Playstation 3 Rock Band 2 Special Edition
2010 March 10
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Continue Your Rock and Roll Fantasy Rock Band 2 lets you and your friends take your band on an even more expansive and immersive world tour - in person or online - and continue your rock and roll fantasy. Harmonix, give up Rock Band 2, the next step to the platform that lets audiences of all ages cooperate with music in an all-new way. Rock Band 2 lets players vicariously jam out as some of the best guitarists, bassists, drummers and singers of all time. Featuring a track list with more than 100 on-disc and downloadable tracks from some of the most hallowed bands of the rock pantheon, Rock Band 2 by challenges rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.
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- Local and global online modes
- Online World Tour mode fuses Solo Tour and Band World Tour modes with opportunity gigs, challenges, cities, venues and hirable staff
- Tour Challenges - mini-campaigns focused on the best songs by instrument, decade, genre, etc
- Battle of the Bands mode - go head to head against other bands in constantly refreshed contests (internet tie required)
- Quickplay - with prefab or modified characters that can play on any instrument. Make customizable set lists and systematize your song lists in different categories
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Customer Reviews
 Making a Fantastic Game Better |
| Review Date: October 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: James Felix, New York, NY |
| I've been before a live audience this for 5 days now, after a year of before a live audience RB1. To give credit where it's due, it looks like the team at Harmonix read every mad, outraged post about the first Rock Band and then addressed the harms.
Gameplay: -Bands no longer have a leader that must be present in order for the band to play. Any member of the band can play solo, and any character can play any instrument. -You can now make an entire band and have them play with you ALL the time, giving you control over the look of it. You never need to have a random character model stand in. The might seem like a small thing but it makes a huge alteration. I don't know how many times my friends and I played, 3 of us looking like the Beatles, only to have some chick wrapped up like a mummy before a live audience bass. -You can be more in-depth in fleshing out your band, including designing a logo for them. Drums -First of all the drums are wireless, which in itself is a huge enhancement. They have a rubberized coating on the pad now which cuts the noise from striking them in half, and that's more a dull thud than the sharp, obnoxious crack of the ancient drums. The bass pedal has been beefed up and should stand up to adult usage. I see some users argumentative about tech harms with the drums, but mine have thus far been sound. -Guitar This is a huge enhancement over the RB1 guitar. The start button has been place in a recess, making it much harder to fortuitously pause the game while before a live audience. The tilt sensor for going into overdrive works perfectly, the buttons are simpler to use and the by and large construction is sturdier. Best of all, it's wireless receiver has a USB port that you can plug the drums into, making it so that two instruments take up only one USB port on the console. This means that you can play as a full 4-person band lacking needing anything extra for your PS3. Again, a small thing that makes a huge alteration. All the songs you downloaded for RB1 can be played on this game, and for a small fee you can also migrate all the songs from the RB1 disc onto your drive to be used with RB2. I reckon it's fantastic that you don't have to leave any songs behind. Bottom line: if you have RB1 you should certainly buy at least this game, even if you want to keep your ancient instruments. The expansion to your song store alone is well worth the price. But if you have the money to spend I reckon the improved instruments are worth buying. |
| Fantastic |
| Review Date: October 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Barlow, NJ USA |
| After conception some of the halfhearted press on RB2, especially the drums, my RB2 kit indoors and I had a non interrupted 2 hours of drumming joy.
Positives. The Guitar has self calibration, which I have found to be excellent enough that I have not had to do any calibration manually (this was a right pain to get right in RB1). Everyplace (I could not see them from a rapid inspection) is both a sound and light sensor which auto calibrates vs a test beat and test flash. I was most worried that the drums would not work (i'm the drummer in my family/friends) especially after all forum try. They worked categorically fine for me last night. Really like the softer/bouncier feel to the pads (i had the RB1 drums with silencer pads - these will not be necessary with the RB2 drums) Menu system navigation is much more logical, as is the intergration of solo and multiplayer. Drum teacher is exceptional - 50+ patterns to do, some with very complex changes, all at 40-200 bpm... Song choices so far seem to have some really fascinating drum rhythms and sequences with much more alteration than RB1. By and large really pleased. Just hope I don't get some of the issues mentioned on the forums. |
| Set is still worth buying, even for RB1 owners |
| Review Date: November 24, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jessica Tok, Lincoln, NE United States |
| We have had both Rock Band 1 and Rock Band 2 since their release dates, and I waited for a month of relentless gameplay so that I could make sure that I addressed some of the differences accurately.
Gameplay: The graphics have never been the high point of this game, and they are slightly improved, still artsy-cartoony and PS2-looking, but still cunningly done (e.g., they are not that crisp HD cartooniness of "Buzz!" but they'll do). Gameplay is much the same as Rock Band 1, with the MAJOR exception that you can start a tour yourself and your character can play any instrument (previously, your character was tied to one instrument and if you played alone, you commonly had to play 2 instruments to go "on tour"). Harmonix added in online challenges ("battles") that can be played weekly and are available for free over the Playstation Arrangement. The extra downloadable songs are commonly inexpensive and bring a massive diversity of artists (from Underoath to Devo to Paramore, and by now, RB has comprehensive an incredible amount of downloadable songs (over 500+ to date). One minor quibble is that the same problem exists in RB2 as RB1, namely, that you cannot delete tracks that you categorically despise. Thus, you can still fail out in the middle of a challenge because RB has picked an "impracticable" song as one of its randoms, and I wish they would do a better job with their randomizer. Also, when you play in "Quickplay" mode, you cannot pick your character, unlike RB1. So I end up with "Earl Stevens, Jr." a lot as a replacement for of my own character, which is disappointing when I don't want to go through a tour (in the end because I can't dredge up "which town" has the music I want to play - e.g., where is "Everlong," again? The Amsterdam amphitheater?). Peripherals: The drums are head over heels better than the ancient translation. They are quieter, springier on spring back, have a metal armored pedal to slow down breakages (though the spring mechanism still makes your pedaling-leg tired after a session), and are just as simple to break down and place away. Wireless is awe-inspiring, but it is a DRAIN on your AA batteries (we went through the first set of 4 Energizers in less than 10 days), so invest in some rechargables. Like the fact that it has a port for fake cymbals (which don't change the gameplay, they just give you something different to hit on the greens/blues/reds). The guitar is somewhat improved, with the Start button surrounded by a ridge of fake, though if you've been before a live audience on RB1, you may really like that guitar better. The one in the unique journal package does NOT come with a sunburst "end" though - it's the same ancient Stratocaster body with a fake wood neck. The "auto-calibration" mechanism in the guitar (something missing from RB1) bent some distressing results, so it was not as fantastic of a feature as I at the start hoped for, and we went back to manual calibration with our HDTV. The mic is the same ancient, same ancient rebranded Logitech Vantage mic. But the Pelican and MadCatz upgraded versions aren't really much better, so this mic will get you by. Warranty Support: The equipment is much higher quality than the first batch. We returned at least two RB1 guitars on warranty with the first set and are persistent our RB2 guitar for failing to recognize overdrive. But, EA Customer Support has been marvelous EVERY time, so I highly recommend purchasing lacking dread. By and large: I was at the start timid about replacing what I plotting was an pricey RB1 set in the first place with a marginally more pricey RB2 set. But, I found the drum peripheral more than worth the deprivation - and after before a live audience them, I was satisfied and did not see the need to cough up a further $300 for the premium Ion. End? RB2 is just as fun as RB1, if not more. The track list is Fantastic, the gameplay is slightly improved, and all likes it at parties. For casual gamers who just like to pick up a fake instrument every now and again, it's a must-buy. |
| Best rhythm game, period. |
| Review Date: March 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Karlsson, |
| I ongoing gaming life with Guitar Hero 1-3 on a PS2, expanded to Rock Band and some track packs, and had to migrate to the new slim PS3 when the Beatles and Lego were not available for the PS2. Rock Band 2 on a PS3 (or other well ahead console, where you can download tracks, preferably with HD output) is easily the best all-around rhythm game. The highlights, in my mind:
-Music selection - there are over 1000 tracks available for download which means I can play for hours and not get bored with the store. In tour mode, you have many opportunities to tackle a random set-list or make one using your favorites. I'm nearly always pleasantly surprised when I play a random set. -Cooperative game play, teamwork (saving failed band mates), deploying overdrive (if you have never played, this is a power-up like "star power" in Guitar Hero), clean professional graphics, are all superior to anything that came before and numerous that came after. -Guitar controller - the gen2 Stratocaster incorporates the best features of numerous prior guitar controllers (smooth, silent, recessed fret buttons, low effort no-click strum bar, integrated D-pad), and adds 2 strokes of genius: built in a/v sensors to auto-adjust lag your HDTV and surround sound system may have, and 2 USB outlets on the wireless dongle making it possible to plug drum and mic (for example) into the dongle lacking using up bonus USB outlets on the console. Language of surround system lag, if you have a 7.1 system it may yield less lag if you DON'T select 5.1 surround output from the game; this is because expanding a stereo signal to 7.1 channels is quicker for the receiver to administer than recalculating the 5.1 field into a 7.1 field. -Drums - now wireless, with a metal armored kick pedal (the highest not compulsory mod for gen1 hardware) and softer, quieter, bouncier rubber pads, you will also find numerous 1/8" jacks on the back of the gen2 drum kit; these are for plugging in expansion cymbals which I highly recommend once you have ongoing drumming seriously. Drumming in RB1 really taught me how to play drums, and I bought an acoustic 7-piece drum kit. With 3 cymbals added to the gen2 kit, it's a really excellent teacher, and in my attitude more realistic than the 6-piece GH drum kit (which lacks the 4-pad layout of snare + 3 toms, combines crash and ride cymbals, and does not have a excellent bass kick pedal support). You always have the option of not using the cymbals, but in fills or freestyle mode (part of the exceptional drum teacher in RB2) they will make cymbal sounds while the pads will make tom sounds. -Vocals - I will add this because I saw a further reviewer complain about a lack of "karaoke" mode; if you want to sing lacking examination the master vocal track (like karaoke, as a replacement for of singing along with the artist) you can select Options, then Audio/Video, the Adjust Audio, and turn the vocal track all the way down. Presto, karaoke. With a bit of luck you made it through all that and got something useful out of it - I really like this game and honestly never get tired of before a live audience it. |
| Best Video Game EVER! |
| Review Date: October 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Antiseptic, Jacksonville, FL United States |
| My nephew got Rock Band 1 a couple of months ago and I tried it out and I really liked it, I didn't really pay attention to this game at first because of the track list but when I saw the track list for Rock Band 2 I was completely blown away, this is the best video game music soundtrack I've ever seen, not only is the disc list planetary, you can export online all the songs off Rock Band 1 disc and add them on, plus they have a ton of songs you can buy from the PSN store and they are promising by and large 500+ songs available by the end of this year. Now there is some terrible stuff to point out, first off the actual guitar pictured doesn't come with the set, the PS3's guitar face is black and white, but it is a Rock Band 2 guitar, it's just the face that's different. The instruments use transmitter dongles, Bluetooth instruments would've been nicer, also the batteries for the drum set only lasted 15 hours total, they went out quicker than I plotting they would, but it seems like a honest amount of time, also a wireless mic would've been nice. The halfhearted stuff isn't really a huge deal when compared to the fun you can have with this game and number of songs you can have, also I like how you can delight in this game with three of your friends, fantastic party game, for some small points it also comes with all batteries and some stickers.:) |
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