Product Description

ROCK BAND 2 IS THE SEQUEL TO 2007S MULTI-MILLION UNITS SELLIG, GENRE-DEFINING, CULTURAL PHENOMENON ROCK BAND, THE ULTIMATESOCIAL MUSIC GAME EXPEROENCE AND THE BEST SELLING NEXT GENEMUSIC GAME IN 2008. ROCK BAND 2 DELIVERS THE MOST AUTHENTIC ANDAMBITIOUS MUSIC GAME TO DATE-CHALLENGING ROCKERS TO MASTER

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #493 in Video Games
• Brand: MTV Games
• Model: 014633191110
• Published on: 2008-10
• Released on: 2008-10-19
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .59" h x 5.43" w x 6.76" l, .30 pounds

Features

• 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 connection required)
• Quickplay - with prefab or customized characters that can play on any instrument. Make customizable set lists and organize your song lists in different categories

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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, deliver Rock Band 2, the next step to the platform that lets audiences of all ages interact 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.

Key Features Take your band on an online-enabled World Tour mode, record albums, tackle the addictive Set Challenges, or even compete against other bands, either in your living room or halfway across the world, in the "Battle of the Bands" mode... plus all of the modes you know and love from the first Rock Band game! Compatible with ALL past and future downloadable content - even tracks you downloaded for Rock Band back in 2007 - so you can play a never-ending, face-melting set. Rock Band 2 pushes music simulation farther than it’s ever gone with a tool that actually teaches you how to play the drums in real life - or you can just have fun jamming and playing along to songs like an animal in the Freestyle Drum mode. Track List Abnormality - "Visions" AC/DC - "Let There Be Rock" AFI - "Girl's Not Grey" Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know" Alice in Chains - "Man in the Box" Allman Brothers - "Ramblin' Man" Anarchy Club - "Get Clean" Avenged Sevenfold - "Almost Easy" Bad Company - "Shooting Star" Bang Camaro - "Night Lies" Beastie Boys - "So Watcha Want" Beck - "E-pro" Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" Billy Idol - "White Wedding Pt. I " Blondie - "One Way or Another" Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up in Blue" Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer" Breaking Wheel - "Shoulder to the Plow" Cheap Trick - "Hello There" Devo - "Uncontrollable Urge" Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel the Pain" Disturbed - "Down with the Sickness" Dream Theater - "Panic Attack " Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf" Elvis Costello - "Pump it Up" Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way" Foo Fighters - "Everlong " Guns N' Roses - "Shackler's Revenge" Interpol - "PDA" Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song" Jethro Tull - "Aqualung" Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle" Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation" Journey - "Anyway You Want It" Judas Priest - "Painkiller" Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son" L7 - "Pretend We're Dead" Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth" Libyans - "Neighborhood" Linkin Park - "One Step Closer" Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy" Lush - "De-Luxe" Mastodon - "Colony of Birchmen" Megadeth - "Peace Sells" Metallica - "Battery" Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Where'd You Go" Modest Mouse - "Float On" Motorhead - "Ace of Spades " Nirvana - "Drain You" Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky " Panic at the Disco - "Nine in the Afternoon" Paramore - "That's What You Get" Pearl Jam - "Alive" Presidents of the United States of America - "Lump" Rage Against the Machine - "Testify" Ratt - "Round & Round" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give it Away " Rise Against - "Give it All" Rush - "The Trees" Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye" Smashing Pumpkins - "Today" Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong" Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot" Soundgarden - "Spoonman" Speck - "Conventional Lover" Squeeze - "Cool for Cats" Steely Dan - "Bodhitsattva" Steve Miller Band - "Rock'n Me" Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger" System of a Down - "Chop Suey " Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer" Tenacious D - "Master Exploder" Testament - "Souls of Black" That Handsome Devil - "Rob the Prez-o-Dent" The Donnas - "New Kid in School" The Go-Go's - "We Got the Beat" The Grateful Dead - "Alabama Getaway" The Guess Who - "American Woman" The Main Drag - "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" The Muffs - "Kids in America " The Offspring - "Come Out & Play" The Replacements - "Alex Chilton" The Sterns - "Supreme Girl" The Who - "Pinball Wizard "

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Customer Reviews

switched from Guitar Hero to Rock Band 2, haven't looked back since.
the biggest selling points for me were: tracklisting, instrument quality, and downloadable content. I would normally just go and buy the new guitar hero game, but how can i do that when rock band 2 has songs like "Aqualung" by jethro tull and "Spirit in the Sky" by norman greenbaum along with hundreds of other downloadable songs. I've already bought the metallica, oasis, and classic rock track packs!

Instrument quality was the second selling point. Although it's cool looking to have the cymbals ala GH:WT drums, you get the more STABLE bass pedal with Rock Band 2 drums because of how it sits on a horizontal bar. The GH:WT pedal has reportedly slid on uncarpeted floors, or flipped sideways. The RB2 drums, are as SILENT as it can get and they are VERY sturdy.

The last deciding factor for me was the downloadable content. By years end, there will be about 500 downloadable songs on the playstation network. If you like Rush, oasis, megadeth, metallica, blondie, lynyrd skynyrd, etc. then Rock Band 2 is for you. Also, the software itself is just PLAIN FUN! to play through. You unlock songs by earning cash, fans, and hiring staff. The customizability of the characters is also tremendous, to the point where you can change eye colors! I hope this review helps, and don't pass up a fantastic game!

CAN 2 BE BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE?
YES! Rock Band Two has done it right. This game is easy to navigate through and that makes it so much fun to play. With the downloading of the "key" you now have all the songs from your first Rock Band game, all the songs that you bought and downloaded from the Rock Band Store pluse all the songs that comes with Rock Band Two makes this game the best Guitar Playing that you'll ever find.

You Will Be Happy Choosing Bock Band 2...

Great Game
Rock Band 2 is a great game. They didn't change the game dramatically, just added a few enhancements. There is only one thing I don't like about the game itself and that is that you have to constantly play songs over and over and over just to unlock other songs. It's not a bad thing, but why must I keep breezing through a song many times to get every track unlocked? It's just a little annoyance at some times. But overall, it is a very great, solid game that fits in songs well with a very diverse audience appeal.