Buy Lego Rock Band

Ok, first of all, I am a big enthusiast of Rock Band games, been playing Rock Band 2 for quite a while and am always downloading new songs. That means I'm not new to the genre. That being said, I was always really skeptical of Lego Rock Band. To me, it seemed like a cheap way to "milk the cow", and I was always saying that the songs present in this game should have been released as DLC instead.

Some time ago I decided I just needed more songs, and just bought this game. Boy, was I surprised.

First of all, I come from a pretty rockish background, and only nowadays am starting to enjoy more popish music. When I was younger, I'd listen to pretty brutal metal, so people sometimes are amazed when they learn that I have downloaded Lady Gaga songs to play in RB2. I didn't even know most of the songs included in Lego Rock Band, and I must say I really enjoyed most of them. Some reviewers have classified the setlist for this game as "hit and miss", but for me, it's filled with hits with only a few misses. The songs are very upbeat and have a happy feeling about them, but most of all, they are really fun to play.

Out of the setlist, these for me are the greatest hits: "Summer of '69", "Life is a Highway", "Make me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (this one has such a cool acoustic guitar solo), "Monster", "Valerie".

The biggest miss: "Kung Fu Fighting". Don't get me wrong, I think the song is cool. But the charting is PAINFUL. Really painful. I don't know what Harmonix was thinking, but it ruined the song if you play on Expert guitars.

Alright, now about the game. The game itself rocks. It really does. Let me tell you why, in my humble opinion: because of the Power Challenges. In them, you have some "missions", if you can call them that... they may vary from defeating a big octopus or escaping from a huge mecha-dinosaur, but you always use the power of rock to complete the quest. And it's really cool if you play as a band, because the players will take turns performing, which gives everyone little breaks to enjoy the background animation and also watch each other's charts. I really hope they advance this concept for Rock Band 3, because it adds a new level of storytelling to the game, and it's a lot of fun. I play with my brother and we both really enjoyed the Power Challenges.

Exporting the songs for use in Rock Band 2 is mandatory in my opinion, and as I have already written, the song selection is very good. It will add a lot of color to your present RB2 setlist and those songs are generally a big hit with people that come over to my place to play. "Ghostbusters", "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Two Princes", I mean, come on, everyone loves those songs. Everyone. Hell, even P!nk's "So What" is fun to play. It pains me to admit that, but it's true. The chart is fun and I play it all the time. There, I said it.

So, in short: I was skeptical, and now I am recommending this game wholeheartedly. 5 stars, congratulations to both Lego and Harmonix.Get more detail about Lego Rock Band.