Hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day Weekend. Although for some lucky souls, their work involves testing out the Beatles Rock Band Edition, due this Wednesday, 9/9/09.CNET's crew of Dan Ackerman, Jeff Bakalar, and Scott Stein give you a full report:
"Music aside, this is essentially the same Rock Band game you've been playing for two years, but with nicely done overhauls of the menus, graphics, and interface, including some very cool animated Beatles segments. The biggest change to the actual gameplay is the inclusion of three-part vocal harmonies (you'll need three USB mics). We found out the hard way that these songs are actually pretty tough to sing, and nailing the harmonies is even tougher...
While there's a welcome free-play mode where all 45 included songs are immediately available to play, that's fewer songs than some previous Rock Band or Guitar Hero games include, and the track selection is sure to be missing at least a few of your favorites. There's clearly a big push to sell individual songs and whole albums as downloads (at $1.99 per track), starting with "Abbey Road" in October...
Three-part harmony allows up to three Beatles karaoke-ers to jump in and sing along, and the effect is simple and fun, focusing more on hopping in on a comfortable note than nailing parts perfectly."
Three-part harmony allows up to three Beatles karaoke-ers to jump in and sing along, and the effect is simple and fun, focusing more on hopping in on a comfortable note than nailing parts perfectly."
I'm curious of how fast the game will fly off shelves this week. Also competing for your Beatle dollars us a new boxed set with remastered set. One can only imagine that digital downloads can hopefully not be too far away...
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