Rock Revolution - Xbox 360 (Game)

I'm giving this a better review than you've probably previously read, however this is based on playing this game with a controller on easy. I'm not hardcore into music games, but this one came with a pretty decent list of songs, classic mixed with more current stuff is what sold it to me. I know they're covers, but most of them aren't bad. The character models can get boring but then again, I never look at them on any music game, I look at the fret board! As you should lol. Overall, I played through this game, I did take some breaks, i think the career does get a bit stale after a while, if you're trying to get all platnum like I did anyways. But overall I've played it online and played the career, it's fair. It's not a bad game like people say it is. It's worth picking up for 4 to 5 bucks new on amazon and playing around for fun and gamerscore. it won't hurt you. Also one bad thing I didn't care much for is button layout and the directional pad strumming, but I got used to it.

At first I thought this game would suck, but nope , it's actually fun to play , the only problem i had was the fret lane ( because it goes straight from up to down and not like gh/rb lane) . The music selection is good but all songs are covers ( but if u imagine its a fictional band playing covers of song then its okay) . The game modes are okay in general , the audio is good and has good graphics.

The game Rock Revolution is a rhythm game created by Konami, who originally created the Guitar Freaks and Drum Mania arcade games. It works in a similar yet different way than GH or RB. I only took a star off because it came 2 days later than I was told. Definitely a good cheap alternative to either rhythm game series.

Absolutely the greatest rhythm game of all time. Possibly ever the greatest video game period. If you're looking for a great time look no further. And all of the covers of songs featured in the game are far superior to the original. I played this game so much that I lost my job and my home, but I don't ever care because I still have Rock Revolution.

There is quite a bit to say about this game, but for those who seek a quick answer, this is not the right game to pick up if you are looking for a long-lasting, satisfying rhythm gaming experience. I would immediately recommend the Rock Band series for that.Let me begin with the good aspects and what this game offers. You get a hair above 40 songs for the total setlist, and every one of them is a cover, except for, I believe, two tracks which are master tracks. One of the most discouraging aspects was the lack of quality of these covers; luckily, I did not find most of them to be irritating, although I would agree some of them did have some poor vocal work, but not detrimental enough to discourage me from playing a song I would want to play. There is no vocal instrument to play with, just guitar, bass, and drums. There is a sound studio where you can use tools to build your own songs, a quickplay mode to just pick a song and jam, or the career where you have to clear groups of songs and challenges to advance, until you have cleared the entire career. About the best thing this game has to offer is those unique challenges that give this game an arcade-like feel to it. You have playing back a riff without a mistake, memorizing a riff and playing it back with minimal mistakes, the poison note challenge, and one or two others. There are few of them, about two of each throughout the career, but they were mildly interesting to do nonetheless.Fortunately this game is extremely inexpensive due to its incredibly negative reviews abroad, so for the rhythm game collector and/or fanatic, it's worth picking up to see what it has. Despite having nearly 100% cover tracks, the songs that were chosen are overall entertaining and fun. Most covers are reasonable covers with some disappointing tracks here and there.As for the bad, I'll try to sum this up quickly as there is not much with which to elaborate. There is no lefty-flip function for the drums, only for guitar. The bass charts have no hammer-on/pull-off notes. I only played two or three songs on bass but I will assume every song has only strum notes. (The Rush song, Spirit of Radio, had quick sweeps which would be intuitive to chart as non-strum notes yet they were not.) There are two small DLC releases and Konami has dropped support entirely for this game; there is no more DLC available. Due to the lack of quality and popularity, it is virtually impossible to play a random player online, unless you invite a friend who wants to play.Anyone who wants to dive into Konami's wonderful past of rhythm games, look into the Bemani series games that are all in Japan. Beatmania, Drumfreaks, Guitarfreaks, and all related releases as each has plenty to look into. Sadly the only way to truly experience them is to resort to importing the games/peripherals which will not be further discussed in this review. I suppose they did not think such games would be successful in America and now that Harmonix and Activision have their long-running series in competition, Konami probably does not have an opportunity anymore to bring their games here.In the end it is a shame Konami did not bring their existing series to the states; all we got was DDR. Rock Revolution, while having some amusing potential, feels like a poorly made game and was quickly abandoned. The other shortcomings I had come to discover about it only further hurt any chance it had at gaining any good reputation back. As previously stated, as an enthusiast and/or collector, be glad this game sells for incredibly low prices these days, as it truly is not worth much in terms of quality. Rock Revolution is completely inferior to both Rock Band and Guitar Hero series games and is, for the most part, wholly unacceptable to be considered a competitor to those two.I would give this the benefit of the doubt and say a level 5/10 simply because the song selection was decent and because its present-day price matches its intrinsic value.

When I read who some of the contributing artists were for this game and how much it was, I figured I would purchase it, I didn't have much to lose. You have great artists such as Breaking Benjamin and Korn that contributed songs to it. The three problems I had with it (I sold it to the second hand video game store after a couple weeks) were the songs did not sound anything like the original artists version. Second, the gameplay was way too easy and had very little challenge. And finally, the game itself was actually a bit boring. There were very few awards to get. As far as I could tell, the only point of the game to play a career mode to unlock more songs and just play them at your own convenience. I didn't play for a a while and then gave up on the game and sold it to a second hand video game store. So I would not recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a good challenge and challenging song to play along to. But it is a good game for a beginner who really has no idea what they are doing yet.

Lame game, but it was one more gift for my son to open on Christmas.

kinda lame