Rock Band: Pink Floyd

I don't like the idea of the single band game either. And as much as I like Pink Floyd I don't really think they're enough of a 'band' band to have a whole game dedicated to them. If that makes any sense.

MrDeVil909 wrote:

I don't like the idea of the single band game either. And as much as I like Pink Floyd I don't really think they're enough of a 'band' band to have a whole game dedicated to them. If that makes any sense.

I think it's just a matter of opinion. It's not the level of greatness that makes me think Pink Floyd would make a great solo game, but the ability to craft a game around a ton of cool imagery, as well as some cool story modes.

The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the Who are bigger bands that may deserve it more, but I don't find that they have as many images and stories that would make for a compelling (I'm not giving up the word, becasue it works) game. This is what the Beatles had that really made it work. Most bands just don't, even from the MTV era.

But Pink Floyd just has load of psychedelic stories and images to build the game around. It's just something that I think could be pulled off if as much care was done for it as Harmonix did with The Beatles.

But it's a fine line. I love AC/DC to death, but I could never convince myself to pick-up their game, because they just didn't create something compelling, and the product has some drawbacks. One, I'm paying for several songs in their later catalog I really don't want. Two, my understanding is that when you add it to your Rock Band playlist, it's all the songs, or none. I don't want to overload my playlist with one band. But they may have gotten me to download 8 or 9 songs. They just left that money on the table.

Overall, I don't think most bands can support a solo game. I just think Pink Floyd is a special case, even though I would kill for a mega song pack from Led Zeppelin.

Good point about the imagery. I have trouble imagining the musical aspects of the game though. Pink Floyd were/are pioneering users of noise and loops. I get mentally hung up on the intro to Money. Playing that on a plastic instrument would feel stranger than the Dragonforce keyboard parts in GH3.

Rock Band: U2 makes more sense than Rock Band: Beatles. U2 has been rocking longer. They should use live footage for the background imagery, since I played RB Beatles this weekend for the first time, and thought the Fab Four looked silly as cartoony CGI avatars.

MrDeVil909 wrote:

Good point about the imagery. I have trouble imagining the musical aspects of the game though. Pink Floyd were/are pioneering users of noise and loops. I get mentally hung up on the intro to Money. Playing that on a plastic instrument would feel stranger than the Dragonforce keyboard parts in GH3.

I'd imagine it would start when the bass comes in. 7/4 time is tricky though.

Radical Ans wrote:
MrDeVil909 wrote:

Good point about the imagery. I have trouble imagining the musical aspects of the game though. Pink Floyd were/are pioneering users of noise and loops. I get mentally hung up on the intro to Money. Playing that on a plastic instrument would feel stranger than the Dragonforce keyboard parts in GH3.

I'd imagine it would start when the bass comes in. 7/4 time is tricky though.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1-2....

Bring on the 11/8, 10/8, 7/8, 5/8, 5/4 & 4/4 that is Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part II in King Crimson: Rock Band. They're popular enough to get their own game, right?

Lol.

I was waiting for someone to mention King Crimson.

I'd buy Crimson DLC in a heartbeat.
Anything, really.
There are some seriously challenging rhythms in their catalog.

The more I think about it, the more interesting I think King Crimson would be.

Of course the guy with the Stormwatch avatar would like progressive rock!

I though about all throughout class today- Harmonix make this happen! One song would do, three would be great, but a collection of their "hits" would rule all.

MrDeVil909 wrote:

I don't like the idea of the single band game either. And as much as I like Pink Floyd I don't really think they're enough of a 'band' band to have a whole game dedicated to them. If that makes any sense.

It does make sense, in a filthy, misinformed, untrue, and blasphemous sort-of-way.

Look, I liked the idea of "Rock Band as a platform" at first too. I thought to myself, "no, wait for it, don't buy it for PS2 or Wii, wait 'til you get a PS3 so you can get it for PS3. That way, you can download only the songs you want, and not end up paying for track packs like on those other platforms."

So I waited. And I dunno, it kinda sucks.

Maybe it's the storefront, or the way tracks just show up with a titke and a name and half the time I don't even know who they are or what the song is anymore, and I wish I could preview it in the PSN store like I can in the iTunes Music store, where I get to see nice extras like a picture of the artist.

Or maybe it's the way the Beatles edition captured my imagination in terms of how you can give real justice to the image of a band, its embedded visuals and theme and greatest concert venues, in a way you can't with all those downloaded songs.

Or maybe I like friggin' packaging, and branding, and themed things with imagery that fits it, that suits my specific interests, sitting on my shelf. The platform is not working for me.

Still, I got enough amens out there to know there are some other true believers. Pink Floyd specialized in theme albums. I just don't think DLC (or Guitar Hero, for that matter) would do them justice. Pink Floyd deserves a whole Rock Band, even if Rock Band doesn't deserve Pink Floyd.

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MrDeVil909 wrote:

II think it's just a matter of opinion. It's not the level of greatness that makes me think Pink Floyd would make a great solo game, but the ability to craft a game around a ton of cool imagery, as well as some cool story modes.

The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the Who are bigger bands that may deserve it more, but I don't find that they have as many images and stories that would make for a compelling (I'm not giving up the word, becasue it works) game. This is what the Beatles had that really made it work. Most bands just don't, even from the MTV era.

But Pink Floyd just has load of psychedelic stories and images to build the game around. It's just something that I think could be pulled off if as much care was done for it as Harmonix did with The Beatles.

Yes. This exactly.

This and the David Gilmour guitar lines.

Okay so 'Rock Band: Green Day' has been announced, and I suppose I should have seen that coming, since they sell a bazillion gajillion copies of every album they put out, and video game publishers like to make money. Fair enough.

But I still say that if you're going to go back in time and do another Rock Band for a classic band, Pink Floyd is the way to go, for the reasons mentioned above.

Additionally, this band needs a really good excuse to set aside their decades-old bullsh*t argument and get together to work on something.

And it seems to me the kids these days, when it comes to Pink Floyd, need an education. Some thought-control.

No dark sarcasm in this thread please.

Imbarkus wrote:
Captain_Arrrg wrote:

I would love it, but they would have to put out some sort of keyboard. That would actually make a lot of new possibilities for RB.

Yeah I was thinking that too.

Bumping this thread to try and create a grassroots lobbying campaign. The keyboard peripheral is out. The company is independent now and can put out something for the love of good music. This. Game. Must. Happen.

Send email to [email protected] and chime in. I've already done it!

It's time, you guys. The keyboard is out and supported, the game is coming back. All the past music is supported. If they are successful, even in the storefront, what will there be left to release?

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Let's save the dedicated compilation releases for the bands that truly merit a rich audio-visual sensory experience.

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And when you tilt that guitar back you don't activate Power Mode you activate...

LASER FLOYD MODE!!!!!!

With the latest Rock Band 4 announcement, Harmonix was clear they don't intend to iterate on the main game on an annual basis and burn people out and split their user base, but keep it a healthy singular platform. Good on them.

To me, that means more room for, and good periodic revenue bump opportunity from, (non-annual) band-specific releases complete with beautiful historic, reverent treatment the Beatles received.

I may be the Floyd nut but I'm sure others would make a case for Rock Band: Zeppelin or Rock Band: Rush or something. For god's sakes, someone else just post in this thread, okay? Consider it a personal favor. It's like a five year friggin' echo box right now.

Thank you for reading.

Rock Band: Spinal Tap

You are welcome.

Imbarkus wrote:

I may be the Floyd nut but I'm sure others would make a case for Rock Band: Zeppelin or Rock Band: Rush or something. For god's sakes, someone else just post in this thread, okay? Consider it a personal favor. It's like a five year friggin' echo box right now.

Hahaha, I hadn't noticed it was only you posting for the past couple of years n_n

Pink Floyd is pretty great, I like most of their stuff

I always thought the band-based discs were too much, it would be nicer if they sold as DLC or expansions and add the graphical detail and special models there on those songs only, I think that could work. But back in the ancient 2009's it was kind of lame to switch discs just to play a few songs you liked, even if the Beatles levels were really amazing.

I don't mind the band specific discs, although it would be nice if they let you import them into the regular game for set lists. But if a Band specific disc comes, I would want there to be a lot of content that makes it something worth spending a lot of time with, like with the Beatles. So the band has to not only have a deep library, but also a lot of iconic imagery and stuff that would contribute to some sort of story to make it worth it. And it probably needs to be bands that are just universally loved, which makes classic rock bands such a perfect fit.

I think people hit most of the good ones here. I still think U2 would make for a killer game, because they evolved so much over their career, which I think also helps make it interesting. Maybe REM would worth that way, too. The Gorrilaz could make an interesting package, but I don't think they have the library, and you start to limit the audience. The only way it works is if there is a sizable investment to create something compelling, and that is not easy or cheap. So it needs to be as mainstream as possible.

You might be able to do a Blues version, which could draw on a lot of artists, and could be a lot of fun. But how many Rock band users would buy it?

And really, we need to see how many people will buy the bad game before assessing what would work. That's what will get the instruments back in folks hands and make the special games possible.

LOL Jayhawker early preview impressions? or do you mean base game?

You're right we'll have to see how Rock Band 4 lands. But if they don't plan on iterating releases of 5, 6, 7, and so on, then there is some hope that these kind of special releases would come about, without irritating the fans (and Mex). Maybe if you could export the songs to Rock Band 4, but you would have to play them in Pink Floyd to get all the custom graphic treatments and LASER FLOYD MODE.

We'll have to wait and see. I still got all my old instruments. Hell, I still have PS2 Guitar Hero controllers with the Ant Commando USB adaptors that let me use them on PS3. I'm hoping to freaking use a PS2 guitar on s PS4 game, for some reason.

Rolling Stones would be a good one. Maybe AC/DC.

They did an AC/DC disc already. Granted they were all live tracks and it was a Walmart exclusive if memory serves.

Yeah and it was pretty much just a track pack. If they're not going to do the full treatment then just release albums on the DLC service. I don't think anyone wants to see a bunch of track packs again.

Funny, I just bought the AC/DC disc for a buck and some change used at Gamestop last week.

Imbarkus wrote:

Yeah and it was pretty much just a track pack. If they're not going to do the full treatment then just release albums on the DLC service. I don't think anyone wants to see a bunch of track packs again.

Funny, I just bought the AC/DC disc for a buck and some change used at Gamestop last week.

Well thats true. It was more of a disc-release of a bunch of AC/DC songs. Being able to advertise and sell it on shelves probably helped the sales, but you are right.

It will be interesting to see how they do things differently this time around. I hold Activision partly responsible for the demise of this genre. They diluted the market and people lost interest. I think interest would have waned regardless, but Activision was doing what they do, and releasing a ton of Guitar Hero, Band Hero, and DJ Hero games.

I was so bummed to hear Activision announce Guitar Hero was back too. They are the Volcano to Rock Band's Dante's Peak. Here's Bobby, back to drop a turd in the punchbowl for everybody. What prideless game factory is pumping that out now that Neversoft is torpedoed? Raven? The shambling corpse of High Moon? Well, I suppose Battle of the Bands was kind of fun...

Imbarkus wrote:

I was so bummed to hear Activision announce Guitar Hero was back too. They are the Volcano to Rock Band's Dante's Peak. Here's Bobby, back to drop a turd in the punchbowl for everybody. What prideless game factory is pumping that out now that Neversoft is torpedoed? Raven? The shambling corpse of High Moon? Well, I suppose Battle of the Bands was kind of fun...

Is this real? Activision basically killed the past wave of plastic instrument games (Too many titles, DJ Hero). I was hoping they'd give up this time.

DJ Hero was actually really solid. It had no right to be, but it totally was.

Rock Band: The Holy Modal Rounders

Well now that Rock Band 4 has landed, along with Guitar Hero Live, what's the verdict? Is this genre getting revived enough for me to get my Pink Floyd: Rock Band?

Imbarkus wrote:

Well now that Rock Band 4 has landed, along with Guitar Hero Live, what's the verdict? Is this genre getting revived enough for me to get my Pink Floyd: Rock Band?

I think it's David saying no to their music being in these games. They currently dont need to sell the rights or if they are wanting to it's a price too much for these games to pick up.

Maybe it would take the full package tribute game to change his mind. The Beatles stuff didn't get sold off piecemeal either.

Couple of pretty powerful nercros on this thread.