Game Info
Game Name: Lego Rock Band
Developer(s): Harmonix/TT Games
Publisher(s): MTV Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s): PS3/XBox 360/Wii
Genre(s): Music
Release Date(s): November 3, 2009
ESRB Rating: E10+
All the fun of Rock Band plus all the fun of Legos…minus the building stuff…so…All the fun of Rock Band!
You’ve built Star Wars, you’ve built Indiana Jones, you’ve built Batman…now it is time to build your band. The Lego World has an itch for rock and you’ve got the pieces to scratch it…Now build a better band! Is someone watching your band’s every move?
Lego Rock Band really seems to push it. The already flooded game market by the music games questions if another game is warranted and the already flooded market of Lego games also throws that into question…so to combine Lego and Rock Band seems like the no-brainer, but unnecessary.
It isn’t necessary. The fact that they made this game with Legos means nothing. There is some ok animation but it isn’t like it is necessary for it to be Lego constructions. The music is much more family and kid friendly and a lot of downloadable songs won’t transfer to the game. Another frustrating problem with Lego Rock Band is to keep it “kid friendly” they took off the online play.
The complete song setlist for Lego Rock Band:
A-Punk—Vampire Weekend
Accidentally In Love—Counting Crows
Aliens Exist—Blink-182
Breakout—Foo Fighters
Check Yes Juliet—We the King
Crash—The Primitives
Crocodile Rock—Elton John
Dig—Incubus
Dreaming of You—The Coral
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic—The Police
The Final Countdown—Europe
Fire—The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Free Fallin’—Tom Petty
Ghostbusters—Ray Parker Jr.
Girls & Boys—Good Charlotte
Grace—Supergrass
I Want You Back—Jackson 5
In Too Deep—Sum 41
Kung Fu Fighting—Carl Douglas
Let’s Dance—David Bowie
Life Is a Highway—Rascal Flatts
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)—Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Monster—The Automatic
Naïve—The Kooks
The Passenger—Iggy Pop
Real Wild Child—Everlife
Ride a White Swan—T. Rex
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)—Lostprophets
Ruby—Kaiser Chiefs
Short and Sweet—Spinal Tap
So What—Pink
Song 2—Blur
Stumble and Fall—Razorlight
Suddenly I See—KT Tunstall
Summer of ’69—Bryan Adams
Swing, Swing—The All-American Rejects
Thunder—Boys Like Girls
Tick Tick Boom—The Hives
Two Princes—Spin Doctors
Valerie—The Zutons
Walking on Sunshine—Katrina & the Waves
We Are the Champions—Queen
We Will Rock You—Queen
Word Up!—Korn
You Give Love a Bad Name—Bon Jovi
The song list is relatively short, with a number of good songs, but for the most part it is a bit weak. It is a good family friendly game and could work as an introduction to music games for kids with a lot of different levels of difficulty. The graphics for the game are so-so (it looks like it could have been a last generation game). The game is for big fans only and shouldn’t be purchased for much if you decide to buy (but it is kind of fun to see Lego versions of Queen).
Related Links:
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
