I had been drooling over Beatles Rockband for awhile and picked up RB2 when they had the price drop recently.

My mother (age 62); the one who got me hooked on the Beatles when I was a kid; thought I was crazy and wanted nothing to do with it.

So, I picked up my preorder of The Bealtes this morning and handed her the microphone and told her to sing, and set for no fail so she wouldn't stress it while I played guitar.

3 songs later and my mother was calling her sister trying to get her to come over and play too.

Now she wants to teach my daughter how to play the guitar so we'll have a family band lol

So yeah, the Beatles is definitly a winner in my book!

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Originally Posted by narumi

I had been drooling over Beatles Rockband for awhile and picked up RB2 when they had the price drop recently.

My mother (age 62); the one who got me hooked on the Beatles when I was a kid; thought I was crazy and wanted nothing to do with it.

So, I picked up my preorder of The Bealtes this morning and handed her the microphone and told her to sing, and set for no fail so she wouldn't stress it while I played guitar.

3 songs later and my mother was calling her sister trying to get her to come over and play too.

Now she wants to teach my daughter how to play the guitar so we'll have a family band lol

So yeah, the Beatles is definitly a winner in my book!

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cute story :) loved it

my question is, based on hearing your mother sing the songs, do you think turning no fail mode on was a necessary precaution or do you think now that you underrated her singing talent? ;)

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Originally Posted by S-Nova

Rented it today

Easy on the ears and eyes. It's OK for me, but would be great for Beatles fans and their style of music. I don't think the Metal, Grunge, or Punk rockers (of which I consider myself the same ilk) will take to it very well. But it's not meant for them, so who cares?

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I don't think the Beatles audience excludes Metal/Grunge/Punk rockers. I would consider most of my twenty-something friends and I as grunge/punk people, and we are also Beatles fans.

As for the game, I played for about 5 hours yesterday and have to applaud Harmonix's efforts. Everything from the audio quality to the art direction is spot-on. As I mentioned on Twitter yesterday, I couldn't stop smiling while playing. There's definitely some concentrated electronic joy to be found in The Beatles: Rock Band.

Since this a review thread I am guessing that you have all had a good play around with it. There is something I am struggling with and wondered if anyone could give me a little help. I can't seem to figure out how to add a player, my mate set it all up when we received it this morning and it asked him to put in his name, now whenever I try to have a go it comes up with his name and adds to his score. How do I set up my own? I've been trying to figure this out for about 6 hours now and i'm sure it's going to be something really simple.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Just finished story mode and I have to say the game is as good as I could have ever hoped. While I wish there had been more songs I can honestly say this will receive much more replay than Rock Band or Guitar Hero simply because I love ALL 45 songs.

Like a lot people I was disappointed when I heard that "The End" was the final song but after experiencing it in the context of the game I've done a complete turnaround. You really go on an emotional journey playing this game and that song and it's lyrics are the perfect capper. The ending cinematic before playing the encore left me speechless.

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Originally Posted by marcio antonio

I hate to sing, so harmonies features is not a big deal to me and 95% of the gamers, since most of us prefer guitar or drums.

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Where do you get your stats bro?

OMG!!! This game is absolutely amazing. Very well done. I'm hooked, prolly gonna finish the game today. I left wanting to play again and agaun after every song. The Dreamscapes are amazing. I don't think they could have made the game any better, I think it may actually be a perfect game.

Thank you Harmonx! What a great experience! Love the dreamscapes!

I rented it today and found out that my wife bought me a copy as a surprise.

I like the game play and quality of the game but I must admit, for someone who has spent easy $200 on points cards to DL content for RB1 and RB2 I am very disappointed that you cannot DL the tracks to RB2.

Now i am expected to DL content for a different game and have two "Games" going at the same time. This game is what I would call a simple CASH GRAB and since I have not opened my copy that my wife purchased it will be going back to the store tomorrow.

I stopped purchasing Guitar Hero after GH 3 for that exact reason and have not purchased another version of it nor will I until I can bring all the content forward.

If I do decide to buy, it will be previously played cause there is no point in spending $60 now when can get for 1/2 or better in a few months.

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Originally Posted by marcio antonio

I'm really very disappointed with this game.
To colorful, short career, can't import songs from RB2, WTF Harmonix and the same old gameplay from RB games, nothing new. I hate to sing, so harmonies features is not a big deal to me and 95% of the gamers, since most of us prefer guitar or drums.
I'm going to pass this one and stick with the awesome Guitar Hero 5.

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Visual masterpiece. Boring game play. was this made for grandpa or gamers?