'Rock Band' is the first game for Harmonix since breaking away from the 'Guitar Hero' series and gave the production of those games to Neversoft and Activision. Having a PS3, in which you can play PS2 games and use PS2 controllers and instruments, I thought that buying the PS2 version of the game and controllers would be cheaper and the game would be just as good with all the same features and maybe a little less quality in the graphics, but alas, I was wrong. The PS2 version of the game is as the critic's review said, a stripper down version of the next gen installments of the game. It's lacking the ability to choose your band members, and in a solo tour, it's just a bunch of random band members in random venues that are again, random. When buying the game I received a notice not to return the game to the store if any of the contents in the box were not working/defective and I think I know why. I can not get my instruments to work correctly. I started playing guitar with my 'Guitar Hero' guitar and I felt that the guitar was too easy, which I expected, this being the first game int the series and most first games are easy, in case it's your first music game to play. I have a feeling the drums will be more fun than the guitar alone, and band play will surely be more fun. It's a great game, but lacking some good qualities.
