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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?
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 01:20
Posted by sithvol
Fri, 11/14/2008 - 21:46
Posted by ill sue y4
where are our music dlc reviews? you never reviewed. the presidents of the united states or foo fighters dlc. pick up the slack oxm!
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 14:31
Posted by insomniak
Just to comment on the Wal-Mart/Sams Club thing. That only applies in the United States, in Canada you can buy the album and the track pack at the usual places. Im not really sure why they couldnt just make this a downloadable pack but at least we finally have some kick ass ACDC tunes to play.
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 13:07
Posted by Xiantayne
It's not just at Sam's Club/Wal-mart. I work part-time at EB Games and we have it in stock.
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 09:58
Posted by freakwaph
Even with what the guy below me just said, there is no way in hell I'm paying $40 for 18 songs.
That's just ridiculous.
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 04:59
Posted by WhiteyMcTool
The reason it was delivered the way it was delivered is for two reasons:
1) AC/DC currently has a crazy licensing deal with Wal-Mart/Sams Club. The new album is only being sold there, they've got a whole "AC/DC" section in every store, and in the deal, it's stipulated that any new material AC/DC puts out for a while (merchandise or otherwise) must be sold at the store (with the curious exception of concert shirts and tickets, which are as pricey as ever). Thus, the pack can only be sold at Wal-Mart.
2) So why a track pack and not just straight DLC? AC/DC has said themselves that they prefer to release their content as full albums, not as singles: I was shocked when a lone AC/DC track made it into Rock Band 2. Thus, it makes sense that a full concert would only be released as a disc, the way AC/DC wants it. If they released it in the store, they would have had to not offer it as singles, and this would go against the current format of the store. People would ignore quite a few songs (Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, Jailbreak, Fire Your Guns, Heatseeker, there are at least three more that aren't really huge hits), and the amount HMX paid to get the songs wouldn't pay off in the end.
That last bit was conjecture, but everything else is explained in this article.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/20/acdc-rock-band-answers/