
Check out the sweet pic of Rock Band's drum kit.
The drum controller is played by striking one of 4 foam pads, representing the snare drum, tom-tom, hi-hat, and crash/ride cymbals. The set will also feature a kick pedal for bass drum and will ship with a pair of drumsticks.
Game developer Harmonix says that if players can master the drum peripheral on hard difficulty, they will be able to play the instrument in reality, meaning that, get this, we'll finally be able to get some real world use out of constantly playing videogames!
Along with the awesome drum set show, Rock Band can be played with a microphone (that doubles as a tamborine), and a guitar peripheral.
No price has been announced for the peripherals, but we bet it will be cheaper than equipping a real band. It will be available this fall for the PS3 and 360.


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But it looks cool.
I could see this being great on college campuses or even in the barracks where some drinking might be involved.
But I can't see purchasing it if you're going to sit at home by yourself and play it. But friends can make it easier to justify; especially if they help pay for it.
Gotta love videogames. It's all about fun!
I do want to try this game though.
They say no price for the peripherals, if that's the case then someone needs to inform Gamestop that the prices they have listed are wrong then.
I bet this game will cost like $250.00 with all of the crap that goes with it. I just don't want to have an assload of guitar controllers strewn all over my house 3 years from now, when rock manager hero 5 comes out!
Cant wait for it to caome out it is gona be awesome!
I play a real guitar (kinda) too. So I constantly call them out with acoustic guitars.
Anyway, I just thought "snap, kids are gonna be like 'I can play drums too, jerk'" Then I realized a few things. Yes the kit is gonna be way too hard for them to relate to, and that they're never gonna buy a real kit after the 75 for the fake kit... Not to mention I can pull out a pretty mean triplets solo if worst comes to worst. :)