Rock Band 2 is the next evolution of the groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music videogames. Rock Band 2 builds upon the original challenging players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune while learning to master lead/bass guitar drums and vocals and raises the bar to include an entirely new level of depth connectivity authenticity and exhilarating features. The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs - with 84 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks available for free download. Players will have access to all previously purchased DLC tracks packs and albums as well as future DLC releases as well as the ability to export most of the original Rock Band disc tracks into Rock Band 2. The music in Rock Band 2 features all master recordings and spans all genres of rock from punk metal and alternative to classic and southern rock.

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I played Rock Band 2 more in two weeks than I did Guitar Hero World Tour in 3 months. The interface, art style and general appeal of Rock Band is so much better than World Tour's, and the downloadable songs are fantastic.

A far superior party game.

Hi everyone, about this game rockband2 i bought it through Amazon.uk, cause here in Portugal the game wasn't released...can you imagine this!!!!! :( , but i'm very happy now, the game exceeded my expectations, i already had bought the first game rockband, the musics are great,better than guitar hero, personaly, the instruments could actually be at the same level as the competition but, overall rating is awesome hehehe bye have fun buy the game you won't regret it

Having bought Guitar Hero World Tour complete with drum kit, microphone and a couple of guitar controllers, I bought this a few months later to make the most of the various accessories and learned a couple of very important things along the way.

First and foremost, the Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit works with Rock Band 2 but it does not work with Rock Band. I don't know if it's the same with the Xbox 360 version, so this information is directed at PS3 owners.

Secondly, if you don't want to miss out on Rock Band completely, you can import all the songs from Rock Band into Rock Band 2. However, to do this you need to make a one-off purchase of an electronic key from Sony's Playstation Store. When I bought mine I think it was £2.49p, so it doesn't break the bank. However, it's important to note that you must have a UK version of the games. You can play a US version of Rock Band on a British Playstation, but you cannot import the songs into Rock Band 2 unless you have a UK disc because the electronic key is "region coded".

Got all the Guitar Hero games - had some doubts whether this would be compatible with GH equipment, but it is. There's not that much difference with Guitar Hero - the notes are oblong shaped, the graphics slightly less crude, but there's a good, generous song selection and the game plays a bit more smoothly.

I find these games have given me an appreciation of heavy metal I never would have had before. I bought CDs by Judas Priest and Pearl Jam after playing to the songs on Rock Band. Painkiller - what a song!!Whereas some of the songs that made me buy RockBand, like Tangled Up in Blue are quite boring to play to.

If you like clicking plastic buttons to old songs with dodgy graphics, then RockBand is the business. Rock 'n Roll - whatever happened to it?

Well as of today we now have RB1, RB2, GHWT and GH Metallica, GHWT peripherals (guitar, drum, mic) and an extra RB2 wireless guitar, all for PS3. Frankly it was important to select the right equipment and games to be able to utilise one set of eq with both GH and RB. After several months of playing all, RB2 is the game that stepped forward compared to others with its superior library and futures.

First of all, as long as you have both RB games from the same region (US or UK) and buy your key from the PS Store of the same region, you will be able to export almost all (but only a few) of your RB1 songs to your RB2 game and will be able to play everything with RB or GHWT peripherals in RB2 (of course the orange cymbal of GHWT drum will be dormant given RB has fewer "keys" for the drum compared to GHWT but it is only a matter of getting used to it after playing a few songs). This gives you a very long list of tracks that you can choose from. Plus, the downloadable library of RB is far superior to that of GH currently and you will literally have hundreds of songs in a single game if you are to break the bank for it. This is an amazing advantage over GH for now and RB is enjoying its first comer advantage and longer experience in this business. Frankly speaking we seldom play GHWT, as all we want to do is be able to choose from a long list of tracks what we want to play based on our mood and RB2 is right on spot. If you are into this kind of games, RB2 gives you the option to be the "main game" that you will keep in your PS3 and enhance adding new songs every week (so that you wont ever get bored), unless you want to try something special like GH Metallica or upcoming RB The Beatles. This also helps in case you want to use it as a party game when you are with friends.

RB2 is also easier to play compared to GH (and especially to GH Metallica) at least on comparable difficulty settings. Well is this something particularly good? not necessarily but if you are a casual player or if you have kids playing with you, you want to play at medium difficulty (at least!) and it would be rather easier on RB2 compared to GHWT. The graphics, menus and other settings are also better designed compared to GH and more intuitive. It is a real rock n roll game that wont dissapoint you.

I have to add that the beauty of the RB2 wireless guitar is the distortion effects you can use in RB2 game, which adds a bit of a different flavour and fun. Otherwise GHWT instruments work just fine with RB2.

This was the first retail game I bought for my PS3 (the actual first game I bought was wipEout HD, which isn't retail). Now, four months on, I still play RB2, that's how fun it is! I've already gotten rid of Guitar Hero World Tour... but I won't go on about that game.

RB2 has a beautiful interface, and I've never seen any lag at all (unlike the GH games grrr). And even better that I could import all but 4 songs from RB1 (which I bought secondhand for £10) - so that's around 200 songs to play. RB2 also gives you 20 free songs to download - wicked!

The great thing about RB2 is that it lets you get on with playing the game. The main screen is extremely intuitive, and songs in the 'quickplay' mode can be categorised alphabetically, by artist, by genre, or by difficulty. This means that if you want to practise your skills, you can catergorise by difficulty and play in that order. And if you have mates around and just want to jam, then categorising by artist or song title makes more sense.

In order to get most enjoyment out of the game, you NEED the entire RB instrument kit. The drums is by far the hardest instrument to master, followed by guitar, and vocals is easy (I finished the career mode on expert vocals, and I can't sing to save my life!). If you're after a singing game, go for SingStar as that'll push your vocal skills far more.

The online experience in RB2 is also brilliant and very easy to understand. You can choose to play online as a band, whether your own band, or to rock as a member in someone else's band. You can also play solo online, and there are various battle genres you can choose.

And let's not forget the RB online song shop: plenty of variety there from soft rock (No Doubt) all the way to heavy rock (Iron Maiden)... some might suggest Iron Maiden as 'heavy metal', but trust me they're not (I'm an Iron Maiden fan, and they're music is very light!).

All in all, if you haven't played this game yet, don't bother renting it from Blockbusters. Just buy it! You won't regret it, and it's so much fun when you have at least two people playing it, especially on Hard or Expert modes - the drummer will break a big sweat!

~ squodge ~

Great game. Enjoyed playing as a group on line. A little harder to find your way around than rock band 1. Well worth the money.

Amazing in every way. An extreamly hard decision to decide between rock band and guitar hero, so i have both.

My 10 yr old son absolutely loves this game for his PS3. He has the guitar, mike & drums, & plays with all of them (not at the same time). He especially loves the fact that he can buy new songs to play over the internet.