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Rock Band 2 Xbox 360
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92 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 126 Ratings

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  • Summary: Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features including: Backwards compatibility with Rock Band downloadable music content. All previously purchased tracks immediately load into your Rock Band 2 song list. No need to re-purchase or re-download. The biggest and most diverse soundtrack ever featuring some of rock's most prolific acts, comprised entirely of master recordings. Major new and dynamic online modes that connect the entire Rock Band community in more ways than ever before both locally and globally. More variety of instrument choices than ever before with new and improved drum and guitar peripherals, enhanced functionality and innovative new designs - all fully compatible with the original Rock Band instruments. [MTV]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 69
  3. Negative: 0 out of 69
  1. Gamervision
    100
    "Rock Band" seemed like the definitive music game experience when it came out, and Rock Band 2 has taken it even further, fixing the few things that were wrong with the first and adding a little bit extra to boot.
  2. GamesRadar
    100
    It's not radically different from its already brilliant predecessor (at least not yet), but everything is tighter and runs more smoothly, and there's an explosive, extended encore.
  3. Boomtown
    100
    Rock Band 1 was innovation. Rock Band 2 is perfection. Buy it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33
  1. Chaosraiden
    10
    Rock Band 2 has a large variety of genres on platform. The option of 2000 (At time of writing) songs ranging from Death Metal to Nerdcore to Funk to Rap to Trance. From Megadeth to Gun's n Roses to Snoop Dogg to Bob Marley. The option to import all the songs from Rock Band 1, Lego Rock Band and Green Day Rock Band allows users to keep on playing their songs on one disc and future editions of the game. World Tour bring a much longer and varied playthrough rather than Rock Band 1's play one song, next! play next song, NEXT!. Single users can play World Tour now. Realistic charts a.k.a single notes rather than a ensemble of three note chords. Weekly Download content announced every friday on Rockband.com Better graphics and colourschemes. (Have you seen the main menu tiger! D:) Rock Band Network allows even more songs for 360 users and soon to be PS3 and Wii Character Creator could do with a makeover… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. samr
    5
    I only got the game and i was able to beat the solo guitar career only failing the last song a couple times on expert. i thought that it was way to easy and that guitar hero should have focused on the guitar option and let rock band be the party game. Also note Ghtunes was put together by a big mankey of a programmer. If you enjoyed the previous games try renting it first it will save you alot of money on a short game.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NanaM
    4
    I really love playing RB and GH, but unfortunately, I found this game just to be an expansion pack! WTF?!?! the characters, clothes, and STAGES are pretty much the same thing! Seriously, I feel ripped off by the cost of it. And is it me or is the graphics a bit fuzzy? This was not a $60 game, it was a $40 game.… Expand
    • 0 of 3 users said yes

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