Cool Yule Rating:5星
价钱：$190 (premium set, includes game, drum kit, guitar and microphone); stand-alone game is $60 (works with original Rock Band equipment); other accessories sold separately.
Description:其中最酷的视频游戏的节日必须是摇滚乐队2，续集从Harmonix公司去年的视频游戏，可以让你创建你自己的摇滚幻想。
Similar to music games like Guitar Hero, the Rock Band series includes a guitar controller, but then kicks it up a notch by adding drums and a microphone for lead volcals. You and three friends can play along with you in your band as you try to master more than 100 on-disc and downloadable tracks from some of the greatest bands in rock and roll history. The range of artists and songs is very impressive, considering that many of the songs are the original tracks, not cover songs like with some earlier Guitar Hero games. Songs and bands going all the way back to the '60s are included, with songs and bands from today as well.
The guitar part is easiest – if you've played games like Guitar Hero, you know that to play the song correctly, you have to hit the right buttons on the controller and strum the guitar at the moment the colored bars cross the bottom line on the screen. There's not much differentiation with the guitar parts, so if you're good at that game, you'll be good on this game too.
Drums are a bit harder – while the colors on your drum kit relatively match those on the screen, the addition of a foot bass pedal can trick you up, especially if you've never played the drums before. The coolest part of the drum mode is the ability to add your own fills during certain parts of the song – it's the chance you get to just go crazy on the drum set. In addition, the game includes a "drum trainer mode" to teach you the basics, and you can also just enter "Freestyle Drum" that lets you play the drums without the game part, which can actually teach you how to play the drums if you practice hard enough.
The vocal parts are just like performing in karaoke – lyrics to the song appear on the screen and you sing along with the words and try to get the right pitch and tone. The cool part about it is that you don't have to sing at the same octave as the singer in the song, you can drop your voice down if you want, just try to get the same note sung, and at the proper time. The only downside of playing the vocal parts is whether you know the song that your band will be playing. With the guitar and drum parts, you can play an unfamiliar song by just following the notes on the screen and hitting the buttons or drum pad at the appropriate moment. With the lead vocals, you can't do that – you should at least know the song and the melody so you can get close with the notes – again, the lyrics are there, but you should know the rhythm and the melody.
因为我是一个吉他英雄老兵，我立刻感到舒适与摇滚乐队的吉他部分 - 游戏中可以让你无论从主音吉他或贝司吉他选择 - 是的，即使低音吉他可以根据所选择的歌曲很有趣。
但我发现自己感兴趣的滚筒部件和人声为好。我不会被任何时间很快试镜美国偶像，但得到了一个麦克风高歌最喜欢的歌曲是非常有趣的 - 说实话，你的朋友可能不会介意，如果你出太多调的，因为他们有弹吉他的部分或筒形部分太好玩了。三个或更多的人各贡献了歌曲的成功经验是什么使摇滚乐队2（以及原，太） - 你真的开始觉得你是一个摇滚明星，以及更好的你，你不用担心打票据，并开始跳来跳去，进入的那一刻。
There are other parts of the game where you can create online avatars and dress them up in different outfits and buy different guitars, but the best part is just unlocking new songs and playing them with your friends. Harmonix has done a great job by offering more songs to download off the Xbox Live service, and it made Rock Band 2 compatible with songs from the original Rock Band game. If your band gets really good, you can head online and either play with other people from around the world, or go head-to-head with them in a Battle of the Bands mode.
价格可能会为这场比赛是艰难的，尤其是当你考虑到所需的游戏设备。再加上下载的其他歌曲（歌曲耗资约$ 2下载通过Xbox Live的游戏），这可以是一个昂贵的习惯的代价。此外，这将是非常伟大的，是能够将音乐，我已经拥有且存储在网络驱动器上，并能够“转换”他们与游戏的工作 - 有一些恼人不必支付额外的钱一首歌，我已经自己，就这样我就可以跟唱它，并发挥与它鼓在游戏中。我愿意付出一点点的“转换费”，而不必依赖于内容所有者（音乐家），让他们的歌曲转换成游戏的那一刻是烦人。也许有一天。