Are you ready to brick your pants? Check out the trailer after the break.
Seriously, were you expecting it to look any different?
Are you ready to brick your pants? Check out the trailer after the break.
Seriously, were you expecting it to look any different?
Reader Comments (94)
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:01PM (Unverified) said
Omg, why...do we need Legos for Rock Band? This is the most pointless thing ever. We should have a lego DLC pack for LBP instead. At least it makes sense.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:07PM Deezul AwT said
Do we need a new Madden every year? Do we need another COD game every year? It should just be DLC.
Yeah, that's right, I said it. And LRB is rated E - RB and RB2 are T. Lego Rock Band is for a whole different audience. It's not for regular RB fans. I for one am looking forward to it, because I've become a bit bored with the "story" mode of Rock Band. At least LRB has one. And if Band Hero has something similar to Guitar Hero 5's game modes, I'll probably pick it up too.
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Yeah, that's right, I said it. And LRB is rated E - RB and RB2 are T. Lego Rock Band is for a whole different audience. It's not for regular RB fans. I for one am looking forward to it, because I've become a bit bored with the "story" mode of Rock Band. At least LRB has one. And if Band Hero has something similar to Guitar Hero 5's game modes, I'll probably pick it up too.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:04PM (Unverified) said
Throw your overdrive already!
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:04PM einhanderkiller said
He meant what function does it serve.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:09PM Marzz said
Well, the whole "Let's solve problems with the encouraging power of MUSIC!"
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:09PM Goaliegeek said
haha, pretty cute I have to admit. Like the legos for notes
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:17PM DonDon said
I like how they replaced the notes with Lego bricks.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:22PM (Unverified) said
i did what you saw there....
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:30PM oOWallaceOo said
The graphics are blocky, the characters seem hollow, and the level is falling apart. This game looks awesome
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:42PM s ls said
But I thought we built this City on Rock and Roll not destroyed it.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:47PM (Unverified) said
awesome
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:50PM ND said
I'm pretty sure it's the band unity thing. Where each member is either in sync or doing better/worse than the others.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:50PM Sly C said
hey lego jack white! can we get some stripes songs in rock band? k thanks.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 10:10PM (Unverified) said
"Fell in Love With a Girl" not in Lego Rock Band = missed opportunity of the year.
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Posted: Aug 17th 2009 9:57PM PN04 said
Actually it doesnt seem to be, it seems more like they change the icon when all the band members are in sync and then split them up when someone falls too far out of the group.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 10:14PM rahmenxnoodles69 said
Harmonix should be careful, I think they're getting a little too close to the kind of over-saturation that has made the Guitar Hero series just.. borderline dreadful.
And for those of you who are trying to compare Harmonix to Activision, the difference between them announcing spin-offs is that Rock Band has never disappointed before, so of course we'll all try to be optimistic. Over the course of just ONE YEAR, Activision has managed to churn out:
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Guitar Hero Smash HIts
Guitar Hero: On Tour
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades
Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits
Guitar Hero III Backstage Pass
Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile
Guitar Hero 5 Mobile
Guitar Hero Arcade
and not to mention Band Hero and DJ Hero
Meanwhile, in that same frame of time, Harmonix has produced:
Rock Band 2
Rock Band Unplugged
The Beatles: Rock Band
Lego Rock Band
and I'll even count that Rock Band AC/DC Expansion
That's it.
Now which company sounds like it cares about quality and which one seems more concerned with quantity? Yeah..
Besides that, it's HARMONIX. They are amazing at what they do. Activision was never a music-game company until they bought up the rights to Guitar Hero after they realized it's "potential to be exploited every year across every platform" (sadly, those are the exact words of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick after they canned, among other titles, Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, Wet, and The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena in favor of..
...
Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon sequels..
...
oh and don't forget, Ice Age: The Meltdown The Game..
..
yeahhh I'd definitely rather play that garbage...
And for those of you who are trying to compare Harmonix to Activision, the difference between them announcing spin-offs is that Rock Band has never disappointed before, so of course we'll all try to be optimistic. Over the course of just ONE YEAR, Activision has managed to churn out:
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Guitar Hero Smash HIts
Guitar Hero: On Tour
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades
Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits
Guitar Hero III Backstage Pass
Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile
Guitar Hero 5 Mobile
Guitar Hero Arcade
and not to mention Band Hero and DJ Hero
Meanwhile, in that same frame of time, Harmonix has produced:
Rock Band 2
Rock Band Unplugged
The Beatles: Rock Band
Lego Rock Band
and I'll even count that Rock Band AC/DC Expansion
That's it.
Now which company sounds like it cares about quality and which one seems more concerned with quantity? Yeah..
Besides that, it's HARMONIX. They are amazing at what they do. Activision was never a music-game company until they bought up the rights to Guitar Hero after they realized it's "potential to be exploited every year across every platform" (sadly, those are the exact words of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick after they canned, among other titles, Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, Wet, and The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena in favor of..
...
Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon sequels..
...
oh and don't forget, Ice Age: The Meltdown The Game..
..
yeahhh I'd definitely rather play that garbage...
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 10:25PM rahmenxnoodles69 said
PS: No I'm not even going to count that Guitar Hero carabiner thing lol
PPS: Just noticed that I forgot the end parenthesis.. dammit..
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PPS: Just noticed that I forgot the end parenthesis.. dammit..
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 10:20PM No Kill Tayler said
Your including mobile versions?
by the way, fuck lists.
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by the way, fuck lists.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 10:26PM rahmenxnoodles69 said
@No Kill Taylor
Yes I am. Just because they're portable titles doesn't mean they aren't as much of half-assed and sad cash-in's as their console counterparts. But even if you disregard the mobile titles, the difference between how Harmonix and Activision handle their music franchise is pretty damn clear, wouldn't you say?
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Yes I am. Just because they're portable titles doesn't mean they aren't as much of half-assed and sad cash-in's as their console counterparts. But even if you disregard the mobile titles, the difference between how Harmonix and Activision handle their music franchise is pretty damn clear, wouldn't you say?
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 12:38AM (Unverified) said
We can't have a rhythm game article on Joystiq without some pompous, self-righteous RB fan jackass comparing the list of GH games to RB games! Thank goodness you've arrived!
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 10:28AM rahmenxnoodles69 said
@Matthew Perry
You misunderstand me good sir, I was not hating on Activision just for the sake of bashing Guitar Hero, I was simply stating that while I don't particularly enjoy the fact that RB is coming out with these GH-style spin-offs, I know that they will be handled with much more care than the clone army of iterations of the Guitar Hero franchise that Activision has regurgitated on a nearly monthly basis.
Nobody should compare the two companies or franchises because they are vastly different. And fine then forget the damn list, my point was still clear.
I don't go around Joystiq with my RB/GH logistics, I was just making a point.
Pardon my longevity.
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You misunderstand me good sir, I was not hating on Activision just for the sake of bashing Guitar Hero, I was simply stating that while I don't particularly enjoy the fact that RB is coming out with these GH-style spin-offs, I know that they will be handled with much more care than the clone army of iterations of the Guitar Hero franchise that Activision has regurgitated on a nearly monthly basis.
Nobody should compare the two companies or franchises because they are vastly different. And fine then forget the damn list, my point was still clear.
I don't go around Joystiq with my RB/GH logistics, I was just making a point.
Pardon my longevity.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 8:48PM (Unverified) said
Rock Band has Legoes, Guitar Hero has "Band Hero," which doesn't look nearly has interesting. Rock Band has The Beatles; Guitar Hero has Aerosmith, Metallica, and Van Halen (and The Beatles looks to blow all of them away). Rock Band has Unplugged, Guitar Hero has 3 On Tour games. No matter how much they've been "milking" the Rock Band series, Guitar Hero has always been way ahead of it.
(for what it's worth, Harmonix only have a supervisory role in Lego Rock Band and Rock Band Unplugged, the bulk of development being done by Traveller's Tales, and Backbone, respectively)
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(for what it's worth, Harmonix only have a supervisory role in Lego Rock Band and Rock Band Unplugged, the bulk of development being done by Traveller's Tales, and Backbone, respectively)
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 12:26AM rahmenxnoodles69 said
@Chiphead
I agree, but did you think that I was also coming down on the Rock Band series? I wasn't.
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I agree, but did you think that I was also coming down on the Rock Band series? I wasn't.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 11:39PM Landosystem said
Will there be Village people outfit DLC?
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 11:48PM Korwyn said
I can't see the vdo of the game yet, but if it plays like Rock Band and if I can export the songs from Lego Rock Band to regular RB or the other way around, then it's a day 1 buy to me.
Posted: Aug 17th 2009 11:54PM Mayor West said
needs more cowbell
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 12:18AM IRCheesecake82 said
Depending on the songs, I might actually consider getting this. I wasn't terribly interested before, but that looks pretty cool actually.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 12:36AM (Unverified) said
If this was Lego Guitar Hero, the comments section would be a rage-fest instead of love letters. The RB fanboy legions at their best.
Anyway, I won't be buying this or Band Hero unless they're exportable. For the moment though, Band Hero has some awesome song selections. American Pie and Queen and Bowie? Hell yes.
Anyway, I won't be buying this or Band Hero unless they're exportable. For the moment though, Band Hero has some awesome song selections. American Pie and Queen and Bowie? Hell yes.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 1:35AM MrSpaceCowboy said
If this was about Lego Guitar Hero, I would be asking why the tracklist has Coldplay in it.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 10:51AM rahmenxnoodles69 said
See my above comment (which you even replied to)
I'll tell you the difference:
Activision makes sub-par GH spin-offs with minimal effort
Harmonix takes pride in their work and doesn't just cash-in
People are optimistic for good reason: this game will probably be GOOD
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I'll tell you the difference:
Activision makes sub-par GH spin-offs with minimal effort
Harmonix takes pride in their work and doesn't just cash-in
People are optimistic for good reason: this game will probably be GOOD
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:10PM (Unverified) said
"Activision makes sub-par GH spin-offs with minimal effort"
I will agree Aerosmith wasn't very good and Van Halen looks lame, but as of right now, Metallica is the best rhythm game on the market.
"Harmonix takes pride in their work..."
What does this even mean? Why would you make this assumption?
"... and doesn't just cash-in"
How can you say this with a straight face? Just because they're not whoring out their property as much as the competition doesn't mean they aren't whoring it out.
"this game will probably be GOOD"
Nobody said it wasn't going to be. I just said that this place is full of fickle RB fanboys, and to deny that fact would be to deny that Sweden isn't full of Swedes.
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I will agree Aerosmith wasn't very good and Van Halen looks lame, but as of right now, Metallica is the best rhythm game on the market.
"Harmonix takes pride in their work..."
What does this even mean? Why would you make this assumption?
"... and doesn't just cash-in"
How can you say this with a straight face? Just because they're not whoring out their property as much as the competition doesn't mean they aren't whoring it out.
"this game will probably be GOOD"
Nobody said it wasn't going to be. I just said that this place is full of fickle RB fanboys, and to deny that fact would be to deny that Sweden isn't full of Swedes.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 5:27AM (Unverified) said
"MTV.com video cannot be viewed outside the US for copyright reasons"
WTF?? It's a fucking Lego Rock Band video the world won't end.
WTF?? It's a fucking Lego Rock Band video the world won't end.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 5:31AM SitriStahl said
as long as i can play my RB2 tracks, and current DLC in it, with lego characters and notes, i'll get it
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 8:59AM Snake Robot Podium said
Really, mtv.com? You're going to show me ads so that I can look at your ad? Really?
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 9:01AM ScottG13 said
This looks interesting. I'd love for it to be expotable to RB2, but I could see keeping this around for my nieces and nephews. Nice job, Harmonix. Showing some diversity in the rhythm game genre.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 9:23AM Snake Robot Podium said
free with purchase of The Beatles, please.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 9:36AM HTCEVO said
Anyone else notice that there seems to be some issues with the construction workers hats? It really bothered me.. they don't seem to be staying in the same spot on their heads. They shift around with their movements, as if they aren't attached.
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 6:39PM Ratfoot said
So do you blow up the world on The Final Countdown?
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:30PM brokenmonkey said
Anyone else notice the "Nintendo DS" logo at teh end of the video? Have there been any announcements as to a DS Rock Band game at all?
Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:34PM brokenmonkey said
This trailer made me want to dig out my LEGO Creator CD and install it. I just hope it runs on Windows 7.
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