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Rock Band: Solus (Xbox 360) | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 57
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: musical-instrument-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930059934
ASIN: B000TT7RHG
Release Date: May 23, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: new / sealed
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Tap into your Rock & Roll fantasy as you pick your axe, form a band and tour for fame and fortune, all while sticking the rock credo of learning your instrument as you go in Rock Band. 
For those about to rock! | 
Jam solo if that's your thing. View larger. | 
Or try multiplayer action. View larger. | 
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Or go Bonzo on the skins! View larger. | Developed by Harmonix, creators of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, Rock Band is an all-new platform for gamers ready to take on the challenges of the Rock & Roll lifestyle. Instruments available to players are guitar, bass, drums or vocals as they hit the road as either an aspiring superstar solo act, or for the first time in game genre history take on the true collaborative and challenging nature of music as they form a band and jam together in multiplayer action from home or around the world. Either way players will need to master their stage presence through the various game modes and polish their rock chops via the unrivalled Rock Band song list if they hope to make it out of the garage, into the clubs and finally on to the main stage.
Extensive Game Modes.
Rock Band delivers four music games in one - challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals through the five separate game modes. - Tutorial Mode: Master the basics! No need for experience. Pick your weapon of choice and ascend from beginner to rock god.
- Practice Mode: Perfect your tune! Breakdown any part of any song at your preferred speed before hitting the main stage.
- Quickplay Mode: Instant fix of fun! Jump into any unlocked song for some quick jam time either on your own or with other players.
- Solo Tour Mode: Take it on the road! Pack up your instrument of choice and set out on the open road for a fun and challenging single player career.
- Band World Tour Mode: Conquer the world! The journey to rock stardom takes you from small town bars to world-renowned venues. Earn fame and fortune along the way to secure rock star necessities.
A Song List That Goes to Eleven!
Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the mix of remastered originals and covers that make up the epic Rock Band song list puts players in the shoes of legendary artists from day one. And with the promise of additional downloadable songs and albums you are sure to be rockin' for some time to come. A partial list of the initial song list includes: - (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (Master)
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Master)
- Suffragette City - David Bowie (Master)
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Cover)
- Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones (Master)
- Mississippi Queen - Mountain (Cover)
- Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (Master)
- Tom Sawyer - Rush (Cover)
- In Bloom - Nirvana (Master)
- Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots (Master)
- Say It Ain't So - Weezer (Master)
- Main Offender - The Hives (Master)
- Reptilla - The Strokes (Master)
- Go with the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (Master)
- Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters (Master)
- Enter Sandman - Metallica (Master)
- Highway Star - Deep Purple (Master)
- Epic - Faith No More (Master)
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet (Master)
- Here It Goes Again - OK Go! (Master)
- Creep - Radiohead (Master)
- Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Master)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash (Master)
- Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins (Master)
- Sabotage - Beastie Boys (Master)
- The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails (Master)
- I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage (Master)
- Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies (Master)
- Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Master)
- Celebrity Skin - Hole (Master)
- AND MANY MORE!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 75 more reviews...
 Fun until the novelty wears off. July 24, 2008
Mr. Christopher P. Crossan
Played this with 6-7 friends a couple of weeks ago at a party. We played for a couple of hours before becoming bored and moving on to other games. I found the novelty factor of this game wore off incredibly quickly. The whole "band" gimmick will ensure it shifts plenty of boxes, but to be honest I can't fathom how these types of games became so popular. Pressing coloured buttons in the right sequence doesn't spell fun for me, and if I want to sing i'll make a night of it and go to a karaoke bar in Chinatown!
 Game Review, not price July 20, 2008
Mrs. S. Gilbert (UK.)
Since I'm reviewing the game itself, I would say that the price of the peripherals is terrible, but if you should choose to boycott it, the developers may cancel further shipping.
I rate the game a 5 star in terms of fun. The guitar segments of the game have a guitar-hero feel, with improved bass gameplay to suit the backups in your new virtual band. Single player is therefore essentially Guitar Hero, minus the encores and purchased bonus songs (you must complete a bonus setlist to unlock these).
Fans of any songs in the game will definately enjoy vocals, even though working through the single player vocals can be tiring, and you probably won't find yourself going back to sing a lot like the other two.
The real bulk of the package and the reason to pick up Rock Band in the first place is the drums. This is because the idea of a drumming game has never been properly done before (unless you count bongo drums as a form of drumming, which I sincerely hope you don't). As with the Guitar, the setlist works from easy to hard. I found that the easiest difficulty to start off with was medium. It may differ, because if you're a good drummer, I'd hit hard straight away.
When the whole band comes together, though, you experience something you've never experienced in a video game before: social cooperation. You won't all be staring blankly at the screen, you'll be cheering, thrashing on the overdrive and hammering the big rock ending to seal your band's work to an overall score that you will all look back on and be proud of. And with the 360's DLC, there's a new song/pack/album every week!
So in conclusion, pick it up, rock it, try everything, form a band, seal some achievements, and carry it on until Guitar Hero: World Tour hits shops this October.
 Fun...but c'mon stop ripping us off. July 18, 2008
A. B. Mckay (Scotland)
I'm giving this game 1 star because once again we are getting ripped off by Harmonix Music and Q Entertainment - songs are good but the fact that they sell you the disc alone for 40 and then another 90 odd for drums etc. is just stupid. They should have combined drums with the game and sold it for 65.
This game rocks! July 5, 2008
Ruth Andrews (Cambridge)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, before I begin; I'm reviewing the GAME ITSELF, NOT THE PERIPHERALS, because they're too expensive for me. So people who have rated this one star are obviously unaware that this is just the game and/or you can use the Guitar Hero 3 controller along with the Xbox Live headset.
Now that's clear, I must tell you that this game is brilliant! A lot better than Guitar Hero 3, in my opinion. Firstly, being able to customise your band members is a real treat, and it's even better if your avatar looks like you. speaking of which, the graphics are a lot better in Rock Band than Guitar Hero 3, although it doesn't necessarily matter in games like this. The setlist is fantastic, and this is reinforced with all the great downloadable songs from the Live Marketplace. Some of my favourite songs are on it! The Big Rock endings are a fun addition, as well as the solos, which tell you your percentage and you can use the bottom notes of the Stratoscaster Controller (which of course I don't have). The Band World Tour mode seems great, but as I don't have any peripherals and the headset doesn't have much input quality, I can't really justify this.
I have noticed that this game is A LOT easier than Guitar Hero 3, on which I could barely do any songs on Hard at all, but on here I can do nearly every single one, save the last ones. This may just be my controller, or just all Guitar Hero controllers in general, but I've noticed that some notes just don't get hit at all. It just doesn't read it. This isn't because I'm bad at the game, the thing just doesn't read it. However, this rarely happens, and it's not the end of the world if it does. Another annoyance is that the notes are too small, so it can be harder to accurately hit it, but you can easily get used to this. Speaking of notes, on the transition from normal to Overdrive (the Rock Band equivalent of Star Power), it's sometimes hard, if not impossible to see some of the notes, with is quite bad, as you can guess. The only gripe I have is the Band World Tour not being usable over Xbox Live. With this feature, this could easily be one of the best games ever. I hear EA/Harmonix are working on it, and hopefully it will see the light of day!
Now, let's go on to the 'money issue'. There is a way to get around this frankly ridiculous price of the full set, but you'll have to already own Guitar Hero 3 (2?) and a Xbox Live headset, so you probably won't save much, but it will feel as if you have. Just buy the game and the drums separately. This will give you The guitar/bass (as they both use the same controller), microphone and drums. If you want a complete band, just get your friend to bring their controller along. If they don't have one, tough luck.
I recommend this to anyone with a lot of money to waste or to anyone with a Guitar Hero 3 controller (most of you).
worth the cash June 30, 2008
P.Agland
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
first of all i was a bit annoyed at the price, but in the end i managed to get it for 150 including the game, me and my mates couldnt wait any longer.
after playing the game, i can safely say its worth every penny, we've had hours of fun on it, so mch so my m8 is gettin his own so we can battle online.
great thing is, if u get bored playing the drums u cn play guitar...and then mike, and so on, so basically its not jus the same thing over n over like in guitar hero
the song list is pretty damn brilliant, theres a very wide selection of tastes, but not only that, u cn download over 160 songs (at bout 50p - 1.00) each, which wen u tihnk, if u download a song on itunes, it costs that much anyway, so u gettin to play it and listen to it on a game.
believe the hype
its brilliant
highly recommended
oh and guitar hero guitars... work on rock band ;)
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