Green Day was like half my personality in high school. When American Idiot released in my junior year it was the single greatest album I had ever heard in my life.

This has all the normal Rock Band mechanics you'd expect and the ENTIRETY of American Idiot, so for that alone I have to give it a near perfect score.

It also includes the entirety of Dookie and, with a pretty small DLC purchase, the entirety of 21st Century Breakdown (I think it was missing like six 21CB songs otherwise?).

It's hard to complain because that is a LOT of fantastic songs, but I still wish the albums in between Dookie and American Idiot had more representation or at least were offered more DLC down the road.

Finished date is based on beating all songs with 5 stars on Hard Guitar. I have since also beaten all songs on Expert Bass with a minimum of 4 stars.

While one can argue that Green Day were not an iconic enough band to warrant an entire game being dedicated to their music (Unlike the likes of Metallica or of course the Beatles), it's hard to say that it didn't make for a fun Rock Band game. Particularly on drums, Green Day's song list makes for a surprising and fun challenge. Just like The Beatles: Rock Band, this game also features tons of unlockable extras of concert footage, concept art, and other behind the scenes stuff that is sure to be a treat for dedicated Green Day fans. One thing in particular that Green Day has going for it over The Beatles, is that you could actually import this game's tracklist into the main Rock Band song library; giving it strong value as a game to buy new, complete it once, import the songs, and then immediately trade it in. Still all around a very solid music game.

Its aight. Basically uses the same kind of formula that Beatles Rock Band did, except somehow gives even less context about the band. You definitely have to already know about Green Day beforehand to get any enjoyment out of the bonuses this game has. At least Beatles had little descriptions for everything so even those not in the know can learn a thing or two, but those are absent here. The other major problem with this game is the inexcusable fact that a portion of the game is locked behind DLC, which is now no longer purchasable. The game has 3 main albums that you play through: Dookie, American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown. However, a portion of 21st Century Breakdown's tracks are DLC, so the album challenge for that section of the game is locked away unless you buy the DLC (which you can't by now.) Also for the difficulty freaks for these kinds of games, Green Day music makes for pretty samey basic beatmaps, so hardcore guitar shredders won't be very satisfied either. With all of those problems, why do I still think this game is alright? Simple. I like Green Day.

This would be THE perfect band centered Rock Band or Guitar Hero game if the three full albums followed the band's actual eras at the time. We should've gotten full Dookie with some Insomniac tracks in the first section, full Nimrod with some Warning tracks for the transitionary period, and full American Idiot with a few 21st Century Breakdown tracks for their current era when the game was released. As it is we get Dookie, American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown, which feels pretty redundant. Feels like one of the band's conditions for Harmonics was making one of the three full albums "21st Century Breakdown" simply in order to promote the album, even though any other album would've been a much better choice