Rock Band 2 Special Edition Box - Awesome :)

Originally published at Blind, Not Dumb. You can comment here or there.

My wife was kind enough to indulge my penchant for video games this evening by helping me unpack and set up the Rock Band 2 Special Edition box.

It’s quite a production! Lots of parts and a bit of part a slot b assembly, but the totally picture based instructions were clear and the instruments were very well constructed. Each part that needed to be inserted into another gave a satisfying click when it was seated properly, and everything had a very rugged feel - no chintzy plastic pieces or flimsy parts.

The tutorials are excellent and get the player up to speed with his/her instrument very quickly.

I quickly settled into playing the bass track with the guitar - there were many fewer notes so the songs were much easier to handle.

My wife tried the drum set, and looking at her track as we played the songs I was struck by how much harder her end of things was. She also mentioned a couple of times how sensitive the drums were to being hit exactly on center.

So next time I’ll try the drums and she’ll give the bass guitar a shot
Anyway, I am very very impressed. As a fan of Harmoinix from way back (I own Frequency for the PS2) it’s a lot of fun to watch them evolve the genre.

Looking forward to having some time to practice some more, and maybe try out the microphone!