toefer
11-08-2007, 12:11 PM
I had to take a trip over to Target to pick up some college essentials, and figured I'd stop over in BestBuy real quick to see if they had Rock Band set up. Sure enough, toward the back of the store, kind of near the video game area, I saw an older Asian guy rocking out to Bon Jovi.
Anyway, I won't bother you with reviews of the game, because there are already way too many of those on these threads. I just wanted to say that I was really worried about the durability of the instruments, and after spending a half hour or so playing with the old man, I'm pretty confident that they will be ok.
Both instruments showed signs of abuse. The guitar was scuffed up, but played perfectly. The strum bar had no problems at all, and none of the keys felt crunchy or odd. The neck was also not flimsy, as I had been led to believe. It's plastic, not wood, so it's obviously not going to feel as solid as a real guitar, but it was much better than I was expecting.
The drums looked like they just got back from a war. One of the sticks had the head broken off (is that what you call it? I don't know) and was splintering all over at the top. The drum pads reflected this, as they had been scuffed, scratched, etc. The scratches all over the pads made it look a little cheap, and dirty, but I assume if you don't play with broken, splintered drum sticks they'd be fine.
I didn't hold back when playing at all, and played as aggressively as I ever would at home. Both instruments seemed to take the beating, and played just fine. At one point, I was really pounding away on the drums, and had some people in the store laughing.
The drums though...wow. I don't even care about guitar anymore.
And for those that are avoiding playing it, thinking it might ruin some of the fun when the game hits stores, don't worry. It's just enough of a taste to make you want the game even more.
Anyway, I won't bother you with reviews of the game, because there are already way too many of those on these threads. I just wanted to say that I was really worried about the durability of the instruments, and after spending a half hour or so playing with the old man, I'm pretty confident that they will be ok.
Both instruments showed signs of abuse. The guitar was scuffed up, but played perfectly. The strum bar had no problems at all, and none of the keys felt crunchy or odd. The neck was also not flimsy, as I had been led to believe. It's plastic, not wood, so it's obviously not going to feel as solid as a real guitar, but it was much better than I was expecting.
The drums looked like they just got back from a war. One of the sticks had the head broken off (is that what you call it? I don't know) and was splintering all over at the top. The drum pads reflected this, as they had been scuffed, scratched, etc. The scratches all over the pads made it look a little cheap, and dirty, but I assume if you don't play with broken, splintered drum sticks they'd be fine.
I didn't hold back when playing at all, and played as aggressively as I ever would at home. Both instruments seemed to take the beating, and played just fine. At one point, I was really pounding away on the drums, and had some people in the store laughing.
The drums though...wow. I don't even care about guitar anymore.
And for those that are avoiding playing it, thinking it might ruin some of the fun when the game hits stores, don't worry. It's just enough of a taste to make you want the game even more.
