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Playstation 3 Rock Band Special Edition! | 
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| From: MTV Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $10.00 (10%)
New (22) Used (6) from $79.99
Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 1415
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: musical_instrument_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Special
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: XXX
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
Dimensions (in): 15.3 x 11.5 x 25.5
Downloadable Content
MPN: 15914
Model: 15783161
UPC: 014633159141
EAN: 0014633159141
ASIN: B000TSX3TS
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Experience 4 music games in 1--master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals | | • | Music spans all genres of rock and includes many master recordings from legendary artists | | • | Form your own band, create and customize your own rocker, and travel on a fast rise to fame around the world | | • | Choose single-player Career mode leading a band or multiplayer as part of the band or against each other--in person or online | | • | Supports downloadable content for never-ending challenges |
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Product Description
Time to release your inner rock star! Dive into Rock Band's challenging and addicting game modes and rock out to your favorite tunes. Put together a band, play in it, and tour for fame and fortune- all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Major record labels and leading music publishers have signed on to provide unrivaled access to master recordings and legendary rock artists - from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock - including many master recordings from legendary artists, including acts like Metallica, Bon Jovi, Stone Temple Pilots and the Ramones! Learn to play songs spanning all genres of rock and with access to new downloadable content, it's a new concert experience every time! Play together in your living room or across the world - Rock Band offers deep online functionality, allowing players to rock together whether they're in Rhode Island or Reykjavik. This Special Edition box includes game, guitar, microphone and drum set -- everything you need to get in the game and rock out! Call out the crowd! Vocalists can bring the crowd to their feet during Rock Band's freestyle vocal fill windows. Ad-lib your own words or shout to the crowd to raise the rock intensity of the performance. Band mates can fail out of a song for poor performance, but the band still plays on. Rescue your failing mate by busting out signature moves and blistering solos to wow the crowd with showmanship. Boost your bonus! Earn bonus points for your band during Rock Band's Unison Phrase opportunities if everyone plays perfectly. ESRB Rated T for Teen.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 97 more reviews...
 Rockband June 6, 2009
Mark Lewis (Atlanta, GA)
Great overall game. Everything worked well - and the limited construction went very smoothly. The components appear to be of higher quality than the equivalent Guitar Hero components.
I had two problems which I managed to figure out fairly rapidly without having bothered to read any instructions.
1) It took me a while to figure out you used the standard controller to control the Microphone.
2) When the guitar enters sleep mode you have to hit the resent button on the USB hub connected to the PS3. (no your batteries are not dead after 1.5 hours of gameplay)
The selection of songs is quite good, mixing a number of older songs with newer. There is a fairly even balance between the headbanging mosh and more melody intensive song types.
The selection of songs available online is pretty good - but it sucks that you have to buy them.
Completing one difficulty mode prepares you adquately for the next. Training mode is available where you can slow the song down and get the rythm right before speeding it back up to real time. That is useful if you are having difficulty - its a pain that when you finish practicing in this mode that you are sent back to the original opening menu instead of going back to the song you were initially working on.
Only real complaint that I have with the game so far is when you are playing in muliplayer mode and you assign someone to be the band leader, you have to play that intrument type in every song the band plays. We started out playing the drums and guitar - making the drums the leader. Then we figured out the microphone. But if we wanted to play the microphone and the guitar we would have to start a new band rather than just playing without the drums. Only shortfall I have found so far with game having had it for about a month so far.
Fun game - recommend it.
 good times February 9, 2009
Ryno
its a great time for all ages. my only problem is the microphone won't work or i can't figure out how to make it work.
 Great Game, Needs More Songs January 28, 2009
V. Yang
I love the game and had played it several times with friends and finally caved and bought the system for myself. Now my friends come over and we have "weekly band sessions". The only problem is we don't recognize most of the songs. However I did buy Rock Band 2 afterwards and it has more songs we recognize.
Love playing game, Hate the instruments!! January 16, 2009
S. Martinez (All Over, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this game. I am a PS3 RockBand2 drummer because to tell you the truth I picked them up after the guitar and did way better than with the latter. FYI, I've never played GH so I can't compare them. I love the graphics, the avators, the songs, the difficulty variations, and the sound quality.
Now let me get to the bad part... the quality of the instruments is pathetic. You would think that for a game that costs this much, they would have put more time and effort and found better materials. THREE DAYS after my husband bought me the game, my drums stop working...COMPLETELY... I went outside to take a break, left them on, came back 5-10 minutes later and they wouldn't turn on anymore. We replace the batteries, all of them, shook it, banged it, smacked it, and nothing happened! We called EA and they sent us a new one (w/free shipping both ways, not much hassle) because of the warranty, but about 5 to 6 uses into the new drums, I started missing to many RED and some yellow notes. Later I noticed that it wasn't all my fault faulty. I had to hit the pad dead in the center not the side or it wouldn't register the note. Thankfully, after messing with it a little I was able to re-align something and they are good now.
I have nothing to complain about the guitars, because like I said before, I hardly ever play them. My husband plays it and from what I can tell he hasn't had any problems with the one that came with the bundle or the extra one that he bought.
The mic is also in good condition. Nobody likes singing past the MEDIUM/HARD levels because it will give you a sore throat from straining your natural voice to sound like the game. I think that it's virtually impossible to match your voice to most of the male songs when your a female anyways.
Overall, I love the game.. but it gets 3 stars for inconvinience at such an early stage in our relationship.
P.S. The song's are a little overpriced... they are more expensive than Itunes!!! That's ridiculous!!
Peacekeeper With A Beat December 27, 2008
Jo Anne (Elma, NY)
I really had my doubts about this game but the kids were thrilled to receive Rock Band and for hours there was no fighting, no whining just intense concentration, amazing displays of dexterity, total singing inhibition, laughter and all to a beat I could live with.
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