Rock Band 2

released on Sep 14, 2008

Rock Band 2 is the sequel to the 2007 musical simulation game Rock Band and offers similar gameplay. Directly competing with Guitar Hero: World Tour, the game allows different people to play together as in a band, with the same peripherals as the first game: lead guitar, bass guitar, microphone and a drum set. The new drum and guitar controllers for this version, bundled or sold separately, have been revised and older controllers are also supported. The guitar controller, modelled after the Fender Stratocaster, has five additional fret buttons near the neck, for fast fingertapping sessions. There is also an effect switch to toggle between five different effects. Players use the instruments to match notes on the screen, divided in different portions for different instruments, along with the lyrics for the singer who need to match the pitch.


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(I played the Deluxe version of Rock Band 2, and I had quite a few crashes throughout my playtime)

Yeah I mean it's fine lol
it builds on Rock Band 1 slightly by just adding more songs, more animations, more venues and more customization, but the UI is very similar, the look is very similar, and there's not a whole lot extra that's added on, which is fine but leaves me desiring more.
The base song selection is very fun and good! and it's very fun to be able to play these songs, albeit on a much easier game than Guitar Hero ever was lol

Great music game. Wish it had a PS4 remake, so I could play without having a PS3 again.

Might be controversial, but I prefer this ever so slightly to Guitar Hero III - mainly because it just feels more dynamic. More dynamic in its setlist (without those rough covers which GHIII still had [like Paranoid + Holiday in Cambodia.. ooof]), its wide docket of pretty venues, campaign, and of course full band gameplay. Charts are still weaker than GH overall (very possibly due to Harmonix's attitude that rhythm games should be played with 'music >> gameplay' in mind) but they're still mostly fun - and holy hell is it ever a VAST improvement over almost everything wrong with the first Rock Band - I'm very impressed with how much this still holds up! Still a few dropped notes here and there (especially with long lines of strum salads) and I'm not sure if I'm a fan of how much repetition you can expect in the campaign setlists, but there is just hours upon hours of good content here (with DLC support!) even just as a solo guitarist. Still can't touch Guitar Hero World Tour at all though imo.

best setlist, and the instruments got major upgrades from 1.

this game was magic that simply can't be replicated

Significantly better than the first with an incredible set list. I still wish I could go back sometimes.

this game has the 2nd best setlist out of any rock band or guitar hero game thats only really beaten by guitar hero 3 being perfect in almost every way