Rock Band
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AG Score: [ 7.1 ] Automated Gamer calculated average score | |
| Genre: | Rhythm Game |
| Release date: | 06/22/08 |
| Available on: | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii |
| Created by: | MTV Games |
| Rent: | Rent today @ Gamefly |
Man, we're getting the band back together. We're on a mission from God.
This could be your mantra every weekend. Heck, it could be your mantra every night, lifted straight from Blues Brothers into your life. And who doesn't have that dream.
Rock Band allows you to form a band (complete with vocals, guitar, bass, and drums) and make sweet sweet music together, rhythm-game style. Don't play well with others? You can always play by solo, and become a master of all instruments. Online play even makes it so you can be in a rad band, but not that close with your smelly bandmates. Lots of downloadable content means theres new music out there to enjoy.
So it no longer has to be a long time since you rock and rolled, nor does it have to be lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely. Or it can be. It's up to you, Rock Star.
- Matt, AutomatedGamer Editor
Key Sites
- Rock Band (video game) - Wikipedia
- Official Rock Band website
- Official Rock Band 2 website
- Official Rock Band Store website
Reviews
[ 7 ] GameDaily Reviews says "Walmart's exclusive AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack offers 18 songs that you can drum, strum and sing along to, including such favorites as "Back In Black" and "Thunderstruck." You can also import these songs into your Rock Band 2 song list. Unfortunately, you'll finish solo tour mode within a couple of hours, there's no online multiplayer and the original master tracks aren't available. That makes it tough to justify spending $40 on the game. If you're an AC/DC fan though, buy this immediately. Otherwise, take caution before proceeding down the Highway To Hell."[ 6.5 ] Gamespot says "Rock groups don't get much bigger than AC/DC. The Australian hard-rock act has churned out 17 studio albums over 30 years, including one of the highest-selling albums of all time, Back in Black. With that kind of success, it's a no-brainer that Harmonix signed the Thunder From Down Under for an exclusive game all to themselves, following the inclusion of "Let There Be Rock" in Rock Band 2. However, though the songs on AC/DC Live sound and feel amazing to play, with only 18 songs (the setlist from the band's famous Live at Donington DVD), no special features, and fewer modes than either Rock Band or Rock Band 2, this game feels very much like a dirty deed done dirt cheap. "
[ B ] Gaming Age says "While it is true that there are many, many songs available to download through the music store on Rock Band and Rock Band 2, it makes me scratch my head when track packs on disc make their way onto the Xbox 360/PS3. The first of two that arrived on my desk this past week was one for AC/DC. I first must mention that you do NOT have to own either Rock Band title to play this game, but of course you do need a guitar, mic, or drums to rock with the bad boys of British rock. Of course if you do own the game and have not yet downloaded the tracks available on this disc, there is a code provided to allow you to add these songs to your ever growing play list. "
[ 6.5 ] IGN Xbox 360 says "AC/DC is a perfect first for Rock Band. The legendary band's "Let There Be Rock" on Rock Band 2 was just a teaser. The real deal comes in the form of 18 live tracks available exclusively from Wal-Mart in the form of a "full" game. AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack is a retail game that can be played independently of owning Rock Band 1 or 2. Included in the box, however, is a unique code so that you can download the tracks via Xbox Live for use with either Rock Band game."
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Latest News
- 03/09 Lady Gaga Arrives as Rock Band DLC Next Week @ Shack News
Four tunes by eclectic pop artist Lady Gaga are coming to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 as downloadable content next week, developer Harmonix said today, along with South Park's comedic cover of her single "Poker Face." Each individual song will carry the usual price of 160 Microsoft Points / 200 Wii Points / $2, with a Lady Gaga four-pack offering so... - 03/09 Lady Gaga Makes Her Debut on Rock Band With a Hot Four Pack @ IGN PS3
Rock Band 2 (PS3)Plus a special Comedy Central South Park version of "Poker Face" MTV Networks celebrating debut across channels. - 03/09 Lady Gaga Tracks to Infiltrate Rock Band Next Week @ 1UP
Steel yourselves, plastic guitar aficionados, for all is proceeding exactly as the vulgar prophet Eric Cartman foretold nearly six months ago -- relentless hordes of Lady Gaga DLC loom over Rock Band's horizon. A four-pack of tracks from the flamboyant pop star will besiege ... - 03/09 Rock Band 3 announced via Facebook (Rock Band 3) @ GamesRadar - News
Developer Harmonix announced Rock Band 3 today via an update on Facebook. No word on what songs will be on the disc, or even if it comes complete with another batch of plastic instruments. In fact, this is all they had to say ... - 03/09 Rock Band 3 Coming This Holiday @ Shack News
The third numbered entry in Harmonix's Rock Band line of peripheral-based music games is due out this holiday season, the developer has just confirmed. Said the company through its TheBeatlesRB Twitter: Big news day for @RockBand , Lady Gaga DLC next week (including South Park's version of Poker Face) & RB3 confirmed for Holiday 2010 The news a... - 03/09 Rock Band 3 confirmed for this holiday @ Gamespot
BREAKING NEWS: Harmonix and MTV Games getting the band back together, Electronic Arts handling distribution once more.