Tag: Harmonix

Rock Band 2 Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Rock Band 2 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ****  A music rhythm game that simulates playing in a rock band using instrument-styled controllers. The Platinum requires both a lot of time, as well as skills with all instrument types.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Rock Band 2 **** 51 Harmonix U.S. 38 10 2 2 0

Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2 is a music game, inspired by such predecessors as Beatmania and Guitar Hero. After designing a character and band, you begin your career playing in small, seedy bars. As your fame and fortune rises, so too do your possibilities as you take on tours across the globe. Eventually, becoming a rock star.

Like the first Rock Band, you can choose between playing a guitar, bass guitar, drums, or sing on the mic. Invite your friends over to jam, or go online. The game includes 84 new songs, plus (for a fee) you can upload the songs from the previous Rock Band, as well as the tracks in Lego Rock Band, not to mention the thousand of songs available on the PSN.

This game does not require so much time as it does skill. If you've gotten good at the previous Rock Band, then you've got an advantage. Otherwise, you've got some practicing to do. And not just on one instrument, but all of them in order to claim the Platinum.

Anyone can win all the vehicles or play in every part of the world. Many, after much practice, can score 100% notes on each of the instruments. But only the serious professionals can finish the endless setlist on Hard. And finishing the endless setlist on Expert is going above and beyond, requiring a 4-star rating for this game's difficulty.

One advantage these music games have which others don't, is that they're all basically the same. Getting the Platinum in Dead Space does not necessarily guarantee a Platinum in Dead Space 2. However, becoming enough of an expert to acquire the Platinum in Rock Band 2 means you can take on any of the music games - Lego Rock Band, Guitar Hero 5, etc.

While not a simple task, there are easier songs which can help you get 100% notes for each of the instrument trophies. Whether you're a fan of the Beastie Boys or not, the song "So What'cha Want" is your friend. The challenge level does not change much between Easy and Expert. Another recommended song is "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" which is a DLC. It may be a little more difficult, but is a very short song.

Having a friend help you with the endless setlists really helps - particularly for Bladder of Steel, which requires you to NEVER fail and NEVER hit pause. The endless setlist takes 6.5 hours to play. If you attempt this on your own, make sure you've got everything ready (snacks, a drink, and you've visited the toilet) and have fresh batteries in your instrument!

For the most part, you just need to become an expert on the instruments - particularly the guitar and drums - and work your way through all the world tours and challenges. Still, we have several links below which give advice on particular trophies and easier song recommendations.

An excellent list of Tips can be found here:
http://bombmatt.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/ps3-trophy-tips-rock-band-2/

This is a fantastic Trophy Guide, created by trophybot:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:Rock-Band-2-Trophy-Guide

Here's a Trophy Guide by Jeff Belote:
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/06/24/trophy-guide-rock-band-2/

And another Trophy Guide, by legendrock:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/rock-band-2/guide/

And a Trophy Guide by KatieJordan:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/949927-rock-band-2/46207852

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/rock-band-2/trophies/

Rock Band 3 Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Rock Band 3 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: *****   A music rhythm game that simulates the role of a musician. Requires not only high skills with each of the basic guitar, bass, mic, and drums, but also the keyboard, pro guitar, and pro drums. Both a difficult and expensive Platinum.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Rock Band 3 ***** 50 Harmonix U.S. 33 15 1 0 0

Rock Band 3

Like its predecessor, Rock Band 3 is a music game in which the player simulates the role of a guitarist, bass player, drummer, singer, and now a keyboarder. Included in this version is the Pro mode - a teaching tool for those who wanted to play a game and learn to play the guitar at the same time.

Rock on!

Thought Rock Band 2 was a challenge? Welcome to Rock Band 3! Not only do you have more instruments to improve your skills on, but this title could quite possibly be considered the most EXPENSIVE Platinum ever. In addition to all the previous instruments, you'll also need a keyboard and Pro Guitar to collect all the trophies.

Not an easy Platinum, by far. And not a cheap one, either.

Music games never seem to be easy. But one thing they all have in common, is each other. If you become a genius with Rock Band 2 and manage to land the platinum, then you can add the platinum to your collection with other music games, including Rock Band 3 (except for Lego Rock Band - regardless what other websites say, that one's a real whopper!)

Essentially, all the trophies can be grouped together into three types. You have the training trophies, one for each Pro instrument. Then there are the Road Challenges, which are similar to those in Rock Band 2 - getting various Overdrives, maintaining long streaks, etc. Finally, a few random challenges, also similar to Rock Band 2 - five staring songs, getting 100% accuracy, etc.

The ease of these trophies will depend on your skills and past experience with other music games. If you've played several before, it shouldn't take you too long to acquire the majority of these, minus the more difficult trophies. If this is your first time - then good luck!

One of the better Trophy Guides was posted by atirador, which includes a few videos for demonstration:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/rock-band-3/81589-trophy-guide-rock-band-3-a.html

Another well-detailed, text-based Trophy Guide was created by Nick Zitzmann:
http://www.gamershell.com/faqs/rockband3trophyguide/1.0.3/

A simpler Trophy Guide by Jeff Belote:
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/11/28/rock-band-3-trophy-guide/

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS3) by Matthew Weber:
http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/console/articles/93947.aspx

Supercheats has a range of useful Tips, from cheats to walkthroughs:
http://www.supercheats.com/playstation3/rockband3.htm

Another detailed Acheivement Guide, by soldat329x:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/rock-band/guide

Here's a list of different Guides:
http://www.trueachievements.com/game.aspx?gameid=3079

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/rock-band-3-trophies.html

Beatles: Rock Band Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Difficulty: **** Arguably more difficult than other Rock Band titles, with 100% Expert and full band requirements.

 

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Beatles: Rock Band **** 51 Harmonix U.S. 34 15 1 0 0

 

Beatles: Rock Band

Beatles: Rock Band is a music video game centered on the British rock group The Beatles. Players simulate playing songs by using instrument-inspired controllers, selecting between playing a guitar, bass guitar, drums, or singing on a mic. Similar to previous Rock Band games, players hit correct notes in sequence to earn points, as well as boost their performance meter. The game includes 45 Beatles songs, and features virtual characters of the four Beatles members throughout their musical history.

Beatles: Rock Band received positive reviews with an average score of 89%, praised for its enlightening career mode, visuals, presentation, and won several Video Game Awards in 2009.

This game is arguably more difficult than Rock Band 2, mainly due to the number of Trophies which require 100% on Expert for specific songs, as well as Trophies that need a full band, which means either inviting friends over who have some serious skills, or boosting online. Of course, if you already have high skills on all instruments, the difficulty level could be brought down.

Expect roughly 80-100 hours, though this is heavily skill-dependent.

Provided that you have all the instruments, you can start with the Tutorials. Not only will this help you train and learn the mechanics of the game if you're new to the series, but will also unlock the Let's Get Some Levels, Doing The Best That You Can!, and The Teachers Who Taught Me WERE Cool trophies.

Next, you can head into the story mode. If possible, you'll want to focus on completing it in under 24 hours to unlock the Day Tripper trophy. If you fail to get this, you'll need to start again. Along the way, you should also unlock a number of story-related trophies, as well as a few miscellaneous ones.

Once the story mode is complete, you should have unlocked all the Chapter Challenges. Finishing all eight will unlock the Mr. K Will Challenge The World trophy, and getting full star ratings will also unlock the Toppermost Of The Poppermost trophy.

From this point on, simply work on whatever's remaining and what you can do. There are a number of trophies for completing specific songs on Expert with 100%, as well as some that require full bands. These will be the tougher trophies on your road to the Platinum. Be sure to check the Beatles: Rock Band trophy guide links under our Links tab, as well as the boosting forums if you're looking for a full band.

Good luck!

legendorock has a great Trophy Guide here:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/the-beatles-rock-band/guide/

And a great Trophy Guide created by Burn:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:The-Beatles:-Rock-Band-Trophy-Guide

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS3) by KindredPoker:
http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/the-beatles/guide/

Some useful Tips by Andre Segers:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-beatles-rock-band-primer-guide/1100-6216944/

A Boosting Forum on PlaystationTrophies:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/the-beatles-rock-band/22595-trophy-boosting-thread-read-first-post.html

And a Boosting Forum on PS3Trophies:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/beatles-rock-band/6096-official-beatles-rock-band-boosting-thread.html

Lastly, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/the-beatles-rock-band-trophies.html