Rock Band 2
So it’s been about a month since my last update, and with christmas just around the corner, I feel now is as good time as any to roll out a few updates.
The first one kicks off with Rock Band 2, the sequel to the highly popular Rock Band. The original is one of my favourite ever games, and so RB2 was always going to have a challenge on it’s hands to beat it. In truth, it doesn’t beat the original, but it does its damn best to get close to it. The song list is fantastic, with some real challenges (Painkiller, Panic Attack and Visions) and the gameplay is awesome, but sadly, the tour mode is not as good as the first. I really liked being able to scroll down the setlist and see which songs I had goldstars on, and which I didn’t, but now I have to open up several different screens or rely purely on score to find it out. This is not good, it just makes it more complex.
I’m very happy that the Endless Setlist is now a single player option as well, as that’s something that was missing from the first game. I know it was available in MP, but when no-one around plays to a high level, it’s kinda hard to organise. I managed to clear the ESL on my first attempt without failing any songs, but did pause a few times to catch a breather. I knew I wouldn’t get the bladder of steel first attempt, so I paused during the first song to save any dissapointment later on. I finished with 413/420 stars which was nice, only failing to 4 star Visions, and missing 5 stars on Battery, Shoulder to the Plow, Get Clean, Chop Suey and Girls Not Grey.
I have now 5 starred Chop Suey, Girls Not Grey and Get Clean, so only a few songs remain. Sadly I don’t think I’ll get close to the level of success I had in RB1 (54/58 Goldstars) but I’ll damn sure try my best to get close. The songs are a lot harder, which is a good thing as I was beggining to find some of the Tier 8 stuff on RB1 as easy as I used to find medium difficulty after 2 weeks play. I’m also positive that I will not 5 star Visions for a good while yet, I just can’t hold a rhythm on the sod. Getting close on Panic Attack and Painkiller though, only 30k away on each 
I’m sure there’ll be an update sometime in the new year as to how i’m getting on, but right now I feel that’s enough for one post, the next should be almost as detailed, once i’ve decided what it’ll be.
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