A. Auerbach:

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We love Rock Band in our house but, by our own admission, we aren’t great musicians. Well okay, one of my kids is, but it’s a drag when there’s only one and you can’t simply ‘play along’ as the game advances because the songs get that much more difficult.

But with this version – you can play along not only without a penalty for choosing ‘easy’, you can even choose a super easy/no fail mode so you simply can’t mess up and still have fun playing. If you don’t do anything you won’t get the stars you need but if you do a minimal amount (i.e. hit ANY drum pad when the note needs to be played or ‘strum’ the guitar/bass at the right time – no need to press a button – or simply speak in time to the microphone) you’ll be fine.

Lots of the same fun things as in Rock Band – make your own people, buy cool outfits & things for them. In addition this version has challenges which you can play and fun lego scenes occur as you ‘rock’ the house (typically you earn these as you successfully play songs in venues). The first one (and on a trailer so I’m not giving much away) is playing loud enough (getting enough stars) to knock down a building. And yes, we have successfully completed these challenges with two out of the three on the no fail mode.

This version is clearly geared for a slightly younger set – both in terms of the no-fail option and in terms of avoiding excessive profanity/explicit content in songs. Makes us no never mind – we’re enjoying it immensely!

edited to add:

The review who said this does not have online support is right. For those familiar with Rockband, this version is like a hybrid track pack. You get new people, scenarios and venues to work your way through, but the songs are the songs which are included and you cannot buy new songs to play (I can’t see that this’d change with this version – going to the online store to buy new tracks is not even shown as an option).

Toni L. Ewton:

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This is the first “band” type game we’ve owned. My son has played Guitar Hero at a friends and wanted that one but I was hesitant because of the play list. Doing a little research at our local video gaming store, I found out both the Rockband and Guitar Hero folks were releasing more family friendly play lists. We took a look at both but when we found Lego Rock Band and also Rock Band Country – the choice was easy. After the first night’s jam session – we’re all hooked. It’s so much fun for the entire family and my husband and I are introducing our 9 year old to some great music. Our son has been a Queen fan for years but now he’s into Bryan Adams, Tom Petty and Bon Jovi. Like all the other Lego games, this one doesn’t disappoint at all. The in-between videos are funny, the whole lego character build gives you tons of combinations and all the venues are “very cool” according to WolfJack – lead guitarist of the band Howl (current on tour in our basement).

I highly recommend this one for kids but all the adults in the house are enjoying it just as much. My husband’s band “Blind Shrimp” just bought a new bus and I may never see him again! Guess I’ll just have to become a groupie.

C. R. Roper:

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When I played LEGO Rock Band it was nice to have all songs unlocked. And nice to have all the game cheats enabled to before you started playing.

the only problems with this game is it lacks more tracks 45 get boring easily and epsecailly if its Wii no DLC or exporting to rock band 2.

Overall this game is fun, cool, and it has humor the LEGO puts into its games.