Top Teen Gift Ideas Item ID: #157Rockband 3: The Latest In Music Game Technology For Christmas 2010Product Information:
Item DescriptionWithout exception, in today’s world one of the best presents you can get for the teens and tweens crowd are video games. And, this Christmas is a great time to consider one of the most popular releases for your kids: Rockband 3. This is the latest in the series of music video games that enable you to play along to popular songs by means of controllers that emulate a variety of musical instruments.
Rockband 3 Features
Unlike other music video games, Rockband 3 has been designed to accommodate several platforms. Even so, you need to be sure you have one of those systems before buying. The following list reveals what the Rockband 3 game system will operate on: * Nintendo Wii, * Playstation 3, * Xbox 360, * Nintendo DS. In addition, Rockband 3 features a number of new options compared to earlier versions. These include a new party mode, great for enabling groups of friends to play together, and a career mode that has been altered to now include over 700 goals and different rewards. Players are also able to create set lists to share with their friends online.
Rockband 3 Songs
The Rockband 3 system comes pre-loaded with 83 songs that are guaranteed to keep the teens and tweens entertained and to prevent them from getting bored too quickly. It’s also compatible with previous Rockband Games and downloaded tracks for those who already own them. In addition, players will have access to 2,000 songs to purchase, with more songs being added all the time. Songs cover a number of genres; from pop to rock, jazz and reggae. Here’s but a small selection of what you’ll get: * Amy Winehouse, “Rehab” * Bob Marley, “Get Up Stand Up” * Elton John, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” * HIM (His Infernal Majesty), “Killing Loneliness” * Huey Lewis and the News, “The Power of Love” * John Lennon, “Imagine” * Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train” * Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” * Slipknot, “Before I Forget” * T. Rex, “20th Century Boy” * The Cure, “Just Like Heaven” * Them Crooked Vultures, “Dead End Friends” * Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”
Rockband 3 Instruments
Due to this latest version of the popular game, there are more instruments to choose from than ever before. In fact, there has been a whole set of controllers designed specifically for Rockband 3. In addition to the original band instruments (microphone, guitar, drums and bass), players can also add a keyboard, plus two other vocalists to then create a 3 part harmony. This allows up to 7 players at once! In addition to the keyboard, the makers of Rockband 3 have also upgraded the drums (with an extra cymbal set add-on), two new guitars designed for “Pro” mode (one that plays like a real guitar, and one with a number of extra buttons) and a new MIDI adaptor to enable your existing keyboards or drums to be plugged into the game! Who To Buy Rockband 3 For?
Rockband 3 is something the entire family will enjoy. Kids, teens and adults alike will have lots of fun emulating their favorite rock artists. With this latest version of this popular game, featuring new life-like musical instruments, it’s now more realistic than ever before! Just make sure, unless you plan on buying the console, you’ll need to find out which console (if any) the recipient of this fantastic gift has before purchasing the game. Related posts:
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Rock Band 3 is the best music game, hands down, even fun for musicians to play! Had and played all the other music games over the past 3-4 years and none of them compare to this, if you like Rock Band games then you have to own this game.
I’ve been playing Rock Band 3 for the past couple of days with my friends. Before I continue, I’ll outline my set up. We got the new keyboard, but have not yet bought the cymbals for the drums, and not planning on a pro-guitar until the Squier is released next year. So this is not a review about the touted ‘Pro-Mode’.
This is a review for the people who have been waiting for the next evolution of their beloved Rock Band franchise.
At this moment, I’m hesitant to recommend this game too highly over Rock Band 2. Peripheral-wise, the keyboards sound like a great idea on paper. There is sufficient Pro-mode Piano instruction to get you started, and it looked like it could be fun, but the majority of songs we’ve played so far indicate that there are long pauses of nothing to do when on the keyboards for most songs. In addition, if you are playing with the game’s ‘random set-lists’, you will be limited to songs that support it specifically–which amounts to maybe 60~ of our library of 250 songs. A little annoying to say the least. When making a set-list, you can use the keyboard as a guitar or bass, but it only seems relevant and fun in a few rare songs, like the Gorillaz ‘Clint Eastwood’. When playing the game normally, we always have a tendency to avoid picking up the keyboard because it will limit our set-list so tremendously, which absolutely sucks.
Moving on to the gameplay and campaign, it is set up in an interesting, yet disjointed fashion now. Character creation is an absolute blast, and seeing my friends and I strutting through the city looks absolutely awesome! But there are no longer personalities to choose from, and so all characters on stage seem rather…the same? In Rock Band 2 we all laughed as our friend with a mohawk rampaged on stage; now my girlfriend’s character may be doing that…or me. Eh. Also, is it just me or do the stages themselves seem more bland? In Rock Band 2 it was always a joy to go to a new venue and see our band’s art on the stage somehow, and examine the stage’s quirks. The fret-lanes that you play on as well take some time getting used to, and are decidedly more busy, but functional after spending some time on it. Not entirely sure if it is for the better.
The story is the typical ‘rags to riches’ fare, with a more personal feel to it as cut-scenes you unlock contain your characters in them and are usually pretty humorous. Getting your first van was one of my favorites. Also, instead of choosing venues to play at, you will now go on tours which revolve mostly around America. Your band is hypothetically located around the North-East, and the whole game’s tours unveil around that fact. This creates a more linear affair, but also more personal. I like it.
What I don’t like are questionable changes and ideas, and for lack of a better word, glitches. For one, Rock Band Stage Kit no longer works with the game. The game also has a tendency to stutter and have frame-rate issues in the middle of songs, which makes it heck on the singer every once in a while(it gives me headaches). The lack of personalities leads to odd sights on stage, where in one scene two people will be singing together, and a split-second camera change later, they will be on opposite sides of the stage. Huh? This omission really cuts down on the immersion when you realize that all of the videos are completely cookie-cutter and in no specific, logical order. The costume pieces(and every other character customization feature outside of body-sculpting) are mostly hand-me-downs from Rock Band 2. Disappointing.
And forget about playing Guitar, Bass, and Keyboards with your friends; you’ll have to turn on All-instrument mode if you use this combination at all, and so drums and vocals will be turned on, with the vocals defaulted to easy, no-fail ‘karaoke mode’. This was designed around the idea that only 4 players can be logged in at once, so the vocalist is the odd-player out by default…but even if you don’t want a vocalist, or don’t want a drummer, this is what you will have to use. You also won’t be able to play on xbox live with this mode. And did I mention the venue will default to ‘trippy music video’ since the game doesn’t want to render the crowd?
This All-Instrument Mode(AIM) is a complete fail in my mind. You wont even be able to pick your character as the vocalist. There HAS to be a better way to do this.
However, the set list is insanely fun, and you will be doing a double-take on many of the songs you hadn’t thought you had heard before. You have. Trust me.
All in all, a fun game, but it has several glaring issues that have me wondering out loud, “What were they thinking!?”
OK, I’m not an expert on the inner workings of the past Rock Band games, nor do I play the instruments. I do vocals. My husband and boys play drums and guitar. It’s a great game for the serious players as well as people like us! We like the fact that there is instrument expansion with this latest version. Definitely we will be buying the keyboard and upgraded guitar in the future.
While I appreciate and find the other reviews very interesting and informative, my main interest in this game is just to have family fun. And, Rock Band 3 brought a new level of entertainment to us!
On a side note, my boys (who have been gamers for years) had been trying to get me to play video games with them for some time, but not until Rock Band 2 and the Beatles Rock Band came out did I finally branch out and “tentatively” try the game. Little did I know, I would be sucked into the Rock Band gaming community, forever. After all, girls just wanna have fun!
The game has a lot of improved features and some minor annoyances.
Pros
- improved band and character creation with lots of options
- computer auto subs female singers for songs where women are lead singers, same with males if you are not lead singer
- enjoy options on setlist in road challenge mode
- good variety of songs
- pro modes
- got rid of the annoying guitar rip from RB 2 every time you chose an option.
Cons
- No crowd singing along when you get the meter maxed
- importing RB1 & RB2 missing songs due to licensing
- road challenge is too short. It doesn’t feel as epically big as RB 2 tour mode
- in road challenge you can’t see when you are on a solo, probably due to the spade system
Overall, I am glad about the purchase and have no regrets. I didn’t get the keyboard as I am waiting to see if the midi adapter will work with my keyboard at home.
This is by far my favorite rockband! 7 players is awesome now you dont have to take turns to play. Lots of great songs come with the game plus all the other songs u have from the previous games.