I only went and got Rock Band! I actually got it on Friday, but never played it until Saturday, where I played it at my friend Stephens house, playing at his whilst his girlfriend went to see Girls Aloud. It was an all night affair .

Well, it’s just a bit fun! It really is. For me the song list is a lot stronger all round that Guitar Hero 2 or 3, unfortunately it does miss the killer anthems from them, those being Sweet Child ‘O Mine, Freebird and One, but some of the songs in Rock Band are fantastic anyway coupled with the fact most of them are Master editions, meaning sung and performed by the original artist (as opposed to cover versions which made up the majority of Guitar Hero games).

On top of the selection we also had the US Rock Band store ported over, so we had 110 songs to choose from from day 1 and with me having a few free points from my Grand Theft Auto IV purchase I went straight to the store and purchased an additional song from my favourite band, The Hives, with one of my favourite songs, Die, Alright! Fan-bloomin’-tastic.

I’ve pretty much been playing this none-stop with friends, so I’ve not got far through the solo campaign and I’ve not unlocked as many songs as I’d have liked, it’s been slow going, we’ve just got as far as Enter Sandman by Metallica which is ACE!

One thing this game has done though is allowed me to appreciate just how hard a drummer works, this is far from a professional drum set but it’s still utterly knackering! The drums in question are actually too loud, ridiculously so, so I really am contemplating getting some pads to quieten it. Worryingly Wyrdo, a member from OcUK has had his bass pedal crack, so that’s not good news at all, hopefully the RTM service is good.

Included in the boxset is a Microphone (not my tool of choice as I have absolutely zero singing ability), a Stratocaster Guitar which feels much better than the Guitar Hero 2 guitar, sadly it doesn’t have the clicky strum bar I like from the Xplorer guitar and finally the drumset which has a build quality far beyond my expectations. Currently it lives up to expectations but it’s gonna take a lot of practice because without practicing the guitar from GH2 I currently suck ass and can only fumble through hard and the drums are tricky, but I’ve finally become consistent on medium.

Back to Rock Band… Toodles.