Rock Band 2 Video Review

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Rock Band returns for another tour in this video review with Aaron Thomas.

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After The Fact: Reviews Revisited

Update: Free Songs
Posted: Dec 19, 2008 11:07 am PT
Almost two months after Rock Band 2 arrived in stores, Harmonix released the promised 20 free songs online. The "emerging artist lineup" can be downloaded by redeeming the code that shipped with all new copies of Rock Band 2. A complete list of songs can be found here.  

187 Comments

  • ppg4all

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 12:27 pm PT

    should i get the bundle 4 100$

  • AwesomeDD

    Posted Dec 12, 2009 10:36 am PT

    Much better than 8.5 it is awesome!

  • robcheese777

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 3:44 am PT

    Does anyone know if you can play the songs you downloaded for rock band 1 on rock band 2?? because it would be so annoying if i had to pay for them all again

  • ninstigator

    Posted Nov 6, 2009 9:11 pm PT

    rock band rules!

  • rockbandxpert

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 2:40 pm PT

    8.5!! That's too harsh 11 out of 10 fr sure

  • Bog101

    Posted Sep 8, 2009 3:34 pm PT

    You feel like a rock star. IT'S SWEET!

  • RockBandLegend0

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 8:16 am PT

    Rockband is the BEST game I have ever played before!!!

  • jaifrecap

    Posted Aug 7, 2009 11:16 am PT

    can you play the DLC for rock band 1 on rock band 2??

  • gohan47

    Posted Aug 5, 2009 3:32 pm PT

    I thought that it was a very good game.

  • manusup

    Posted Jul 22, 2009 2:49 pm PT

    man this is neva gonna come to australia oh man

  • colon_r18 posted Jun 30, 2009 7:50 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    colon_r18

    Posted Jun 30, 2009 7:50 am PT (hide)

    Music games are getting old!!

  • ambakawa99

    Posted Jun 28, 2009 11:55 pm PT

    harganya mahalll

  • KelsieKatt

    Posted Jun 24, 2009 9:03 pm PT

    Kratosclone1 - "But rock band did copy the GH guitar setup"

    Rock Band is made by the same developer who created the original Guitar Hero 1 & 2. Of course it uses the same system.

    Harmonix left Activision because they wanted to do something BIGGER than just guitars, but Activision wanted to play it safe. So they went their seperate ways. Activision then hired the team from the Tony Hawk franchise to continue Guitar Hero, and used Harmonix own franchise *they* started, against them.

  • Kratosclone1

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 1:37 pm PT

    But this instead of GH world tour. All it did was copy the rock band series!
    But rock band did copy the GH guitar setup

  • giuibra

    Posted Jun 4, 2009 9:45 pm PT

    Rock band 2 is better than GH world tour!

  • Gamelova08

    Posted May 31, 2009 7:31 am PT

    I'm not sure if Guitar Hero is better then Rock Band, but Rock Band sure is more authentic! With a better looking guitar and Drums!

  • cod_rulez123 posted May 30, 2009 8:50 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    cod_rulez123

    Posted May 30, 2009 8:50 am PT (hide)

    I prefer GH World Tour.

  • racoonrage

    Posted May 19, 2009 6:20 pm PT

    hey this is better than gh the songlist is much better and the drums arnt as good on gh so

  • eilselcire

    Posted May 17, 2009 6:09 pm PT

    i can't decide on getting RB or GH... and quite frankly everybody seems to be praising both of them and pissing on both of them at the same time. guess the best thing to do is NOT BUY EITHER! and cameron, you don't rule. your literacy is $#!t and i believe the last time people were really saying yo at the end of their statements was back in the early 90's.

  • cyrillkr

    Posted May 17, 2009 10:43 am PT

    @cameronrules36

    I agree but Guitar hero world tour had really bad songs too

  • cameronrules36

    Posted Apr 22, 2009 11:58 am PT

    gh is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better, no offnece to anyone who like Rock Band, but the songs are just a repeat of the smae notes, or are boring, or just copies of Gh songs yo.

  • thetravman

    Posted Apr 20, 2009 11:40 am PT

    I bought both games, and they are no different (only just a few gameplay tweaks in both games). I don't understand the competition at all.

  • ratchet407

    Posted Apr 18, 2009 9:05 pm PT

    does aaron thomas still work here?

  • Mr_Fujiv1

    Posted Apr 17, 2009 5:10 am PT

    someone told me you can download tracks for this one is that right??

  • uwiwami

    Posted Apr 14, 2009 4:50 pm PT

    @CreatureRising
    Whilst i agree rb is better than gh, without Konami there would be no rb/gh
    with Konami some other game devs would of come up with a rhythm game in some form

  • superfreak937

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:34 am PT

    Good game, bad review...

  • marcopolo4212

    Posted Mar 30, 2009 7:28 pm PT

    RB is ten times better.....the notes in guitar hero are all round and cartoon looking and jagged...rock band just looks and feels 100 times better and the drums are better and the guitar actually has solo buttons

  • CreatureRising

    Posted Mar 30, 2009 12:55 pm PT

    I have to say shame to people Say GH is better then RB well heres NEWS TO YOU! Harmonix made GH I mean for heavens sake you are pretty much shaming the creators of the game. Put like this If there was no Harmonix there would be no GH or RB.

  • SuperYeti22

    Posted Mar 25, 2009 4:19 pm PT

    Ok, why are we playing a game full of stuff that we can do in real life?

  • dragon_favor01 posted Mar 19, 2009 8:13 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    dragon_favor01

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 8:13 am PT (hide)

    Yep, guitar hero is way better!

  • cameronrules36 posted Mar 15, 2009 2:31 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    cameronrules36

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 2:31 pm PT (hide)

    yeah, ghwt is waaaaaaaay better, except some of the song in rock band should have benn on gh

  • cameronrules36 posted Mar 15, 2009 2:24 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    cameronrules36

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 2:24 pm PT (hide)

    guitar hero is better

  • SuperYeti22

    Posted Mar 14, 2009 5:35 pm PT

    Behold! The guy who wrote a crappy review for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction!

  • DistantStar11 posted Feb 18, 2009 3:53 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    DistantStar11

    Posted Feb 18, 2009 3:53 pm PT (hide)

    Good game but Guitar hero is probably better

  • Gatchamania

    Posted Feb 16, 2009 4:15 am PT

    so, can anyone tell me if the tap ons and pull offs are stupidly hard to differentiate between the normal notes like rockband1?
    i find i can do any solo on expert on GH:WT but i can barely manage the hard solos in rock band1 because you cna't tell what buttons are the tap on/pull offs. it's the only reason i hate this game.

  • Gamer-1024

    Posted Feb 1, 2009 5:19 am PT

    I bought GHWT for the recording studio (song creator), which turned out to suck majorly, so the one thing in my opinion that could have set the two games apart really well, turned out to be lousy. While the track list doesn't suck in GHWT, it's about on par with what is in RB2. The drum kit in GHWT looks like a fisher price toy at best and I wonder with all that plastic on the drum head deck, why didn't they include a cup holder too. It seriously looks cheap and childish, granted RB2's drum set doesn't look super professional either, but I'd be less embarassed to have friends over when I'd fogotten to put away the drum kit if it's the RB2 drum kit.

    Avatar customization? Who the hell really cares about this? I don't have time to stare at my avatar on the screen when Im playing either game and the small amount of time I do see him I have no feelings one way or another about it. GHWT should have spent the programming dollars on their song creator instead of on making elaborate egg head shaped avatars in my opinion.

    Clearly the winner this time around is Rockband 2, no matter how much I wish that were reversed, unless Activision can do something about that poor song recording studio, then this version is just another version that will be remembered as "that music/rythem game that had that sh*** recording studio".

  • TheDecoy2124

    Posted Jan 23, 2009 10:56 pm PT

    I own both RB2 and GHWT, and I'd rather play RB1 than GHWT. I brought both of them to my sisters dorm and we had some people over and played GHWT first for about 30 minutes. We decided to put RB2 and ended up playing it 5 hours. And please other GHWT owners, stop talking about the music createor. The songs made on it sound horrible and aren't even worth playing. Besides, I've purchased about 250 DLC songs that, as you would guess, are alot more enjoyable. My GHWT guitar was broken out of the box and it took me about two months just to figure out how to send it in. Activision has some of the worst customer support ever. I traded my friend for his RB2 equipment and I've been happy ever since. Activision, E

  • IIHitandRunII

    Posted Jan 9, 2009 3:38 am PT

    I SWEAR TO GOD i tried to laugh, BUT HE'S SO NOT FUNNY AND STUPID!

  • TheClown24

    Posted Jan 8, 2009 9:38 am PT

    when he first mentioned the online features it says its on xbox live, isnt this supposed to be a ps3 review??

  • zarquan999

    Posted Jan 2, 2009 10:18 pm PT

    i thot gh4 wud be better but now i like rock band way better... rock band drum = better, since you can get more symbols for rb2. The ghwt guitar is better thoh... but rock band just has a better feel to it. The art style is better and it better tour and songs. And the songmaker in ghwt SUKS!

  • cameronrules36 posted Dec 27, 2008 10:18 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    cameronrules36

    Posted Dec 27, 2008 10:18 am PT (hide)

    gh4 is better

  • wilba789

    Posted Dec 23, 2008 5:20 am PT

    I do like the guitar he has there, I was playing GH2 the other day and a friend thought I had a fisher price toy..............

  • kurtcobain62896 posted Dec 19, 2008 7:26 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    kurtcobain62896

    Posted Dec 19, 2008 7:26 pm PT (hide)

    people should start their own band instead of playing fake instruments

  • FoxHound14

    Posted Dec 8, 2008 4:18 pm PT

    Getting It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • SuperFly137

    Posted Dec 7, 2008 11:11 am PT

    i cant decide 2 get gh or rb2

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