Rock Band
I received Rock Band (PS3 version) for my birthday this year. I will have to say it is hands down the best party game ever created. My family and I had SUCH a blast playing this. We played for about 5 hours straight. Playing on a huge 73″ screen with a sound system that almost shatters glass was a perfect fit for this game. We had it turned up very loud and it really felt as if we were playing in a band together.
After coming home and playing at home, i will have to say it is a lot more fun to play it REALLY loud. Unfortunately i live in an apartment and cannot blast it as loud. I played today with a friend and we pissed some neighbors off (oops!) so i have to tone it down until we can purchase a house and dedicate part of the basement to a gaming area.
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Review:
The multi-player aspect of Rock Band kills Guitar Hero III. You feel much more like a team when you play since if a teammate does bad during a song and fails, you can bring them back in by playing well. Playing online is also a lot better than Guitar Hero III, you can have more than one person playing an instrument on the system and then hop online. Its very easy to get 4 people together that way and rock out to some songs.
The difficulty level of Rock Band seems a little bit less of that in Guitar Hero III (guitar vs guitar). Expert is comparable to some of the end hard songs in Guitar Hero III, although some of the downloaded Metallica songs had me stumped on Hard but i think this speaks for the majorty of the in-game songs.
To sum it up, I you are looking for a single player game i would stick to Guitar Hero III. It seems like the single player for Rock Band isn’t as good - unless you want to play just the drums (which are amazing btw). Its still a blast but the real fun is playing multi-player and i’m sure a lot of people out there don’t want to drop $170 to play drums. On the other hand, if you are looking for the ultimate party game and will be playing with 2 or more people a majority of the time, this game is a must buy!