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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £39.98
You Save: £10.01 (20%)
New (14) Used (7) from £28.94
Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 270
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930059934
ASIN: B000TT7RHG
Release Date: May 23, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fun...but c'mon stop ripping us off. July 18, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm giving this game 1 star because once again we are getting ripped off by Harmonix Music and Q Entertainment - songs are good but the fact that they sell you the disc alone for 40 and then another 90 odd for drums etc. is just stupid. They should have combined drums with the game and sold it for 65.
 This game rocks! July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok, before I begin; I'm reviewing the GAME ITSELF, NOT THE PERIPHERALS, because they're too expensive for me. So people who have rated this one star are obviously unaware that this is just the game and/or you can use the Guitar Hero 3 controller along with the Xbox Live headset.
Now that's clear, I must tell you that this game is brilliant! A lot better than Guitar Hero 3, in my opinion. Firstly, being able to customise your band members is a real treat, and it's even better if your avatar looks like you. speaking of which, the graphics are a lot better in Rock Band than Guitar Hero 3, although it doesn't necessarily matter in games like this. The setlist is fantastic, and this is reinforced with all the great downloadable songs from the Live Marketplace. Some of my favourite songs are on it! The Big Rock endings are a fun addition, as well as the solos, which tell you your percentage and you can use the bottom notes of the Stratoscaster Controller (which of course I don't have). The Band World Tour mode seems great, but as I don't have any peripherals and the headset doesn't have much input quality, I can't really justify this.
I have noticed that this game is A LOT easier than Guitar Hero 3, on which I could barely do any songs on Hard at all, but on here I can do nearly every single one, save the last ones. This may just be my controller, or just all Guitar Hero controllers in general, but I've noticed that some notes just don't get hit at all. It just doesn't read it. This isn't because I'm bad at the game, the thing just doesn't read it. However, this rarely happens, and it's not the end of the world if it does. Another annoyance is that the notes are too small, so it can be harder to accurately hit it, but you can easily get used to this. Speaking of notes, on the transition from normal to Overdrive (the Rock Band equivalent of Star Power), it's sometimes hard, if not impossible to see some of the notes, with is quite bad, as you can guess. The only gripe I have is the Band World Tour not being usable over Xbox Live. With this feature, this could easily be one of the best games ever. I hear EA/Harmonix are working on it, and hopefully it will see the light of day!
Now, let's go on to the 'money issue'. There is a way to get around this frankly ridiculous price of the full set, but you'll have to already own Guitar Hero 3 (2?) and a Xbox Live headset, so you probably won't save much, but it will feel as if you have. Just buy the game and the drums separately. This will give you The guitar/bass (as they both use the same controller), microphone and drums. If you want a complete band, just get your friend to bring their controller along. If they don't have one, tough luck.
I recommend this to anyone with a lot of money to waste or to anyone with a Guitar Hero 3 controller (most of you).
worth the cash June 30, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
first of all i was a bit annoyed at the price, but in the end i managed to get it for 150 including the game, me and my mates couldnt wait any longer.
after playing the game, i can safely say its worth every penny, we've had hours of fun on it, so mch so my m8 is gettin his own so we can battle online.
great thing is, if u get bored playing the drums u cn play guitar...and then mike, and so on, so basically its not jus the same thing over n over like in guitar hero
the song list is pretty damn brilliant, theres a very wide selection of tastes, but not only that, u cn download over 160 songs (at bout 50p - 1.00) each, which wen u tihnk, if u download a song on itunes, it costs that much anyway, so u gettin to play it and listen to it on a game.
believe the hype
its brilliant
highly recommended
oh and guitar hero guitars... work on rock band ;)
Worth it June 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like many others I was incensed with the price for Rock Band, but still intended to buy it as I am a massive fan of the Guitar Hero games.
I'm glad I took the plunge, because the whole experience is incredible. The track listing is infinitely superior to that of Guitar Hero, and playing with your mates is amazing!
Another great part about this is the amount of money that I've actually SAVED by having some mates over on a friday night and staying in playing this all night with a few beers, rather than going out and spending ridiculous amounts in London. 5 stars
FAULTY June 24, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Got it today with the band in the box and it was faulty. if thats what you get for 180 quid then its ridiculous
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