Rock Band Track Pack: Vol. 1 Reviews

• Breakdown!

  
  By A3W4D8XOGLWUN5 on 2008-07-15
  When it came down to video games for the Nintendo Wii, there have absolutely been a lot of great games that have delivered on promise and gameplay like Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports and many others. Nevertheless, there have been some that should've delivered, but missed out on a lot of opportunity. That has shown recently with the release for Rock Band for the Nintendo Wii. The gameplay missed out on a lot of action to compete with the driven success it has shown for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, especially with the ability to download new songs and strum your heart away to many great hits. Instead, Wii owners felt a bit saddened when they found out that there were going to be seperately made track pack expansion discs that will be available for Wii gamers to play to, that would add to the gameplay. Here is what the first one sounds like.
  
  Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 1 for the Nintendo Wii is the first expansion add-on for those who've wanted a bit more for Rock Band. The game features 20 songs that are new for Wii owners to jam to, but the list mainly feels like it is short of being a decent way to rock out loud. While there are some songs that work well to the gameplay like guilty pleasures, Weezer and their classic hit Buddy Holly and the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots with Interstate Love Song, most of the other tracks don't really seem to shine with the gameplay. While the graphics look great as an addition to Rock Band, it just doesn't shine within the story mode, or enough with the action of the game. The songlist also could've brought in some more of the mainstream hits from the big acts. While it is great to hear Lynard Skynard, I was hoping to jam to Freebird rather than Gimme Three Steps as a example.
  
  All in all, Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 1 is a bit of a dissapointment for Wii owners who've still awaited for more to jam to, that have left them with a destroyed amplifier and brokenhearted dreams of being in a great rock band. I really was hoping that even with all the problems that plagued the game for the Wii, this could've brought those who wanted to Rock Out Loud driven to buy the game for the Wii, but instead it just misses the action and heads for a heartbreak. If Rock band 2 comes to the Wii, it had better be an improvement than this.
  
  Graphics: B
  
  Sound: C
  
  Music list: D
  
  Control: C
  
  Fun & Enjoyment: C- for solo player; C 1/2- for multiplayer
  
  Overall: D+
  
  

• great fun!

  
  By A370O39F15GK89 on 2008-07-24
  not sure i understand the beef with the two naysayers before me, but this is a great addition for a good price for 20 more songs. about 10 of them, i love and i'm learning the other ones.
  
  it's a great deal of fun and it's a "standalone" version of the product. you only need the "instruments" to play this, not the original game.
  
  i really love some of the songs on here, including Weezer's Buddy Holly, Smashing Pumpkins Siva, and the old classic More Than a Feeling by Boston. :) Gotta love that big hair and HUGE sound.
  
  i'm having so much fun with this new set of songs that i'm tackling "Hard" mode. the more difficult you go, the closer it gets to the actual part (for drums at least, not a big "video game guitar" fan because it's not really like playing a guitar. :) the drums and vocals, however are great fun in rock band....
  
  fully recommend. just decide if you like the songs and it's a worthy addition to the rock band collection.
  
  and, hopefully, the next version of rock band will allow online downloads. hope so. however, if they keep releasing track packs, i'm all over that!!! :D
  
  

• Track Selection

  
  By A1SNJE1EF77RI5 on 2008-07-17
  Rock Band is a great game; that's undeniable. By far the family's favourite game. However, with no online content (downloadable songs) for the Wii, the songs they release are just questionable. This game is so far reaching in the age spectrum and yet the songs seem geared for the typical video game age bracket of 16-24. Why?! I understand that you can't please everyone, but a majority of the songs seem like lesser known b-side songs and some are just downright too hard to even listen too. NIN for instance. I also could've sworn that the list they provided in the original Wii Rock Band game of the tracks that would be on Track Pack Vol 1 included songs that, as it turns out, aren't on there afterfall. Jimmy Buffet comes to mind.
  
  

• Do not buy this!

  
  By A2VDKJ0JJ12O1R on 2008-07-30
  The Rock Band for Wii SUCKS seriously compared to the Xbox version. On the XBox you can just download songs you want. On the Wii, you are stuck buying the "expansion disks"...this is really nothing more than another copy of Rock Band with WAY less songs. Considering that I already purchased the game and had to pay $[...] for a disk to get 2 songs I actually like...it it not a good deal.
  
  I suspect my husband and I will end up spending more in Track Pack's in the end than if we would just buy the xbox version.
  
  I had a blast on the xbox version and there's a ton of stuff you can download for it on the rockband website...but this is just sad.
  
  DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
  
  

• EXCELENT PRODUCT!

  
  By A2HSRDJ3FXR4C8 on 2008-08-13
  This is a great game with much more familiar songs than the game included with rock band. love it and would highly suggest it to anyone looking to have great family fun!!
  
  

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