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Posted on: Nov 09, 2008
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack
WORDS BY: Ryan McCaffrey
When “Let There Be Rock” was the song chosen for AC/DC’s long-awaited music-game debut in Rock Band 2, we suspected it meant that the bigger hits would be downloadable later on. We were half-right.
Sadly, AC/DC Live is a $40 disc-only add-on pack — it includes 250 Achievement points, and you can export it once to Rock Band and Rock Band 2. It’s sold only at Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club, you don’t get AC/DC band-member avatars or other extras as you did in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and it’s built off of the Rock Band engine — meaning no online play or Make-A-Setlist unless you export it.
Don’t get us wrong: these tracks are a blast to play — particularly Angus Young’s guitar and Brian Johnson’s vocals — and they rank alongside The Best of the Who as Rock Band’s greatest supplemental tunes. “Thunderstruck,” “T.N.T.,” and “Highway to Hell” are just three of the 18 stellar cuts, while a 10-plus-minute “Jailbreak” is an epic concert piece. But it’s still a letdown. If only this had been packaged with more goodies or delivered digitally for a more reasonable price…
On Xbox 360
- Absolutely classic rock songs...
- ...Delivered in the worst possible way.
- No extras whatsoever.
- Why can't we just download this pack?
COMMENTS:
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Sat, 10/24/2009 - 05:42
Posted by craigtmartins
I dunno. I actually enjoyed this one from AC/DC. Maybe it just because I'm such a big fan of theirs...
Sat, 10/17/2009 - 20:50
Posted by wickland
Love the music AC/DC but some of the game features flopped here.
Sun, 04/26/2009 - 00:41
Posted by zombo09
Go Acca Dacca!
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 21:00
Posted by instantdeath999
I guess I'll go ahead and clear everything up. You might not like the way these songs were distributed, but there was literally no other choice.
AC/DC is ridiculously hard to work with. They believe in the album format, which is why they have not put their songs on itunes. If they were to put these songs up for download, it would be easy to download a single song, something that goes completely against AC/DC's policy.
However, it would be possible to make it an all or nothing download, similar to Death Magnetic, right? Wrong. Here, something else comes into play... AC/DC's deal with Walmart. Basically, AC/DC signed a deal with Walmart, making their new album exclusive to that store. Apparently, the same has to follow.
This presents Harmonix with a problem. They want to get AC/DC on the game, but with these problems, they can't use their own methods. They want all of their hits... but they can't make a Who-style greatest hits, because that goes against AC/DC's policy. This was the only way to get all of their hits.
As for price... chalk that up to Walmart.
I'm personally hoping for an AC/DC track pack 2, featuring Bon Scott on vocals. Live in Paris would be good.
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 17:20
Posted by sithvol
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