LEGO Rock Band
LEGO Rock Band is a video game that consists of 4 releases
Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2009
LEGO Rock Band's charming premise crumbles under the weight of a scattered track list and a clumsy execution that doesn't do justice to either LEGOs or Rock Band.
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LEGO Rock Band is a family-friendly take on the Rock Band formula, with new songs aimed at audiences of all ages. While the game will play similarly to other Rock Band games, it will feature LEGO characters, instruments, and venues.
Overview
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LEGO Rock Band is compatible with all Rock Band instruments, and all other instruments that work with Rock Band.
Gameplay Features
If a band member misses too many notes during a song, they won't "fail out," but instead lose all of the points that they've earned for that song. However, special "recovery phrases" will then appear, which allows the player to earn back some of their lost points by hitting every note in the section.LEGO Rock Band includes a Super Easy mode. For the guitarist, the player only needs to strum in time with the song, as opposed to having to press the fret buttons and strum. For the drummer, they do not need to use the kick pedal.
Some songs, such as "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by the Police, have an option to use the "radio edit" version of songs to shorten their long intros/outros, as many of the children playing the game have short attention spans.
Setlist
The set list for LEGO Rock Band is geared more towards "family-friendly" songs. The following 45 songs are available on the 360, Wii, and PS3 versions, with 25 of those making up the setlist for the DS version: - All-American Rejects - "Swing, Swing" *
- The Automatic - "Monster"
- Blink 182 - "Aliens Exist"
- Blur - "Song 2" *
- Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name"
- Boys Like Girls - "Thunder"
- Bryan Adams - "Summer of 69"
- Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting" *
- The Coral - "Dreaming of You"
- Counting Crows - "Accidentally In Love" *
- David Bowie - "Let's Dance"*
- Elton John - "Crocodile Rock"
- Europe - "The Final Countdown" *
- Everlife - "Real Wild Child"
- Foo Fighters - "Breakout"
- Good Charlotte - "Boys and Girls" *
- The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom"
- Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" *
- Incubus - "Dig"
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" *
- Jimi Hendrix - "Fire"
- Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" *
- Katrina & The Waves - "I'm Walking on Sunshine" *
- The Kooks - "Naïve"
- Korn - "Word Up!"
- KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See" *
- Lostprophets - "Rooftops"
- Pink - "So What"*
- The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
- The Primitives - "Crash" *
- Queen - "We Will Rock You" *, "We Are The Champions" *
- Rascal Flats - "Life Is A Highway" *
- Ray Parker Jr. - "Theme from Ghostbusters" *
- Razorlight - "Stumble and Fall"
- Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" *
- Spinal Tap - "Short & Sweet"
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
- Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"
- Supergrass - "Grace" *
- T. Rex - "Ride A White Swan"
- Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'" *
- Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk" *
- We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet" *
- The Zutons - "Valerie"
* denotes songs included in the DS version of LEGO Rock Band
On the 360 and PS3, songs from the Rock Band Store that Harmonix determines are "suitable for all ages" import automatically into LEGO Rock Band. LEGO Rock Band contains its own music store interface that only shows songs that are stated as being "family friendly" and that work with that game. No DLC details have been given for the Wii version.
Songs from LEGO Rock Band are exportable to Rock Band 2 for a one-time-transfer fee of $10.
Celebrity Lego Avatars
Like Rock Band's rival series Guitar Hero, the game incorporates rock legends and celebrities, though it transforms those musicians into LEGO minifigures.
LEGO Queen
LEGO Blur
Promotion
Two preview events, called " Brickstock" and" Ballroom Bricks," were held. Brickstock took the form of a music festival where member of the public formed as traditional rock bands before playing the actual game. Ballroom Bricks was similar to Brickstock, but also had a more in-depth look at the game with a talk from Jonathan Smith, one of the lead designers of TT Games. These events were held in the city of Nottingham/UK as part of the annual "Game City" festival which has been held since 2006 in the old market square .
Critical Response
LEGO Rock Band received moderate praise, with Metacritic scores at 68 for the Wii version, 73 for the PS3 version and 74 for the Xbox 360 version when the game was released.
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Nov. 3, 2009
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ESRB: E10+
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