The Beatles: Rock Band looks amazing

[Gilly]

It's a great game, I just wish there would have been DLC on day 1 other than All You Need Is Love. I was really looking forward to playing a whole album. The story mode is kind of weak but it's still a lot of fun playing all of the songs. The real fun is going to come when those downloadable songs start rolling out... I don't understand why they need to wait a month to release them.

[wwwes]

If I had to guess as to why DLC is delayed and sporadit, I'd say it is probably because unlike the normal stuff, they actually have to render new animations for each song. The delay part of that is lame, but it will hopefully be great once it comes out.

[Gilly]

It definitely will be. Can't wait to play Rubber Soul and Help! in full. I'm assuming they keep the Abbey Road side 2 in tact without splitting it up. I know the greed will be tempting, but they can't break it up, can they?

[wwwes]

Well, they are in a sense. I know that Sun King and Mean Mr. Mustard are one track and Polythene Pam/Bathroom Window are one track. Not sure about Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight, but it might make sense.

However, if you buy Abbey Road as an album and not just individual tracks, you get to play the medley complete which I'm guessing will be its own track. If you have a Wii, it remains to be seen how this will work, since Wii users currently can only buy individual tracks in the Rock Band music store.

[snogrog]

I got this the other day. Played through all of story with a full band from 11 PM to about 3 AM. I gotta say, going from that to Rock Band 2, I just enjoy The Beatles Rock Band more since it is so much more than just rock band with the dreamscapes and not being a random avatar. I know that kind of doesn't sound like it should make a difference but watching The band go from Abbey Road Studios to a dreamscape as Sgt. Pepper's singing and then the words to the harmonies forming in clouds...it's just a sight to behold.

And I truly cannot wait for more DLC and full album playthroughs. What a solid, solid game.

[Matt C]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k_RvidNBqs[/youtube]

I'm thinking of buying it after seeing this, the little extension at the end (which isn't on the album) is really, really cool.

[wwwes]

Abbey Road coming on Tuesday!!

Here's an unfinished cut of Oh Darling from a couple months ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLxl0bk-ARs

[snogrog]

UGH. My 360 just RROD'd. Thankfully under warranty. Just hoping it's a speedy recovery. I gots to play me some Abbey Road! And L4D! And...oh a bunch of games.