Rock Band 2 Analysis for Xbox 360

I absolutely love the new Rock Band 2. I have been reading a lot of bad reviews with the most complaints in the category that they didn’t change much. The other complaint I hear is that the vocals are way too easy to get 100% on expert. I think people are totally off base for the following reasons (1) the game is supposed to be fun and can almost be seen like an expansion pack. It is surely cheaper than buying 80 songs through the marketplace (2) they did make changes that I really like. The most notable change is the ability to play World Tour with only 1 person. I really enjoyed World Tour mode in the original but rarely had people over enough to get far in it. (3) I like that you now can see the song difficulty when choosing a track in quick play. (4) this release has better online play and abilities. You can have a World Tour with one of your friends online and you can more easily challenge a fellow online gamers plus you can try out daily challenges that Harmonix posts … very similar to what EA did with Tigers Woods 2008. (5) I found the vocals to be hard on medium and I sang throughout all of high school. I think making it easier wouldn’t hurt but not as easy as people are depicting which I actually don’t believe. I will check this out at a later time (6) Last but not least, they greatly improved on what people are calling “party” features. These features include quicker and easier navigation to get the band setup plus enabled an option to make it so that the band can not fail. I think all of these options are huge. I didn’t even mention the fact that you could copy all the Rock Band 1 song over and play them in Rock Band 2 which is worth the game in itself.

My only complaint is that they did not add a counter for your successful notes streak. Guitar Hero has it and I think it is a good feature.

Overall, I think the game kicks ass. I really am enjoying the songs that are on this album. Harmonix did a great job securing these artist. I can’t wait to get the Foo Fighter and Red Hot Chili Peppers albums when they come out. Also, people are acting like the original game was bad but it wasn’t even close. It served its purpose of being a fun game. I don’t think you need to add all these other bells and whistles like avatars and character appearances. People are there to play the songs on the game. So all Harmonix needs to do is improve the gameplay and come out with more songs. They did this and it is greatly appreciated.

P.S. I had no clue there was a code to unlock all the songs in Rock Band 1. From what I saw in other articles, the code in Rock Band 1 had to be entered every time the game started. Rock Band 2 remember the codes for this people that do not want to go through the World Tour part. For me, I would rather go through the process. I already have about 50 songs unlocked … I am mega star.