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		<title>360 Review: Beatles Rock Band</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always loved Guitar Hero and Rock Band games in a way, so it&#8217;s no suprise that I picked up the Beatles Rock Band.  I was pretty excited for it despite not exactly loving the Beatles like others do.  But I figured it would be a more fun game for parties and gatherings [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always loved Guitar Hero and Rock Band games in a way, so it&#8217;s no suprise that I picked up the Beatles Rock Band.  I was pretty excited for it despite not exactly loving the Beatles like others do.  But I figured it would be a more fun game for parties and gatherings since everyone would know the songs.  One of the biggest downfalls of the Rock Band and Guitar Hero (band) games for singing was that no one wanted to sing the songs that they didn&#8217;t know the words to, and there are a lot of them.  Instruments are fun to play even if you don&#8217;t know the song, but vocals generally aren&#8217;t for more people.  So what do I think of it now that I have it?</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.mylifeisaweso.me/sean/images/beatles.jpg" /></p>
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<p>The presentation of this game is gorgeous.  All of the stages they play at, including the famous rooftop last concert, are replicated (I would imagine) perfectly in the game.  As I previously said, I&#8217;m not a huge Beatles fan; but this game seems to capture the essence of Beatle Mania perfectly.  It is definitely clear that much more thought was put into the presentation of this game than any of the other Guitar Hero or Roc Band games, even the single bands ones out already such as the Aerosmith and Metallica games.  And when you play the stages where the Beatles are in the studio, they are transported into crazy worlds relating to the song/album covers that just spectacular.</p>
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<p>Well that&#8217;s what I like about the game.  What I don&#8217;t like is that I went through the entire story mode (all of the songs) and now I feel A LOT less like I want to play the game; like a lot more than other music games.  I feel like I beat it in 3 or 4 hours and theres no need to play any more.  And I don&#8217;t know why.  Well part of it has to do with 90% of the achievements being absolutely impossible.  Most of them consist of getting 100% on songs on expert.  When will developers realize that getting 100% on a song in a music game in near impossible?  Plastic instruments don&#8217;t work like they are supposed to, ever, no matter how good the person playing it is.</p>
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<p>I also really don&#8217;t know as many of the songs as I thought I would.  Any Beatles fan will clearly know every single song on here.  But the average person will know probably 60% of them; and the average person will probably know all of the vocals of about 20% of the songs.  In my opinion at least.</p>
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<p>So all in all, I would recommend any Beatles and music game fan (or maybe just Beatles fan?) to go out and buy this game now.  But any mediocre Beatles fan and music game fan should wait until the price drops.  I really wish I did.  I can&#8217;t see myself playing this game long term, but it&#8217;ll surely keep me occupied for a couple weeks.  And it&#8217;s worth $20 just to see the awesome visuals of this game.</p>
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