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Three Ways to Improve Rock Band

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 in Arbitrary conclusions, Music, PS3, Pop-Culture, Video Games, Xbox 360

I’ve been playing Rock Band for a few weeks now and I’ve concluded that it’s a great social game.  However, it could be improved.  Here’s how:

1  Multiple instrument support.  If a song has two percussionists we should be able to use two drum sets.  Same for two guitar songs and especially for backing vocals.

2  Different peripheral support.  I don’t just mean the keyboard device.  I want dance pad support for dancers.  Light gun support for security, it could be a taser to keep the crowd from rushing the stage.   Camera support for gratuitous groupie flashing.  Rob the Video Robot support for… well…  I don’t know but  you get the idea.

3  More diverse music.  After looking at many of the forums about the downloadable content for Rock Band I’ve determined that I’m the only person on earth excited for the Grateful Dead pack (all 18 songs–I’d even take different live versions of each).  I still want more diverse stuff though.  Especially the BEATLES.  I want every song recorded by the Beatles.  They could be released chronologically, a couple songs at a time or as one giant pack…  whatever, just give me every Beatles song.

  1. They need to fix the drums so when you are in the adjacent room you do not just hear “whackity whack whack!” repeated ad infinitum when someone is trying to rock out on the drums.

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