Remember those loading screens that showed your band casually hanging around a heavily lived-in practice space or riding the subway with all their instruments in tow? Simple as they were, those scenes subtly relayed a story in a very universal way. Rock Band 2 handled this same subject matter in a far more elegant way. For example, the game’s loosely story-driven campaign mode follows the same rote formula employed by several previous music games: select multi-song ''shows'' from a world map, earn stars and fans to unlock new shows, and so on. Great as that gameplay may be, Rock Band 4 does little to distinguish itself from its predecessors outside of a handful of hit-or-miss ideas and, in some cases, even takes a small step backwards. So yes, it’s exactly the gameplay you already know and love. As before, your instrument’s audio drops out when you start missing notes, but maintaining an unbroken streak increases your combo multiplier, Overdrive meter, and number of stars earned. You (and ideally a few of your friends) can grab a classic five-button guitar controller, plastic drum kit, or USB microphone to match scrolling, color-coded notes in time with a variety of licensed tracks from rock gods like Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, and, uh, Bruno Mars. While this fourth installment ditches Rock Band 3’s button-heavy Pro Guitar and superfluous keyboard controller, the core gameplay remains almost entirely unchanged. Now Playing: Rock Band 4 - Video Review Still got your cymbals? Mad Catz add-ons worked for us! It’s a rare and laudable accomplishment, one that propelled the franchise to great heights in the late 2000s and that lives on in Rock Band 4.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Not many games can elicit that feeling so frequently, consistently, and authentically. The pure euphoria that washes over you when a song begins to build and you're nailing every note and you finally hit that pinnacle and the crowd erupts in cheers and applause. It harnesses the intrinsic joy of music and presents it in a way that we can not only play but share as well.
That, in essence, is the power of Rock Band. It’s an absolute blast both to hear and to play, and without experiencing the song through the immediacy of Rock Band, I may never have fallen in love with it.
Turns out that song is perfect: triumphant sing-along vocals, driving synths straight out of an ‘80s training montage, pounding drums that subtly ramp up the song’s unstoppable intensity. I’ve known about this band and their Mega Man-inspired tunes for years now, but I never really gave them a chance until ''Light Up the Night'' popped up during a Rock Band 4 set.
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