We've already seen
a trailer for Harmonix's portable rock star simulator
Rock Band Unplugged, but if you want to see gameplay footage of a full playthrough of
one of the title's tracks, consider your desire fulfilled. YouTuber Shadowneji02 somehow managed to get his hands on the game, and
uploaded his performance of System of a Down's "Chop Suey." We've got said performance posted after the jump -- it might be a tad NSFW, as the player's band is puzzlingly composed of skimpily dressed femme-rockers.
Creepy.
The video further enforces the feeling that Harmonix's debut title
Frequency should feel very, very flattered by the upcoming PSP
Rock Band adaptation. It also makes it that much more difficult for us to wait for this bad boy to hit store shelves June 9.
{ May 16th 2009 at 1:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 16th 2009 1:12PM
Makes me want the digital tracks with eight on stacks sooo much more. For some reason this makes me yearn to hear "Autoblaster.....Bumper...Crippler."
It will do, but by christ I want my third entry in that series. It's a Sony exclusive by default, go for it. Make it PSN with new track packs you can buy.
David @ May 16th 2009 1:28PM
Yeah we need a Frequency/Amplitude sequel! This will have to do for now but I'll surely miss Amplitude's awesome multiplayer...I don't know why they couldn't include something similar in this version of Rock Band.
emirabal @ May 16th 2009 1:14PM
Finally, something awesome on the psp, it has been a long time coming. This is something i am waiting for now.
darkjay7991 @ May 16th 2009 1:27PM
Well sucks that he downloaded it (I think he did because the game was leaked) but atleast we got to see some gameplay.
Jeremy White @ May 16th 2009 2:22PM
Why does it suck that he downloaded it? Does that mean he's not allowed to buy it now?
VaultICEE @ May 16th 2009 4:08PM
It means he's PROBABLY not going to buy it now.
Roofie @ May 16th 2009 7:41PM
I don't necessarily agree that it means he won't be buying it now. I don't know about you, but I do admit to downloading PC games from time to time that either just got leaked or I'm not sure about. If I like the game that I just illegally downloaded, then I typically do go out and buy it. If I hadn't downloaded Demigod, I wouldn't have bought that game.
Maybe it's just me
The Baron @ May 17th 2009 7:37AM
I don't think most people are so moral about buying games.
Einhanderkiller @ May 16th 2009 1:26PM
The game has been leaked. That's how he got it.
Link408 @ May 16th 2009 1:27PM
playing on Expert is more gratifying
i like it when you gotta play notes left-right really fast
Neuromancer @ May 16th 2009 1:32PM
I'd rather have Amplitude/Frequency sequel.
Mischa @ May 16th 2009 6:31PM
I agree, this just doesn't look right to me...
Demaar @ May 16th 2009 1:32PM
Wow, that looks really different, and interesting. I was actually not at all interesting in this before, now... yeah, it's been piqued.
Dave @ May 16th 2009 1:35PM
Oh please Joystiq, creepy? It's cuz having a band composed of skimpily dressed femme-rockers is awesome.
Moptimus Slime (PhilosoRaptor is the new Keyboard Cat) @ May 16th 2009 1:35PM
I just saw the track list, and all I can say is: EPIC. WIN.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:07PM
spoonman, would?, chop suey, painkiller, ABC, kryptonite, livin on a prayer, ace of spades, let's talk more rokk... great tracklist. i'm in looooooooooooove.
Shadow_neji @ May 16th 2009 1:50PM
Thanks for putting the video up but I haven't create a band the chicks were just there
Kenny Powers Fastball (PSN johnnynumber5) @ May 17th 2009 8:28AM
piracy sucks and so do you ... you got your 5 seconds of internet fame ... happy?
Deaddy @ May 16th 2009 1:51PM
Looks lame to me. It might be more appealing if you could use your own songs like Phase or Audiosurf.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:11PM
the tracklist is great so i don't care about using my own songs. and the way the game plays, importing your own songs would be hard. it doesn't play like audiosurf or phase. it's much different.
Deaddy @ May 16th 2009 2:15PM
I know it wouldn't work, but it would still make the game more appealing to me. I couldn't stand playing the same 30 songs over and over. What makes Rock Band fun for me is the guitar controller. For a portable, I would need variety to keep me interested.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:50PM
that's where the dlc comes in, but i completely understand how that might not be your... #1 solution to the problem, haha.
Eggman @ May 16th 2009 1:53PM
Game is way too easy and repeats patterns way too much.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 16th 2009 2:04PM
First off, have you PLAYED a musical intrument in your life? Music IS repeated patterns. Very few improv guitarists nowadays and even then it's only during solos.
Second, this guy chose MEDIUM.
Tiptup300 @ May 16th 2009 2:06PM
You mean like songs do?
Sam QforQ Houston @ May 16th 2009 2:09PM
.....He's playing on Medium.....
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:10PM
sheppy, i don't think he's referring to the video. you do know that the game leaked right? i've played it myself when i went over to my hacker friend's house. he's the one that hacked my psp and i feel seriously tempted to download it myself because it was that awesome.
Tiptup300 @ May 16th 2009 2:26PM
Your friend has 1337 h4x0ring skills?
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:51PM
nah, he's like your average hacker. he knows how to hack facebook and psp's, but that's basically it. any idiot can figure out how to download a game. i don't approve of it, but his 'skill' comes in handy sometimes.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 16th 2009 2:19PM
Then he's a theif and should have all opinions hencefoth revoked unless he's willing to pay for the games he plays.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:24PM
agreed x10. btw, missed the reply button?
Jeremy White @ May 16th 2009 2:27PM
Yeah this is true because people who download never buy anything so their opinion is duummmbbbbbb!
Reader @ May 16th 2009 2:27PM
Go absolutism. Whether he's a thief or not, I don't see how this negates his opinion on the subject? Especially since he has evidence/experience to back it up.
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 16th 2009 4:43PM
Yeah, missed the reply button.
But as to why it negates his opinion is very simple. Ladies and Gentleman, what is the single largest complaint from developers on PSP? Why yes, it's the fact that their sales are unusually low. Now considering this, look into the rampant piracy of the system and holy crap, imagine that. Devs are pissed because their games are being stolen which leads to less support for the platform. Which of course leads the the situation like the past year (notice how, with PSP-3000 being unhackable supposedly, we're seeing a ton of support coming back for the platform?).
So in other words, it's like another very similar analogy. Imagine someone comes into an art gallery and sets a painting on fire. His excuse for damaging the painting? Because it wasn't very good anyway. He saw the painting and now no one else will so who's to say his opinion is rendered invalid by his experience? The people who wanted to see the painting itself. In other words, if you're stealing PSP games, whether it's an early leak or not, you're destroying the platform that's been plagued by people destroying it. Your opinion, as such, is rendered invalid because you are nothing more than a degenerate vandal destroying the platform you are critiquing. Experience with the game firsthand is moot in this instance because he's a parasite, feasting on the flesh of a platform with all sorts of excuses on why he shouldn't have to pay for games.
So fuck'em. His opinion is invalid. Do not encourage the destroyers. Do not acknowledge the destroyers.
Jack Spicer @ May 18th 2009 4:56PM
Well i think your legs are stupid!
I hacked my PSP and many others, i dont regret it. Call me what you will but i got tired of paying 30$ for a mediocre game. Now i can try them before i buy them. Do i care what you think? Yea, kinda... but not enough to go back to OFW. Pokemon on PSP is ten times better, along with all other GB/C/A, NES, SNES, ect. games. Im not going to lurk eBay till i find the original copy of a game really hard to find and super expensive.
If you want to think about the devs, any used game does not give back to devs. the store is basically stealing profits from the devs, anyone who buys used games is an accomplice. If you bought a game used or from a friend, you are in turn stealing money from the dev and your oppinion doesnt matter and you feast off the flesh of the PSP.
BTW did not like this game, glad i did not pay for it.
KeenCommander @ May 16th 2009 2:34PM
I can't believe it leaked so soon. I haven't even seen reviews yet.
THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 16th 2009 2:55PM
Ezio's Review:
it's awesome. that's all you need to know. the interface is almost exactly like rock band 2. the gameplay is fun, if not a tiny bit hard to get used to. the default controls are great, and feel intuitive once you get used to the gameplay, which takes 1-2 songs at most. the tracklist, which you can see for yourself here at joystiq, is pretty rockin' in my opinion. you can unlock all the songs from the very beginning, but doing that disables saving until you quit the game. and... that's it!
Weirdo93 @ May 16th 2009 2:53PM
i cannot wait for this game
i'm so pre-ordering it when i get the chance lmao
NukeAssault @ May 16th 2009 2:55PM
Looked alot more fun then i thought. Do want!
Matthew Perry @ May 16th 2009 3:11PM
How are tremolo picking and drum rolls going to work in this game? There's no way a human can press buttons that quickly.
KeenCommander @ May 16th 2009 3:33PM
Cyborgs will try. Humans will play on lower difficulties.
Check out some of the Amplitude/Frequency vids on insane difficulty. You'd be amazed how fast people can press buttons, though the PSP doesn't exactly lend itself well to it I will admit.
Hohoho @ May 16th 2009 3:18PM
This is looks like it's going to be wayyyyyy to easy when you are used to lvl 12 dj max songs
VaultICEE @ May 16th 2009 4:11PM
He's on medium.
VaultICEE @ May 16th 2009 4:10PM
Welp, looks like its time to go find and dust of my PSP after two years of no use.
Also: Vocal whammying FTW!
Kaemon @ May 16th 2009 4:45PM
Joystiq should NOT be putting up video's of pirated games.
Thats just in bad taste.
GreekGamerX @ May 16th 2009 5:03PM
Kaemon it is not bad taste because there is no proof it is pirated. I mean yes more then likely it is but you never see him load it to see if it is running on an sd card or a umd and he got it early. Again it is probally pirated as it is easy to do but there is no proof so you can't really fault joystiq
Robert Maynard @ May 17th 2009 2:34AM
@GreekGamerX
It's not released yet, and reviewers are typically held under non-disclosure agreements that would forbid something like this. So... where else would he get it, exactly?
ArmoredTurkey @ May 16th 2009 5:24PM
looks confusing to me hope there's a demo before it releases
Angel Mass @ May 16th 2009 5:59PM
Definitely easier than DJ MAX :D Do want!
Kaemon @ May 16th 2009 6:35PM
Not really easier... RB:U has you switching. Plus on DJ max you can just spam the buttons and as long as the note is hit, you can press whatever else you want... on this you can't.