Well, there's Rocksmith, which works with a real guitar and does a fantastic job of giving the feeling of playing a music game like Rock Band while still teaching actual guitar skills. I also remember a free downloadable game called Synthesia (or something like that) that used midi song files to generate a keyboard Guitar Hero game. For drums, I'd suggest just playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band on the highest difficulty level with an electric drumset hooked up to it. I don't know of any games that mix all the instruments together like Rock Band does. Rocksmith is the closest thing I can think of that could be considered a real-life Rock Band game. Hope this helps!

I can't comment as to whether you have to download the extra area or not, as I don't have the complete version. However I can tell you that you don't unlock any areas, meaning what you see is what you get. It's bigger than it looks, but yes, it is much smaller than all the cities in MC3 combined.

Gamestop lets you return a used game for any reason (I believe up to a week), so you should have been able to get a refund with no problem. You could also just buy a new game on Amazon cheaper than a used copy at Gamestop.

Gamestop lets you return a used game for any reason (I believe up to a week), so you should have been able to get a refund with no problem. You could also just buy a new game on Amazon cheaper than a used copy at Gamestop.

Gamestop lets you return a used game for any reason (I believe up to a week), so you should have been able to get a refund with no problem. You could also just buy a new game on Amazon cheaper than a used copy at Gamestop.

Mount and Blade: Warband. One of the best games I've ever played. Kind of a mix between an RPG and a Total War game. The combat system is second to none, and by this time the game has been patched to the point of being stable and relatively bug free. The game Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc also comes to mind, as you can swap between an RTS view and an action adventure game, but it is no where near as great as Mount and Blade.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only person in the entire world that didn't like Skyrim. The only thing that will make me boot that game up again is when the Middle Earth Role Playing mod releases for it.