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Rock Band 2

by Electronic Arts
Rated: Ages 12 and Over
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Xbox 360
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
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Platform: Xbox 360
  • Take your band on an online-enabled World Tour mode, record albums, tackle the addictive Set Challenges, or even compete against other bands, either in your living room or halfway across the world, in the Battle of the Bands mode. plus all of the modes you know and love from the first Rock Band game
  • Compatible with ALL past and future downloadable content - even tracks you downloaded for Rock Band back in 2007 - so you can play a never-ending, face-melting set
  • Has a tool that actually teaches you how to play the drums in real life - or you can just have fun jamming and playing along to songs like an animal in the Freestyle Drum mode

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Platform: Xbox 360
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  • ASIN: B001J2YQW6
  • Item Weight: 118 g
  • Release Date: 21 Nov 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 742 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)
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Platform: Xbox 360

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Requires a drum, microphone or guitar controller to play - Not Included

Rock Band 2 delivers the most authentic and ambitious music game to date - by challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals with a polished, streamlined, and amazingly fun and challenging experience. Rock Band 2 features a tracklist that puts all other music games to shame with more than 100 on-disc and free downloadable tracks from some of the most hallowed bands of the rock pantheon.

Rock Band 2 ships with the biggest selection of epic rock songs of any music game to date - and every song is a master recording! It will also work with the hundreds of downloadable songs already available online. The tracklist includes songs from System of a Down, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cheap Trick, Journey, Elvis Costello, The Who, and many, many more!

  • The best band game on the market just got better thanks to a slate of innovative features from Harmonix, the preeminent music game studio! Take your band on an online-enabled World Tour mode, record albums, tackle the addictive Set Challenges, or even compete against other bands, either in your living room or halfway across the world, in the Battle Of The Bands mode... plus all of the modes you know and love from the first Rock Band game!
  • Innovative hardware updates! Rock Band 2 will ship with 2nd generation hardware: more durable, wireless drums with an expansion port to support cymbal pads and improved wireless Fender Stratocaster guitars - with multiple colours - that will let you rock harder and longer then ever before.
  • Rock Never Dies! Compatible with all past and future downloadable content - even tracks you downloaded for Rock Band back in 2007 - so you can play a never-ending, face-melting set.
  • Learn to play drums! Rock Band 2 pushes music simulation farther than it's ever gon

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars In my opinion... BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE EVER, 30 Nov 2008
By M. Turnbull (Kent) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Rock Band 2 - Game Only (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
The title might seem like a bit of an overstatement, but I'm serious. I'll be playing this game more than every other game combined until Rock Band 3 comes out. It really is that addictive!
For people who don't know what this is, it's a rythm game. Pick up the plastic instrument of your choice (guitar or drums) then hit the notes as they pass their targets, or grab the mic and sing as pitch-perfectly as you can (only pitch matters, so you can still score high while sounding truly awful.) Read a professional review of Rock Band 1 for a more in-depth explanation; I would go into it here, but it makes for boring reading (and you probably know how it works anyway.)
The things that make this game so awesome are: a) how easy it is to play, b) how difficult it is to master, and c) how great the (constantly expanding) soundtrack is.
Concerning c), this is the best soundtrack I've ever hear in a video game. Out of the 84 on-disc songs, I dislike just 1. Of course everyone has different opinions when it comes to music, but there really is something for everyone. Blondie, Megadeth, Panic! at the Disco, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan... the range and quality is incredible.
But still, 84 different songs can only be played so many times before you're bored of them, no matter how good they are. That's where the music store comes in. There are over 300 tracks availible to download at the time of writing (check Wiki for the full list) with more added every Tuesday. Songs are usually 160 MS points each, but you get a discount if you buy them as part of a pack (e.g. 3 song packs are usually 440 points.) It's a good deal I think, but these micro-purchases can quickly build up into a noticable strain on yor wallet. But still, this is one area where Rock Band wins against Guitar Hero - the fact that all RB songs can be purchsed individually means that you're never forced to buy a whole pack just for the one song you want. Neversoft seem to be trying to emulate the Harmonix way, which is a good thing, but they haven't quite got it yet.
Another area where RB performs better is the presentation. The graphics and overall atmosphere of a performance in Rock Band are incredible. Venues look spectacular but realistic. Drummers hit the right drums to the music, guitarists hold the right frets and pluck the right strings, vocalists are perfectly lip-synched, and every song has an individual light show for every venue. The crowd even sings along when you're doing well. It's all pretty impressive to watch. Whereas Guitar Hero... well, it kinda looks like a catoonists impression of a rock concert, with animatronic musicians placed on the stage.
But what does presentation matter? It's the gameplay that counts, and Rock Band 2 has a few single (or multi) player modes that will keep you playing for ages. World Tour mode sees your band (of 1 to 4 people) start in a local club and eventually work their way up to huge arenas around the world. (Note: Unlike in RB1, World Tour mode can be played online now, as can all other modes.) Challenge mode is more linear - complete these songs, unlock those songs - with challenges designed around a particular instrument, genre, or artist. For example, buy the Boston track pack and you'll have a Boston challenge, or play the drums and do the drum challenge.
The third mode (excluding quickplay) is Battle mode. This is pretty cool - new battles with particular themes are put up every day, and you're supposed to play through the songs adhering to whatever special rules come with it, like longest streak wins, must play on Expert, must have a vocalist... You score will then be uploaded to the online leaderboards and you have to get it as high as possible by the time the battle is taken offline. It's a simple concept, but it's cool to play through sets of songs with particular themes or special rules then see how you compare against your friends list/the world.

I need to mention the difference in note charts between GH and RB. People generally said that RB1 was too easy and GH3 was too hard, but RB2 has got it perfect. Plenty of songs for the complete begginner (plus no-fail mode) and loads of songs for the expert (who will also appreciate the wonderful Breakneck speed, the RB equivilant of Hyperspeed.) In my opinion, GH:WT is still a bit over-charted (you play more notes than you actually hear) and is a bit too forgiving with the timing. That doesn't make GH any less fun - it just makes RB seem better.

Anyway, I feel like I've gone on for ages without actually saying much, so I'll end by saying: You should buy this. You were probably considering Guitar Hero as well, but buy this (unless you really do prefer the GH:WT soundtrack.) I don't wanna bash GH (it's still fun) but this is the better sounding, better looking, funner, more replayable game.

Oh, but the official instruments aren't out until December. All old GH and RB instruments with work fine with it, though, as will the new GH things.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Could believe I would stick to it., 27 Mar 2009
By Pantelis Kourelis (Athens, GREECE) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Rock Band 2 - Game Only (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
My girlfriend would like to have this game, so I bought it for her as a Christmas present along with the XBOX360. I did it only to please her, as I didn't think that our interest in that game would be that big. After 3 months though, I notice that we still haven't given up playing whenever we can. Rock Band 2 is a very good choice when you invite friends at home, almost everybody (even if they're not into rock music) is curious to play and in the end likes it. The feature of downloading new songs adds many points to the gameplay.

After all, an investment that has brought back every penny.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, 8 Feb 2010
By kdog "kdog" (uk) - See all my reviews
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Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Rock Band 2 - Game Only (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
Rock Band 2 has some good songs and the gameplay is generally a lot better than its predecessor there are some nice features different to the first game: as you progress through the game you can now hire staff you start off with your mum as your number one fan then you can hire a street crew or intern and then have to get managers for your band to make it big. Having won the first battle of the Vans it is a lot easier than the first game as I had problems getting past the song Creep but eventually managed it. The game Fail doesn't seem to be as bad as the previous one and on the whole there is enough different about it to make it fun.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Best music game ever
Really isn't much more to say. Rock Band 2 beats all the other Guitar Hero games in the series. Everything seems better, the charts, the songs, the downloadable content, the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Martin Bergsvendsen

5.0 out of 5 stars it simply rocks
Great game play, great songs. Nothing more to add.

I'm playing it with the hardware from band hero.
Published 2 months ago by flo0o

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fun for all the family

Yet again a game that looks silly to play, players playing plastic toys to strum to the music, it actually is what its aimed for. Fun and family fun. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Iain A. Morrison

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!
got this for xmas and all i have to say is ITS AMAZING graphics much better than number 1 and its got a only slightly better setlist and the downloadable content is just great but... Read more
Published 4 months ago by T. Lea

4.0 out of 5 stars More challenging than Rock Band "1", more forgiving than GH -- generally fun.
Well, as a guitar player - not an especially good one, I'd add - I was looking for a little more challenge out of this game than the casual player, and found the opening levels a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Behan

1.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm
If you have rock band 1 do not buy this its a waste of money if you don't have rock band 1 then buy rock band 1 instead of this. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Hunnymonster

5.0 out of 5 stars almost perfect,
rock band 2 is a significant improvementt over the original and in terms of content andd community is way ahead of the likes of guitar hero, i personally can not thnk of any fault... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. B. A. Rees

3.0 out of 5 stars RockBand 2 - Xbox
It's a good game but the soundback isn't brilliant so it's difficult to hear what you are doing.
Published 8 months ago by Trev

4.0 out of 5 stars Rock Band 2 Review
I bought this for my boyfriend as a birthday present and he loves it. He's got all of the Guitar Hero series but this was his first step over to Rock Band. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. A. Leslie

4.0 out of 5 stars Even if you can complete this 100% on Expert, You'll still be rubbish at a real guitar.
The only similar game(s) I've played before this were GH:LoR and GH:WT. This doesn't seem to be drastically better or worse than either. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Wilkinson

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