Innovation is largely replaced by refinement: it’s easier than ever to sign band members in and out of their own profiles, for instance, and it’s mercifully simple to individually change difficulties on the fly when you get stuck on a tough song like Dream Theater’s merciless “Metropolis, Pt. With Rock Band, it’s often more about the journey of pretending to rock out together than the destination of a high score.ĭeveloper Harmonix’s decision to pick up where it left off last generation rather than reinvent itself in any significant way, then, gives you the same feeling as a new AC/DC album: familiar, in that it hits all the same notes that made it famous, but also safe and predictable. It’s a deceptively simple concept that, through the power of working as a team and some great music, becomes much more fun than tapping four colored buttons on plastic instruments in time with corresponding note gems as they scroll down the screen has any right to be. That Old Familiar FeelingFiring up Rock Band 4 is an experience that’s almost identical to the first three games Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Rock Band 4 is no-frills relative to its predecessors – it has no online play, no keyboards, and no secondary modes like Practice or Score Duel – but it also makes smart decisions, resulting in the best overall music-game experience yet.
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I’d forgotten how physical of an experience the rock-n’-roll simulator can be, and also just how much fun nailing a song like 90's favorite Live's “All Over You” sends coursing through my body. My wrists quickly got sore after I sat down at a Rock Band drum kit for the first time in five years – but it’s a good, familiar kind of ache.
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