Rock Band (Wii)

Firstly, I think I should point out that I'm not a massive fan of computer games in general. I bought a Nintendo Wii about 2 years ago, but other than a few goes when friends are round, its spent a lot of time gathering dust underneath my telly.......at least that was the case until I discovered Rock Band. For anyone who's not exactly sure what the game is (where have you been?!?!), the basic kit from the game involves one plastic guitar, one plastic drum kit (made up for 4 drum pads and a base drum pedal), and a microphone, and you get to be part of a pretend Rock Band The attraction of this game is obvious. You've always dreamt about being a rock ...  Read the complete review

The basic idea is that you and your friends (you can play solo too) are members of a rock band. Gameplay involves playing through a song and either "failing" (being too bad and getting booed off) or successfully completing the song. There is an initial outlay because you need to buy the right equipment for the game - namely the guitars, drums, etc., that you use to "play" music with. You can sing, play guitar or play drums. I think you can play with as many of each instrument as you like (you can certainly play with at least two guitars), but obviously you're limited by the equipment you've bought. One of the best features of ...  Read the complete review

Good Points - Loads of songs! - Great fun with friends! - Massive downloadable content library with great potential. Price I Paid: £129 Bad Points - Expensive! - I know it's a matter of opinion but there is a lot of mediocre generic music, like "the killers", "the smashing pumpkins" etc... - The guitar controller for Guitar Hero III cannot work with Rock Band (PS3 and Wii) My thoughts... I love this game! My friend bought the game with the instruments for his Nintendo Wii and I am sure that we look really stupid when we are all crowded in the living room rocking out on plastic ...  Read the complete review

I bought this as part of a package deal for just under £100 which I must admit seamed a lot of money at first but once I opened the box and started playing I soon realised why it's so expensive and it's definately worth it. As part of the set you get a drum kit, a guitar, a microphone and the software. Drum kit- The drums are very realistic and great fun to play. You get the drumsticks and it's as simple as hitting the colours when they appear on the screen. Guitar- The guitar is completly wireless and there's no having to attach the wii remote like with the guitar hero's. It's also much more realistic looking and more comfortable to hold and play then the ...  Read the complete review

To tell you the truth I expected this game to have more features than it did, especially with the price tag of (converted valut exchange) 200$ for the instruments + 70$ for the game. The prices in Europe are ridiculous! ...OK. Enough about the money and more about the game. As far as the game goes, I expected better. Now since I did this review pretty late, (cause it came in Europe pretty late) comparing it to the Guitar Hero World Tour (full-feature online content, character creator, a lot of bonus content for the Wii version and Good-Enough graphics for such a game on the Wii, Rock Band falls pretty short. No online whatsoever (considering that GH3 nailed the ...  Read the complete review