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Rock Band is the hottest new game around and has been out on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms for some time now. If you've ever played it, I don't need to tell you just how cool this game is. Rock Band not only takes Guitar Hero to a new level by adding drums and vocals, but the create a character feature adds a huge amount of customization and the world tour feature really makes game play exciting. More recently, December 18th to be exact, developer Harmonix released a version of the game for Playstation 2. This was great news for those of us who don't have a cold $350 for XBox or $400 for a PS3 but still wanted to rock out on the new super fun and addictive game. The XBox 360 and PS3 special edition versions were extemely hard to find in stores, but even moreso was the PS2 version. After much searching, I finally found ONE. Unfortunately, the PS2 version is not exactly what I was expecting and left much to be desired.

I have come to speak of Rock Band for PS2 as "Guitar Hero with drums". While gameplay itself is relatively unalterred, the features of Rock Band which really made it stand out were completely stripped away leaving much to be desired. There is NO custom create-a-character whatsoever, and the World Tour feature is completely gone. It is still called "World Tour" in the game's menu, but it does not have near the complexity of the PS3 and XBox versions. There is no gaining or losing of fans, no money, only points. There are no special challenges that pop up along the way a la PS3/XBox, and you don't travel to different cities and play at various venues. It is merely a set list. With out these features, the game really doesn't stand out above the Guitar Hero games, except for the fact that you can add drums and vocals. But, at $160.00, drums and vocals shouldn't be enough to convince you to buy this game. If you really must have it, my advice is to suck it up and go for the newer system. Unfortunately for me, that's not exactly possible on a college student's budget. Buying the game alone was a big enough splurge for me. So, until I'm raking in the benjamins, I guess all I can do is play Guitar Hero...with drums.

For an extremely detailed run down on the game, visit Gamespot.

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