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Much better than Guitar Hero

User Rating: 9.5 | Rock Band X360

By Beltbite | Review Date: December 18, 2007

Rock Band, Guitar Hero Competitor. First of all lets get down to the gameplay. How does it play? just like guitar hero except instead of little butons it is little rectangle gems to symbolize the notes. You hold down the fret button (Red,Gree,Blue,Orang,Yellow) and strum the strum bar and bam your playing rock band. Now what makes it different? Well there is more than two instrument that can be played. There is Guitar, Bass, Drums, And Vocals. The drums are kind of the same as guitar you have your red, green, yellow, and blue pad. But for the orange is the kick pedal and it comes up as a thick orange line on the screen. They said if you can play the drums on expert you can play the drums in real life (Grant it you would need helo on your timing and beeat). Four players can play at once. each doing there part or have three players and have one of you guys do the vocals and a intrument.

I started playing the solo tour, and I thought well atleast its another guitar hero. but as soon as I got into the first menu. You can create your own rock character. From the name, where he is from, The hair the face, His Rock style (Punk,Goth,Metal,Rock). When you start doing the tours you earn money that can be used to buy new intruments, new clothes, change his hair style, give make up, buy tattoos. Now they have there shirts hoodys etc.. But some shirts allow you to put whatever art design you. and you create is like Tony Hawk Underground 2 (I believe). You have multiple layers and you create each layer putting Letters, Numbers, Pictures, Designs. Not only that you can put the same design on you guitar and change the color. Back to solo tour. After you beat the solo tour. Where do you go from there?. Well you can go up a difficulty higher. You can buy new music on the online content and play them in the world tour mode, Or you could hook up with friends and start a band.

I remember playing guitar hero III and playing cooperative play with a friend. It was just like playing the solo play but with a extra friend and possibly alittle different of track orders. So I came to expect that In rock band. After you assemble your band. You can choose the name and edit you logo just like with the shirt. You first start out in little venues as you play more and more and get more stars on your rank soon the world starts opening up. There are the usual setlist of of playing the tracks but there then are "mystery setlist" which are songs randomly pick usually 2-3. and you have to play through them with out failing now can you change the difficulty. also crowd pleaser, and make your own setlist. you win money, fans. You can check out the leader boarders to were your band ranks in the world.

Now the little extra Stuff. The downloadable content. On the games launch there more than 15 tracks to download including Queens of the stone age and Metallica. On a average of two weeks since they have been releasing song since then. With every song downloaded you can use them in the single play career or use it in the band world tour.

Overall This game is a good game to live your fantasy rock star life or a have a party to have fun. Either way it won't let you down.

Rock Band

Much better than Guitar Hero

Rock Band does not disappoint- it is quite simply the best party game ever made.

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