Well, really what more is there to say about Rock Band 2.
They announced that you will be able to import the songs off of the Rock Band 1 Disk for a small 5$ (400 ms points) to cover the fees of extending the usage licenses of the music… oh except for these songs:
- “Paranoid” as made famous by Black Sabbath (Cover)
- “Run to the Hills” as made famous by Iron Maiden (Cover)
- “Enter Sandman” by Metallica
(and 1 song by Tokio Hotel on the European disk… that we in America don’t get)
However, that leaves 55 songs that will be transferable, not to mention the fact that anything you purchased via XBL will be playable on RB2.
The New guitars are…. well new. Nothing special here, but if you only have 1 Rock Band guitar and you’ve been using an old Guitar Hero guitar for your poor bass player, then this is a great chance to upgrade.
One of the new features i saw when i played the game is “No Fail Mode.” With this turned on, your group can simply enjoy the challenge of playing through your favorite song, without the worry of failure. So if you are a new player and can’t pass easy to save your life, or if you’ve always wanted to see how how many notes you could get on Green Grass and High Tides if only it would let you finish that second solo, now you don’t have to worry.
All in all with 84 new tracks on Rock Band 2 (and another 20 to follow as a free DownLoad Content pack after the release), and the potential to import 55 old songs for 5$, that gives you a minimum of 159 songs. And if you are like me, then you have more songs on your Harddrive than songs that came with the original game then the available music for you to play with your friends on Rock Band 2 is simply staggering and unlike any other music rhythm game before it.
oh yeah, and one last thing. “Online World Tour Mode”
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