Rock Band 2 is the best sequel to a music game so far. With a set list of over 84 songs and hundreds of songs available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, this game is a must buy for fans of this genre. There are many new features in Rock Band 2 that it’s predecessor did not have.

One of the many new features in this game is the new reinvented World Tour mode. It has changed from an only multi-player mode to now a single player mode as well. Another exciting new feature is the Battle of the Bands mode which allows you to compete in different challenges to be put onto the leaderboards. New challenges are added almost everyday so you never run out of things to do. Other than the Battle of the Bands mode, there is another challenge mode that you can access from the Tour menu. These challenges are basically for people that beat the game and want to play something other than quickplay or want to rack up some more achievement points. Also,

depending on what songs you’ve downloaded from the marketplace, there are new challenges that might pop up once and awhile. Aside from all of the new challenge type modes, there is a new drum trainer mode in the tutorials menu. The drum trainer provides players with many drum beats or fill-ins to practice with. This includes a beats per minute (BPM) counter on the side that you can raise or lower depending on how fast you want the speed of the notes to go. There is also a freestyle mode in the drum trainer that makes it seem like you are really playing the drums. Players can also make drums beats while listening to a song by plugging in an mp3 player or connecting to their computers.

Well, as you can tell, there are many new features that make this game equal or even better than the first one. I hope this review makes you want to run out and grab this one for the holidays.ly mixed and serve.

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