Rock Band 3

Rock Band 3 is everything the previous instalment wanted to be. I think I can safely say, that this game is as close to rhythm game perfection as it's ever going to get. Firstly, the setlist is a nice mix, it's mostly pop and rock songs this time around, with less emphasis on the metal genre. You have classics like John Lennon's Imagine and Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train. Pretty much every genre is covered in Rock Band 3, you even have some Reggae with Bob Marley. The keyboard adds a new dynamic to the game, giving you a chance to learn actual songs with the Pro Keys mode, which allows to to use all 25 keys of of the Offical keyboard on one song. Pro drums have you using three extra symbols this time around, and Harmonies (also known as Pro Vocals), allow three singers to sing songs like 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen. Pro guitar adds a whole new level of difficulty to the rhythm game franchise, teaching you how to play actual guitar parts through tablature. The Pro guitars are currently still unreleased, but they look like the ultimate challenge. The one feature that lets Rock Band 3 down is it's career mode. Gone is the World Tour mode from the past games, road challenges are the new career path. Similar to World Tour, they have you playing setlists of two to three songs, but the whole system seems messy and most of the time you are unsure of what;s actually going on and what you are supposed to be doing. Overall Rock Band 3 isn't perfect, but it's almost there. Any fans of the series should definitely be picking up this game, and if you havn't played Rock Band before, then this is a great time to start.

Rockband 3 is must have for anyone who enjoys music games. There are many well known songs on game with 1000's more available to download. The only problem there are with this game is the online chat is really bad quality. Players looking for a challenge will be a bit disappointed too as most songs and pretty easy. But overall this game is gold.

Lets start negative :( some good rock songs. The menu is abit difficult to understand but when you get use to it, its ok. Good things 3 vocals, keyboards, all downloadable content is allowed, all other rock band games can go on (not beatles) easy customize band/members. Easy to create a new logo, easy calibrate, better than the other two main rock bands. :)

The best and most refined Rock Band experience yet, however among the brilliant gameplay mechanics there are some problems. First of all the keyboard controller (sold separately)has only maybe 60 songs (including dlc songs) which doesn't support its hefty price tag, the same can be said of the 3 mic harmonies, which can only be used in the Green Day Rock Band songs, a select few Rock Band 3 songs and a very small amount of dlc songs. Also the soundtrack is the weakest yet and unless you have the dlc songs, such as Green Day Rock Band or the Queen pack, you wont find many songs that are as appealing as the previous soundtrack, save for Bohemian Rhapsody (which is an absolute blast to play with friends!) and a few others. Also the so called Pro Guitar is not quite as 'Pro' as it sounds. However even with all these minor negatives, this is definitely the best Rock Band yet...just make sure you get some dlc!