Rock Band

thunderboltgames.com review
The drumkit is a huge piece of equipment just for one game. Essentially a miniaturized version of… well, a drumkit, it’s probably the best instrument out of the package. Featuring four colored pads and a foot pedal, players must bash out the rhythms scrolling on the screen. Sure, it’s just like the guitar bit- except for the fact that you’re playing with two hands and your foot. Each pad serves as a different drum piece (cymbal, tom, etc), and the foot pedal controls the bass drum. It may sound simple, but actually using the foot pedal along with the rest of the pads at the same time takes a lot of getting used to. Just like how playing a real guitar will have helped players reach that orange button on the guitar controller, experience with percussion will be a bonus for Rock Band owners. Luckily, the game provides interactive tutorials for each instrument, so wannabe Lars Ulrichs will be bashing their way to stardom in no time.
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gamesradar.com review
That leaves guitar, which when played solo in Rock Band, isn't must different from Guitar Hero - well, other than the fact that it lacks Guitar Hero III's soul-crushing technical difficulty. You once again match the notes on screen to the buttons on your guitar - this time, a black Fender Stratocaster with built-in effects and five extra buttons high up on the neck, intended for solo pyrotechnics. If you dutifully march through the single-player campaigns, you'll enjoy the variety of venues, the realistic animations, and the loading screens that illustrate your rise to fame. But playing solo misses the whole point.
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gamesaktuell.de review
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gamechronicles.com review
Thankfully, there are some excellent (and fun) tutorials that cover guitar, drums, and vocals, and they are even hosted by real musicians. These tutorials will teach you basic and advanced lessons and by the time you finish you should be ready to hold your own with most of the songs in Rock Band, at least on Easy mode.
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avclub.com review
Rock Band mostly uses actual master tracks for songs, unlike previous incarnations of Guitar Hero, which relied on sound-alike studio musicians. Currently, the game's online store sells a limited number of additional tracks and entire albums for download, but that number will only grow. Metallica even plans to debut its new single next year as a playable download.
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