Kieran Senior

• Published:July 4th, 2008
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Last night was the first time I had played on the ever-famous Rock Band in HD on the XBox 360 with the full kit.  I had a go on drums and guitar, and left the singing part out to save embarassment the drums were my favourite I think, I was "in the zone" as so to speak.  The song range is really quite good with many famous tracks both new and old.  The best part is the ability to get extra songs from XBox Live for a small cost.

The general feel of the game is really quite impressive and will keep your attention really quite focused onto your own instrument.  The quality of everything is also very high.  The only thing I’m not keen on is the level of difficulty between easy and medium being quite dramatic.  Easy was just too easy, but then the medium setting I found a lot more difficult.  I play instruments myself which gives me an upper-hand, but only marginally as Rock Band is a different concept.  It’s hand-to-eye coordination in a sense, whereas guitar isn’t played in that way usually.

Rock Band generally makes me want to buy an XBox 360, although a) we don’t really have either the time or the money due to our wedding only being 6 weeks away and b) I’d only really like to play one on an HD TV, which we don’t have.  Perhaps next year when the prices go down and we’re more settled, but I really can’t justify it right now, as tempting as it is