edd__ Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) It's implied in the guide and the achievement description, but i think it'd be good to make it explicit that you can do Victory! and Comeback Kid in a player or ranked match. also, with the X City Performer achievement, if it was also more explicit. I know it might seem obvious to a lot of people, especially considering the images supplied, but i think it'd be worth saying which cities apply for which achievement. Edited September 16, 2008 by edd__ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feel My Rage Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 As far as the fills and beats ach. for the drums go, the ach. seem to not be stackable ( meaning if you do the harder ones you don't get the easier ones)... I did the 20G fills and didnt get the 10G one. I would recommend for the fills since they are a bit annoying since you have to wait for the first beats to then "rock out" , do them in the two fast versions meaning 180BPM and 140 BPM (only need to play drums at medium level to be able to do fills at fast pace) as far as the "beats" go you should just do the slow versions 60BPM and 100BPM unless you are good at drums ... ( i consider myself pretty good at drums and couldnt do the 50% required) Well hope my little hope made sense and hope it helped.. even if its a little bit LIES AND SLANDER!!! Sorry, I just like saying those two words:p Anywho, you're wrong, I got both the Fill achieves by doing the 100 all/180 half BPM achievement.Havn't done the beat one though, as I SUCK at drums so I'm gonna have to do them all at 100 BPM, not to mention my drums recently screwed up:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchCowbell Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 It's implied in the guide and the achievement description, but i think it'd be good to make it explicit that you can do Victory! and Comeback Kid in a player or ranked match. also, with the X City Performer achievement, if it was also more explicit. I know it might seem obvious to a lot of people, especially considering the images supplied, but i think it'd be worth saying which cities apply for which achievement. Will do. I'm updating the guide right now. My first two post are exactly 10,000 characters lol. I'm sick as a dog today, which is a good and bad thing. I have more time to work on the guide, but less time to play RB2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonard05boi Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 LIES AND SLANDER!!! Sorry, I just like saying those two words:p Anywho, you're wrong, I got both the Fill achieves by doing the 100 all/180 half BPM achievement.Havn't done the beat one though, as I SUCK at drums so I'm gonna have to do them all at 100 BPM, not to mention my drums recently screwed up:( Oh sucks then because I did the 20G for the fills and didnt get the 10G .... must have glitched oh well lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffman Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Band saviour: Plug in drums, the guitar and vocals at the same time on one box. Load up quickplay on Blitzkrieg Bop. Play hard guitar and leave your drums and microphone to sit there, both on easy. You will be able to save your band mates twice each if you can get all the phases and you wont fail out. You dont need other this way. Couple of quick notes on this (it works, by the way): You have to actually pass the song. I did this and failed out after the notes were done but before the song was officially over, and didn't get the achievement. Also, I think you have to save people on 3 different occasions, not necessarily 3 different people (i.e., you can't save both the vocalist and drummer at the same time twice, because that only counts as being a savior twice). I'm not 100% sure on that because I don't remember if I passed the song the time I did this, but maybe someone else can check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aPerfektFIaw Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 It's implied in the guide and the achievement description, but i think it'd be good to make it explicit that you can do Victory! and Comeback Kid in a player or ranked match. Yeah thats what i was talking about before. Its better for Player matches though bc the other person doesn't have to leave. Like I said I got it my first time. Just let the other guy/girl win first then try to beat them the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxGU1TARGODxx Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Couple of quick notes on this (it works, by the way): You have to actually pass the song. I did this and failed out after the notes were done but before the song was officially over, and didn't get the achievement. Also, I think you have to save people on 3 different occasions, not necessarily 3 different people (i.e., you can't save both the vocalist and drummer at the same time twice, because that only counts as being a savior twice). I'm not 100% sure on that because I don't remember if I passed the song the time I did this, but maybe someone else can check that out. I can confirm that you can save two people, one twice and the other once and get the achievement. Also, from my post above, Hello There is the best song to do this with. If you do it on easy you can't fail out as long as you hit all the notes which is very easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Puppy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Flawless Fretwork - 100% a song on Expert guitar. 25G Flawless Drumming - 100% a song on Expert drums. 25G Flawless Groove - 100% a song on Expert bass only using up-strums. 25G Solid Gold, Baby! - Gold star any song. 25G For these achievements, it is easiest to go into the Xbox Live marketplace, and download the song Charlene (I'm Right Behind You) by Stephen and the Colberts It is probably the shortest song in the game, and definitely the easiest expert song. Please put this following the achievements i posted above in your guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchCowbell Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Flawless Fretwork - 100% a song on Expert guitar. 25G Flawless Drumming - 100% a song on Expert drums. 25G Flawless Groove - 100% a song on Expert bass only using up-strums. 25G Solid Gold, Baby! - Gold star any song. 25G For these achievements, it is easiest to go into the Xbox Live marketplace, and download the song Charlene (I'm Right Behind You) by Stephen and the Colberts It is probably the shortest song in the game, and definitely the easiest expert song. Please put this following the achievements i posted above in your guide. I already posted that song in the Flawless Fretwork achievement. Flawless Groove and Solid Gold, Baby! are way easier on the Beastie Boys song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLogan27 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I guess I'm stupid but I cannot find the drummer beat thingys. I thought I was doing it last night....I have no clue. Please enlighten me and free me from my stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogmcgee Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 The full description on the Comeback Kid achievement says it has to be in xbox live play, it doesn't work locally. However, it doesn't say ranked play, so try it with a friend in a player match. For the million points, we did it with 4 people on Give it Away. Vocals and drums on Medium, bass and guitar on hard. Final score was 1.49 million, so there's plenty of leeway to do it with three people or knock down the difficulty some. The bass part is pretty easy even on hard, with only a couple "tricky" parts. Vocals are mostly all talky parts, which work brilliantly right now with the vocal detection. The million points can be done pretty easy on several songs if you've got 3-4 decent players, the key is to keep the multiplier going. It definately doesn't have to be on hard or expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punker Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I played around with the Band Savior achievement and found a surefire to get it. Plug in your guitar, drums and microphone. You need to play the guitar part but the drums and mic don't get played. Go into Quickplay Band mode and select "Hello There". Choose the Easy difficulty for all three instruments. Then simply play the guitar part and save each player after they fail. You'll save the vocalist twice and the drummer once. The song will end and the achievement will unlock. You can't lose. Excellent tip... it worked like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchCowbell Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 I guess I'm stupid but I cannot find the drummer beat thingys. I thought I was doing it last night....I have no clue. Please enlighten me and free me from my stupidity. Go to the Drum Trainer Achievement section of the guide. I have the location there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punker Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 For Flawless Guitar Solo, I would suggest adding Kids in America as an option. The first solo is only like 25 notes, and the progression is very easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0 TommyGuns 0o Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 For Flawless Guitar Solo, I would suggest adding Kids in America as an option. The first solo is only like 25 notes, and the progression is very easy. i agree this is the song i got the achievement on aloso its very easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHip41 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 For Flawless Guitar Solo, I would suggest adding Kids in America as an option. The first solo is only like 25 notes, and the progression is very easy. i'd do orange crush from RB1. all single hold notes, maybe 12 total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoghog Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Given my lack of skill with the drums on rock band 1 & 2, I decided to try an alternative strategy for getting the drum trainer achievements that actually worked out quite well on both beats and fills. The achievements for the drum trainer are stackable, so I started at 180 BPM for both challenge types and simply had a buddy of mine help me out with the ones I couldn't handle myself. In some cases, he would pull the bass pedal aside and take care of those parts, leaving me to focus solely on the pad notes. If I had to do pad notes with off beats, I'd focus on the steady ones (usually yellow or blue) and the bass part, and let my buddy hit the pad for the other color notes (usually red). Got all 4 achievements in about 5 minutes. Hope this helps! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoghog Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I got 100% Bass (upstrum only) on Elvis Costello the very first time I even played it. Might be worth checking into if anyone is having problems with this achivement. PS - I got the same achievement in Rock Band 1 on Weezer, that would work equally well if you imported your RB1 tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd__ Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'm throwing my opinions into the mix. A lot of people are suggesting RB1 and DLC songs for the 100% achievements, but personally i feel like it's more important for the guide to refer to on-disc RB2 tracks first and foremost, and then perhaps mention other songs. But definitely stating the RB2 song(s) as priorities, as you have to assume that someone using this guide may not want to pay to import their tracks, or have an XBL account to download free or payable DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 You can get gold stars pretty easy on So Watcha Want - Beastie Boys if you play the bass and use overdrive as soon as you get it. This is a lot easier than singing on expert, like your guide says now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neok182 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 easiest way to get gold star and 100% vocals: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91935 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchCowbell Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 ^^As long as you are making some sort of sound into your mic, you will get 100% on all rapping songs except Give it Away by RHCP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 ^^As long as you are making some sort of sound into your mic, you will get 100% on all rapping songs except Give it Away by RHCP. Just talking or making noise may get you 100%, but it doesn't always get you 5 Gold Stars. I held my mic up to the video of the Declaration of Independence being rehearsed for Rock Band 2 and it didn't give me 5 Gold Stars, only 100%. Just saying, 100% that song on bass and using Star Power as soon as you get it nets 5 Gold Stars every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neok182 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 @Apple: well i can confirm that holding it up to your speakers while the song is playing in rock band will give you a gold star and i recited the declaration into it while it was playing and both gave me a gold star. the video of the declaration probably isn't clear enough for the game to give you a perfect star or you just didn't activate overdrive enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianSB Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Great guide! I think it would be best to include a lot of warnings for the Bladder achievement...people seem to think they can trick the system by using the guide button or unplugging their controller, both of which are pretty much guaranteed not to work. Also guitarists should activate overdrive by lifting their guitars rather than hitting select in order to avoid accidentally pausing the game or bringing up the 360 guide. Wireless controllers should be avoided because if they run out of batteries during the LONG session they will pause the game. People should also make sure in advance that they can pass every song in advance since they'll only be getting one shot per song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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