It’s a conscious decision, meant to allow the player freedom to focus their attention elsewhere. There just isn’t much asked of the player. In some ways it’s more like playing guitar than actual Rock Band.īut in other ways, less. The tech is impressive, and when you make a song sound unintentionally great with a weird power chord breakdown in the middle or whatever, well it tickles some creative musician part of your brain. Like Rock Band 4’s solos though, freestyle doesn’t feel near as satisfying as nailing a tough sequence of notes. There’s a surprising amount of depth to this system, and I’ve definitely improved the longer I’ve played. Alternate between power chords and muted power chords for two bars for instance and you’ll score a bonus for the “Alternator” progression. There is a scoring system built in, based around executing combos. It’s a bit too relaxing though, at times. Compared to the desert-dry eyes I get whenever I actually play Rock Band, this iteration is downright relaxing. You can look down at the crowd, watch the drummer, hang out with the bassist, or whatever, all without worrying too much about what you’re playing. I understand why Harmonix went to this system-it frees up the player’s eyes, allowing you to feel more like you’re putting on a concert. The game then loosely fits “What You Played” to the song itself, rendering out sections of “Through the Fire and Flames” as if they were played with arpeggios, power chords, muted power chords, and so on. What it plays is sort-of controlled by the player-different combinations of fingers produce arpeggios, power chords, muted power chords, single notes, and more. Strum along to the beat and the guitar just plays things. Hell, as someone who owns both a Vive and Rift, I’d say Rock Band VR is the first game to give me a reason to actually leave my Rift set up, rather than wrapping up a 2-4 hour experience and then stashing it in a closet until the next Oculus exclusive. If I don’t like a song, I just never play it. With Rock Band 4 on my Xbox I have something like 500 songs to choose from between various disc imports and DLC. It’s about the safest soundtrack I could imagine, benefiting from moving to a new platform where, oh yeah, nobody owns any songs yet.īut with 60 songs total, it does mean that the odd stinker really cuts into the number of tracks available to you. Dragonforce’s “Through the Fire and Flames” makes an appearance, as does Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer,” The Killers’ “When You Were Young,” Pearl Jam’s “Alive,” David Bowie’s “Suffragette City,” and the list goes on. It’s basically a “Greatest Hits” collection from Harmonix’s Guitar Hero and Rock Band days.
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