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I'm no drummer, so I can't speak on that level, but as someone who's played a crapton of RB drums I feel it'll be a total blast to play. Brain Stew is one of their slower songs so it's definitely not indicative of a typical track. I agree there's a lot of overlap when it comes to GD's drums, but it'll still be a challenge to get through on harder settings.

I mainly wanted to stress how different this band-specific Rock Band entry will be compared to Beatles. As a "drummer," I couldn't stand Beatles due to its nearly nonexistent drum charts. This time there'll be tons of pedal and lots of movement around the pads.

But I do appreciate the feedback, especially when it's that coherent and to-the-point.

I don't wanna dip into the haterade too much, but damn, that was everything I dislike about the Wii rolled into one press conference and trotted around like it was new. Wow.

Reserving judgment for the games, but based on the demos, my opinion will not alter much.

WHERE WIFE?

EnlargedHouseCats made a badass MK3 image of the two L4D hunter pics... it's in the forums, in the fan art thread, on like page... well the most recent page. Or second to most recent.

Totally worth a look!

Keep in mind that these are the biggest recurring summons throughout the series. That's why Shiva, Ifrit, Bahamut etc are in here but not Quetzalcoatl, Fenrir, Pandemonia and so on aren't.

The "weirdest one offs" could obviously have been twice as long with all those... weird one-offs... but we gotta draw the line somewhere.

To clarify, the embedded tracks aren't in any specific order, so like Terra's theme IMO isn't "better" than the Veldt. I love everything in IV and VI, and everyone's suggestions are totally welcome and correct.

My distaste for VIII is well known, so it's true then that I don't know the OST as well as the others. However, I consulted with other FF music maniacs in and out of office and we settled on this list. So, even though I don't care too much for VIII or its music, I LOVE that you guys care enough to let me know.

Thanks for the comments - and maybe I'll go check out VIII's OST.

I agree, Sephiroth at the top is predictable, but he didn't gain this notoriety by being a cookie-cutter villain. I think the text rationalizes the choice pretty well.

It's also on a scale of murderousness (dial M for it), and he does kill a crapton of people.

I deferred to Christian for XII's inclusion, as I personally didn't care for it. But he made the case, and since we all felt it was more interesting than VIII, it made the cut.

Number 7 on the list was going to be either VIII or XII, and the latter got more praise from the office. I don't much like either, but can see why some might prefer 'em to the rest.

^ Correct, you replenish health and ammo by tilting the Wii Remote vertically and holding either A or B. Strange, I agree.

I almost included a "wife tongue" joke, but couldn't bring myself to associate that Bionic Commando with Galaxy.

Other note that bothered me - the music wasn't the same orchestral awesomeness as the first game. Maybe that style shows up later. I hope it does, cuz right now the stuff I heard was nowhere near as uplifting.