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User Rating: 9 | Rock Band X360
I have been playing Guitar Hero ever since it first came out and have been looking forward to Rock Band since I heard it was being made. I think the most prevalent thing that separates RB (Rock Band) from GH (Guitar Hero) is the different instruments to play. Obviously this is a great selling point for RB since most people who don't play an instrument have either played air guitar or air drums at some point in life. How many people can say that they at least "drummed" the solo in Phil Collin's "In the Air Tonight"? (At least some of the 30 and older people) Even though Phil is far from a rocker of course. That being said I think the drums are what makes RB a great game. It is a new peripheral to play with other than a guitar and playing them is a blast. One other thing that I hope continues is the downloadable content. This can either make or break this game. Having a steady flow of new content will only help this game and is something I hope GH will start doing more of. One area of concern though about the game is the Guitar and Drums. The guitar feels good but I am not a big fan of the strum button. I feel that it not as responsive and the GH guitars and on some of the songs that requires some fast strumming I feel that I can't hit all the notes due to this. The nice quick fix to this is if you already own a GH guitar, you can just use that. I do like the switches and extra high frets, but they are more of a gimmick and have no real affect on the overall gameplay experience. The drums for the money I think are ok. I do feel that I need to be a little gentle with the bass pedal for fear of breaking it. Also the don't give me the full feel of drums because they feel more "plastic" of course and give a "tick-tack" sound when being played. I am hoping to fix this by adding some rubber tips to the tips of the drum-sticks to deaden the "tack" sounds and give a little bounce back just like real drums. Overall, I think this is a good game with lots of good content to come. I hope that they can bring in some good songs. The Tour mode is cool and even the solo is good if you want to just play some songs. I don't consider RB to be a direct competitor to GH but a different variant of the rhythm platform. 
