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Product Description Rock Band 3 is the next generation of the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform developed by the category’s leading pioneers, Harmonix Music Systems. Featuring innovative game modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games. Amazon.com Rock Band 3 is the third main release in the iconic video game series that challenges gamers to live out their Rock & Roll fantasies together in a band situation, both locally and online. The game features an ever expanding song list from every era of Rock & Roll history, easy to pick up yet challenging addictive Note Highway gameplay, compatibility with earlier releases in the series and all platform-specific instrument controllers including most Guitar Hero controllers, extreme in-game character and band customization, and a slew of new features. These new features include: new setlist search functionality, the addition of 3-part harmonies and a keyboard peripheral and expanded play modes, including the advanced Pro Mode. The Most Music. Period The Rock Band 3 disc soundtrack contains 83 tracks by the best bands from around the world, including bands that have never appeared in a music game, as well as support for existing Rock Band tracks (Rock Band and Rock Band 2 discs, downloaded songs, track packs, AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, LEGO Rock Band and Green Day: Rock Band). Additionally, Rock Band 3 gives players immediate access to a music library approaching 2,000 songs by launch, with new content added regularly. With a selection like this, it is clear that Rock Band's gigantic music selection dwarfs that of any other music game on the market. The full track list includes: Signature Rock Band Note Highway gameplay mechanic. View larger. Addition of 3-part harmony to main release gameplay. View larger. New play option, including the advanced Pro Mode. View larger. New, optional keyboard instrument controller (sold separately). View larger. Redesigned Music LibraryRock Band 3 allows players to create and save setlists and share them with friends, both in-game and through RockBand.com. In addition, new song filters make it easier to find the types of songs fans want to play and hide the songs they don't, while a built-in song recommendation system will suggest tracks from Rock Band's colossal music library, based on personal fan preference. Expand the Band In addition to guitar, bass, drums and solo vocals, Rock Band 3 adds three-part vocal harmony functionality that was introduced with The Beatles: Rock Band and, for the first time ever, a keyboard peripheral to the band. The combination of all these possibilities means that up to seven players can rock together in Rock Band 3 for the ultimate social gaming experience. Go Pro: Take Your Passion to the Next LevelRock Band 3 empowers players to develop actual musical skills through the fun of fully scalable Rock Band Pro gameplay. Fans can dive in on the Easy setting to try out basic skills and work their way up to Expert for real mastery. Pro Drums supports three expansion cymbals, with gameplay differentiation between toms and cymbals. Pro Keys (Keyboard) features pitch-accurate keyboard performance across a two-octave range, displayed on an easy-to-read keyboard track. Pro Guitar features noted guitar and bass performances, available for play with either the new Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar simulated guitar controller from Mad Catz, or the Rock Band 3 Squier by Fender Stratocaster guitar controller that is a real guitar/controller hybrid. The Rock Band 3 Squier Stratocaster is a fully functional, full-sized, six-string electric guitar that also functions as a game controller. New Gameplay Modes For the casual player, Rock Band 3 has great new party modes that allow fans to get rocking with friends quicker than ever, including party shuffle and persistent drop-in/dropout and difficulty selection from any gameplay screen. For the serious player, the revamped Career Mode features 700+ goals and rewards and seamless leaderboard integration for an endlessly deep campaign experience. Rock Band 3 also adds a suite of social networking tools to the game so fans can engage friends and fellow rockers over Facebook, Twitter and more. Whether players want to jump in for a quick song or take their band to the top, Rock Band 3 has a mode for everyone.
RB3 has great new party modes for quick rocking sessions with friends, as well as a whole new universe of challenges including a revamped Career Mode and 700+ goals and rewards
Game track list contains over 80 of the best bands from around the world, including bands that have never appeared in a music game, and support for existing Rock Band tracks
Create and save set lists, and share them with your friends online and enjoy improved song sorting makes it easier to find the songs you like
Expand the band with the optional keyboard peripheral and 3-part vocals harmonies, together allowing support for up to 7 players
Take your passion for music to the next level with Rock Band Pro functionality that lets you develop real musical instrument skills through gameplay
So, Rock Band 3. I first heard about it on youtube while I was searching for videos of PowerGig in October, I was interested in buying PowerGig and I am glad I did not. I came to RB from a long standing history of being a Guitar Hero guy, one of those that didn't see the need for two similar rhythm games, but I am glad I was wrong. What appealed to me instantly about RB3 was the pro instrument mode and the Squier. I have been looking to learn guitar for years but have never had the time nor money to invest in a guitar AND instructor. Over the past couple of year I have been watching the instruction side of guitars and its presence online. You can find many videos from various sites now. So I decided to put the money down for Rock Band 3 and more recently for the Squier and a bunch of other stuff along with it (amp, picks, tuner, ect).RB3's set list is awesome, pure awesome. There are tons of great songs like Rainbow in the Dar by Dio, Crazy Train by Ozzy, Centerfold by The J Giels Band, or Cold as Ice by Foreigner. This is expanded by RBN's over 2400 songs up for download, some are even free such as Still Alive; yes THAT Still Alive from Portal, and some Rock Band 2 songs.I have not had a chance to play the Pro Mode yet as I did not want to buy a Mustang, the whole reason for the innovations in this game was to get off those plastic things. I will update this review with info on the Squier once I get in in March.Anyway you progress through the game by beating road tours, set lists, and completing goals for your selected instrument. Each one has their own goals and you can even use the guitar to play three instruments; guitar, bass, and keys. You unlock parts of the road tour as you gain fame. One of the hardest goals you will do in Rock Band 3 is the endless set list where you play through all 83 songs. That took me three days, a total of around 4 to 5 hours.I liked that I could use my Guitar Hero: Areosmith guitar to play this game, true I do not have the solo buttons, but I have never picked up a RB game before so this was new territory. The game is actually a lot more polished then the GH's and it felt like the note tracking was smoother.The charting also seems superior over GH although there are a few songs I think Harm just put some random notes in for in Expert mode, not many of its 83 songs mind you, but a few.One thing I did notice, don't know if it was intentional, is that the background scene tends to lag quite a bit. Again I don't know if that is intentional or not since the fretboard is not affected by this.With the amount of content in-game and on RBN as well as Pro Mode you will have many weeks of use our of this game and it has a very high replay value, like most of the other rhythm games. I have not played online yet, and do not plan to so I can not comment on that.All comments above pertain to playing the game solo, I do not know what kind of issues or quirks the game has for bands.On the instruction side, again I have not had a chance to play pro mode, but I have watched an ungodly number of videos or rather the same videos many MANY times about pro mode. All signs point to that RB3 as an instructional aid is going to be where the butter is at for those looking to break into the field or those who already know some stuff but want to get their stuff together and round out their guitar-ology.I would suggest that you take some basic online video courses to learn how to hold, play, and maintain the guitar before playing RB3 though. As far as I have seen the instruction mode assumes you know the most basics of basics and jumps right into single note strumming bypassing all those pesky technique lessons. There are several sites that have free video tuts for beginners, all you need to do is google for free beginner guitar video lessons.
