Lego Rock Band Reviews

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Average Review Score: 7.4

Lego Rock Band Reviews

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"With kid-friendly turns in Lego Indy, Lego Batman, and Lego Star Wars, the pegged-block franchise has extended its roots pretty far into the videogame world. But the next Lego-themed adventure does away with the action-focused collect-a-thon of previous outings, and adds a new graphical skin to the ever-expanding rhythm genre with Lego Rock Band. It won't be as "hardcore" as the recently released Guitar Hero 5, nor as "artistic" as Harmonix's own The Beatles Rock Band; instead, Lego Rock Band is looking to fill a family-friendly niche with a light, pop-centric setlist and plenty of Lego humor. When Harmonix brought the game around to the 1UP office for a recent hands-on demo, I got to see the changes that Lego will bring to the Rock Band series. With a newly added Super Easy mode, and a selection of music that should appeal to a wider audience, this looks like it will be the most easily approachable Rock Band yet. As a fan who's played every title in the series to death, what I find most exciting about the upcoming game are the fun tracks (like Bowie's "Let's Dance," or Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters") -- songs that that you'd normally only find on games like Karaoke Revolution or Elite Beat Agents. But also adding to Lego Rock Band's value: Harmonix claims you'll be able to export every song in the game over to Rock Band 2, and vice versa: almost all of Rock Band 2's DLC (the songs that don't contain offensive language/subject matter, anyway) will also be playable in Lego Rock Band."

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"In a year flooded with music titles in general, and band games in particular, Lego: Rock Band sounds like yet another cash-in meant to wring money from an over-extended genre. But The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 proved that there're still reasons to pick up these games -- like new features and gameplay refinements. Similarly, Lego: Rock Band throws a fresh skin on Rock Band 2 and adds some fun, new story elements, giving you a good reason to pick up your plastic guitar or drums sticks once again. The Lego brand permeates everything in the game, from the title screen (which looks like RB2's screen with brighter colors and an adorable Lego tiger) down to the note track (which replaces the standard rectangular bars with small, scrolling Lego pieces). Of course, your characters are also Lego people, though at the game's onset you're given a relatively limited number of customization options for your Lego avatar. New items open up after nearly every song, and your score is converted directly into the game's currency, Studs, so you can quickly and effortlessly accumulate millions of the tiny Lego money in just a few short hours."

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"Our guitars were tuned. Our amps were cranked to the max. It was time to rock. However, instead of a looking out at a packed house in a seedy dive bar, our band was on the deck of a rickety pirate ship in the middle of the frothing ocean about to open a can of rock-n-roll whup-ass on a giant, ticked-off octopus. Apparently the many-tentacled brute didn’t take too kindly to our decision to pass over his kiddo who’d recently auditioned to be our new drummer ..."

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"We check out a few reasons why Lego Rock Band is more than just tiny yellow astronauts on guitar. "

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"This charming rhythm game is especially good for first-timers, but it's a little light on content. "

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