Customer Reviews

Lego Rock Band

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

First, let's clear one thing up and remember that you're playing along to colored notes with a fake plastic instrument, so I don't see how folks can get all upset that the LEGO tie-in makes the game more kid-like. It's charming!

This review is based on playing through the game on Hard lead guitar, with the Rock Band 1 song exports and about 200 DLC songs.

Let's start with the cons:

1. The tracklist is rather brief at 45-songs. You'll be repeating them a lot of you don't have DLC or the RB1 export. If you don't have it already, at least get the latter!
2. No online play, but the randomness of Career Mode (see below) somewhat makes up for that.
3. There appears to be a Crowd Noise volume setting bug, at least on the PS3 version. Despite lowering the crowd noise level to 0, I still hear it.

PROS:

1. Great overall presentation, with compelling and complete LEGO environments, cut scenes, and challenges.
2. Career Mode is tons of fun in that the game continually prompts you to participate in new challenges and setlists, rather than returning you to a selection screen every time. So the element of surprise is always there, as is the opportunity to simply randomly enjoy the core tracks and the DLC/exports you own.
3. The game makes good use of your DLC... for example, I had a surprise 5-song setlist thrown at me and all songs were drawn from my DLC.
4. It's fun to buy bizarre LEGO objects and decorate your band space with them.
5. Extensive stats are available for your band, including 5-starred songs, gold-starred songs, overall playing time, and many others.
6. SAVED SETLISTS. The game has you create 3-song Albums and stores them for future play. These are essentially saved setlists, an oft-requested RB feature ever since RB2 came out. Furthermore, you can edit the Album setlists in your Band Office after you unlock them.
7. SHORT SONGS. OK, this feature apparently applies only to the core game tracks, but if you're concerned that you'll be playing a bunch of songs that only half appeal to your over and over, you can use the Short Songs feature that knocks the track duration down to two minutes or so.
8. Like The Beatles: Rock Band, LRB remembers gameplay settings such as Breakneck Speed, so *you* don't have to remember to turn it on every time a la Rock Band 2.

In summary, the game provides key new features in a fun, surprising environment that allows you to enjoy the new, included songs as well as your exports/DLC in a new way. If the price drops a bit more as seems to regularly happen with LEGO-themed games, that will just make an already great title a real bargain,.

I've been a fan of the Rock Band franchise since it started, and this latest inception is one of my favorites. While keeping a familiar "Rock Band" feel, this one is different enough to keep you playing for hours. There are so many fun parts to the game that Rock Band has missed in the past. One fun thing is the band challenges, where you take turns playing the song while the rest of the group can watch the video action going on behind it. For instance, at one point you have to clear out a haunted house by playing "Ghostbusters" as a team. When it's your turn to play, the rest of the group can watch the band run around in the background being chased by ghosts.

You also get the choice to customize your rock den with cool little additions you win during the gameplay. That's another thing that's fun: you get rewards all the time! New Lego minifigures, weird items, and new instruments are coming at you all the time.

The song list is a lot of fun. It's short, but you have some goodies like "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Kung Fu Fighting", and "We Will Rock You". The gameplay itself seems a lot easier than the usual "Rock Band" fare. I'm a casual player at best. I started playing on medium and was scoring 99 and 100% on every song, where I would usually score low 90's here and there in Rock Band (curse you, Metallica!). Also, the band player customization is a little weak. There aren't that many cool guitars to choose from (you start with 2 choices), though the drum sets are pretty fun. It doesn't have the customization of the usual "Rock Band", but it's still enough to give you an individual feel. As you buy more road crew members, you can choose from their parts as well.

All in all, this is a great buy and a whole lot of fun for everybody. It's a worthy addition to both the Lego franchise (after Lego Batman, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars) and Rock Band. Can't wait to see Lego Rock Band 2!

The Lego-ized presentation of this game isn't to be everyone's cup of tea no matter how well done it is.

BUT...

If you like the song list on here you should know that for an additional $10 you can download all of the tracks from for use on Rock Band 2, just as you could with the songs from Rock Band 1. So if you like the material but prefer the look & play style of RB2 then this is still worth the money.

We've been playing this game for a couple of days now, and it is just loads of fun. I love the Lego tie in. They have a cute story, and you can tell the developers had a blast making this game. Honestly, I can see a Lego Rock Band 2 coming in the future. With a game this fun, there has to be a sequal.

It has a Super Easy mode for youths that want to play, but not fail out as easily. With guitar, for example, you just strum. No need to worry about pressing the right color buttons. Also, it is impossible to get booed off the stage. We tried, but you always come back to "rebuild" your reputation by collecting lego bricks in the same manner as playing the right notes on your instrument. And we really tried to get booed off by all of us playing on Expert. This is nice, because some young children might not like the game if they were booed off for not being able to play.

The list of songs are excellent. There are some songs on here that I've never heard of, but that didn't make them any less fun to play. Although "Ghostbusters" isn't what I would think of as a typical rock band song, my family and I found that playing this tune was totally fun. Just this song alone makes this game worth it!

Once you are done with the game (or even beforehand), you can use the download code and transfer all the songs into Rockband 1 or 2. We bought this for our PS3 instead of the Wii just for this feature and the fact that you can use some downloadable songs in the game. Unfortunately, the Wii version doesn't have any export codes or allow for DLC.

If you're looking for a fun, family game full of music and good times, then this purchase is definitely worth it.

Even though my preferred genre is metal, this game is the most fun I've had with plastic instraments in a long time! I grew up with legos as one of my favorite things top play with, now the characters come alive to a great song setlist (around 45 songs). The story (career) mode is a hoot, where at one time you have a challenge to tear down a house, or spook out some ghosts to the theme of "ghostbusters". The animation is quite amusing, and you unlock a ton of bonus extras going through the career. The notes are tiny legos also, very neat in keeping with the theme. I would recommend this for as a christmas gift before the Rock Band Beatles anyday. Must have for families who like to play music games.

I prefer the Rock Band series over the Guitar Hero one, and was quite excited when the Lego addition was released. However, I thought the launch price was a bit steep and decided to wait. Two weeks ago, I read on a gaming deal website that it was now at $10, and decided to go ahead and buy it. I'm really glad I did! the song list isn't the greatest, but it's cute and fun, although some parents might find a few on the songs a little iffy for their tiny ones. It's easy enough to google lyrics to each track, and decide for yourself.


This is a great game for $10, it does not support the keyboards (as they were not released when Lego RB was in development), but all other parts are included on the game, making it a fun, clean party/family game.

We have a four and five-year-old in the house and after getting Beatles rock band we wanted something like it that was a bit easier for the kids to play. This was it! It has a nice mix of songs for every one and lots of songs for download too. the super easy setting makes a nice intro into rock band games for kids and helps them get the hang of the very basics of the game. All around i would say its a nice game for kids and has all the fun of rock band for adults.

It means that my 6 year old son, who doesn't quite have the dexterity and speed needed yet, can play along with me. Plus there are plenty more songs to import into regular Rock Band at a reasonable price.

I don't pretend to be that good at the Rock Band games I've played so far (Beatles, Lego, Country Track Pack). Mostly I struggle along at "Medium" difficulty, occasionally stepping with mixed results into the "Hard" category on some of the Beatles tracks. Lego Rock Band seems more challenging than the Beatles. Having long associated Lego characters with the toys I've bought for my children (and, now, grandchildren), that came as a surprise, albeit an enjoyable one. The visuals are Lego-fun and obviously the result of a lot of clever, tongue-in-cheek imagination. The music is a bit heavy on the '80s '90s bands for my taste (hey, give me a break...I'm in my 60s), but more than a few of the tracks are up-tempo, fun-to-play numbers that offer, as I noted before, both rhythmic and fingering challenges. After purchasing the Lego Rock Band software for my family, I bought another for a friend who was weighted down by the heavy metal of Rock Band II. I would recommend it others, too. In spite of (or maybe due to) the Lego characters, its not just a game for the kiddies, although they should enjoy it almost as much as grown-ups do.

This game has a smaller amount of songs than full game versions, but the songs that are included are pretty good. I don't know if I'd pay full price for it (we got it cheaper on one of the daily deals before Christmas) because of the reduced soundtrack. But if you see it on sale definitely pick it up. Creating your own Lego characters is a lot of fun as well and the background videos are cute.