So I’ve had Rock Band 2 for about a month. I got the entire set: guitar, drums, mic. However, besides the occasional song to make sure my plastic instruments still work, I’ve been playing drums. I’ve recently gained the ability to tackle songs on expert, which means there’s a one-to-one mapping of the notes in the song to the notes on the screen (although I’m assuming they fudge the kick during certain double-kicky songs). While playing on hard, I heard certain songs in which the drummer was playing something that sounds absurdly tiring, painful, and hard. Now that I’ve started playing those songs on expert, I’ve realized that I was completely right. For example, Let There Be Rock is 6 minutes and 7 seconds of exhausting stupidity. I’m pretty sure I my leg exploded after the first time I played that song (it grew back). I thought that was hard until I played We’ve Got The Beat; I hate that stupid, ugly, tiring song. All I see are orange notes, and they don’t stop. I’m pretty sure that’s what caused my pedal to break in two (good thing it’s still under warranty). Yes, I broke the metal-reinforced Rock Band 2 drum pedal; I rock that hard.
The more I play Rock Band 2, the more I’m shocked that I can actually go to Freestyle Mode and actually play something that sounds somewhat musical. It’s like I’m actually learning how to drums using my fake drum set. I’m even considering buying a cheap drummer throne, because the armrests on my computer chair get in the way sometimes and I’d like to sit a bit higher than my computer chair allows. I’m even tempted to use my Rock Band 2 set as a “midi” drum set, but that’s making all sorts of assumptions about compatibility.
André//1:45 PM//No one ever leaves comments