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"With more sequels to both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchise that we can shake a rusty spoon at, its time to take a long, hard look at these games and see where they are lacking. Both franchises are prone to releasing sequels which don’t introduce enough new features in them, but Guitar Hero in particular seems to churn out new games more often than most. Music games are becoming more and more like the FIFA music game, with a new iteration having to be released every year for seemingly l..."
There's been some talk going around lately about the relationship between Nintendo and third party developers. An example being difficulty with hardcore third party titles. Lee Evans has posted a blog entry going over some facts and figures in an effort to shed some light on the matter and the severity of the situation.
"Reports on the opinions of Rhythm Action games from successful musicians have been fairly frequent since the grand success of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, some of which have been fairly positive, and others not so. Jack White, of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and, more recently, The Dead Weather, has expressed his disinterest in the past, but it appears that may now have changed."
"My initial intention was to check out the "Halo Wedding" (a couple who met playing Halo online and now were getting married publicly at Otronicon) and my other reason was to play on "The Ultimate Rock Band Drum Kit."
Both my dreams came true and much more. I had been to Otronicon in the past, being held at the Science Center and not being as big, it really felt more like an exhibit than a video game convention. This year, it felt a bit bigger and slightly more organized."
"There's little doubt in my mind that almost $150 of my own money has been spent buying new tracks for "Rock Band," whether it's an entire Foo Fighters album or cherry-picked favorite songs from a pack for The Who. But I haven't played almost any of those songs, yet I compulsively sign on and buy more of them because "I need them...eventually.""
Even though Rock Band 2's drums are quieter then the first ones, people living close to you may still have trouble with the noise.
Patrick Klepek is one of those drummers. Since the apartments he is living in are so close to one another, he can't play the recently released music game without one of his neighbors tapping the ceiling.
What would you do if the noise from a game was bothering your neighbor?
"It means, first, that classic acts can make an easy paycheck licensing their back catalogs to rhythm games, although both publishers are becoming less willing to accept anything except master tapes. With both games shipping with an in-game music store that allows players to browse, listen to tracks, and purchase new songs for the games, the ability to make money pushing classic and up-coming bands is virtually limitless.(Right now the holy grail of music licensing seems to be the Beatles, and..."
![Box shot of Rock Band 2 [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvUmh5dGhtXyZfTXVzaWM=/rock_band_2_frontcover_small_Zc4WeGFwjSdvOxY.jpg)