I was going to review LEGO Rock Band but if you don’t know what a Rock Band game is like by now then I can’t help you — and I know we all hate lists, but this is a strong one on reasons why you should buy LEGO Rock Band.

10.) You Are Supporting the “Not Having Seven ‘Hero’ Games a Year” Movement.
While Harmonix does indeed offer DLC every week, they do not over-saturate the rhythm market to the point of it being in your face every other month.

9.) Easy Achievements.
Its those great kind of achievements that you get just by playing the game. No searching every level for a hidden skull or any crap like that, just play your best and you’ll end up with more than half of the 1,000 gamerscore points.

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8.) It’s For Everybody
Seriously, this game is for every single person, drunk players or families have lots of options:

‘Super Easy’ mode where players only have to strum the notes at the right time (you can hold down ANY fret button) There is an option available to automate the kick pedal for the drums for kids with short legs or those with leg disabilities. There’s a toggle for the short “radio edit” version of a track design for young children with short attention spans.

7.) Challenges
Yeah you go on tour, but while on tour there are many crazy challenges that await you. These challenges are a huge part of the game and make it a little different than playing regular Rock Band, in a fun way. An example: a song plays while you fight of a giant damn octopus! It’s cool, you still get money and fans.

6.) You Can Build Your Own LEGO Rock Band Bus
Similar to the figurines offered with Rock Band 2, you can make yourself a cool little pieces of memorabilia representing the game.

Side note: Worth mentioning because it’s cool, the LEGO Guitar

5.) Comparing Tracklists to the Nearest Competitor is Crazy
The best tracks from Band Hero (Devo – Whip It, Jackson 5- ABC, Joan Jett – Bad Reputation, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Impression That I Get, Spice Girls – Wannabe) are a fart in the wind to LEGO Rock Band’s tracks: Bryan Adams, Elton John, Queen (twice), Ray Parker Jr. with the Ghostbusters Theme, and even Carl Douglas (you may know him as the ‘Kung Fu Fightin’‘ guy). There are too many to list. Tracks alone should lure you into getting this game.

4.) Jimi Hendrix
Sure, Guitar Hero players have enjoyed the Guitar God for a while now, but I know there are people like me who held out until he made it into a Rock Band game (yeah yeah, cry fanboy).

3.) Zack the LEGO Maniac is NOT Included
Yes, this is a plus that he isn’t in the game. It would have been amusing at first, but really, it would have gotten old quickly.

2.) Exportation of Tracks
The tracklist is great, but LEGO Rock Band censors some of the tracks that you may have as DLC, limiting you to tracks they deem family friendly. To get around this, LEGO Rock Band fully supports exporting the tracks for a mere $10. Ten bucks is nothing when you compare it to…

1.) $20 for LEGO Rock Band on Black Friday
Not at some huge retail monster like Wal-Mart, where you know you won’t really get a deal. Instead Old Navy is having a deal where if you spend $20 in-store, you get a free copy of LEGO Rock Band. Sell the clothes, give ‘em to charity, wear ‘em or whatever, you know this is a deal that you can’t pass up. Just be sure to be at Old Navy by 3am since this deal won’t last long.

[Reminder: You can buy Rock Band 2 Special Edition (game, mic, drums, guitar) for only $99 until the end of the year!]

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