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One said, "Wow. The wireless devices have worked flawlessly and seem to hold up well.I took off one star the overall "Fun" rating because there aren't *that* many modern songs out of the box that I know people would want to play/sing, although I understand more are available for download. My usual gaming preference is RPGs, and in the past I would never even give this type of game a second look, but I have to give credit where credit is due. This is better than crack." (Sadly, she might actually know if that's true).The whole bundle is a great value, especially as it has provided entertainment for so many. That's our next step.Overall, good stuff, even for people who generally don't game. We've had family, friends, and neighbors over and there have been near riots over who gets to play next. Even my jaded, clinically depressed, and medicated family members, who normally respond to everything with "This sucks- you should die for even trying to get me to have fun" had a blast.
Basically just MORE of the first one.CONS: No ConsWould you recommend to a friend: Yes. PROS: Drums are awesome; more songs, more fun to sing on this one.
Everyting works great and it brings our family together and we can all take turns on all the instruments and we all get to sing.We have unlocked alot of the songs already so we are doing good. We are having so much fun with this game.
The Rock Band 2 game currently overs you a much larger available setlist of songs via DLC (downloadable content). There are plenty of reviews out there for this game. It seems the Rock Band 2 folks are working harder to get more songs for us than with Guitar Hero. I personally have over 500 songs for my Rock Band 2 game and while I have more fun sometimes playing some of the songs on World Tour because of the new features that were incorporated, I would choose my larger setlist game in the long run. I just want to point out something to help with the decision many are asking. "Which one should I buy." Well, personally, I've gotten both and think everyone should but if you are limited to one choice, consider this.
Another annoying aspect is when you are playing in multiplayer "band" mode and try to turn off one of the controllers. For example, the game comes preloaded with only 21 songs, half of which are totally lame. this is especially helpful for the drums, which have the steepest learning curve, but are also the most fun to play, in my opinion. An irritating "reconnect controller" flashing icon appears on the screen, and distracts everyone else while they are playing. The booklet they include with the game only covers the most superficial aspects of the game, and you are left in the dark a lot in the beginning. We love this game - we've played it for hours.
Another excellent feature is the training modes, so you can practice and even get lessons and get better at your chosen instrument. You have to go online to find the cheat code that unlocks the rest of the songs, about 30-50 more. I love the multiplayer aspect, with the ability to play drums, guitars and vocals simultaneously - it gets all your friends into the action. Be prepared to go online the moment you get the game to figure out how to run it. Nowhere in the manual does it explain that you have to first go through a complicated process of exiting the play mode and signing off that player, before you can turn off any controller, to avoid the annoying reminder icon. The user interface on multiplay is excellent, before I played the game I worried how it would look with all the instruments going at the same time, that the screen would be too cluttered with frets and vocal guides, but the game lays it out very intuitively, with the vocal track on the top, with a pitch guide and the lyrics written, so you can follow it easily.
Now for the downside: The mfr really needs to include more detailed instructions.
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