't go on XBL Marketplace.

Yoshimax

04-05-2007, 01:57 PM

Any news on these packs ?

I wants some more tunez ><

Yoshimax

25-05-2007, 02:04 PM

Something funny going on here - surely those packs would've been out well before now ?

Brats

25-05-2007, 02:20 PM

Maybe the backlash against the previous packs has forced a re-think.

Yoshimax

25-05-2007, 03:10 PM

The consensus on the RO forums is that there won't be anymore now as :

a) They're focussed on GH:80's and GHIII
b) The backlash has put them in a tight-spot - Cut price and piss off those who did buy or Maintain price and be accused of not listening and being greedy basts.

It's a shame :( If they've gone to the bother of redoing GH1 with bass lines etc for the 360 one they'd be as well to release one uber-pack priced along the lines of the Shivering Isles expansion.

I'd buy it :)

Brats

25-05-2007, 03:26 PM

What they should do is change packs 1,2 and 3 to include five songs instead of three for the same cost. That way, people who have downloaded them can delete the packs from their hard drives and re-download them and get the extra songs for no more money. People who haven't downloaded will be getting the same improved deal.

For all of the other songs, they should release them all induvidually but release packs where you can get them a bit cheaper if you buy them altogether. A bit like PGR3's car packs.

Yoshimax

25-05-2007, 03:32 PM

I always thought 100/150 points per song was the way to go - let people build their own customised playlists sort of thing !!!

Nisa

25-05-2007, 06:35 PM

The handling of the song packs has been a complete shambles, if they decide to continue they're gonna have to do something quick as Guitar Hero 3 isn't that far off, tbh I'd prefer if they concentrated in bringing the 80s version to Live instead of the old GH 1 songs. Activision/Red Octane really can't afford to mess customers about with EA/MTV/Harmonix breathing down their neck with Rock Band.

Yoshimax

26-05-2007, 12:40 PM

Yep all the goodwill that was about when it launched just ain't there now.

Yoshimax

11-07-2007, 02:08 PM

Pack 4 delivered.

Looks like "they don't give a **** about us" because it's 500 points for tres-tracks ;)

Smoke On The Water
You've Got Another Thing Coming
I Wanna Be Sedated.

More goddammit - Where's my ****ing More Than A Feeling ?????

Ratso

11-07-2007, 02:18 PM

Oh my gawd. I thought this wasn't going to happen.

I guess they're testing the water with one pack to see how big the 'furore' is now that we've had months to get used to the pricing and packaging.

I still NEEEEED, Ziggy Stardust, No-One Knows, Take Me Out and the other you mention.

Yoshimax

11-07-2007, 02:23 PM

Symphony Of Destruction
More Than A Feeling
Heart Full Of Black

That in a pack #5 and I'm happy as a pig in shit.

weightgain

12-07-2007, 12:21 PM

Whats are these tracks like anyone ?? Toyed with them before Golden Axe and Sonic ate my money up....

Keith

12-07-2007, 12:38 PM

To be honest, as much as I love Judas Priest, and as much as I've been wanting "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", and as great a song as it is, I can't help but feel it's far too easy (as are Smoke On The Water and I Wanna Be Sedated) even on Expert. Five starred all three first time.

That said, they're all good fun to play, and definitely worthwhile additions, just would've been nice if they were a bit more complicated like BATM and Frankenstein. :)

mr_sockochris

12-07-2007, 01:16 PM

Symphony Of Destruction
More Than A Feeling
Heart Full Of Black

That in a pack #5 and I'm happy as a pig in shit.

Awesome, 2 of my favourite songs from the original :thumb:

Keith

12-07-2007, 01:50 PM

That's just Yoshi's wishlist for the next pack though - it hasn't been announced (unfortunately!).

amorenod

12-07-2007, 05:31 PM

I'm currently offline, will the songs be available in my 360 if I download the pack with my HDD attached to my brother's 360?

Thanks

Keith

12-07-2007, 05:40 PM

Yep, as long as you do it on your gamertag that'll work fine, but you'll only be able to play them on your 360 when it's on Live if you do it that way. :(

amorenod

12-07-2007, 05:49 PM

Reading the broken/fixed 360 topics, I was fearing exactly this. What a crap system, specially as I'm not going online until november. :(

Yoshimax

13-07-2007, 03:10 PM

Tracks aren't great - far too easy on hard and not the most endearing of tracks imo.

Still waiting for the good 'uns :)

amorenod

13-07-2007, 03:21 PM

Yes, where is ****ing Godzilla?

bignige

13-07-2007, 03:49 PM

Activision to stick to song pack pricing, sold over 300k already

Activision has announced that it has sold over 300,000 downloadable song packs for Guitar Hero II, stating that the pricing appears to be very attractive and desirable for consumers.

quote:

Activision began offering three packs of three songs each in April priced at $6.25, but gamers quickly took to online forums and blogs to vent their anger at the cost.

Despite the outcry, Welch said the fact that Activision had sold more than 300,000 song packs indicated that current prices were "very attractive and desirable for consumers."

"We do actively look at and monitor the message boards. We do listen, and for us, it's about offering even better music at current price points to get consumers excited about."

News Source: Reuters.com

DavidFallows

18-07-2007, 02:18 PM

"We do actively look at and monitor the message boards. We do listen, and for us, it's about offering even better music at current price points to get consumers excited about."

News Source: Reuters.com

I don't understand that...

Basically what he meant to say was people will pay regardless eventhough they whinge about it, so LOLz to any moaners.

$6 is a trivial amount of money when it's dad's credit card anyway.

Yoshimax

14-08-2007, 02:23 PM

:o my chemical romane PACK coming soon see US MP for preview vid!!:thumb:

Yoshimax

14-08-2007, 03:16 PM

correction the pack is available on UK MP right now

weightgain

14-08-2007, 03:19 PM

Thought this would happen - nice idea tbh although how about some proper bands. Oasis - Manics - Stones etc al.
Mind you, would have to buy a GH2 back lol

cavalcade

14-08-2007, 04:12 PM

correction the pack is available on UK MP right now

What songs/how many songs are in it? Sorry, everything blocked here at work....

weightgain

14-08-2007, 04:48 PM

3 - Teenagers / This is How I Disapear and Famous Last Words. As performed by My Chemical Romance...........

Nisa

14-08-2007, 05:57 PM

Thought this would happen - nice idea tbh although how about some proper bands. Oasisl

Playing the same 3 chords over and over for 4 minutes wouldn't be terribly exciting.

cavalcade

14-08-2007, 06:16 PM

I'd pay a tenner for a Teenage Fanclub pack. Circa Bandwagonesque era.

Start the petition now. Starsign, The Concept and Alchoholiday.

Jesus I'm getting old.

tom-nook

14-08-2007, 08:07 PM

I'd pay a tenner for a Teenage Fanclub pack. Circa Bandwagonesque era.

Start the petition now. Starsign, The Concept and Alchoholiday.

Jesus I'm getting old.

I'll sign-up or we could take more direct action & encircle Red Octane/ Activision's offices with our zimmers :lol:

I was just thinking how old I was getting this morning when I put on a Superstar album for nostalgia's sake.......ah, the good old days when Bellshill ruled the world :happy:

Edit: and add Everything Flows to the list!

weightgain

14-08-2007, 08:23 PM

Playing the same 3 chords over and over for 4 minutes wouldn't be terribly exciting.

More exciting than reading your post I'd bet. But anyway......

Yoshimax

14-08-2007, 08:25 PM

easily better than the last pack i'd imagine

Keith

14-08-2007, 08:29 PM

I'll be having them anyway - don't like My Chemical Romance at all but "Dead" is great fun to play and...well, GHIIwhore, y'know. Got them yet Yoshi?

weightgain

14-08-2007, 09:09 PM

How's that guitar keith ?

Keith

14-08-2007, 09:29 PM

It's doing good mate - slight issues at first as the SP seems to be a bit tetchy (you have to tilt the neck right up to activate) but it's fine now. Certainly a lot better than the alternative of no guitar at all! Cheers again mate. :)

These three new tracks then - "Teenagers" is rubbish, but the other two are great fun on Expert. :)

weightgain

14-08-2007, 09:44 PM

See I'd have thought Teenagers would be ok but clearly - new single = promo need.
As for the guitar - ?blimey didn't know it didn't have to be held right up. I knew my scores were being robbed somehow....

Nisa

14-08-2007, 10:03 PM

More exciting than reading your post I'd bet. But anyway......

Ooooh get you.

D'you seriously think that Oasis stuff would be fun to play on Guitar Hero?, it's boring enough playing their best stuff on a real guitar, My Chemical Romance might not be my cup of tea but Dead was really fun to play on GH 2, I doubt the same would be true if they stuck Live Forever or Supersonic on GH tbh.

Manics would be good provided it was Generation Terrorists stuff and the Stones are already in GH2 and GH 3 (Can't You Hear Me Knockin and Paint it Black).

edit
Stone Roses now confirmed for GH 3, much better choice than Oasis tbh

Yoshimax

15-08-2007, 09:52 AM

NISA was right - watched the video of the MCR tunes and they're totally repetitive - 500 points saved cheers NISA :D

weightgain

15-08-2007, 10:07 AM

Ooooh get you.

It was a purposely silly post to match the tone of yours.
In answer to your question - I think later Oasis stuff could be quite cool to play - stuff off there last album was, in my non-guitar playing mind, pretty good. A little bit of Lyla or Meaning of soul ??
Yes please.

Hulk Davidson

19-09-2007, 04:13 PM

According to Scorehero.com there's a new track pack out tomorrow:

Trivium - Detonation
Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed
Protest the Hero - Bury the Hatchet

500 MS points

Rossco

20-09-2007, 03:39 AM

Was looking at the tracks the other day and none of them look worth the money although I would like to play an Incubus song and Ace of Spades is a class song to play so would like that too, but 500 for 3 songs is a bit dodgy, should have done 100 per song or something and they would have made more money I reckon!

Yoshimax

20-09-2007, 12:25 PM

Bark At The Moon is worth 500 itself :)

Yoshimax

10-10-2007, 05:24 PM

Another pack up for 500 points been up a week or two now - Indie Pack with songs by different artists not bothered myself will hold out now for GH3 (as long as I don't have the 500 points and end up pissed on 360 I'll be ok - aka It's gonna happen).