What do you get when you cross sex, drugs and rock n’ roll with a kids toy box? Well, Lego Rockband of course, what were you thinking….?
Word has come from Toytown that lego Iggy Pop and lego David Bowie are confirmed to be the first guest stars of the Rockband franchise. Along with the announcement of the guest stars, a sneak peak at the setlist has been reveled, giving an insight into how this self proclaimed ‘family friendly’ title is going to sound.
- “A-Punk” – Vampire Weekend
- “Accidentally In Love” – Counting Crows
- “Aliens Exist” – Blink 182
- “Breakout” – Foo Fighters
- “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
- “Dig” – Incubus
- “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” – Police ?The Police
- “Free Fallin’” – Tom Petty
- “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.
- “Girls and Boys” – Good Charlotte
- “I Want You Back” – Jackson 5
- “In Too Deep” – Sum 41
- “Kung Fu Fighting” – Carl Douglas
- “Let’s Dance” – David Bowie
- “Monster” – The Automatic
- “The Passenger” – Iggy Pop
- “Ride a White Swan” – T. Rex
- “Ruby” – Kaiser Chiefs
- “So What” – Pink
- “Song 2″ – Blur
- “The Final Countdown” – Europe
- “Tick Tick Boom” – Hives ?The Hives
- “We Are The Champions” – Queen
- “We Will Rock You” – Queen
- “You Give Love a Bad Name” – Bon Jovi
At a glance this taster setlist looks promising, with a good helping of tacky classics and the possibility of some more lively gameplay. However I cannot fail to notice a big gap where the usual chunk of metal and grunge would be, which If remains throughout the title (which I have a bad feeling it will) will be a great shame. The game supports all of the usual Rock band instruments (Plus the Gh versions if your like me) and has a rather cute ‘Build and play’ philosophy which runs throughout.
Other features promised by the game include the possibility to customize your not only your band and instruments, but your studio, roadies and even your manager. In addition to this the lego theme continues with inclusion of lego themed challenges which run alongside the traditional Rockband gameplay. These challenges allow you to use the power of rock to battle enemies, summon storms and create earthquakes all with the power of plastic. Completing songs will also allow you to collect lego bricks, with which you will be able to build newer and more exciting rock-mobiles to transport your band to better gigs, some of which are truly out of this world. Apart from this. gameplay and format is to be similar to Rockband 2 making the main differences in this game the customization possibilities and family safe direction.
All in all this looks to be a charming and imaginative title. Though I do not agree with the mainstream direction music based gaming is taking, I have to credit this game as it promises to be truly imaginative in its themes and customization. It would have been only too easy to limit the lego theme to the rockers appearance, but this new information leads me to think that this game may still have some surprises up its sleeve. I will be sure to keep you posted when I find out!
Lego Rockband is due to be released in November 2009. Watch this space.
GuitarGirl24
