I would highly reccomend this to anyone that appreciates music. ESPECIALLY to those how have never really taken to the Beatles. If anything will change your mind about their music this game is it. As my best friend said as we were playing Yellow Submarine: "This is surely going to introduce a new generation to the Beatles and hopefully inspire a new wave of musicians." :-) A dreamers wish maybe, but a good one none the less. Take care.
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This is one of the best game purchases I've ever made. I had always wanted a Rock Band game, but I didn't have the space for the drum set (my favorite instrument). And then, the same time I move into a new house, they make a Rock Band game based on my favorite band of all time?! Fantastic.Personal feelings aside, it's also just an incredibly well made game. The animations are gorgeous -the opening cinematic literally gave me goosebumps. The game play is challenging, but scaleable so that it can be fun for a novice or an expert. The music is... well... it's Beatles.
The instruments that come with the set are beautiful, feel solid, are responsive, and overall just feel like quality. I want the Gretsch Duo-Jet too!!
Harmony is a nice addition to the game, but as yet I haven't found souls brave enough to try it with me.
The only quibble I have, which it appears others have as well, is that the content is a little light. I wish there were more songs, and I wish the story mode was a bit longer. That said, the story mode actually is longer than it appears... sure, I may have beat it in singing, but what about drums? Bass? Guitar? With harmony?
There's an extra layer of fun if you're truly a Beatles geek -many subtle touches were clearly aimed right at us. But it's not necessary. Even my boyfriend's 6 year old daughter loves to play it.
I don't regret this purchase for a minute, and I don't think you will either.
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My boyfriend and I love the Beatles and so I decided to purchase this as a suprise for my boyfriend. We have never purchased any of the Rock Band equipment prior to this purchase and that was the only reason why I purchased this set.I'm glad that we waited for the right set to come out that fits both of our needs and likes.
I'm not very coordinated but I am having a lot of fun playing the easy mode.
We haven't even had this set for 24 hours and we love it. What we love so far is that it's actually Beatles member voices singing the songs and you have to acheive 5 stars to get the pictures and the story of every picture. I noticed a video after finishing the first story level and it was the Beatles Christmas Message where all 4 Beatles members are talking and thanking there fans for a good year.
There are a wide variety of songs and we are very excited to purchase the album downloads when they come out. We are big Beatles fans and spending the extra on money on the extra downloads will be worth every penny from the joy we get from playing this game and hearing their music again . . . after so long (even if we're in our late 20's).
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When I first heard about a Beatles video game being released 09.09.09 I giggled like a 4 year old... I couldn't wait to put my hands on it and play it until my fingers bled out...Yes, I am a Beatles fanboy. Can't help it. I had not been introduced to the Rock Band experience, but I figured I would learn it in due course. That been said:
PROS:
Excellent gameplay, fast paced and challenging (For me and my close relatives, anyways)
Awesome graphics (The fab 4 look like a gorillaz clip sometimes, thou)
The bundled instruments are better than the other Rock Band bundles
The music... oh, the music...
CONS:
The price. When you purchase a game that has been recently introduced, you expect to pay a premium, but still...
I have not been able to fully sync the instruments, so I find myself failing notes even when I hit them right (That might be my problem, but no solution has worked so the remark stays)
mmm, the music... the included songs are great but for the price I expected more than 40; even if they make them DLC, I will keep my words. I don't like the Xbox live online experience, so I am not willing to get them that way.
All this cons, but only one star removed from the rating. I am just thankful they made this game and hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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I got the stand-alone version of this game the day that it came out. In fact, I actually pre-ordered and went to the a midnight opening of a store to buy it. I had always thought that it would have been cool to own the premium edition but could never justify the steep price. Well, today, when I was playing my old drum set broke so I went to the store to replace and to my surprise I saw the premium edition of this for $, considering it was only about $ more than a new drum set would have cost me, I jumped all over it (that is, I bought it).Anyway, I realize that this review is coming a year late, but when I was playing it tonight I realized that I never wrote a review for the game and I have some thoughts about it.
Music This is The Beatles Rock Band, that being said, I was really glad that they didn't go the route of the Guitar Hero franchise (ie GH:Metallica, GH:Van Halen) and stick on a bunch of bands that I didn't care about on the disc. I wanted The Beatles and that is what was delivered. The variety of songs is very well spread throughout their career and many of my favorites were included. My opinion on this doesn't really matter, however, considering tastes are subjective. You can look at the list and see for yourself if you are happy with the selections or not. The one thing that I would like to note, however, is that it is obvious that George Harrison's son had a lot to do with this. I say this because, nearly every George Harrison song is here. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing because George really had some great songs, but I think in some cases a better song could have been included from certain albums (I'm looking at you "Within Without You"). People have complained about the fact that you can't export the songs from The Beatles Rock Band to play in other Rock Band games, but honestly this doesn't bother me at all. When I play Beatles Rock Band, I like just playing The Beatles. If I want to play something else, I just switch the games, no big deal. I really don't see what is so hard about this and why others just skipped this game because of that.
DLC This is also rather subjective but three of my favorite albums (Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road) as well as "All You Need is Love" were all released as additional content that can be ordered to beef up the playlist. I have to admit, however, that this is one of the areas that frustrated me most about the game...I really wish that they could have included more dlc; I know that I, as well as many others, would have bought it. What was really irritating about this is how Harmonix has been tight lipped about rather or not there will ever be any more dlc. I have given up on it, but it would really be nice if they could use the keyboard peripheral that is coming with RB3 and add some of the piano heavy songs (specifically Hey Jude).
Gameplay If you have played any other Rock Band\Guitar Hero game you get the idea. If not, you are basically pretending to play instruments. The sweet addition to the Beatles Rockband was the ability to have up to three mics to sing harmonies. This feature seems to work rather well, though I have only ever done this with two mics. Another thing to note is that The Beatles Rockband seems to be somewhat easier than some of the other plastic instrument games. Generally I can only successfully play medium guitar on most of the games, but with this game I can play hard guitar on most songs with very little trouble. Also, I generally do miserable on vocals, but on this game I can also play on hard with very little trouble. Of course, I am a huge Beatles fan and know every song by heart so this may play into that. I can't comment on drums, however, because I am just as terrible here as I am on other version of these type games.
Graphics\Interface All I can say is "Wow" on this. There was obviously a lot of love that went into the making of this game. The art overall fits in well with the Beatles style and the movies between the different sets of music while playing the main story were really done well. It is really cool to watch the transition from one period in the life of the Beatles to the next. Also every once in awhile, usually when singing only, I can watch the animations while playing and the different dreamscapes fit perfectly with every song. There was also plenty of unlockable video\audio that added to the game.
Packaging This really only pertains to the Premium edition of the game, but as I said earlier, the price is coming down so it is really worth looking into now. This includes a mic stand which is nice since with this game, I have no issue with playing guitar and singing at the same time. The included Hofner Bass is also really, really beautiful and looks exactly like the one made famous by Paul. What I have noticed while playing with it, is that neck is a little longer than the guitars that I have used in the past so it is taking me a little time to get used to it, but for some reason it seems to feel a lot more comfortable while playing bass as opposed to playing guitar. I haven't assembled the drum set yet, so I can't comment on it, but it is wireless so that should be nice.
Overall I would say this was a very nice purchase. Since it is over a year old the prices have plummeted. I have seen the core game now for as little as $, it is definitely worth that even if you not as big a Beatles fan as myself. If you don't have any instruments yet or you need to add one or two to you collection, I would recommend looking around for the premium edition since the price has come down considerably from the original $ price tag. I thought that the original price was insane and I would say as nice as the set is it wasn't worth that. If, however, you can find it for $119, like myself, this is not a bad price considering that to get these peripherals individually would cost you at least $
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