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Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

View Poll Results: What do you rate Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360?
Outstanding 13 44.83%
Excellent 13 44.83%
Very Good 2 6.90%
Good 1 3.45%
Above Average 0 0%
Average 0 0%
Below Average 0 0%
Bad 0 0%
Very Poor 0 0%
Appalling 0 0%
Worthless 0 0%
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Old 21-06-2009, 2:20 PM   #1
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Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews


The sequel to the game that put you in the band - what do you make of it?

Please vote in the poll and leave a comment in the thread once you've played enough of the game to judge it.
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Old 21-06-2009, 7:09 PM   #2
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

Ive voted 'very good'. I love the game don't get me wrong but there are still issues for me.
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Old 22-06-2009, 7:46 AM   #3
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

Voted excellent, a great game with good DLC, great compared to GH. There are some things it could improve on such as letting you save your own playlists etc but for the most part I'm very happy with it. I appreciate it's way better than GH when it comes to DLC but I still want more variety, a lot of bands I like are not on there or just a handful of songs and not necessarily the better ones.
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Old 22-06-2009, 11:26 AM   #4
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

Another "Excellent" from me. Great game, but not quite perfect, also wish they'd release the RB2 instruments here, as I don't think the RB1 drums are particularly great.
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Old 23-06-2009, 8:58 AM   #5
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

This is pretty much the only game I really play now, so it has to be an "Outstanding" for me (despite a few minor niggles).
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Old 23-06-2009, 1:25 PM   #6
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

I too voted outstanding. There are a few minor issues that need to be addressed (give me my stars back damn you!) but this game is so far ahead of its competitors at the moment.

ITs the little things that gets the outstanding rating from me. Like how the background animations synch with the music perfectly, the guitarists will play the correct notes on the guitar, the drummer will hit the right drums and even the hi hat moves up and down. Something its main rival has never been able to do (although it was alot better in GH:M)

The disco offers a wide variety of songs so suit most tastes and with over 600 songs available to download, there is bound to be something for everyone.

This is the only game i own that has been played continuously since its release (even going back to May for RB1 as its pretty much the same thing) Everything else gets a few weeks or so and then sits in its box.

Rock band is the game that never gets old (or at least it had better not with the amount of money ive invested in it)
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Old 25-06-2009, 3:20 PM   #7
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

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Originally Posted by PlexShaw View Post
This is pretty much the only game I really play now, so it has to be an "Outstanding" for me (despite a few minor niggles).
This.
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Old 25-06-2009, 7:15 PM   #8
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

9 from me but not far off a 10. There are the odd things here and there which they could improve upon but nothing that stops it from being one of the best games on the 360 - hell i've even bought DLC for it so it must be good
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Old 25-06-2009, 8:28 PM   #9
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I dont know of any game that after so long I still play and get massive amounts of enjoyment from. On top of the game I have splashed out on the Ion drums to get the best out of it. Brilliant!

I also have spent a small fortune in downloadable content and dont regret a bit of it (even the spongebob tracks!!). I have so much I havent even played all the DLC, just waiting for them to come up in the random setlists. It adds to the fun that way.

Definitely top marks from me.
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Old 26-06-2009, 8:22 AM   #10
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Re: Rock Band 2 - Xbox 360 reviews

Outstanding from me - my only niggle is the way I can't see bass scores in quickplay - just guitar - and I can't tell if I did the song on hard or expert or how well I did on the song - ie stars & percentages etc, but the game just rocks despite those minor ommisions
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Old 22-07-2009, 5:48 PM   #11
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not sure what took me so long voting for this game? Oh yeah i'm too busy playing it!! 10/10
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Old 14-05-2011, 9:24 PM   #12
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great game and with its music library being expandable it seems like the gae could never end...
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Old 15-05-2011, 6:07 AM   #13
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great game and with its music library being expandable it seems like the gae could never end...
Well it did end in October 2010 DLC released after the 26th October will only work with RB3.
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Old 17-05-2011, 1:09 AM   #14
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I've voted another 'very good'. I love music. Think it better than Guitar Hero World Tour.
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