Cracked Rabbit Gaming http://crackedrabbitgaming.com Video game FAQs, reviews, and videos! Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Some news about the Rock Band ION drumkit http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/07/30/some-news-about-the-rock-band-ion-drumkit/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/07/30/some-news-about-the-rock-band-ion-drumkit/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:11 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/07/30/some-news-about-the-rock-band-ion-drumkit/ Rock BandAs I've mentioned before, I have an electric Yamaha drumkit, and I would love to use it with Rock Band (my RB drums are pretty messed up now). Since the ION kit uses 1/4" plugs, I was hoping I could just buy their brain and use my pads with it. I started a thread about it on the RB forums, and a lot of other people want it too (see whole thread). I emailed the company and actually got a direct response back:

Tommy,

Thanks for getting in touch. While we do expect to eventually offer the controller module separately, we intend to do so to allow Drum Rocker users who own multiple consoles to use a single Drum Rocker kit with all of their systems.

The module was designed specifically for use with the Drum Rocker drum and cymbal pads, which have a unique set of output characteristics (as do all electronic drum and cymbal pads). Lots of work has been done to ensure that Drum Rocker is optimized for Rock Band performance, in terms of trigger sensitivity, crosstalk rejection, latency, and more, and the design of the module has been tuned to deliver the best possible performance in conjunction with the Drum Rocker pads. Plugging another set of pads that happen to have 1/4" outputs into the Drum Rocker module will not yield the same results as using a Drum Rocker kit, and in fact may not work at all, so we don't recommend it.

However, if your goal is to have a single electronic drum set that can be used with your existing drum module and Rock Band as well, you can go at this from another angle. We would suggest that you get a Drum Rocker set, and use the Drum Rocker pads with your existing electronic drum module. If it's got 1/4" inputs and its input sensitivity can be adjusted, you should be able to combine the Drum Rocker pads with your existing module, and have exactly what you're after - a single kit for playing games and playing music!

Hope this helps!

Customer Service - DrumRocker
Ion-Audio

So of course their solution is to have me buy the whole drumkit, as you'd expect — no thanks. I hope someone buys the brain anyway and tries it out.

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I really didn't expect to do that; I guess it's all thanks to my new pedal. I still need work on Kool Thing, Hammerhead, The Perfect Drug, and a few others. I added some of my high scores to ScoreHero, and will add more later.

I've also been trying to raise my career score, and have almost broken the top 500 on the 360 leaderboards. I've been reading about the best overdrive paths to use, so I just thought I'd let everyone know:

Public Service Announcement

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/06/27/rock-band-5-starred-blackened-expert-drums/feed/ The Best Rock Band pedal, 5-starred Disturbed Expert Drums http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/06/18/the-best-rock-band-pedal-5-starred-disturbed-expert-drums/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/06/18/the-best-rock-band-pedal-5-starred-disturbed-expert-drums/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:52:17 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/06/18/the-best-rock-band-pedal-5-starred-disturbed-expert-drums/ I haven't been able to play Rock Band for the last week and a half because our 360 Red Ringed. Luckily, a friend came over today and brought his Xbox, so we swapped HDDs, bought some new songs, and played for a while. I've been really wanting to play the MTV pack, and now the new Offspring/Avenged Sevenfold.

I finally decided to just mod the pedal that came with my Yamaha DTXplorer, since I play Rock Band more than Drummania nowadays (and it doesn't disable the pedal or anything). This is the best Rock Band pedal there is now (click for large):

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/06/18/the-best-rock-band-pedal-5-starred-disturbed-expert-drums/feed/ Dark Sector, and Poor Game Design http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/19/dark-sector-and-poor-game-design/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/19/dark-sector-and-poor-game-design/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 09:30:10 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/19/dark-sector-and-poor-game-design/ darksector_1.jpgMy roommate just signed up for GameFly, and got Dark Sector. I was never really all that interested in the game, but I figured I might as well play it since he's only renting it. I'm not going to write a full review since I haven't finished it (and probably never will), but I want to talk about a few things. For the record, I got to chapter 7 (out of 10) before I stopped playing.

Quick Thoughts

Dark Sector isn't a terrible game if you're a fan of the genre, but there are a lot of weaknesses. Enemies respawn far too often, which amounts to you ducking behind a wall for ten minutes shooting the same enemies. It copies Gears of War too much, including things that don't make sense: as GiantBomb pointed out, your running and sprinting speed is the same as GoW — which makes no sense here as Hayden (your character) is a skinny guy, not a giant man in armor.

The "glaive" is great, and is one of the only things that sets this game apart. It's a blade that acts as a boomerang; throw it to slice enemies in half, and it'll come back to you. You'll gain an "aftertouch" ability which lets you slow down time and actually direct the glaive mid-flight, which is what I spent most of the game doing.

Aside from that it's a pretty standard shooter.

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No, I don't care about Gold Starring it!

Now that my drums are working almost perfectly, I'm trying to raise some of my scores. I just re-calibrated Rock Band, because it still felt off. I tried harder this time and tested it, and it really felt like it made a difference. I basically have to just guess the settings though, because the "calibration tool" never works.

I five-starred a whole bunch of songs: Dead on Arrival (as you can see. I don't think I've played it since the first month we got RB), Next to You (Yes!), March of the Pigs (although I think I've only played that one once before, not a huge NIN fan), and some others. I still haven't gotten 5 on Run to the Hills, but I'm closer (4 and 3/4?).

I even passed Blinded by Fear for the first time (3 stars), but I played cheaply and purposely missed half of the hi-hat notes. If you just alternate hands (hi-hat, snare) and still hit the bass pedal, it's not too hard, and you'll still maintain your health. I don't think I can physically play that song correctly all the way through, it's just too fast.

So now I only have a small bunch of 4-stars left (including DLC), and just that one 3-star!

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/16/this-picture-speaks-for-itself/feed/ Podcast #2 - Rock Band Drum Mods (Tommy Gun + Mojo) http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/13/podcast-2-rock-band-drum-mods-tommy-gun-mojo/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/13/podcast-2-rock-band-drum-mods-tommy-gun-mojo/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 23:56:10 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/05/13/podcast-2-rock-band-drum-mods-tommy-gun-mojo/ There are a whole bunch of mods that can be, and should be, done to the Rock Band drums if you're serious about playing. How do you increase the sensitivity? How do you dampen the noise? What about that crappy bass pedal that always breaks? We discuss all of these things, and the different solutions people have come up with.

Contents:

00:00 - Introduction, Pad silencers/rebound
03:16 - Rock Band Drumsoft
09:44 - Sensitivity mods
15:22 - Bass Pedals
25:00 - Good Wood Mods

34 minutes, 13.5MB:

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See a quick video of the mods at the bottom of this post, along with links to all things discussed (you might even want to watch the video first so you know what the stuff looks like when you listen). I also posted some score pics below to show my drums are working pretty well.
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The Rock Band Drum "In-between Sock Mod"

Here's a little guide I wrote for a Rock Band drum mod (based off of another mod). It's working great for me, but I'd love to get more feedback on it. If you try it, let me know how it works!

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/25/the-rock-band-drum-in-between-sock-mod-guide-now-up/feed/ WORST. DEMO. EVER! (Battlezone, Xbox Live Arcade) http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/19/worst-demo-ever-battlezone-xbox-live-arcade/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/19/worst-demo-ever-battlezone-xbox-live-arcade/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:17:02 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/19/worst-demo-ever-battlezone-xbox-live-arcade/

Could this be the shortest demo ever? Yes, this is on the "high-speed" version of the game ("throttle monkey"), and I did kill the tanks as fast as possible, but my very first try at the demo on normal wasn't much longer (30 secs?). The demo ends after you kill four tanks, so it's possible to play longer, but only if you suck.

It was pretty fun, but maybe at the 40 second mark you realize there's nothing else to do. The game got pretty mixed reviews, although it's only $5. Eh.

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/19/worst-demo-ever-battlezone-xbox-live-arcade/feed/ Podcast #1 - Space Invaders Extreme, Nanostray 2 http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/15/podcast-1-space-invaders-extreme-nanostray-2/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/15/podcast-1-space-invaders-extreme-nanostray-2/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:50:09 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/04/15/podcast-1-space-invaders-extreme-nanostray-2/ We finally got on the bandwagon! I've been really busy lately, so I haven't had time to make videos or write reviews, but I really wanted to talk about these two DS games. I got my friend Neofletcher to do a podcast with me, since he's also obsessed with the DS.

Both of these podcasts are very in-depth (i.e., LONG), and we really just did them for fun. We'll try to make future podcasts shorter. Originally it was going to be a single podcast, but I decided to split it in two because of the length.

See videos for both games at the bottom of this post.

Part 1: Space Invaders Extreme (Tommy Gun + Neofletcher)

This is an update to Space Invaders, similar to what they did with Pac-Man CE on Live Arcade. New enemies, new weapons, and best of all, the whole game thumps to the music (think Rez, Lumines)! As of this recording it's an import, but it's coming to the US on June 17th.

20 minutes, 8MB:

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Corrections and Additional Info:
It's called "Fever Time" not "Frenzy."

I found out that the bosses in the PSP version are not shrunk down, it actually is a differently shaped field than on the DS, although they remove the borders on the PSP to give it slightly more height than the main PSP levels.

Part 2: Nanostray 2 (Tommy Gun + Neofletcher)

A sequel, this is a very traditional shmup (more so than Nanostray 1). Has D-pad control or touch-screen control.

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Note: This is a Rabbit Run, not a speed run. To understand the difference please read the Rabbit Run FAQ entry.

Scroll down this page for information on this video, this game, and this run. Reading about the game before you watch the video may help you understand it better.

The purpose of this Rabbit Run is not to beat the level as quickly as possible, it's to show a lot of the cool weapons in the game. I could have played the whole battle with a machine gun, but that's not interesting.

Showing the controller on the screen was a bit of an experiment. This is NOT something I'm going to do for every video. I just did it in this case because, well, there are a lot of controls for Snowblind, but also because I was using a lot of the controls. The whole point of this run was to show off as many different weapons as I could, so I was constantly switching.

If you think it's interesting, let me know, and maybe I'll do it again with another game if it makes sense.

About the controls: It's possible to bring up a menu to switch weapons, but that pauses the game and really takes you out of the action. The "quick" way of switching is to use the d-pad. UP/DOWN cycles guns, LEFT cycles through Augmentations (things like invisibility, abbreviated as "AUG" below), RIGHT cycles grenades.

See run notes at the bottom of this post. See also: "Project: Snowblind" Review.

Game: Project: Snowblind
Level: Rescue (End battle only)
Developer / Publisher: Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive
Game Released: February 22, 2005
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Spoilers: Shows weapons, one battle.
Length of Run: 2:40 min.
Played By: Tommy Gun
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Quick Summary:
Project: Snowblind is an FPS that's essentially Deus Ex 3, but they changed the name and focused more on standard FPS action. It's a mostly linear game with lots of weapons, and a few "powers" you can use.

Game: Project: Snowblind
Level: Intro
Developer / Publisher: Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive
Game Released: February 22, 2005
System: Xbox
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Spoilers: Intro
Played By: Tommy Gun

See also: "Project: Snowblind" Review.

 

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Choose a Site: YouTube

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/02/07/project-snowblind-video-intro-with-gameplay/feed/ Review: "Project: Snowblind" (Xbox, PS2, PC) http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/02/07/review-project-snowblind-xbox-ps2-pc/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/02/07/review-project-snowblind-xbox-ps2-pc/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:17:37 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/02/07/review-project-snowblind-xbox-ps2-pc/ projectsnowblind125.jpg
Quick Summary:
Project: Snowblind is an FPS that's essentially Deus Ex 3, but they changed the name and focused more on standard FPS action. It's a mostly linear game with lots of weapons, and a few "powers" you can use.

I loved Deus Ex, but halfway through my save file got corrupted, and I couldn't finish it. I really love cyberpunk, so this game really interested me. After I beat it, I made some videos of it, and decided I might as well review it while I was at it. This was about a year ago, and all this content has been sitting on my hard drive since then. So, while this review was mostly done, keep in mind that I may have left some things out. Links to both videos are in the review below.

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In other news, my other roommate just bought a PS3, so at some point I might have some PS3 reviews up (though he keeps it in his room, unlike the 360 in our living room). There really aren't too many PS3 exclusive games I'm interested in playing though — LittleBigPlanet is the main one that comes to mind, and of course a new Twisted Metal if they make one.

Now we just need to get our hands on a Wii, which we've been trying to do for a year. We're all pretty broke at the moment though, so we haven't been trying that hard.

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/02/06/new-server/feed/ A Musician's View on the Rock Band Phenomenon (link) http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/09/a-musicians-view-on-the-rock-band-phenomenon-link/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/09/a-musicians-view-on-the-rock-band-phenomenon-link/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:37:36 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/09/a-musicians-view-on-the-rock-band-phenomenon-link/ Rock BandEver wonder what real musicians think of Rock Band? I don't normally post links to other sites, but this is a great little essay. He started off as a hater, having never played it, but actually went out and bought it. He tells the story of playing Rock Band with his friends, and how he got hooked:

A Musician's View on the Rock Band Phenomenon

Kudos for being open minded and actually playing the game!

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/09/a-musicians-view-on-the-rock-band-phenomenon-link/feed/ Review: "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/04/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/04/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:02:27 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/04/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/ pop-sot125.jpgWith the writer's strike still on, I've had more time to play games, and I just beat this game a few minutes ago. It got such great reviews that I've wanted to play it for a while. After finishing it, do I now wish I had a magic dagger that would let me rewind time to avoid ever playing it?

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is the first of the Sands trilogy. You play as the Prince, with the ability to rewind time. It contains 3rd person platforming and puzzle solving, as well as sword-based combat.

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/04/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/feed/ Review: "Rock Band" Part 2: Bullet points! http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-2-bullet-points/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-2-bullet-points/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:34:28 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-2-bullet-points/ Rock BandThis is part 2 of my review, also see part 1.

Quick Summary: Rock Band is Guitar Hero/Drum Hero/Karaoke Revolution combined. Made by Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero, it's the ultimate party music game.

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-2-bullet-points/feed/ Review: "Rock Band" Part 1: hardware, difficulty, modes http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-1-hardware-difficulty-modes/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-1-hardware-difficulty-modes/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:28:10 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-1-hardware-difficulty-modes/ Rock BandNote: we have it for the Xbox 360. Each person needs to be signed into an Xbox profile (it can be the same one). Some things may be a bit different on PS3.

I started writing this review right after getting the game, two months ago, and have since added to it. There is so much more to say about the game, though, that I have left some things out to talk about later. I have broken it into two parts, and apologize for the unorganized format. It's not so much a review as it is a discussion.

Quick Summary: Rock Band is Guitar Hero/Drum Hero/Karaoke Revolution combined. Made by Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero, it's the ultimate party music game.

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2008/01/02/review-rock-band-part-1-hardware-difficulty-modes/feed/ AN-I-MAL!! http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/28/an-i-mal/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/28/an-i-mal/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:57:22 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/28/an-i-mal/ Rock BandI finally beat the last Expert drum song. I would have done it much sooner, but the final song, "Won't Get Fooled Again," has tons of bass notes towards the end (plus we've been playing TONS of BWT mode). If I had a real bass pedal, it wouldn't have been a problem at all, but the crappy plastic pedal just wears your leg out so quickly. The song itself really isn't very hard…which is true for most of the songs. Other songs I had some trouble on:

Dead on Arrival:
This was the first song I failed on. Maybe it's because I really didn't know this song at all, but it also has a weird pattern that's pretty fast. I got it on my third or fourth try, scraping by with overdrive.

Foreplay/Long Time:
This song is fun, but the beginning is pretty tough, mostly because of the lack of rebound on the drum pads (haven't modded yet). There's a fast "L L R" pattern you need to do, but after that the song is easy.

Next to You:
I forget if I actually failed this song, but it's definitely hard. Very fast, lots of bass.

Run to the Hills:
Very fast rolls, not very complicated though. The problem was that the pads weren't registering all the hits, so I failed a few times. On my next try I played really lightly, which helped tremendously, and I passed it. It must have been pretty funny to watch.

In other news, we just got a whole bunch of DLC, including the Metallica pack. I'll have to see if I can get through Blackened, as that has tons of notes close together. Hyperspeed, please!

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]]> http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/28/an-i-mal/feed/ Half-Life 2: Episode 2 - "Little Rocket Man" Gnome Achievement Tips http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/27/half-life-2-episode-2-little-rocket-man-gnome-achievement-tips/ http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/27/half-life-2-episode-2-little-rocket-man-gnome-achievement-tips/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:48:33 +0000 Tommy Gun http://crackedrabbitgaming.com/2007/12/27/half-life-2-episode-2-little-rocket-man-gnome-achievement-tips/ When I first read about the gnome achievement, I knew I had to do it (partly because it sounded fun, partly because I love Amelie). I had already beaten Episode 2 on the PC, but we just got it for the 360, so I wanted to play through it again anyway (points!).

This actually isn't as hard as you might think. There are a lot of battles where you can just set him down somewhere until after the fight. If you know the game (I assume everyone will have played through this episode at least once before trying this achievement!), you'll know which rooms you'll be coming back to, so you can leave him for large sections of the game. The rocket is found well before the end of the game, so it's only a few hours of play anyway.

This is not a guide for the whole episode, just some tips on where to safely leave the gnome.

SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!! SPOILERS!!

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