While I was making this video, I was actually listening to your Chapter 5 retrospective and I have huge respect for your content! Thank you so much for giving me a watch!! 👍🗿
The fact that Epic Games, got Fender AND Gibson, and ESP, all in ONE GAME. It's wild, because for the longest time it was only Gibson for Guitar Hero 1-3 (Some ESP World Tour and onward.) and Fender for Rock Band.
You're surprised that a game where you can play in a squad with Goku, Darth Vader, Iron Man and Batman with an Among Us backbling doing Sabrina Carpenter's espresso emote while also singing with James Hetfield's voice Seek and Destroy... has multiple guitar brands? 💀💀💀 Like seriously? That's what surprises you? 😭
@PatoChu Yeah, certain companies no matter what your game is can avoid licensing due to certain reasons. Rivals in companies existed, and still somewhat do exist. I get that Fortnite can seemingly get everything, but we still need to understand it can't. I.e. Scott Cawthon saying "Fortnite doesnt fit the FNaF brand."
@@nottodaydevilshindowraithe501 Everything has a price. If Epic really wanted to they could easily get FNAF into the game. Yes rivals do exist and are somehow still in Fortnite. Marvel and DC, Sony and Microsoft, Nike and Adidas, Ferrari and Lamborghini. It's all possible if Epic is willing to pay. There's a reason the "20 dollars is 20 dollars" is so popular and actually meaningful. It's a common misconception that "rivals" actually hate each other, when in reality it's quite the opposite.
@@PatoChu Not really, while yes, some rivals in companies are indeed just strictly for monetary gain and marketing a lot of the time, it doesn't mean that it's only that. Some genuinely are just rivals, probably rare given companies, but due to a smidgen of Gibson's history (Knock off Stratocaster bodies.) I'd say Fender would definitely be a good one that's legitimate, least for a while. I will say, stuff can change obviously, and seeing as Gibson and Fender are in Fortnite, it obviously has, but that doesn't mean it can't surprise me due to such. The whole "Everything has a price." also doesn't mean much, while yes, if offered a big amount, some companies will lend a property or two, we can see that some cases aren't always mutually agreed upon. Not everyone wants their I.P. being shown doing something, so that won't matter how high of an offer sometimes.
@@nottodaydevilshindowraithe501 Yeah, I get it, especially on that last point. Ferrari was hardly in any games because of their strict brand requirements. The same is true now for Toyota, though that has slowly relaxed over the years.
7 instruments each, they've been charting pro drums in preparation for its launch, just like they were doing with pro lead/bass. So its WAY more charts than that
Honestly, WHEN they do come out with Pro Drums - it will be super hype. Also I forgot about that before making the video - I remember when they datamined the chart files for Kendrick Lamar's I it had Pro Drums, but it slipped my mind
Watching this brings back so many amazing memories! The performances and the whole vibe were absolutely unforgettable. Great job capturing it all! That sounded so corny but it's true
You got me with the bird meme. It has to be one of the best memes of the community. James vs that fucking bird that I hate. About the festival, the QoL changes are great, bless that progress bar.
I’m still kinda annoyed we haven’t gotten more Snoop Dogg songs, after all, we only got 3 ( those being Beautiful, Drop It Like Its Hot, Young Wind & Free ) we haven’t even gotten any songs from his first album Doggystyle, he has so many great songs in that album that could come to fortnite but for some reason didn’t, they cared more about Juice than Snoop ( no offence to Juice WRLD, I love his music, I love him as an artist and I’m a big fan of him ) juice has got 8 songs. Snoop has 3. In my opinion, they should’ve gave snoop more songs. Considering he’s releasing a new album this week they’ll most likely drop more songs from his new album.
Those 3 days in December when each game mode dropped were so much fun, Festival of course being my favorite. A year later, we've had Metallica, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, a Star Wars Collab, real-life instruments brought to the game, and brought back the guitar peripheral as a new controller (The aforementioned PDP guitar and new CRKD controller). I'm so excited to see what they have planned for the anniversary and what the next year will bring.
u forgot to mention that CRKD later revealed to be red octane (the original manufacturer of the guitar hero guitars) meaning this comeback is just the beginning 🙏
4:29 Actually, while ping doesn't directly affect gameplay on main stage it will sill delay attacks on battle stage, and also, since the songs are being constantly streamed as you play if you experience huge ping there's a cjance you reach a point that hasn't downloaded yet, which makes the highway stop until it's loaded, you can still lose your streak in this buffering state and there's no countdown for when it starts or ends, so it's a terrible run killer.
Sucks getting into festival later on as a lot of cosmetics are locked in the passes. Many have never returned they're slowly re releasing them. There is no sign of the free jam tracks, emotes, and instruments you got from old passes returning.
From what I understand - All BP AFTER Chapter 5 Season 4, contents from those passes will come to the item shop after a year and some change. So going forward, exclusive Jam Tracks and the such will become avaiable. Although, people like yourself won't be able to play Butter Barn Hoedown or Swim Free unless you have a friend who JUST SO HAPPEN to play during those times. Which sucks - cuz those tracks go hard.
@gsmerjxa festival pass items can definitely return as they have with Lady Gaga and The Weeknd. Those are not advertised as exclusive, only the cosmetics related to the artist return. Battle Pass jam track songs will never return unless they were released accidentally like Swim Free and Black Hole Sun.
I really like this video and agree with your points and tier list, Karol g pass is the only one i didnt buy lol it was so underwhelming. And about them adding more genres, they added a bunch of jpop songs which were so fun to play and to have more variation of songs, it seems like they're going on the right track once more and i really hope they keep improving the mode because it's so fun to hop on every week and just chill playing the new songs Edit: and i believe that if the newjeans girls aren't the next up in line, miku is the one to replace them lol it makes it even more exicting to see the direction of festival tbh
I'm very glad Fortnite has phased out exclusivity. Imagine your favorite song got added into the game, but was in the festival pass and you just couldn't play the game at the moment and/or buy the pass, or you missed it for any reason. definitely a good decision. (Also, I think the extra features added to jam tracks just exist to raise the price.)
It’s less surprising that there’s no Eminem songs when you realize that in GH Live, for Berzerk, the vocalist’s mouth is never visible when it should be moving.
Depending on the artist, we should also get that increase in genre of music. Like rn snoop Dogg is rap, there’ll be a higher amount of rap songs each week. There should also be an additional song that gets added each week which is a song from the headliner, bc headliners feel like such afterthoughts now. Karol G has some really good music, yet they shut her down. I even feel like snoop doesn’t have enough songs. Each week we should get a new song from each genre. Specifically the most popular genres, like rap, pop, rock, country, edm, Latin, and kpop. More genres need to be more recognized, I’m sick of a lot of these mediocre, and even outdated songs, but that’s just bc I’m into more modern music.
One of my favourite parts about the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games was discovering Music History - like the first time I heard The Final Countdown was in LEGO Rock Band. I can see where you're coming from when it comes to the song choices, but I feel like there's at least ONE good song each week. But yea, you're totally right - I want to see Djent in Fortnite Festival
@ of course there’s always good songs in festival, they may not appeal to everyone, but it’s just overall preference. I as a non rock lover also understand that festival isn’t made for me, and I have to respect that. I personally do really want more kpop, but not a lot of ppl who play festival freak with that. I’ll have my day, one day (manifesting blackpink to headline 😫😫😫)
Some people really push the expectation that this should just be another Guitar Hero or Rock Band and that they should be nothing but hard rock or metal songs for them to break their fingers on. No dude I want to jam to anime, 80's songs and joke songs while Goku shreds on the drums.
I never said that - but I do see that sentiment from others. Personally I want it to be MORE than GH and RB, like I am so excited to see what the team behind Festival have in store. Also it is really funny seeing all these crossover characters ALMOST saying the n word
Never said it was from you, I frequently lurk on the Fortnite Festival subreddit and I recently just saw a bunch of people claiming this mode was already dying simply because they "aren't adding more difficult rock or metal tracks" and "aren't appealing to the real (GH/RB) fans". I was completely befuddled by that when they just added Yoasobi to Festival and that was probably the most excited I've been for Festival because I'm an anime fan and this song opens up the possibility of future anime songs coming to Festival, a completely untapped market for five-fret rhythm games.
I didn’t know how much I wanted an ABBA season until now 🤣 Also worth pointing out are the J. Balvin and Ariana Grande bundles they did which had festival mode in mind. They didn’t include gliders or pickaxes but they had a jam track and new backblings included instead
I do remember those! I'm more talking about just PURE Jam Track Bundles - like with spesific artists or genres or decades - something of that nature. Although, I've been saying this to my mates for so long but - If a Jam Track has an assosiated Emote with it, why not bundle the two together? Like what they did with the Esspresso and Feather Jam Tracks that was bundled with the Caffeinated and Sonic Surfer emotes. Free Moneys for a Multi-Billion Dollar Company
@@gsmerjxa Ariana Grande did have a 3-song Jam Track bundle too alongside her Rosy Rift bundle, I believe it was in the middle of the Metallica season too Edit - I enjoyed the Sabrina bundle, it was similar to the Billie Eilish bundle we got with 2 jam tracks and 2 emotes
Triangle notes can also be hit be repressing the button if you want. It must only look for a depress so if you just retap it also counts. Can sometimes be useful.
tbh one of my dream fortnite festival seasons, especially considering the whole vibe of our current br season and how the japanese inspired vibes could continue going forward, i *really* want a visual kei festival season. it might be really hard to because a lot of vkei's most iconic bands (namely malice mizer) are mia or defunct or no longer performing and who owns the rights to their music might be up in the air, but at least having dir en grey and a couple buck-tick tracks or something would be wonderful. it's a really really niche genre to want music for but a lot of jrock and whatnot overlaps with visual kei so therefore it wouldn't be unprofitable, and considering how they did the karol g season and plan to do newjeans next (OR hatsune miku!) shows that they aren't beyond international artists. tldr: i just want to crank 90s as die from dir en grey EDIT: i'd also want susumu hirasawa jam tracks, but i'd probably have to wait for a berserk collab for that... although guts was apparently in a survey so he could be coming sometime. tracks from technique of relief and the berserk ost (gats, forces, niwashi king, etc.) would be great.
Great video, and I do agree: at this point, just make Green Day one of the upcoming Festival Icons. Imagine having full albums of theirs like they did in GD:RB
I don’t wanna say it, but festival got me into Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Slip Knot, System Of A Down, etc. lol also it low key got me into rock a lot 😂
Dude nah, it's the same for me. Like I've always been AWARE of those artists and bands, but I never really listened to them. Thats one of the reasons why I was so hyped when Festival came out, discovering music legends and being able to play some of my favourite songs - one of the reasons why I loved the GH and RB games. Also same.. I never listened to SOAD or Metallica before Fortnite..
Between FN Crew adding the Music Pass to the subscription, as well the Music Pass working off of XP instead of Festival Points, I've had more incentive to play Festival than ever, surprisingly enough. I mean, I already bought Paradise City and Lean Back, so I may as well use em. But, I get your point regarding the lack of identity. Sure, each season does have a genre focus, but you're not going to get those tracks from lesser known bands or musicians, like in Rock Band or Guitar Hero, or even in non-rhythm games with a focus on a genre, like Def Jam or Burnout. Rather, it has to be a broad selection. It's a shame, because although you get the hits and the popular tracks, you don't get anything that wasn't a chart topper or really popular. Like, for some players, this is probably the first time they've heard certain genres or bands, so it's kinda sad that the picks feel a little surface level.
I usually only do FnF full combo videos and did this spontaneous. I used to do a handful of video essays. But seeing the success in this, knowing that people actually value what I have to say and enjoy it, motivates me to do more stuff. It might not be Fortnite, but I do hope that you will enjoy 👍🗿
really good video bro ! my only advice would be for you to review your videos real quick and cut out the small silences that happen while you're talking in the middle of the video, like in 6:24, 7:15, 8:06 since it just feels a little awkward other than that, really enjoyed watching this video and agree with all of the issues you mention near the end, though personally i don't think we got enough rock/metal on the metallica season... i'd also like for the spanish songs that get added to not only be reggaeton since those songs get kind of tiresome from hearing them all the time on my country, there's some spanish rock that sounds really beautiful (almendra, invisible, maquina de hacer pajaros and gustavo cerati/soda stereo) and i'd like to see them represented on festival someday
Yea, that is something I do need to work on. I usually have this habbit when doing the voice overs to be awkward during the start of the session and by the end I get more comfertable, since I don't do these kinds of things too often. The editing too, I genuinely didn't notice those weird pauses and I'm greatful you pointed those out! Thank you so much for even watching something I made! Much love 👍🗿
Who is with me? Should they add a fail system if you missed a lot of notes that you don’t have to try to get back into the madness Like what they have now It’s kinda hard to get back into the song if you’ve a solo like in paradise city on hard/expert diff if you mess up Or they should make a practice mode where you can practice on a loop or slow mode or some parts of the song like in guitar hero
It'd be cool, but most of my favourite tracks from video games are from Nintendo or Square Enix - and those two are notorious for not lending out their shit... I would love to see One Winged Angel Advent Children as a jam track, but I know it ain't happening
i like it, it has definitely more potencial tho. if they would add a chart maker so that people can make their own songs/festival it would be massive, just like the OG GH that was mainly (super clean) covers. it could also be a way for new bands to promote themselves, and avoiding copyright claim id say it's just renting an algorithm or smth. things i would love to see in the future too: a possibility to play Pro charts with auto strumming, just like when you play GH with a controller. i would even accept it without being able to rank on it. being able to modify the pace of the chart. not the song but the time the note is on screen SKINS! for the background i dont like that some battle festival songs give you the same/more points on easier difficulties somehow, doesnt feel fair a 1v1/2v2 mode a dragonforce collab, like i mean. those guys would do it for 5 bucks and a pizza, and it would be so hype
I got a pdp riffmaster for fnf clone hero and rock band 4 and the overdrive button being moved is absolutely unplayable at points. the joystick behind the the neck never worked for me on any game and i just ended up using the clicky stick button for the overdrive instead which is not a very good replacement. the glossy plastic is a fingerprint magnet and the usb dongle is easily losable. and the ps5 version doesnt work on pc for anything without the dipper program. other than that, the latency is super low the buttons feels amazing and the strum is good once you get used to it. i personally really like the second set of fret buttons and with them being a little smaller its really only good for fast solos. the portability is good with the folding neck but again the dongle kinda ruins it. 7/10 if you dont already have a custom controller then this one is good for the cheaper price 🙏
You say Karol G had the short end of the stick? Nah. That's Snoop. No own unreal concert. Less free rewards. Less songs. No past Music Pass colour options for a free instrument. Snoop even ha only 1 emote in the game,the other one doesn't even play his music. We got more Juice WRLD in this Snoop season to the point where they could've honestly just done a Juice Festival season instead. I also hate it how they do not do Instrument bundles. They did like 2 and then never again but they keep adding instruments that are part of 4 or 5 items in a set.
You are right, after I had finished editing the video I did notice that Snoop bearly had anything. Tho I consider the Chapter 2 Remix The Finale his concert - ALONGSIDE Eminem, Ice Spice and Juice. Like we do need a more stuff from him, I do agree with that and we might soon enough 🤷♂️
It's sad they didn't take the opportunity to add Periphery during Myths and Mortals season. Come on, they had a song called "Wax Wings" last year and their most popular song is "Icarus Lives", they should've been in the game from the moment the season had started.
Damn, ever since the lead singer of Periphery did Beyond the Flame, I've been listening to their stuff. Seems like I need to listen to MORE of their stuff
Good stuff, man! Great coverage! I love that P bass they added! Wish they'd add a jazz bass! Also, wish i had got that stratocaster! The Metallica season was so damn fun! 13:29 spot on! I know people didn't like season 3, wrecked, that much, but i played the hell out of it! The fallout mini collab and freakin Metallica everywhere was so damn cool! Got to level 225 that season i think! Good stuff! 😎👍🏻🫡 Also, metal gear tracks would have been glorious! Snaker eater is legendary! Somp is fantastic and i quite love some of the epic tracks like butterbarn! Abba would be sick! Those groovin bass lines, man! Hope we get some more great stuff! As of right now I'm in need of some more rock stuff or maybe jazz or funk. We've had so much rap stuff. I like some of it, but I prefer a bit more variation like when they have pop, rock, rap, etc. All in the same week. We surprisingly don't have as many snoop songs as i thought we would considering it's his season. 😅 the xp stuff they've done is also sad and ridiculous. Anyway, I love festival! It's become my main mode and i play it the most of all the modes. It has revived my love for music rhythm games! I've gotten back into and playing clone hero more and such! Found me some wii guitars and went down a rabbit hole! Might consider getting a fancy custom guitar controller someday too! 😎👍🏻🫡 glad it's a mode they brought in, and harmonix no less!
Also on my wish list of festival pass it be cool we get green day with skin but the final track must have when September ends. And free track gotta have 21 guns song. Kinda wanted more emo or punk theme.
I hope we have another season with the hype of season 4, I want the entire game to be taken over by a band or artist like Metallica. And when Metal Gear Delta releases they better put Naked Snake and Snake Eater in the game or I will be so disheartened.
Fortnite would have all my money if they add Dethklok songs but it's unlikely as its not a popular genre of music or music from a mainstream known artists
We got an ancient Japanese themed season...next festival season will be this season and it would make sense if it highlights a Japanese artist...gets leaks Miku might be added...wait a minute 👀
You actually don't need that good of an internet connection to play Festival. My biggest complaint is how demanding the game is though, having to download a 100 gigabyte 4k unreal engine game or whatever just to play Rock Band 5 seems a little ridiculous. I mean this game can literally be made in scratch and I'm out here struggling to reach 100 frames.
@@gsmerjxa Either way, the game is being run on an extremely unoptimized engine just to play on a track with five inputs.... They should make it like Clone Hero tbh, heck they can even sell or just use your own loading screens for the background. Way less demanding, higher performance and that way it removes the repetitive and buggy Festival Stage we have right now.
I feel like Karol G festival pass could been better. Introduce more international songs. Like sin pajamas by becky G&natti or stereo love by edward M.&Viki J. as last free last track. Definitely wish they added Mami song with karol G and becky G 😭 i was all like how they fumble it so bad.
You were right, Epic was massive Metallica fans before collabing, why do you think one of the main characters in Save the World is named Lars and is in a metal band called Steel Wool?
I like festival for a few songs then i get pretty bored. The battle passes took way too long for me to complete them too (before they went based on xp)
@ I see the potential too! A physical guitar for fortnite would go so hard and I’m so glad you don’t have to play a million notes to complete the festival pass anymore. So far i think it’s on the right track
Pro Drums is definitely happening in the future, they've been charting them in the background and they're in the files. Pro Vocals...? As much as Id loved to see it, I don't want it. I don't want to hear little Timmy butcher MoP
I completely erased Season 5 of Festival from my memory, I personally never liked the style of music she does, there was plenty more music in spanish that I would've rather seen, but it's over now I guess, I don't need to look back into it and just hope better spanish/latin music gets introduced in the game, because the current selection, sucks, absolutely
GIVE ME FUEL GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE!!!!
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So that’s the lyrics. Thanks
While I was making this video, I was actually listening to your Chapter 5 retrospective and I have huge respect for your content! Thank you so much for giving me a watch!! 👍🗿
it’s the gay cat!
Oh so that’s what James says 😂
Persona 5 ost is so comforting when randomly coming across it
Metaphor ReFantazo OST Tho? 👀
@@gsmerjxa Wanna play it but would rather wait to see if it comes on switch/switch 2. I prefer jrpgs on there tbh
@@gsmerjxa Wanna play it but waiting to see if it comes on the switch/switch 2. I prefer jrpgs on there tbh
mfw fortnite adds the collest game to their game
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I’d say festival feels like a festival, especially late at night playing vocals instead of hardcore lead at 1AM
It's crazy I have been playing this mode for a year it does not feel like it
The fact that Epic Games, got Fender AND Gibson, and ESP, all in ONE GAME. It's wild, because for the longest time it was only Gibson for Guitar Hero 1-3 (Some ESP World Tour and onward.) and Fender for Rock Band.
You're surprised that a game where you can play in a squad with Goku, Darth Vader, Iron Man and Batman with an Among Us backbling doing Sabrina Carpenter's espresso emote while also singing with James Hetfield's voice Seek and Destroy... has multiple guitar brands? 💀💀💀 Like seriously? That's what surprises you? 😭
@PatoChu Yeah, certain companies no matter what your game is can avoid licensing due to certain reasons.
Rivals in companies existed, and still somewhat do exist.
I get that Fortnite can seemingly get everything, but we still need to understand it can't. I.e. Scott Cawthon saying "Fortnite doesnt fit the FNaF brand."
@@nottodaydevilshindowraithe501 Everything has a price. If Epic really wanted to they could easily get FNAF into the game. Yes rivals do exist and are somehow still in Fortnite. Marvel and DC, Sony and Microsoft, Nike and Adidas, Ferrari and Lamborghini. It's all possible if Epic is willing to pay. There's a reason the "20 dollars is 20 dollars" is so popular and actually meaningful. It's a common misconception that "rivals" actually hate each other, when in reality it's quite the opposite.
@@PatoChu Not really, while yes, some rivals in companies are indeed just strictly for monetary gain and marketing a lot of the time, it doesn't mean that it's only that.
Some genuinely are just rivals, probably rare given companies, but due to a smidgen of Gibson's history (Knock off Stratocaster bodies.) I'd say Fender would definitely be a good one that's legitimate, least for a while.
I will say, stuff can change obviously, and seeing as Gibson and Fender are in Fortnite, it obviously has, but that doesn't mean it can't surprise me due to such.
The whole "Everything has a price." also doesn't mean much, while yes, if offered a big amount, some companies will lend a property or two, we can see that some cases aren't always mutually agreed upon. Not everyone wants their I.P. being shown doing something, so that won't matter how high of an offer sometimes.
@@nottodaydevilshindowraithe501 Yeah, I get it, especially on that last point. Ferrari was hardly in any games because of their strict brand requirements. The same is true now for Toyota, though that has slowly relaxed over the years.
Banger video, dude. I wish you luck on future content.
Surprisingly, during the two S-Tier seasons, they added more vocals and guitar animations while playing
I really like how epic games aint afraid to step up their music and come out with their own hard tracks
They been coming out with hard tracks since chapter 1
@Speedoodleman Fire and Steel and Lord Of Them Wasteland, OMFG!!!
Beyond the Flame was a shock and definitely way up there
7 instruments each, they've been charting pro drums in preparation for its launch, just like they were doing with pro lead/bass. So its WAY more charts than that
Honestly, WHEN they do come out with Pro Drums - it will be super hype. Also I forgot about that before making the video - I remember when they datamined the chart files for Kendrick Lamar's I it had Pro Drums, but it slipped my mind
They should also do pro vocals too
Shout-out to the guitar control I was using for years for deciding to stop working the day after this mode came out.
They have a problem where they constantly want to put out rap and hip hop every week. They are bias when it comes to other genres
8:43 Speaking off Metal Gear i wish we got the MGR version of Raiden as well as a jam track for "It has to be this way"
Not gonna lie, I think Gorillaz should get a season. All the band members fit in the game as skins
Honestly super solid and good video dude!
Watching this brings back so many amazing memories! The performances and the whole vibe were absolutely unforgettable. Great job capturing it all!
That sounded so corny but it's true
I genuinely think Van Halen should get a season. If epic can make a skin for a dead rapper, they can make one for a dead guitarist
I have been waiting for more queens of the stone age since the introduction to them through Go with the flow.
In my opinion the Karol G event was "low key tough" as the kids say.
You got me with the bird meme. It has to be one of the best memes of the community. James vs that fucking bird that I hate. About the festival, the QoL changes are great, bless that progress bar.
0:40 DANGGGGG I KNEW THER WAS CARE PUT INTI THE MODE BUT 8000+ CHARTS IN A YEAR?!? Thats genuinely just insane
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You can change it to multi color in the settings
I’m still kinda annoyed we haven’t gotten more Snoop Dogg songs, after all, we only got 3 ( those being Beautiful, Drop It Like Its Hot, Young Wind & Free ) we haven’t even gotten any songs from his first album Doggystyle, he has so many great songs in that album that could come to fortnite but for some reason didn’t, they cared more about Juice than Snoop ( no offence to Juice WRLD, I love his music, I love him as an artist and I’m a big fan of him ) juice has got 8 songs. Snoop has 3. In my opinion, they should’ve gave snoop more songs. Considering he’s releasing a new album this week they’ll most likely drop more songs from his new album.
He was a feature in All i do is win, not much but yeah 👍
Those 3 days in December when each game mode dropped were so much fun, Festival of course being my favorite. A year later, we've had Metallica, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, a Star Wars Collab, real-life instruments brought to the game, and brought back the guitar peripheral as a new controller (The aforementioned PDP guitar and new CRKD controller). I'm so excited to see what they have planned for the anniversary and what the next year will bring.
u forgot to mention that CRKD later revealed to be red octane (the original manufacturer of the guitar hero guitars) meaning this comeback is just the beginning 🙏
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Actually, while ping doesn't directly affect gameplay on main stage it will sill delay attacks on battle stage, and also, since the songs are being constantly streamed as you play if you experience huge ping there's a cjance you reach a point that hasn't downloaded yet, which makes the highway stop until it's loaded, you can still lose your streak in this buffering state and there's no countdown for when it starts or ends, so it's a terrible run killer.
great video! really hoping they step up the weekly drops this season :/
Sucks getting into festival later on as a lot of cosmetics are locked in the passes. Many have never returned they're slowly re releasing them. There is no sign of the free jam tracks, emotes, and instruments you got from old passes returning.
From what I understand - All BP AFTER Chapter 5 Season 4, contents from those passes will come to the item shop after a year and some change. So going forward, exclusive Jam Tracks and the such will become avaiable.
Although, people like yourself won't be able to play Butter Barn Hoedown or Swim Free unless you have a friend who JUST SO HAPPEN to play during those times. Which sucks - cuz those tracks go hard.
@gsmerjxa festival pass items can definitely return as they have with Lady Gaga and The Weeknd. Those are not advertised as exclusive, only the cosmetics related to the artist return. Battle Pass jam track songs will never return unless they were released accidentally like Swim Free and Black Hole Sun.
I really like this video and agree with your points and tier list, Karol g pass is the only one i didnt buy lol it was so underwhelming. And about them adding more genres, they added a bunch of jpop songs which were so fun to play and to have more variation of songs, it seems like they're going on the right track once more and i really hope they keep improving the mode because it's so fun to hop on every week and just chill playing the new songs
Edit: and i believe that if the newjeans girls aren't the next up in line, miku is the one to replace them lol it makes it even more exicting to see the direction of festival tbh
I'm very glad Fortnite has phased out exclusivity. Imagine your favorite song got added into the game, but was in the festival pass and you just couldn't play the game at the moment and/or buy the pass, or you missed it for any reason. definitely a good decision. (Also, I think the extra features added to jam tracks just exist to raise the price.)
It’s less surprising that there’s no Eminem songs when you realize that in GH Live, for Berzerk, the vocalist’s mouth is never visible when it should be moving.
I didn't know about that until I saw that Lore Hero episode where Jason was talking about GH Live 👁️👄👁️
Depending on the artist, we should also get that increase in genre of music. Like rn snoop Dogg is rap, there’ll be a higher amount of rap songs each week. There should also be an additional song that gets added each week which is a song from the headliner, bc headliners feel like such afterthoughts now. Karol G has some really good music, yet they shut her down. I even feel like snoop doesn’t have enough songs.
Each week we should get a new song from each genre. Specifically the most popular genres, like rap, pop, rock, country, edm, Latin, and kpop. More genres need to be more recognized, I’m sick of a lot of these mediocre, and even outdated songs, but that’s just bc I’m into more modern music.
One of my favourite parts about the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games was discovering Music History - like the first time I heard The Final Countdown was in LEGO Rock Band.
I can see where you're coming from when it comes to the song choices, but I feel like there's at least ONE good song each week. But yea, you're totally right - I want to see Djent in Fortnite Festival
@ of course there’s always good songs in festival, they may not appeal to everyone, but it’s just overall preference. I as a non rock lover also understand that festival isn’t made for me, and I have to respect that. I personally do really want more kpop, but not a lot of ppl who play festival freak with that. I’ll have my day, one day (manifesting blackpink to headline 😫😫😫)
By the way the Festival songs selection changes daily within festival but new songs are released into the item shop weekly.
Whoops. I just got some info in my brain mixed up - Thank you for the clarification 👍🗿
Nah they JUST changed it to daily back again
at some point it was only weekly rotations but a few days ago dailies came back
21:42 not on topic at all but MALEFICENT SPOTTED 👀
Some people really push the expectation that this should just be another Guitar Hero or Rock Band and that they should be nothing but hard rock or metal songs for them to break their fingers on.
No dude I want to jam to anime, 80's songs and joke songs while Goku shreds on the drums.
I never said that - but I do see that sentiment from others.
Personally I want it to be MORE than GH and RB, like I am so excited to see what the team behind Festival have in store.
Also it is really funny seeing all these crossover characters ALMOST saying the n word
Never said it was from you, I frequently lurk on the Fortnite Festival subreddit and I recently just saw a bunch of people claiming this mode was already dying simply because they "aren't adding more difficult rock or metal tracks" and "aren't appealing to the real (GH/RB) fans".
I was completely befuddled by that when they just added Yoasobi to Festival and that was probably the most excited I've been for Festival because I'm an anime fan and this song opens up the possibility of future anime songs coming to Festival, a completely untapped market for five-fret rhythm games.
I didn’t know how much I wanted an ABBA season until now 🤣
Also worth pointing out are the J. Balvin and Ariana Grande bundles they did which had festival mode in mind. They didn’t include gliders or pickaxes but they had a jam track and new backblings included instead
I do remember those! I'm more talking about just PURE Jam Track Bundles - like with spesific artists or genres or decades - something of that nature.
Although, I've been saying this to my mates for so long but - If a Jam Track has an assosiated Emote with it, why not bundle the two together? Like what they did with the Esspresso and Feather Jam Tracks that was bundled with the Caffeinated and Sonic Surfer emotes.
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@@gsmerjxa Ariana Grande did have a 3-song Jam Track bundle too alongside her Rosy Rift bundle, I believe it was in the middle of the Metallica season too
Edit - I enjoyed the Sabrina bundle, it was similar to the Billie Eilish bundle we got with 2 jam tracks and 2 emotes
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i am SO happy we are getting hatsune miku
I’ll geek out if Green Day has a bp I’d buy it for skins, cosmetics, and their songs that I don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on otherwise
Triangle notes can also be hit be repressing the button if you want. It must only look for a depress so if you just retap it also counts. Can sometimes be useful.
tbh one of my dream fortnite festival seasons, especially considering the whole vibe of our current br season and how the japanese inspired vibes could continue going forward, i *really* want a visual kei festival season. it might be really hard to because a lot of vkei's most iconic bands (namely malice mizer) are mia or defunct or no longer performing and who owns the rights to their music might be up in the air, but at least having dir en grey and a couple buck-tick tracks or something would be wonderful. it's a really really niche genre to want music for but a lot of jrock and whatnot overlaps with visual kei so therefore it wouldn't be unprofitable, and considering how they did the karol g season and plan to do newjeans next (OR hatsune miku!) shows that they aren't beyond international artists.
tldr: i just want to crank 90s as die from dir en grey
EDIT: i'd also want susumu hirasawa jam tracks, but i'd probably have to wait for a berserk collab for that... although guts was apparently in a survey so he could be coming sometime. tracks from technique of relief and the berserk ost (gats, forces, niwashi king, etc.) would be great.
Fortnite Festival has been pretty fun. definitely the most succesful new mode.
Great video, and I do agree: at this point, just make Green Day one of the upcoming Festival Icons. Imagine having full albums of theirs like they did in GD:RB
19:33 U can turn the notes colorful on basic instruments in the settings
I don’t wanna say it, but festival got me into Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Slip Knot, System Of A Down, etc. lol also it low key got me into rock a lot 😂
Nothing wrong with that. You gotta start somewhere, and there's probably plenty of people who got into those bands from videogames
Dude nah, it's the same for me. Like I've always been AWARE of those artists and bands, but I never really listened to them. Thats one of the reasons why I was so hyped when Festival came out, discovering music legends and being able to play some of my favourite songs - one of the reasons why I loved the GH and RB games.
Also same.. I never listened to SOAD or Metallica before Fortnite..
Between FN Crew adding the Music Pass to the subscription, as well the Music Pass working off of XP instead of Festival Points, I've had more incentive to play Festival than ever, surprisingly enough. I mean, I already bought Paradise City and Lean Back, so I may as well use em.
But, I get your point regarding the lack of identity. Sure, each season does have a genre focus, but you're not going to get those tracks from lesser known bands or musicians, like in Rock Band or Guitar Hero, or even in non-rhythm games with a focus on a genre, like Def Jam or Burnout. Rather, it has to be a broad selection. It's a shame, because although you get the hits and the popular tracks, you don't get anything that wasn't a chart topper or really popular. Like, for some players, this is probably the first time they've heard certain genres or bands, so it's kinda sad that the picks feel a little surface level.
Only 300 subs is criminal
I usually only do FnF full combo videos and did this spontaneous. I used to do a handful of video essays. But seeing the success in this, knowing that people actually value what I have to say and enjoy it, motivates me to do more stuff.
It might not be Fortnite, but I do hope that you will enjoy 👍🗿
Through the fire and flames is coming soon, and also custom songs will get put out soon so indie artists can publish their songs on fortnite
I'm convinced I'm the only one wanting at least one Beatles song
Nah, I want Beatles Rock Band 2 in Festival
Those lift notes be selling sometimes *I’m talking about zombie on vocals*
really good video bro ! my only advice would be for you to review your videos real quick and cut out the small silences that happen while you're talking in the middle of the video, like in 6:24, 7:15, 8:06 since it just feels a little awkward
other than that, really enjoyed watching this video and agree with all of the issues you mention near the end, though personally i don't think we got enough rock/metal on the metallica season... i'd also like for the spanish songs that get added to not only be reggaeton since those songs get kind of tiresome from hearing them all the time on my country, there's some spanish rock that sounds really beautiful (almendra, invisible, maquina de hacer pajaros and gustavo cerati/soda stereo) and i'd like to see them represented on festival someday
Yea, that is something I do need to work on. I usually have this habbit when doing the voice overs to be awkward during the start of the session and by the end I get more comfertable, since I don't do these kinds of things too often.
The editing too, I genuinely didn't notice those weird pauses and I'm greatful you pointed those out!
Thank you so much for even watching something I made! Much love 👍🗿
Who is with me? Should they add a fail system if you missed a lot of notes that you don’t have to try to get back into the madness
Like what they have now
It’s kinda hard to get back into the song if you’ve a solo like in paradise city on hard/expert diff if you mess up
Or they should make a practice mode where you can practice on a loop or slow mode or some parts of the song like in guitar hero
Festival Main Stage 🗣️
Oooh you know it be awesome they actually do first video game soundtrack theme festivals pass.
It'd be cool, but most of my favourite tracks from video games are from Nintendo or Square Enix - and those two are notorious for not lending out their shit...
I would love to see One Winged Angel Advent Children as a jam track, but I know it ain't happening
i like it, it has definitely more potencial tho.
if they would add a chart maker so that people can make their own songs/festival it would be massive, just like the OG GH that was mainly (super clean) covers. it could also be a way for new bands to promote themselves, and avoiding copyright claim id say it's just renting an algorithm or smth.
things i would love to see in the future too:
a possibility to play Pro charts with auto strumming, just like when you play GH with a controller. i would even accept it without being able to rank on it.
being able to modify the pace of the chart. not the song but the time the note is on screen
SKINS! for the background
i dont like that some battle festival songs give you the same/more points on easier difficulties somehow, doesnt feel fair
a 1v1/2v2 mode
a dragonforce collab, like i mean. those guys would do it for 5 bucks and a pizza, and it would be so hype
I got a pdp riffmaster for fnf clone hero and rock band 4 and the overdrive button being moved is absolutely unplayable at points. the joystick behind the the neck never worked for me on any game and i just ended up using the clicky stick button for the overdrive instead which is not a very good replacement. the glossy plastic is a fingerprint magnet and the usb dongle is easily losable. and the ps5 version doesnt work on pc for anything without the dipper program. other than that, the latency is super low the buttons feels amazing and the strum is good once you get used to it. i personally really like the second set of fret buttons and with them being a little smaller its really only good for fast solos. the portability is good with the folding neck but again the dongle kinda ruins it. 7/10 if you dont already have a custom controller then this one is good for the cheaper price 🙏
You say Karol G had the short end of the stick? Nah. That's Snoop. No own unreal concert. Less free rewards. Less songs. No past Music Pass colour options for a free instrument. Snoop even ha only 1 emote in the game,the other one doesn't even play his music. We got more Juice WRLD in this Snoop season to the point where they could've honestly just done a Juice Festival season instead.
I also hate it how they do not do Instrument bundles. They did like 2 and then never again but they keep adding instruments that are part of 4 or 5 items in a set.
You are right, after I had finished editing the video I did notice that Snoop bearly had anything.
Tho I consider the Chapter 2 Remix The Finale his concert - ALONGSIDE Eminem, Ice Spice and Juice. Like we do need a more stuff from him, I do agree with that and we might soon enough 🤷♂️
It's sad they didn't take the opportunity to add Periphery during Myths and Mortals season. Come on, they had a song called "Wax Wings" last year and their most popular song is "Icarus Lives", they should've been in the game from the moment the season had started.
Damn, ever since the lead singer of Periphery did Beyond the Flame, I've been listening to their stuff.
Seems like I need to listen to MORE of their stuff
*I only used the bottom frets in RB 4 and played on top difficulty* But fr, solid takes on everything so far!
the beginning of your video had the same song as what my random lobby track was which screwed me up
GIMME FOOL GIMME FAR GIMME DABAJABAZZA!!!!
The Persona 5 OST in the background lol
4:30 it's kinda effect about ur ping, like the song/highway just pause in the middle of it
Need them to do Gorillaz and a Miku seasons
I believe Miku has been confirmed to be coming to the game in 2025, so there’s a chance that means she’ll have her own festival pass/season
since miku is confirmed and newjeans is breaking up or something I think miku could MAYBE replace them
Good stuff, man! Great coverage! I love that P bass they added! Wish they'd add a jazz bass! Also, wish i had got that stratocaster! The Metallica season was so damn fun! 13:29 spot on! I know people didn't like season 3, wrecked, that much, but i played the hell out of it! The fallout mini collab and freakin Metallica everywhere was so damn cool! Got to level 225 that season i think! Good stuff! 😎👍🏻🫡
Also, metal gear tracks would have been glorious! Snaker eater is legendary! Somp is fantastic and i quite love some of the epic tracks like butterbarn! Abba would be sick! Those groovin bass lines, man!
Hope we get some more great stuff! As of right now I'm in need of some more rock stuff or maybe jazz or funk. We've had so much rap stuff. I like some of it, but I prefer a bit more variation like when they have pop, rock, rap, etc. All in the same week. We surprisingly don't have as many snoop songs as i thought we would considering it's his season. 😅 the xp stuff they've done is also sad and ridiculous.
Anyway, I love festival! It's become my main mode and i play it the most of all the modes. It has revived my love for music rhythm games! I've gotten back into and playing clone hero more and such! Found me some wii guitars and went down a rabbit hole! Might consider getting a fancy custom guitar controller someday too! 😎👍🏻🫡 glad it's a mode they brought in, and harmonix no less!
Great video
Also on my wish list of festival pass it be cool we get green day with skin but the final track must have when September ends. And free track gotta have 21 guns song. Kinda wanted more emo or punk theme.
I guarantee we’re getting TTFAF next week for the actual anniversary
And maybe Fury of the Storm, cuz why not :3
They should make the festival battle passes last for a month. It’s still way too easy to get it up max even if it’s only a month long
I hope we have another season with the hype of season 4, I want the entire game to be taken over by a band or artist like Metallica. And when Metal Gear Delta releases they better put Naked Snake and Snake Eater in the game or I will be so disheartened.
I LOVE CLICKING BUTTONS TO THE SOUND OF JOE
Fortnite would have all my money if they add Dethklok songs but it's unlikely as its not a popular genre of music or music from a mainstream known artists
We got an ancient Japanese themed season...next festival season will be this season and it would make sense if it highlights a Japanese artist...gets leaks Miku might be added...wait a minute 👀
You actually don't need that good of an internet connection to play Festival. My biggest complaint is how demanding the game is though, having to download a 100 gigabyte 4k unreal engine game or whatever just to play Rock Band 5 seems a little ridiculous. I mean this game can literally be made in scratch and I'm out here struggling to reach 100 frames.
They have been saying for a while that you can download the modes you want, but we have no idea when that's coming
@@gsmerjxa Either way, the game is being run on an extremely unoptimized engine just to play on a track with five inputs.... They should make it like Clone Hero tbh, heck they can even sell or just use your own loading screens for the background. Way less demanding, higher performance and that way it removes the repetitive and buggy Festival Stage we have right now.
Shoutout to mdcurtis99 and his boys that carried festival
I feel like Karol G festival pass could been better. Introduce more international songs. Like sin pajamas by becky G&natti or stereo love by edward M.&Viki J. as last free last track. Definitely wish they added Mami song with karol G and becky G 😭 i was all like how they fumble it so bad.
❌Where’s Anthony?❌ ✅Where’s Eminem?✅
Epic please add more Guns n Roses songs I will buy them
Out of all the Music passes, Metallica was the best
You were right, Epic was massive Metallica fans before collabing, why do you think one of the main characters in Save the World is named Lars and is in a metal band called Steel Wool?
I remember the peeps over at the Lore Hero podcast actually talking about that and I hadn't actually connected the dots beforehand
0:03 ow
So true man where tf is abba and mariah carey
I like festival for a few songs then i get pretty bored. The battle passes took way too long for me to complete them too (before they went based on xp)
That's totally fair, you're probably in the majority - but myself and plenty of other people see the potential of what this game can be
@ I see the potential too! A physical guitar for fortnite would go so hard and I’m so glad you don’t have to play a million notes to complete the festival pass anymore. So far i think it’s on the right track
We need pro vocal and drums
Pro Drums is definitely happening in the future, they've been charting them in the background and they're in the files.
Pro Vocals...? As much as Id loved to see it, I don't want it. I don't want to hear little Timmy butcher MoP
I completely erased Season 5 of Festival from my memory, I personally never liked the style of music she does, there was plenty more music in spanish that I would've rather seen, but it's over now I guess, I don't need to look back into it and just hope better spanish/latin music gets introduced in the game, because the current selection, sucks, absolutely
METALLICA
No but seriously where is through the fire and flames
You are Australian?!
Fully Filo by Blood
Born and Raised in Australia
and I sound like a fucking American...