"Crawling in my skin. These games, they will not disappear."
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From time to time I've spoken about how this 1001 list makes some pretty awful decisions regarding which games to feature, to the point where basically identical games are listed to justify a new sentence that has words to the effect of "this time they got it right!"
Part of the appeal of this 1001 list is seeing the evolution of video games through the decades. Milestones in technology are important things to remember, be they successful or not. A game can introduce the world to something, it's sequel can perfect it. You can argue for the inclusion of both games - after all, there's still room for 999 more games, right?
But Rock Band. Bloody Rock Band, and it's spin-offs, and it's competitors... they can get a goddamn 1001 list of their own at the rate they're going. Here's Rock Band 2. This will not take long.
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Frustrations
I can't play Rock Band 2, and you likely know that by now. I don't want to play Rock Band 2, and you definitely know that by now.
What is it? More of the same, obviously, but this time it's a service. Yes. The handful of songs on the disc are one thing, but the thousands of songs released post-launch are quite another, and they come from all kinds of different sources because... what's this... Rock Band 2 is a tool for budding musicians to practice making music? (insert shocked face here)
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It's important to note that Rock Band 2 is doing nothing new compared to Rock Band, instead tweaking things in what has been called a system update, rather than a sequel.
I suppose I'll begrudgingly admit that making an entire network to showcase new music isn't something to be mocked, but wasn't that Guitar Hero: World Tour's thing? Haven't we already got a video game that allows people to make their own songs and send them out into the uncaring world?
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I assume you could also learn drum beats from grabbing two pencils and watching a YouTube video, but let's not shit on Rock Band 2 too much, eh?
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Final Word
More. Of. The. Same.
Play it. Don't play it. Don't care.
Can't wait for the next instalment to appear on this 1001 list. The last, if I recall. Please, God, let it be the last.
Fun Facts
There's a new phoneme system for accurately recognizing vocal inputs? Well, why didn't you say that from the start?
Rock Band 2, developed by Harmonix, first released in 2008.