Up top, I love seeing Harmonix finally given a win. I have loved Harmonix as a company for so long but outside of the original Guitar Hero games and the first two Rock Bands I don't think they've made anything that didn't completely flop. I hope Epic is paying them a ton.
But uhhh... this isn't exactly Rock Band 5 unfortunately. It's good, but has some really iffy monetization ideas and some really unpolished looking visuals when actually playing. (Love that one single vocalist loop where they sway back and forth.) Was looking forward to having full instrument support only for that update to come with the condition that you buy either a controller that's 10 years out of print or a new controller that costs $150 and they seemingly made 10 of total. It feels REALLY stupid and greedy and I can't just bind the advanced keys and use the same PS2 controller I use for Clone Hero.
That's the big thing for me. This has to compete with Clone Hero, and I know that's hard but I think a lot of people are really open to supporting this official Harmonix made equivalent but they're making it really tough. Everything's too expensive and artificially gatekept in ways that aren't addictive but simply off-putting.
But uhhh... this isn't exactly Rock Band 5 unfortunately. It's good, but has some really iffy monetization ideas and some really unpolished looking visuals when actually playing. (Love that one single vocalist loop where they sway back and forth.) Was looking forward to having full instrument support only for that update to come with the condition that you buy either a controller that's 10 years out of print or a new controller that costs $150 and they seemingly made 10 of total. It feels REALLY stupid and greedy and I can't just bind the advanced keys and use the same PS2 controller I use for Clone Hero.
That's the big thing for me. This has to compete with Clone Hero, and I know that's hard but I think a lot of people are really open to supporting this official Harmonix made equivalent but they're making it really tough. Everything's too expensive and artificially gatekept in ways that aren't addictive but simply off-putting.