When Rock Band 2 was announced yesterday, Harmonix wasn’t giving any details of the game’s song selection, saying only that the game has “the strongest playlist we've ever assembled.” Now, we’ve got a preview of that. Dtoider power-glove has sent in a doozy of a tip from the ScoreHero forums, that bastion of die-hard music game fans around the world.
According to the forumites, tonight’s episode of X-Play showed a screenshot from the song selection screen in Rock Band 2 -- you can see it for yourself above. It shows the cross-game DLC compatibility that Harmonix promised: note that the last two songs, Boston’s “More Than A Feeling” and “All The Small Things” by Blink-182, were made available as DLC for Rock Band.
Here are the other nine tracks, and their presumed artists:
- Dream Theater - “Panic Attack” (could also be Finger Eleven)
- System of a Down - “Chop Suey”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Give It Away”
- Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
- Kim Wilde - “Kids in America”
- Motörhead - “Ace of Spades”
- Cheap Trick - “Hello There”
- Journey - “Any Way You Want It”
- The Who - “Pinball Wizard”
Here’s some more in-depth analysis of the screenshot. Note the “2” to the left of the first nine tracks, and the different circular icon next to the two songs from Rock Band -- it’s the arrow that signifies DLC, so that’s how they’re differentiating between songs on the Rock Band 2 game disc and downloaded tracks.
Either way, that purported tracklist has me in a tizzy. I want this game NOW.
Also, JOURNEEEEEEEY!
[power-glove lives on the ScoreHero forums]
[Update: The ever-so-gracious power-glove has provided us with a significantly improved image. It confirms that the icons next to the Boston and Blink-182 songs are the old download arrow icons; the post has been updated to reflect this.]
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8:27 PM on 07.01.2008
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Look, there's a score besides it. That's the real stuff right there. Looks like the music store design is becoming the tour design.
@Cobra
Hey Spacecat, there's one song on that list that was DLC for RB1.
I'm flipping over Journey, but I hope this isn't HMX's a-game stuff. Because World Tour has some mind-blowing stuff that's going to really strike a chord with the masses. Unless RB 2 ships with all of Escape ...
http://twitter.com/OblivionPact/statuses/812331960
OMG, that is one of my favorite songs in history.
I am as hyped as someone can be for a game.
Everlong, Everlong, Everlong, Everlong, Everlong.
Also, I misspoke. :(
...........
I... CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!
It's over 8 minutes long and SEVERAL of those minutes are guitar solos with barely a break (if any) in between them.
I've said it ever since the first Guitar Hero; just about any Dream Theater song would make an AMAZING boss (final) song for a guitar game.
Maybe now they finally have the balls to put one of their songs. Time will tell...
But really now, this was a great way to start my 'day'. For my own musical taste, both RB2 and WT are shaping up to be eargasmic experiences. Although it's expected, it is a bit disappointing to see songs that have/are appearing on the rival game franchise. But I guess I'm just being picky over excellent news.
And I love the fact that 'Anyway You Want It' can now be experienced as a 'band', rather than a solo effort in GH3. Really excited about that.
Some folks may be very, very wrong with assumptions...But alas, I can say no more other than "I've played it and it's good".
they could release the game now with only those songs and i would be happy
I just listened to that song on Youtube and wow.
THE ACE OF SPADES
Fuck now I need to grow mutton chops
Sold. Hell, I was getting this anyway.
Pinball Wizard?
CHOP SUEY!!??
Damn. I was planning actually on getting GHIV instead of this because of the custom song editor, but now I'm not too sure. >.>