Product Description

Rock out in the shoes of the biggest guitarists, bassists, drummers and singers of all time - as a solo superstar or as part of a hard rocking band. Rock Band is the ultimate platform for experiencing music. Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the music featured in Rock Band spans all genres of rock and includes many master recordings from legendary artists. Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band Special Edition and Rock Band 2 Special Edition or Rock Band (1 or 2) peripherals to keep the party going with more hit songs from the pantheon of rock music.

The Cars - ?Just What I Needed Devo - ?Girl U Want Disturbed - ?Indestructible Duran Duran - ?Rio Fall Out Boy - ?This Ain't a Scene? Garbage - ?Why Do You Love Me Judas Priest - ?You Got Another Thing Comin' Lynyrd Skynyrd - ?Simple Man Maximo Park - ?Girls Who Play Guitars Motley Crue - ?Saints of Los Angeles Nine Inch Nails - ?The Perfect Drug Papa Roach - ?Time is Running Out Pixies - ?Monkey Gone to Heaven The Police - ?Message in a Bottle Red Hot Chili Peppers - ?Snow (Hey Oh) Smashing Pumpkins - ?Zero Weezer - ?El Scorcho

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #658 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 19066
• Released on: 2008-11-17
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Keep it Going - A fully functional game with all the great features of Rock Band, including - Solo and Band Tour Mode, Quickplay, Tug of War, Score Dual, and song unlock progression
• The Best Around - 20 of the most popular tracks in Rock Band history distilled to perfection onto one disc, all utilizing the original master recordings
• Angels & Airwaves - ?It Hurts
• Avenged Sevenfold - ?Afterlife
• Blondie - ?Call Me

Customer Reviews

rockband trackpack 2
This is the second track pack with 20 new songs but the songs are rougher in content and more for the adult audience as for the language. You get some real good songs but mixed in is a few not so good songs for the younger ones. I know it is for teens and up but some of the words in some of these songs arent fit for adults. I guess that once you unlock all the songs by playing them once you dont have to play the ones you dont like. For the most part it is a good disc if you just skip over those few songs. This is just my opinion and as you know everyone has one so the songs I dislike you might enjoy.

Slightly Disappointing
First, I should say that if you liked the first Rock Band and you liked Track pack volume one (for the Wii), you will most likely enjoy this too. The game play is EXACTLY the same.

For some reason with this particular installment of Rock Band, the game doesn't fit the TV screen of our console-style TV(not HDTV). It's too big...

Why does that matter?
It's a lot harder to tell when you are missing the notes. The very bottom row of buttons (that glow red when you miss the note) are hidden in the depths of your TV screen. It tends to fit the screen a bit better when you are playing solo. We tried calibrating our system to see if that would help with the screen problem, but it didn't help...

Which leads me to my second complaint, the calibration is a pain in the butt. It is much different than RB and the first track pack (where you just selcet the type of TV you have and you are done). This track pack is much more "deluxe" in the calibration. You choose the drums or guitar to beat or strum during your calibration, but it's unclear if you are supposed to do it at the EXACT same time as you hear the beat or if you are supposed to do it right after. Then, after you have re-calibrated, there is no way to go back to the defalt settings through the Rock Band Menu. You have to go all the way out of the game, and go into your Wii menu and delete everything saved under that title. (meaning you loose ALL of your bands, scores, unlocked songs, etc)

My third complaint is that the songs aren't as clean. It seems like there are more songs that swear and have questionable subject matter than in the first RB and the first track pack.

Bottom line: I'm glad we have 20 new songs to play, but I'm disapointed in the way the game fits the screen and the calibration. I'm not as happy with the songs either.

Songs included in this track pack: Avenged Sevenfold: Afterlife, Blondie: Call me, Weezer: El Scorcho, Devo: Girl U Want, Maximo Park: Girls Who Play Guitars, Disturbed: Indestructable, Angels and Airwaves: It Hurts, The Cars: Just What I Needed, The Police: Message in a Bottle, Pixies: Monkey Gone to Heaven, Duran Duran: Rio, Motley Crue: Saints of Los Angeles, Lynyrd Skynrd: Simple man, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Snow (Hey Oh), Nine Inch Nails: The Perfect Drug, Fall Out Boy: This Ain't a Scene, Papa Roach: Time is running out, Garbage: Why Do You Love Me, Judas Priest: You've Got Another Thing Comin', Smashing Pumpkins: Zero