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Rock Band Track Pack: Vol. 1
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| | Manufacturer: | MTV Games | | Format: | CD-ROM | | Platform: | PlayStation2 | | Release Date: | Jul 15, 2008 | | ESRB Age Rating: | Rating Pending | | |
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List Price: $29.99
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- A musical expansion to Rock Band, the collaborative, competitive, and single player music game
- Rock Band lets you and your friends form your own band and live out your rock and roll fantasies to music’s greatest soundtrack
- A fully functional game with all the great features of Rock Band
- Solo and Band Tour Mode, Quickplay, Tug of War, Score Dual, and song unlock progression
- 20 of the most popular tracks in Rock Band history distilled to perfection onto one disc, all utilizing the original master recordings.
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Editorial Reviews:
Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1 contains 20 songs previously released as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The following songs will be featured on the Track Pack. All are master recordings.
Created by Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, Rock Band is an all-new platform for gamers to experience music, giving players the chance to rock out in the shoes of the biggest guitarists, bassists, drummers and singers of all time -- as a solo superstar or as part of a hard rocking band. Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band spans all genres of rock and includes many master recordings from legendary artists. Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band Special Edition or Rock Band peripherals to keep the party going with 20 hit songs from the pantheon of rock music. We Care a Lot - Faith No More Truckin' - The Grateful Dead Die, All Right! - The Hives Calling Dr. Love - Kiss Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails Live Forever - Oasis Crushcrushcrush - Paramore Synchronicity II - The Police Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age Teenage Lobotomy - Ramones Siva - Smashing Pumpkins Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots Buddy Holly - Weezer Joker & the Thief - Wolfmother
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: 30 seconds to Mars and beyond!!!!!
Comment: Not that Rock Band isnt fabulous all by itself but this track pack is like buying Rock Band for the first time all over again.
I love 30 seconds to Mars and All American Rejects too. The tracks are great fun for the entire family. How do I know????
Cause I am the mom who bought this whole thing for my children and now fight with them over who gets to play the drums on Dont Fear the Reaper!!!! This thing is family fun every night. (Except school nights) LOL
I am waiting for the day they have particular artists track packs!! Maybe a Linkin Park pack, or a Bon Jovi pack, or maybe a ... Pat Benatar pack...ok I am older than most people who probably buy this...but seriously - how cool would that be????
Customer Rating:
Summary: allright
Comment: The price was a little high but all right i was hopeing for more song then what there was. I was happy that i was able to drum Synchronicity II in all not a bad buy just wait for the price to drop down.
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Summary: Big MEH!
Comment: This release was completely underwhelming. The kids played with it a couple of times then ignored it as it really didn't present anything new for them. It went over slightly less enthusiastically than the Guitar Hero Aerosmith release.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good game
Comment: Overall this is a great game, but 20 songs? it's just not enough for me. The songs that are on are really good except for "March of the pigs"
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Summary: WTF did they do to the drums?
Comment: First things first: The song selection is pretty good, and the vocal, guitar, and bass aspects of the songs are great, pretty much identical in function and execution to the original game. The drums however? Fuhgettaboudit.
My first gripe: you don't have to earn overdrive. They give the fills to you automagically. This kinda defeats the whole purpose; overdrive is there to help you with the hard parts after you did well in the easier parts. I guess this is a strange gripe, but really annoys me.
My second--and much more significant problem--with the modified drum play is whatever they did to the bass drum (the pedal). I can't tell if they changed the timing, or if it registers a beat differently, but either way playing the drums in RB:TP1 is an absolutely unfun chore. Songs that should be easy, fun, and a blast to play on medium ("Buddy Holly" and "All The Small Things") lose all their potential for enjoyment as soon as you hit the pedal for the first time: you'll spend the rest of the song concentrating on not messing up the beat rather then rocking out with your friends.
I'm not sure what possessed Harmonix to make these changes; I'm going to have to try RB2 before I buy it, in case these changes make it into the sequel (boy, I hope they don't). That said, if you are the singer, guitarist, or bassist for your "rock band" I can't recommend this Track Pack enough; the songs are a blast to play, and there's something in there for everyone.
However I pity my fellow drummers.
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