Lego Rock Band (I kid you not)

[kainemaxwell]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/21/le...-holiday-2009/

If you've worried about your youngsters being exposed to the evils of rock music, worry no longer: LEGO Rock Band is coming this holiday season on PS3, 360, Wii and DS to deliver us all from said evil. The game, currently being developed by TT Games and Harmonix, will use all the existing Rock Band/Guitar Hero peripherals.

The family-focused version of the game will allow you to customize your "minifigure avatars" along with your road crew and managers. The kid-friendly song list hasn't been fully disclosed, but we know it'll include:

* Blur: "Song 2"
* Carl Douglas: "Kung Fu Fighting"
* Europe: "The Final Countdown"
* Good Charlotte: "Boys and Girls"
* Pink: "So What"

So, LEGOs or Beatles, who's getting your Rock Band dollar this year?

[AZ Legend]

This series is finished i think. They have expended most of their options with releases like Metallica, aerosmith, now beatles and legos. I think they are just trying to cash the franchise out.

That being said i think it might be fun for the younger crowd, legomanics, and GH fans. But me personally Im done with GH and Rockband series.

[jb143]

If you've worried about your youngsters being exposed to the evils of rock music, worry no longer: ...

This series is finished i think. They have expended most of their options with releases like Metallica, aerosmith, now beatles and legos.

You missed one:

[FlufflePuff]

Well, I doubt the wisdom of Lego Rock Band, but nothing the Beatles did would be that fun in GH/RB so the Legos get my money.

[Sonicwolf]

Instead of the 'Rule of 34 - If it exists, there can be and IS porn of it' there is now a 'Rule of 35 - If It exists, there can be lego made from/into it.'

[tubeway]

If they released a Nine Inch Nails edition of Guitar Hero, I would actually buy a current system to play it on.

Despite Trent's interest in video games and history of contributing soundtracks, I doubt this will ever happen.

[Ponyone]

Well, I doubt the wisdom of Lego Rock Band, but nothing the Beatles did would be that fun in GH/RB so the Legos get my money.

What?

I don't know the songs that will be on the beatles, but they sure enough had a ton of fun songs that would be perfect for RB

Helter Skelter
I am The Walrus
Get Back
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Eleanor Rigby
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
A Day In The Life
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Rocky Raccoon
Come Together

Those are ones that are off the top of my head that I would think would be fun to play. Their older stuff is even more "rocky" and fun. It's gonna be a great addition.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Well, I doubt the wisdom of Lego Rock Band, but nothing the Beatles did would be that fun in GH/RB so the Legos get my money.

I could see how the Beatles wouldn't be as fun in GH, because they're not a riff-based band. But Rock Band seems made for the diverse catalog of the Beatles. Have you ever really listened to Sgt. Pepper's or the White Album all the way through? That and those albums are so musically removed from the early stuff, there's a wide range of music that can be mined from the Beatles large catalog. The tempo changes, odd vocals, extended choruses, variety of musical styles, are perfect for the collaborative nature of Rock band. However Good Charlotte and Pink, featured in the lego game are pretty much the standard for bland over-produced modern "punk/pop." And the Beatles are nowhere near my favorite band. Maybe in my top 25.

Now as far as the timing of the release, that's another story. I think the Beatles are a really good idea, but it should have been an earlier release. The Rock Band/ GH schtick is a fad that is getting pretty old. Lego Rock Band is just a thinly disguised version of regular rock band. The songs in the set-lists here are just songs that didn't make the cut the first 2 times around.

[slapdash]

You missed one:

20 points! I swear someone else asked a question where this was the answer, but damned if I can recall where it was... But as far as I know GP is PC only. If they EVER release that for consoles, somebody tell me! I won't want to pay the money, but it will be collectible as all hell (pun intended!)!

[sebastiankirchoff]

I am pretty tired of GH/RB. I enjoyed 1,2 and World Tour, but the rest of the games were pretty lame to me. What they need is Synthesisor Hero. Imagine all of the 70's, 80's and 90's Synth songs that you could play.

[Draven]

Yep, Rock Band definitely jumped the shark with this one. It's not that I'm not a fan of Lego series but there has got to be limits, man! Who knows...maybe it will truly rock? Of course I thought the Aerosmith edition would do well and look where it ended up (I think there were even a few people who disliked it more than their first bomb, Revolution X!).

[NayusDante]

What they need is Synthesisor Hero. Imagine all of the 70's, 80's and 90's Synth songs that you could play.

My personal wish is for something to do with the modern synth scene, but it's such a niche genre. Still, you could do a lot more with a synth controller than a guitar, like changing sound presets, on-the-fly portamento, etc.

Thing is, the added costs of a synth controller and the lack of mainstream appreciation for electronic music would hamper sales of anything like this.

[Sonicwolf]

I am pretty tired of GH/RB. I enjoyed 1,2 and World Tour, but the rest of the games were pretty lame to me. What they need is Synthesisor Hero. Imagine all of the 70's, 80's and 90's Synth songs that you could play.

That would be awesome. Every box could come with a pair of leg warmers and shoulder pads for the ladies and a pastel t-shirt with an 80s blazer for the men. The blazer would be sewn so that the sleeves were permenantely rolled up. lol.

[kaedesdisciple]

This series is finished i think. They have expended most of their options with releases like Metallica, aerosmith, now beatles and legos. I think they are just trying to cash the franchise out.

That being said i think it might be fun for the younger crowd, legomanics, and GH fans. But me personally Im done with GH and Rockband series.

Expended most of their options? I can think of these potential selling options off the top of my head:

RB/GH: Classic Rock (I know we get some each game, but one of ALL classic rock)
RB/GH: Country (This would be HUGE)
RB/GH: Evolution of Punk (Come on, you could fit like 400 songs on this one lol)

Or more bands that may be able to pull off a spotlight game:
RB/GH: Green Day
RB/GH: The Doors
RB/GH: Queen

The cash cow options are far from exhausted. As long as people keep buying, companies will keep producing.

[NayusDante]

Personally, I'd rather be seeing lower priced "niche" titles focused on different genres, not just the few variations on rock music we have left. Here's a few ideas:

Rock Band: New Wave - Depeche Mode, A-Ha, New Order, Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, etc
Guitar Hero: Alt-Rock - Toad the Wet Sprocket, REM, 90s "Adult Contemporary" stuff
Rock Band: Grunge - Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc


I'd much prefer this kind of thing to the "cash cow" releases. It would work even better if they put out a final version of the game that received program updates (read: OS) with continual themed expansion disks (read: software). You could say that the online a la carte sales model does this, but compilations are a better value to the consumer.


Under that sales model, Lego Rock Band would be an expasion pack, not a full retail product.

[8-bitNesMan]

This series is finished i think. They have expended most of their options with releases like Metallica, aerosmith, now beatles and legos. I think they are just trying to cash the franchise out.

Guitar Hero did Metallica and Aerosmith. Rock Band is doing the Beatles and Lego. Two separate franchises there hoss.

Expended most of their options? I can think of these potential selling options off the top of my head:

RB/GH: Classic Rock (I know we get some each game, but one of ALL classic rock)
RB/GH: Country (This would be HUGE)

I would buy either one of those on day one and thus far the only guitar game I own is GH: Aerosmith.

[kupomogli]

Everyone keeps mentioning Metallica and Aerosmith from Guitar Hero and Beatles for Rock Band. Rock Band also has AC/DC.

[XYXZYZ]

I wonder if they could work a rock opera into GH- imagine a Pink Floyd - The Wall edition, where you have to play the whole show to a click track, and player two gets to trigger the props and control the pig. And at the end of it you get to knock the wall down with your wiimote.

[ryborg]

So, LEGOs or Beatles, who's getting your Rock Band dollar this year?

Beatles. This is not a competition.

[Cobra Commander]

I wouldn't mind having Blur and Europe on regular Rock Band actually.

So, LEGOs or Beatles, who's getting your Rock Band dollar this year?

Surely, that can't be a serious question.