Wednesday, June 10, 2009

LEGO Rock Band Coming This Holiday


Do you really want to get the Guitar Hero or Rock Band games for your younger children but are afraid that the music contained within them might be a little too risque? Fret not. LEGO Rock Band aims to put a family friendly spin on the popular Rock Band music franchise.

Allowing the player to take up smaller, less complicated replicas of music instruments and play along to music as the notes scroll down the screen, playing Rock Band is easily one of the most enjoyable experiences to be had by anyone with a video game console. And this iteration looks like it won't be that much different than the last two games that came before it.

Everything about the game is LEGO. The characters and the clothes they wear, the instruments and even the venues that your avatar performs in are all right out of the LEGO universe. Players familiar to the franchise will be amused to notice that the shapes of the colored notes the scroll down the "track highway" have even taken on the shape of the single LEGO studs. As you play through a song, the environment your character is in will react to different notes and verses of the song and transform from beginning to end. If you hit the right notes correctly you can even earn extra clothes and gear to outfit your rocker with.

There's no word yet on whether or not the game will be released as a bundle with it's own instruments or even what songs the game will include. One thing is for sure, anyone who was interested in Rock Band before but was turned off by it's somewhat complicated nature should definitely keep an eye on LEGO Rock Band.

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