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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Simulation/Musical Instrument/Band Simulation
RELEASE DATE
20/NOV/07
ESRB RATING
TEEN, Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes
DEVELOPER
PUBLISHER
MTV Games
ALSO AVAILABLE ON
Xbox 360, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/rock-band-playstation-2-1
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DESCRIPTION
The most ambitious peripheral-driven game at the time of its release, Rock Band encourages aspiring musicians to drum, strum, or hum to classic and current rock songs instead of being limited to one specific part. Developer Harmonix Music Systems, who created both the acclaimed Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution franchises, expands the rhythm genre by introducing a four-player cooperative title featuring four distinct roles: drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, and vocals. To support this endeavor, Rock Band offers a custom designed drum kit, microphone, and guitar peripheral, all of which can be purchased separately or together with the "special edition" bundle.
Fans of the developer's previous hits will feel right at home with Rock Band, as the underlying engine incorporates many of the same ideas. To "play" the sound with your selected peripheral, you must hit the right color-coordinated notes in time to the music. The singing aspect is identical to the one used in Karaoke Revolution, where your voice's pitch and phrasing is scored on how close you croon to the selected track. Male or female rockers can be created with a choice of hairstyles, body types, faces, clothing, tattoos, and even personalities before embarking on a "World Tour." Each tour can be played using only one of the instruments or as part of a band with up to three friends.
Performances at different cities earn characters star points to unlock additional songs or venues as well as cash to purchase new clothing and accessories. Online support is included along with various competitive modes, such as head-to-head battles with a choice of instruments. Rock Band ships with 58 licensed songs spanning five decades, with original master recordings used in all but seven tracks. Among the featured songs are "Gimme Shelter," "Don't Fear the Reaper," "Creep," "Tom Sawyer," "Enter Sandman," "Reptilia," and "Sabotage." Online players can also purchase new songs from artists such as The Who, Metallica, and The Grateful Dead soon after the game's release. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide
Past 14 days
“A good read, can't wait for this. I want this almost as much as I wanted that Schecter Diamond Series I saw at Guitar Center last week, but the real thing doesn't keep score, and RB2 doesn't...”
created 17/JUN/2010
“The entire album Axis Bold as Love will be available on the Rock Band store next week, thus ending a relative losing streak for DLC for the past few weeks in Rock Band land. RBN on the other hand is...”
created 26/MAR/2010
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“Anyone who has played Left 4 Dead 2 and done the carnival campaign knows the band the Midnight Riders. I was perusing the Rock Band Network and found a couple of songs by such a band, My question is...”
created 19/MAR/2010
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“http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/gdc-harmonix-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-creating-the-rock-band-net/”
created 18/MAR/2010
“http://www.gametrailers.com/video/rock-band-hawp/61762 It's Crazy and funny. It usually comes on Destructoid, but for some reason Season 2 is over on GameTrailers. Check it out. It's silly, so...”
created 01/MAR/2010
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“Bought the original Rock Band so that I could transfer its tracks into RB2. The original has some serious "glowing limbs" thing going on, and I'm not sure whether my copy of the game is...”
created 30/JAN/2010
“played with a friend”
created 07/JAN/2010
“Rock Band falls short of the fun and feel of musical games for me. I love the customization options, but there are a lot of flaws with the game. One thing that really gets me is the actual rock band guitar controller is not very good. The strum...”
“Rock Band falls short of the fun and feel of musical games for me. I love the customization options, but there are a lot of flaws with the game. One thing that really gets me is the actual rock band guitar controller is not very good. The strum bar on it really stinks. I'm a real guitarist, and I down strum / pick some songs the way they should be done, but the controller isn't fast enough to keep up with me. The controller also doesn't keep up with extremely fast alternate picking making it almost impossible to play some of the fastest songs in the game. I enjoy a lot of the music in the game, but it could of been done a lot better.”
created 21/DEC/2009
“We all know Dance Dance Revolution from Konami. Few know In The Groove which lost in court agaisnt Konami for ripping off the concept. Two years ago, Guitar hero and roc band were on the top of the...”
created 05/OCT/2009
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“Finished all of "Peace Sells" Album on normal difficulty ”
created 30/SEP/2009
“Got reminded that I played this by a recent post by @Linked713 :P I loaded up my guitarist and hopped into where I left off in hard mode.. at Enter Sandman. So I tried it and failed in a most...”
created 19/SEP/2009
“my guitar of the guitar hero doesn't work in this game shame on you rock band”
“my guitar of the guitar hero doesn't work in this game
shame on you rock band”
created 16/SEP/2009
“I've been playing in the open beta for Aion. It's a lot of fun! I'm all wingity and stuff! :D Already have my preorder in; looks like I'll be sticking with this one a while :3 Gonna do some more 2...”
created 11/SEP/2009
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“I really enjoy the new design for the controller. It messed up my skills with Guitar Hero from using it too much though. My only real problem with this game, however, is that I don't really like the songs on it.”
“I really enjoy the new design for the controller. It messed up my skills with Guitar Hero from using it too much though. My only real problem with this game, however, is that I don't really like the songs on it.”
created 04/SEP/2009
“I like beat games. ”
“I like beat games. ”
created 30/AUG/2009
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