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Hand’s On with Rock Band and Turok

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The guys at IGN have been happily receiving extra hits on the site lately because of their hands on preview of Rock Band, but also worth noting is they now have played Turok as well. Here are the cliff notes of the finer points made about the games.

Rock Band:

  • Guitar is larger and more realistic (compared to the very toy like Guitar Hero guitar, which I personally was fine with, but having a larger guitar definitely would have been nicer)
    Buttons feel stiff, but Harmonix pointed out that IGN was still using prototypes and that final versions are still being tweaked out.
  • Guitar effects such as reverb, delay, and phase are being experimented with.
  • Vocals are handled similar to that of Karaoke Revolution.
  • Drums are similar to the guitars just doing the beat/color matching.
  • If one person in the band is doing poorly, the other players can “rescue” them by keeping up the groove.
  • “If you can play the drum parts on hard, you can pretty much play the drums.” - Harmonix Rep
  • Whew, that last one about the drumming has to have someone other than myself intrigued. Full Rock Band 3 page preview here, it makes for a pretty good read.


    Turok
    They gave Turok a 2 page preview that wasn’t as in depth or got me as excited as I finished reading the Rock band preview. The game does sound good, and I have loved Turok since the very first game, which I still own (yes, even with all the N64 fog), however, this new game doesn’t have anything that separates itself too much from other First Person Shooters. I will rent the game when it comes out no doubt, but right now the highlights of this game include basically .. smarter A.I. In ways that should be a little better and smarter than what we already have, but, that is what every new FPS promises. If you do like the Turok franchise though, it is worth checking out the short preview they have up here, as they do have a good chunk of info on the storyline.


    3 Responses to “Hand’s On with Rock Band and Turok”

    1. Magdalena Says:

      I am not sure I want this … or damn I need the drums :)

    2. XBox 360 Rally » Blog Archive » 3 Guitar Hero II Tracks For Download - Still 2 Bucks a Pop Says:

      [...] online petitions do nothing. Let us all just hope that with some healthy competition in the form of Rock Band, will help make a little price war with the very similar games. For now, enjoy spending $6.25 on [...]

    3. XBox 360 Rally » Blog Archive » Guitar Hero 3 Preview Says:

      [...] nothing against Guitar Hero 3, but right now I am pretty focused on Rock Band. I do like that the lips sync better now, but the “attacks” idea doesn’t sit well [...]


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