The Beatles Rock Band - Limited Edition Premium Bundle (Xbox 360)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The biggest band in the history of music is making their video game debut exclusively via Rock Band. Made with the full backing of the surviving Beatles, and the families of Lennon and Harrison, this is no expansion pack but a full-bloodied standalone game filled with special features.
 Every era and song is covered, from 1960 onwards |
 Work through the Story mode and unlock exclusive content |
 Even the likenesses have been authorised by the band |
 The gameplay works just the same as regular Rock Band |
Featuring an interactive voyage through The Beatles' career, the game includes not just their most memorable songs but also venues such as The Cavern Club, Abbey Road Studios and surreal dreamscape settings.
The basic gameplay is similar to Rock Band 2, with players able to play along as virtual band members on either guitar, vocals (including harmonies for the first time) or drums. Do well and you can unlock video and audio clips - some of which have never been released before in any other medium. For any Beatles fan this is the most exciting new experience to arrive in decades.
Key Features- 100% official: The one and only video game to feature The Beatles and created with input from the band and surviving family members such as Dhani Harrison.
- Classic 45s: Includes 45 master recordings from the entirety of the band's career, from I Want to Hold Your Hand to Here Comes the Sun.
- All sing together: For the first time in a Rock Band game up to three people can sing vocal harmonies together, if you dare!
- Beat the Beatles: As well as the main story/career mode you can also play any of the songs in competitive modes such as Tug of War and Score Duel.
- Period graphics: Stunning visuals recreate the band in all their many guises, as well as authentic venues and psychedelic new dreamscape stages.
For years this U.S. developer toiled away in obscurity, with critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful music games such as Frequency and Amplitude. Then they made Guitar Hero and the rest was history. They were bought by MTV Studios in 2006, when they started work on Rock Band.
Accessories
- Madcatz Rock Band Wired Fender Precision Bass (Xbox 360)
- Madcatz Rock Band Portable Drum Kit (Xbox 360)
- Madcatz Rock Band Premium Microphone (Xbox 360)
- Mad Catz Universal Rock Band 2 Single Cymbal Expansion Pack (Xbox 360)
- Mad Catz Rock Band Noise Reducing Drumsticks (Xbox 360)
Reviews
really great game and complements:)
Review date: 2010-05-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
I enjoy a lot this game, I love the beatles music and is really funny play with it, and look like your are one of the fab four.
Amazing game and really fun
Review date: 2010-04-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
The game is great fun with good quality equipment.
Great value for money.
Keep that one! Mark it Fab!
Review date: 2010-03-31 Rating: 10 out of 10
Wow. Just wow. To get the boring stuff out the way first: the drums are great, the guitar is a gorgeous piece of kit and the microphone is...well it's a microphone isn't it? But as you've gathered from the title of this review, Beatles: Rock Band is a simply astonishing game, not just because it's barrels of fun, but because, perhaps for the first time, a rhythm-action game has been made that you feel hasn't just been put togther for a few good reviews and decent sales. This game is a love letter, pure and simple. Harmonix are quite clearly huge Beatles fans (and who can blame them?)and the way they have gone about assembling B:RB is evident as soon as you start the Story mode. One brilliant touch is the unearthing of recording sessions and the banter between the band before each song starts. The fact that this is previously never-before heard material is quite something, considering this is "only" a video game.
Starting from their early performances at The Cavern Club right the way through to their last gig together on the roof of Apple, you really get a sense of how the Fab Four evolved musically and creatively. Most career modes in these band-specific type of games just throw random songs at you in any particular order (I'm looking at you Guitar Hero: Aerosmith & Metallica!) but with B:RB all it does is make you love one of your favourite bands even more. Obviously if you have most of their music anyway you'll be well aware of this evolution but what elevates this game above most is one very important factor. It's a GAME and allows to play along. You're playing along to The Beatles for crying out loud!
Another testament to Harmonix's love of this band is that they haven't artificially increased the difficulty with ridiculous charts of the songs on the disc (of which there are only 45, but they're all brilliant). They've just made it as it should be, if that makes any sense. It just feels right. The songs that have been chosen have clearly been thought long and hard over, and whilst there will always be glaring omissions (Yesterday, Strawberry Fields Forever, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Penny Lane and others) there are some forgotten classics included (Hey Bulldog instantly springs to mind, along with Day Tripper). However, once you've finished the Story mode it's time to get your friends round, a few bevvies and let the fun begin! For the first time in Rock Band, it allows up to six players, due to the rather awesome way it lets you and two friends harmonise on the microphone. This is where the game takes off. When you have the whole setup and a room full of people, there is simply no better game on the market.
At the time of writing Harmonix have been supporting the game with extra DLC. Abbey Road, Rubber Soul and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are all available as whole album downloads. Of particular note is Abbey Road. If you download the whole album you also get the Abbey Road Medley, basically the second half of the album (everything after Here Comes The Sun) as one epic track, as it is on the album. These tracks are also split into their smaller and more digestable chunks if you need to practice the drum solo on The End without having to play through twelve minutes of other stuff beforehand. Hopefully this support will continue to the point where every studio album is playable. That's the dream anyway. Fingers crossed...
Is there anything wrong with this game? You could argue it's too easy even on Expert if you're proficient at either Rock Band or Guitar Hero and the previously mentioned track list. But what a track list! This utter delight is worth every penny and in my humble opinion, was robbed at the recent BAFTA Awards. No other game released last year is as much fun, whether you're singing on your own when your housemates have gone out for the day and you're "not feeling well", or with friends, where in the fun stakes, it is without compare. It's also important to bare in mind how culturally significant this game is too and here's why: The Rock Band Store is the only place where The Beatles' music is available for download legally. Before this, buying their CD's/vinyls was the only viable option. This stuff isn't on iTunes or any other music site (legal ones anyway). If that rather strange fact doesn't give video games a bit more cultural credibility, I don't know what will.
Buy this game. It's Fab.
Faulty drums
Review date: 2010-02-09 Rating: 2 out of 10
Drums just works for a while, then disconnects. Because of the costs of returning the product, it was cheaper for me to replace the drums by buying a new RockBand1 kit here in Norway. Too bad thoug, because the RockBand1 kit is not as good as a working Beatles (Rockband2) kit.
Product Details/Specifications
Recording label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
EAN: 5030935078930
Binding: Video Game
Format: Unknown format,
Release date: 2009-09-09
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Platform: Xbox 360
Brand: Electronic Arts
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