I expected Harmonix to do a better job with Rock Band. Unlike it's PS3 and XBOX 360 counterparts, Wii's Rock Band is missing probably the best parts of the game. Firstly, the custom characters is taken out. Yep, you don't get to make a personal character and rock out with them. Instead the band is picked based on the genre of the music you're playing. "Dirty Little Secret", for example, is played by a Punk Band. Secondly, the individual and multi-player tours were taken out. You don't even get money for beating songs, the game just keeps track of your total points. Wii's Rock Band is still a great party game to play, having everyone jam out, but otherwise, there's all this hype for nothing. I personally enjoy playing because of the instruments, but hopefully the next multi instrument game for Wii, Guitar Hero: World Tour will be much, MUCH better.
Rock Band is an amazing game. It's fun, addictive, it has variety, one of the best multiplayer games that most people enjoy. But as we've seen so many times before the Wii gets the stripped down version of a great game. ... Read Full Review
Sure everyone was excited about this at the announcment. But now it's here and... it was true.... a real lousy port of the PS2 version... But there a few positives... 1. Harmonix kept it's promise of keeping the core ... Read Full Review
