Top 10 Favorite Games Of 2008 - #5
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Rock Band 2 Likes & Dislikes
What I liked about the game
- Band World Tour online: It should've been in the first game, but better late than never I suppose.
- Band shuffle: You could change instruments as often as you wanted during World Tour.
- It's over 500!!: 84 master tracks, plus most of the tracks from the first game, plus downloadable content... phew!
- Downloadable Content galore: New tracks are released for download almost every week.
What I disliked about the game
- What's this song?: Many songs I didn't know this time around, which made it hard to sing along.
- Presentation barely unchanged: A couple of new sets.. and that's pretty much it.
- Only one year later?: Was the second edition released too quickly?
The Lowdown
As you might have noticed, there wasn't much to dislike about Rock Band 2. Harmonix decided not to wait 2 or 3 years before they released the sequel, but that's probably due to the fact that Guitar Hero was releasing their own band-oriented game too. I named the first Rock Band my personal Game of the Year in 2007, and if it wasn't for a slew of magnificent games coming out this year, this game might have ended up first too. With the inclusion of a more robust Band World Tour, which could now be played online, and a huge 84-song soundtrack, which were all master recordings, this second edition in the franchise had a lot going for it. Now, just think... if only this was the game that had come out last year...The Countdown So Far
10. Fable II9. SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
8. Gears of War 2
7. Civilization Revolution
6. Saints Row 2
5. Rock Band 2