The Rock Band Thread vol.2: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:49 pm
Game Modes:
Rock Band 4 includes a whole host of modes (some new, some returning) adding replayability to your music collection. It doesn't matter if you're a score chaser, playing for the music, looking for something impossible, something fun to play together at parties or online with friends, there's something here for you...
- Quickplay: play your songs... quickly. Play solo or group up with up to 6 people (3 player harmonies) from one console. Browse the song list, pick your difficulty and play.
- Online Quickplay: is a synchronous online multiplayer version of the local player mode. Up to 4 players from different consoles pick a song each and jam out together.
- Rivals: is an asynchronous online multiplayer mode. Team up with other players to create in-game groups called "crews." You and other crews will compete in themed challenges each week, where victories or failures contribute to the entire group's success as a whole. (Xbox Live Gold or PSN+ subscriptions not required)
- Play a Show: a party shuffle like mode. Play solo or group up with up to 6 people (3 player harmonies) from one console. Band members all get to blind vote for what kind of song they want to play next which is then picked at random from the votes. Sometimes the vote is random (vote for a song that's... a) indie rock b) by Bob Dylan c) from the 80s etc), othertimes it's more specific.
- Go on Tour: start out, like every great band does, as a small hometown act. Play solo or group up with up to 6 people (3 player harmonies) from one console and play a few shows. Work with your bandmates to build up your Career and figure out exactly what kind of band you are.
- Rockudrama: silly and over-the-top. The new Rockudrama mode gives you the chance to create your band's story, much like VH1's popular Behind the Music series. It combines live-action footage with Rock Band gameplay that creates a personalised "documentary" of your group's rise to stardom.
- Brutal Mode: think you're good? Well come and get your ass handed to you in this mode. A customised version of regular quickplay, however the better you play the harder it gets as the notes on the high way begin to disappear.
- Missions: whichever way you decide to play Rock Band, complete score and novelty based themed mission challenges. Ranging from getting 5 stars on hard difficulties to saving your bandmate 3 times in one song. These missions are regularly updated with new challenges so even if you've managed to complete every one, there could be more coming shortly...
The Tracklist - 119 Songs covering every decade and every genre!:
Rock Band 4 allows you instant access to your Rock Band music collection. If you've been playing the series at any point during the past 10 years then you can download any previously purchased DLC from the original game, RB2, RB3, Blitz, AC/DC and the other theme track packs, Lego and Green Day games at no additional cost. All of these tracks have been revamped and tweaked for free to include support for newer features such as Vocal Harmonies (first introduced in The Beatles and then brought over to RB3) as well as Guitar and Vocal Freestyling (introduced in RB4).
Even if you're new to the series and don't want to buy DLC, then with Rivals you have access to over 100 songs from artists such as Elvis Presley, Arctic Monkeys, U2, The Cure, Aerosmith, Van Halen, The Killers and many many more!
Expand to see the 120 songs included as part of Rock Band 4: Rivals...
Controller Compatibility:
Rock Band 4 supports your old controllers going all the way back to PS2 (with new hardware versions available to those who don't have them). Some legacy support requires workarounds and depends if you are using Sony's or Microsoft's console. If you're not sure if what you have works then feel free to ask in this topic.
Expand to see the hardware support in Rock Band 4...
Reviews:
Below are reviews for titles in the Rock Band series.
- Rock Band: 92% metacritic
- Rock Band 2: 92% metacritic
- Rock Band 3: 93% metacritic
- Rock Band 4: Rivals: 82% metacritic
- LEGO: Rock Band: 71% metacritic
- The Beatles: Rock Band: 89% metacritic
- Green Day: Rock Band: 75% metacritic
- Rock Band: Blitz: 78% metacritic
Useful Tools:
- Rock Band Song Finder - List of music in Rock Band. Updated regulary with the newest releases.
- Request A Song - Request a song for consideration on the Official Rock Band website.
- DLC Quickplay - A website for listing your library of songs. A compatibility tool lets you see people with similar libraries.
- Rock Band Radio - Special thanks go to melatonin for putting this Spotify list together. Everything from Rock Band since the series first began.
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