11.18.07
Rock Band
(4.75/10.00) Yes, My Name is Earl and I have a review of the not-yet-released Rock Band. How did I do it? Well, I’ll just keep that a secret. Let’s get down to the review. Rock Band is a potential “Guitar Hero Killer”, but to casual fans of this genre like myself and not to hardcore eat, sleep, breathe, can-beat-free-bird-expert, this attempt falls flat on its face. I got a chance to play the drums and guitar portion of this game, but I’ve played SIngstar, I think I could figure out how that works. You play as whoever’s playing your instrument, which can make a lot of difference. First off, the controller setup is a little awkward. Whenever playing “Dead or Alive” on EASY I found the experience difficult if not frustrating. This is mainly due to two things. 1. The keys on Guitar Hero 3 are way easier to hit than the anorexic pathetic excuses of notes. I would hit the note on what would propel me to Star Power on Guitar Hero 3 on Rock Band, and it would say I missed it. But don’t worry, I was too busy trying to hit the overly difficult for easy note repetition to complain. 2. The drum system is messed up! While playing Guitar I can feel my notes to hit them. On Drums, I just have to throw the drumstick down and hope I hit the right pad to hit the note. Half the time I was hitting the plastic between the pads! The character models are nice, and so are the backgrounds, however they don’t really match the graphical power of Guitar Hero 3. You’ll notice I’m referring to Guitar Hero 3 a lot. Well, when you’re imitating the same system used on Guitar Hero 3, except you’re doing it worse, you can’t help not mention the better. I would personally have a stroke if I spent $200 on Rock Band to find out it was this dissapointing. The main redeeming qualities of this game would be the fun character models, extended party aspect not found in GH3, and good tracklist. I personally would rather stick with the neater, smoother system of Guitar Hero 3. I would only recommend this game to pure experts of Guitar Hero that want a harder experience to try out, however I wouldn’t recommend spending $200 on it. Just drop by Best Buy and see what I mean. If you love Guitar Hero 3 and think it’s the best Rhythmn game out there, just stick with it overlook this narrow title.
