Looks like a bug has been discovered in Rock Band 2 that can randomly reset your band’s progress under a certain set of curcumstances. So far it appears that it only happens if you play the career mode with a certain combination of accounts - notably a player with a Live-enabled account, and a player with a non-Live-enabled account.
Here’s hoping they fix it before the UK release, although I actually don’t think I’d suffer from it anyway, since Marie & I both have Live accounts, and when other people play they don’t use their own accounts, they just jump in as ‘Player 3′ or whatever; so far those combinations sound like they’re immune to this bug.
The moral of the story would seem to be not to use non-Live accounts with Rock Band 2. I’m not sure why you would anyway, if your machine is connected to the internet, since a ’silver’ Live account is free anyway (and it’s still a ‘Live-enabled account’ - you get leaderboards & gamerscore tracking but not multiplayer). Still, a nasty bug if you happened to get caught by it.
Looks like the new Rock Band site is going live as we speak, they have a placeholder page up right now. The new site will allegedly let you take photos of your band to share online, get (real) T-shirts branded with your bands logo and other fun (yet entirely pointless) things. Obviously I’m looking forward to seeing that.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Thanks for the heads up. Bought RB2 this past weekend and my brother has been playing on the “Guest” account. It sounds like we might have been lucky as most people were hit just before getting the jet.
I bought the new RB2 wireless drum kit as well, and I like the pads MUCH better than the RB1 kit. I haven’t looked too hard for the elevated cymbals yet.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I have sensed an extreme amount of Rock Band/Guitar Hero focus over the last couple of months. Should I be thinking about preparing an intervention?
October 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
@ Fredrik - lol, its too late Steve is too heavily under the influences.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:19 am
@Kentamanos: I modded my drum pads (and pedal) within a week of getting my RB1 set so there’s not so much of a need to get the RB2 kit for me. I’m crazy enough to be considering an eventual upgrade to the Ion kit though
@Frederik: Yeah, Rock Band has been my #1 game this year by some margin, so my blog has reflected this.
October 7th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
The new drum pads are pressure sensitive, but I haven’t really seen that come into play during actual game play. The only time you notice it is really in the drum fills and practice sessions. It’s wireless, but that’s not a big deal (esp. for drums!)
October 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Yeah, I’m firmly of the opinion that wireless everything is just a stupid marketing gimmick. Does anyone really have a lounge big enough that the wire doesn’t reach from the drums, or people clumsy enough to fall over it all the time? Sure, I’m always picking up my drums and swinging them around during play. Silly.
I’m sure the battery makers love it though.
One of the things I’m looking forward to in RB2 is drum fills which use samples from the songs rather than a generic sound.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I guess now I could put my kit into a harnessing system and spin it around above the stage while playing a la Motley Crue back in the old days.