So, like an idiot geek, I went to gamestop to pick this up for the wii at midnight.
Now I have played RB2 once and I have never touched a GH or similar game. This is only my thoughts on the Wii version and I haven't seen or played the others.
First thing that really sucks is you need a Wii remote for everything! Even to sing you need a wii remote which I find absurd. So unless you have 4 remotes you can forget playing with all instruments.
Graphics are pretty bland. The venues are ok looking, the audience looks like little cardboard cutouts which I suspect is one of the ways the cut back on the wii, can't see the onther consoles looking like that. They give you enough options to make a rocker so you shouldn't have trouble ending up someone's twin. There is some weirdness to your band. Often the singer has oddly colored teeth (like purple) which is really weird.
Sound Quality is also par, which again is another thing I suspect they borked on the wii release. I've played RB2 on 360 that was outputting to an old yamaha reciever and it sounded fantastic compared to the Wiis audio. There is no thump to the bass and everything seems washed out. It's not my receiver because movies, pc games and the like sound fantastic.
One of the most annoying thing which I'm not usre is a GH thing or not is when ever you miss a note, you get this really annoying 'CHING' sound from your wii remote. I see no option to turn it off.
Unlike RB2 if one person fails you all fail, there seems to be no way to save failing members.
I still don't get how or where to use the slider bar. Slider bar is also VERY sensitive. Just getting your hand near it sometimes is enough to set it off and you end up getting some chings because you just messed up.
Drum kit is pretty good. The stand is very stable. Unlike RB the kick peddle does not attach to the frame of the drum set. It has heavy rubber pads and it stick to most surfaces. I find that missing the cymbols often results in me getting the drum stick stuck under it which leads to failure. The cymbols do make the drum kit feel more realistic than the 4pad RB one. It also just makes it make more sense. Pads are pretty quiet and good on the sensitivty side. You can lightly tap them and they still pickup your hit.
Guy at gamestop says all version of WT instruments are compatible with RB & RB2, not sure if it works the other way around since at least with the drums, WT has an extra peice that is missing in RB/2
I am having fun none the less and I totally suck at the drums even on easy. was ok on guitar until I found out there wasa left hand swap which was wonderful!
If anyone want to be able to unlock all the songs in free mode right away I can list the cheat because they gave it out at gamestop because of pre-ordering. (I got a -shirt also weee!!! err Wiii!!)
If anyone has played the 360 or ps3 version chime in because I would like to know your first impressions
Now I have played RB2 once and I have never touched a GH or similar game. This is only my thoughts on the Wii version and I haven't seen or played the others.
First thing that really sucks is you need a Wii remote for everything! Even to sing you need a wii remote which I find absurd. So unless you have 4 remotes you can forget playing with all instruments.
Graphics are pretty bland. The venues are ok looking, the audience looks like little cardboard cutouts which I suspect is one of the ways the cut back on the wii, can't see the onther consoles looking like that. They give you enough options to make a rocker so you shouldn't have trouble ending up someone's twin. There is some weirdness to your band. Often the singer has oddly colored teeth (like purple) which is really weird.
Sound Quality is also par, which again is another thing I suspect they borked on the wii release. I've played RB2 on 360 that was outputting to an old yamaha reciever and it sounded fantastic compared to the Wiis audio. There is no thump to the bass and everything seems washed out. It's not my receiver because movies, pc games and the like sound fantastic.
One of the most annoying thing which I'm not usre is a GH thing or not is when ever you miss a note, you get this really annoying 'CHING' sound from your wii remote. I see no option to turn it off.
Unlike RB2 if one person fails you all fail, there seems to be no way to save failing members.
I still don't get how or where to use the slider bar. Slider bar is also VERY sensitive. Just getting your hand near it sometimes is enough to set it off and you end up getting some chings because you just messed up.
Drum kit is pretty good. The stand is very stable. Unlike RB the kick peddle does not attach to the frame of the drum set. It has heavy rubber pads and it stick to most surfaces. I find that missing the cymbols often results in me getting the drum stick stuck under it which leads to failure. The cymbols do make the drum kit feel more realistic than the 4pad RB one. It also just makes it make more sense. Pads are pretty quiet and good on the sensitivty side. You can lightly tap them and they still pickup your hit.
Guy at gamestop says all version of WT instruments are compatible with RB & RB2, not sure if it works the other way around since at least with the drums, WT has an extra peice that is missing in RB/2
I am having fun none the less and I totally suck at the drums even on easy. was ok on guitar until I found out there wasa left hand swap which was wonderful!
If anyone want to be able to unlock all the songs in free mode right away I can list the cheat because they gave it out at gamestop because of pre-ordering. (I got a -shirt also weee!!! err Wiii!!)
If anyone has played the 360 or ps3 version chime in because I would like to know your first impressions