Just when you thought you were totally over belting out that 80’s hair metal song like Jon Bon Jovi (and up to your hairy chest in groupies, no doubt) or nailing a sick guitar lick in true John Frusciante style (less than sober, of course), the developers behind the newly launched Rock Band 3 are back and better than ever.
Despite the naysayers claiming the music game genre is dead, Harmonix turns the industry on its big-hair head to prove that rock ‘n’ roll will never die — at least not with Rock Band 3. Not only will the tune-toting game let you pretend to play instruments, it will actually teach you how to play them (provided you don’t send your plastic guitar into the TV trying to master an Ebdim7).
Says Harmonix’s Sylvain Dubrofsky: “You can go from plucking single notes to power chords and bar chords, we have crazy stuff like tapping and slides. If you ever had any aspirations of connecting with the music in a deeper way … you are really going to like Rock Band 3.”
Sylvain, you had me at the word deeper. Let’s be honest, though. Nothing can quite replace learning from a living, breathing human being (or from an actual rock star, nonetheless). But, for a 60-something-bucks video game, the lessons included in Rock Band 3 are not bad…pretty awesome, actually.
From the “don’t-hate-me-cause-I’m-just-learning-a-song” mode to the “relentless-brag-to-your-friends-because-you-rock” Pro Mode, Harmonix has all the tools necessary to help you tackle whatever challenge you choose, every dance step and hip thrust of the way.
Another rockin’ tool? A 25-key, fully functioning MIDI version of a real keyboard so you can sing me a song, piano man. Adding the keyboard gave Harmonix the ability to include songs you’d never dream of being able to play with Rock Band. With an 83-song set list from some of the best bands around the world, if you don’t find something you like, then you must not like music (or you just really suck).
Throw in the ability to play vocal harmonies with up to three players and your drunken Rock Band parties will never quite be the same. With Rock Band 3, Harmonix promises to “Play for fun or go pro and rock for real”. Isn’t it great when company advertising actually turns out to be true?
The only downside? Rock Band 3 is a wee bit pricey, so let’s just hope you’ve been nicer than naughty for Santa’s stocking this year.
And guys — we all know it’s not the size of the instrument, it’s how you use it…but girls do prefer the real thing. So study up on your licks and tricks and learn to play this Rock Band bad boy for real.
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