Customer Reviews:
 Too easy, but it's still good fun October 30, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've played the Guitar Hero games and the balance of skill level and enjoyability in those games is perfect.
Rock Band on either bass or lead guitar is a lot easier than Guitar Hero [any of them], as I got through the entire song list in Hard without failing a single song. In the Guitar Hero games, Hard really does mean Hard; and Expert means impossible unless you really learn the song.
As for the drums, Medium feels as it should - I can easily fail a few songs on Medium first time, so they've gotten the skill level just right. And Hard is as it should be. I'm awful on vocals, so I can't really judge that LOL.
But Rock Band is, of course, a very playable game - but I find it far more boring than the Guitar Hero games because of how easy it is on guitar. However, on multi-player mode, it becomes far more enjoyable - especially if you can find friends who prefer the instruments that you don't want to play.
I give an overall rating of 3 stars because, inevitably, I find myself going back to the Guitar Hero series; except for when my friends come over for a jam on Rock Star.
 Works with GH wired controller... September 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this game, but didn't want to pay the rip-off prices for the band instruments. Fortunately, I have the wired guitar hero controller that came with guitar hero 2, and this game works with that. It does not work with singstar microphones though. If nothing else, this game provides more songs for those who have exhausted guitar hero. And i reckon that the songs are actually better than those on GH 1, 2, Aersomith and even GH3. Rockband has more well-known tracks. The other thing i like about this game is that it is easier than GH. I can actually play hard level on this, whereas GH seemed to have a massive difference between medium and hard - medium completed, but hard level was impossible! If you have GH2 wired controller give this game a go. Definitely worth 25 quid.
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