Rock Band
by MTV Games
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Product Summary
Brand: MTV GamesRelease Date: 2007-11-20
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: MTV Games
Product features:
- 45 tracks at launch plus full support for downloadable content delivers never-ending challenges. New content will be available every week.
- Mold a unique rocker avatar using Rock Band's character creator. Chose from gender, body shape, face, hair, clothes, tattoos and signature moves. Don't forget to pick your specialized rockin' instrument.
- Showcase a real drum solo with Rock Band's freestyle drum fill windows featured in each song. Break out your own rhythm and style as anything goes!
- Call out the crowd! Vocalists can bring the crowd to their feet during Rock Band's freestyle vocal fill windows. Ad-lib your own words or shout to the crowd to raise the rock intensity of the performance.
- Requires a drum, microphone, or guitar controller to play
- Xbox 360 Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set
- Rock Band Guitar Skins Skulls Design
- Rock Band Guitar Skins Stripes Design
- Xbox 360 Rock Band Wireless Guitar
- Xbox 360 Rock Band Drum Set
Video Game Reviews of Rock Band
Customer Review: Welcome to the School of Rock
Summary: 4 Stars
The interesting thing about the game Rock band is that it manages to be at once a game, an instruction of how to play an instrument on a basic level, and an introduction to new music.
First of all, as a pure game-playing experience it (ahem) rocks. The falling notes are not hard to get used to, the difficulty curve is pretty good, and new techniques are gradually introduced and perfected as the songs increase in difficulty and you as the player bump up to a higher grade of song in pursuit of a great challenge. There is a lot of variety in the songs (despite an over-abundance of songs that I would imagine many would have no desire to sing if they wish to keep their vocal chords intact), and downloadable content in theory gives the game indefinite longevity (as long as you have a limitless wallet).
The average person who isn't really a gamer, will likely not be this game's audience despite hopes to contrary of those trying to bridge a generation gap. In other words, despite downloading a couple of Blondie songs and Margaritaville for my parents, the rest of the songs were by and large just too edgy for them (please keep in mind I'm 27, your milage will vary).
While there is some great fun to be had playing single-player, a lot of the downloadable songs have large sections where you will just sit there if you are playing in solo mode. Fortunately all the songs you unlock in solo mode become available for anyone to play in your band, so you don't have to slave through every single venue and song if there's just one addict and bunch of casual players.
Presentation-wise the menus, background music, ect is quite nice, but I do wish it would default to the mellower songs in the menus lest my parents get irritated by the MENU music. I also absolutely hate the intro the game. Horrible. The player avatars can be quite amusing as well, but they suffer from the same lack of variety, having most of their outfits suited to extreme hard-rock/punk/grunge bands and almost nothing that a mainstream rock band would be caught dead in. Not that it's terribly irritating. It would just be nice to have 20 main outfits I would like for a character instead of 3 or 4 (not everyone is into spikes and leather).
If you buy the instrument bundle as I did, you will want to beware of bad instruments, and particularly the guitar. The first one I had broke after a month, the replacement was already broken (the first had a whammy bar break and the second had a bad tilt function). I ended up replacing it with a guitar hero explorer which works perfect and is much more responsive and sturdily built (and much much louder with it's unceasing clacking). If I had the purchase to make over again, I would bought just the game a good guitar controller, then purchased a drum kit and microphone separately (haven't had any problem with either of those yet).
The real thing that keeps me coming back to this game is its best and worst feature. The music. A lot of the songs are too edgy even for me, but I have to play them to unlock more songs. Fortunately as I progressed I am finding about 1 in 4 songs I actually enjoy hearing or playing. And the results are a little surprising to me, as songs by bands I had never heard of or didn't particularly care for grow in my with practice. If you like discovering new music you will likely enjoy this aspect. If your musical taste is decidedly un-rock, you need to steer clear of this game and wait for Pop Band or Country Band to come out (complete with banjo controller!). Personally I went from somewhat disappointed by the songs to enjoying many of them greatly, and the memorization and practice needed to get good as songs I find very enjoyable as well (a sensation familiar to side-scrolling shooter fans and anyone who enjoys music games in general).
This game is fun. But it's more fun if you find people to join your band. Rock on!
Description of Rock Band
Time to release your inner rock star! Dive into Rock Band's challenging and addicting game modes and rock out to your favorite tunes. Put together a band, play in it, and tour for fame and fortune- all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Major record labels and leading music publishers have signed on to provide unrivaled access to master recordings and legendary rock artists - from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock - including many master recordings from legendary artists, including acts like Metallica, Bon Jovi, Stone Temple Pilots and the Ramones! Learn to play songs spanning all genres of rock and with access to new downloadable content, it's a new concert experience every time! Play together in your living room or across the world - Rock Band offers deep online functionality, allowing players to rock together whether they're in Rhode Island or Reykjavik. Band mates can fail out of a song for poor performance, but the band still plays on. Rescue your failing mate by busting out signature moves and blistering solos to wow the crowd with showmanship. Boost your bonus! Earn bonus points for your band during Rock Band's Unison Phrase opportunities if everyone plays perfectly. ESRB Rated T for Teen.Tap into your Rock & Roll fantasy as you pick your axe, form a band and tour for fame and fortune, all while sticking the rock credo of learning your instrument as you go in Rock Band.
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Extensive Game Modes.
Rock Band delivers four music games in one ? challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals through the five separate game modes.
- Tutorial Mode: Master the basics! No need for experience. Pick your weapon of choice and ascend from beginner to rock god.
- Practice Mode: Perfect your tune! Breakdown any part of any song at your preferred speed before hitting the main stage.
- Quickplay Mode: Instant fix of fun! Jump into any unlocked song for some quick jam time either on your own or with other players.
- Solo Tour Mode: Take it on the road! Pack up your instrument of choice and set out on the open road for a fun and challenging single player career.
- Band World Tour Mode: Conquer the world! The journey to rock stardom takes you from small town bars to world-renowned venues. Earn fame and fortune along the way to secure rock star necessities.
Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the mix of remastered originals and covers that make up the epic Rock Band song list puts players in the shoes of legendary artists from day one. And with the promise of additional downloadable songs and albums you are sure to be rockin? for some time to come. A partial list of the initial song list includes:
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (Master)
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Master)
- Suffragette City - David Bowie (Master)
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Cover)
- Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones (Master)
- Mississippi Queen - Mountain (Cover)
- Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (Master)
- Tom Sawyer - Rush (Cover)
- In Bloom - Nirvana (Master)
- Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots (Master)
- Say It Ain't So - Weezer (Master)
- Main Offender - The Hives (Master)
- Reptilla - The Strokes (Master)
- Go with the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (Master)
- Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters (Master)
- Enter Sandman - Metallica (Master)
- Highway Star - Deep Purple (Master)
- Epic - Faith No More (Master)
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet (Master)
- Here It Goes Again - OK Go! (Master)
- Creep - Radiohead (Master)
- Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Master)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash (Master)
- Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins (Master)
- Sabotage - Beastie Boys (Master)
- The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails (Master)
- I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage (Master)
- Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies (Master)
- Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Master)
- Celebrity Skin - Hole (Master)
- AND MANY MORE!
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