Guitar Hero 5 DLC not compatible with World Tour

As am I!

Along with Rock Band Unplugged when I'm not at home.

Rock Band Trolling FTW! Hehehe

The rock band guitars suck ballsack... that's all I'm saying.

Don't click, it's a virus.

Well, it's not really, but it's a referral, let's not reward him for spamming on our site.

Pointless spaaaaaaaam.

At least throw in a "screw activision for this"... Or use a site that doesn't take 12 years to earn stuff on

At first I thought it said SwagFucks. I almost clicked.

sad just sad

Best reason to use the "!" that I've seen in a while.

No, fuck you, you don't understand. THIS IS ALL AN ATTEMPT FOR ACTIVISION TO RULE THE WORLD
FUCK YOU ACTIVISIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Oh wait, going back and deleting a bunch of things in the songs just for an old game doesn't really make sense? They announced GH5, Band Hero, and GH5 DLC to be forward compatible with future titles? If you are someone who is still playing World Tour, you're probably going to buy GH5 anyway? No way.

If you pass up GH5 and keep playing WT, it's your own fault I say. WT is worse than GH5 in every possible way. I'm watching GH5 videos from people who have gotten the game early, and I have to say, this game looks FANTASTIC. So many Joystiq readers are going to miss out because they didn't give this game a chance.

http://www.dailymotion.com/user/SchnackAttack/video/xa97tn_gh5-21st-century-schiziod-man-by-ki_videogames
Can't wait to play KING CRIMSON!

you're really missing out on a fanstatic game. I have 300 songs on my GH5 library that clearly trump the 300 i have on RB2. Plus drumming is better on Guitar Hero.

Wish I could play Rock Band 2 for the wii. It still haven't been released here in Sweden even though the game has for the other consoles.

I bought GHWT first then RB2 a month or so after and I TOO had rectangle nightmares for a while, but now I'm firmly ensconced in a four sided rhomboid of comfort.

This was made even more apparent on the weekend when my friend, who has just bought GHWT (cheap), asked me over for a BBQ (Aussie style) and jam (rock style not condiment style - because that just opens up the whole jam/jello/jelly arguement). Anyway, I was like, circles! WTF? Oh yeah, that's right.

And back on topic - GH5 might have some nice features but this DLC thing is a freakin mess. I'll wait for RB3 thanks very much Activision. PS: You suck and your anti PS3 attitude has been duly noted in my 'Naughty Publishers' notebook.

I also blame Activision for the reply fail I just had that led me to reply to this post and not the one directly below.

Douchebags.

Your not alone :D

it's you. rock band's interface just looks slicker in general IMO.

I should add that I only prefer the shape of the notes. I like rock bands interface more also.

The rectangle notes piss me off. I'm not sure why, I'm not racist against rectangles or anything, but god damn I hate those rectangle notes.

Agreed. When I first played Rock Band, those darn rectangles almost murdered me.

I much prefer the interface on RB now. The notes on GH seem tiny by comparison, little specks on a giant highway.

@ The Baron

I think it's because of the multiplayer. They trying to cram each of the player's notes onto one screen, and it's just an epic fail.

It took a while to get used to it, but I honestly prefer the rectangle notes over the circle notes. I find that it's just easier to see the note separation in RB than in GH.

I think it has to due with what game you play more.

Before I bought Rock Band, I swore I would always prefer circle notes, and then once Guitar Hero took its turn for the worse and I gave into Rock Band I haven't looked back at going circle again.

...This sounds like a bad car ad or somethin'.

One of my biggest issues with GH is the circle notes. On the drums at least, I find Rock Band's rectangles and the orange bar much easier to read than GH's circles and purple bar. Though I do hate RB's color scheme when on overdrive or star power or whatever they call it.

Re: Circle vs. Rectangle notes

To me, it's all about what instrument you're playing. I prefer GH-style notes for guitar, RB-style for drums. Maybe it's because I've played guitar more on GH and drums more on RB, I dunno, but because the circular notes are larger, it's a little more ambiguous sometimes when you're supposed to hit. Timing is more important on drums so you need to know exactly when. On guitar it doesn't matter as much, and I prefer the circular notes on guitar for the opposite reason--the timing is looser.

I also prefer the GH instruments, drums included. I'm curious to see how the GH5 drums turn out; I have no intention of buying another kit or probably not even this game, but to me, RedOctane has the best track record. WT drums had their issues, but I still prefer them slightly to the RB drums.

Drum charting on RB is much better though, not just the notes, but the charts. Much more accurate and fun to play.

So while I've vilified GH/Activision for many reasons, I'm not a fanboy...GH still has some merits, but shitty things like this just overshadow them.

are you retarded? The drum charts on RB are GARBAGE! Most drummers will tell you they prefer drum charts on GH because, while they may be more "boring" it's because they're more accurate.

RB has you hitting a different pad for the same cymbal/tom. Like a hi-hat is Yellow AND/OR Blue on RB. Why? It's the same damn hi-hat. I'm only using 1 hi-hat. They have you do different pads if it's opened or closed. Whereas Guitar just says, Hit me harder for open hi-hats and you'll get extra points. Thanks for recognizing I'm open! If you want really accurate charts, go get the RR drum set and game. No one beats that so far, although the songs are all covers.

I'm waiting for Drum Hero, hopefully it'll come. It'll be songs that'll be really well known for drumming and hopefully a BAD ASS drum kit that is made in conjuction with Roland or something. Drummers have been on the back burner for a game. We need a game with a hi-hat pedal, and at least 7 pads with proper setup. I want my hi-hat over there and my ride over there. GH does a pretty good job of that, but still uses the same cymbal for crash/ride and yellow is now crash-splash/open-closed hi-hat and depending on how you hit it is the sound you rep. It's nice though.

^ THIS

Or if I had a GH:WT kit it would be, at least.

This is why GH is nowhere near as good as RB. RB on expert is already a 1:1 representation of the song. Adding Expert+ just to make the game more difficult, even if it isn't true to the song, takes the fun away, it doesn't add to it.

And it just feels weird hitting the ride to make a crash sound. Give me RB with my ION drum kit over anything GH can throw at us any day. It's as close to the real thing as you can get in a video game.

Err expert+ just adds a second pedal. As in for songs which feature drummers using two pedals.

John Perkins.

Go download Laid to Rest on Rock Band.

No, go on.

Download it.

Does it sound undercharted? Well, it is. That's a double bass part, and since charting it 1:1 on Expert would destroy all drummers who didn't buy a second pedal, they cut the number of bass notes in half to compensate for the fact that you can only use one foot.

Expert+ is an optional mode designed for those who wanted to buy a second bass pedal to play those heavy metal songs. The same expert drum chart, but with all of the bass drum hits.

Laid to Rest Smash Hits X+ : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIjHtcbBoog
Laid to Rest Rock Band 2 X: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvAeEpiqda4

The X+ chart is more accurate. However, if you didn't have a second bass pedal, you would be SCREWED. That is why they don't chart Expert that way. X+ is just for thrill seekers who want to play double bass.

John Perkins: not understanding blast beats since the beginning of time.

RB is charted as accurately as it can be, but they can't do the hi-hat pedal (so they make you hit the blue pad for open notes) or the second bass pedal.

The problem with the double bass is that they don't seem to have any one way of charting it. Sometimes they have it going in strange time signatures, sometimes they just give you one bass hit at the same time as each hat/ride note.

You'll see them in the box you'll live in after spending so much money each year on their products. That is, if you haven't learned to not give them you're cash.

Kotick is behind you.

That would be RAD.

They'd get it from DLC, if they would've been smart and kept it BC.