Reviewing Rock Band

Rock Band is the newest popular video game that makes people think they're rock stars. It is a bigger and better version of Guitar Hero and all its offspring because it has all the elements of a good rock band. You can play the guitar or the bass (using the same instrument, of course), you can sing, or you can play the drums.

The game allows you to play with any number of people. You can play your favorite instrument alone or you can have friends over and jam out. On the Xbox, you can create characters, so your band in the game actually looks like you! You can also choose to use already made characters. Once you have your band mates, you can name yourselves and start playing.

These non-traditional video games never have as much staying power as your Grand Theft Autos or your Halos, because it isn't a long complicated mission. You can tour with your band and earn money by playing songs, but at the end of the day, you're still doing the exact same thing over and over. Even though, there are different instruments to play with and master, it will eventually get boring like all Guitar Hero games do.

The best instrument out of the three is definitely the drums. This is the first time drums have been part of a game like this. The guitar games have been around along with karaoke games like Singstar and American Idol that allow you to sing using your game console. But the drums is truly new and innovative. It's also the gaming instrument that best resembles the real instrument. Many drummers will tell you that practicing on Rock Band helps you with real drums. It's actually not unlike electric drum sets.

You can try to play real guitar after mastering the video game guitar but you're going to fail. It would be interesting to see if they develop more realistic guitars in the future. As far as gameplay goes, you can't get much variety from the different instruments. And although it's a lot of fun at first, you get bored of it easily.

You can only play different things if you advance to hard and expert levels and doing that requires really learning the instrument like you would real guitar or bass. And if you're putting that much effort into it, why not just learn to play the real thing?