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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2017
I held off purchasing Rock Band 4 as the initial release seemed like half a game, but with the new additions to the game and the change in manufactures for the instruments, I decided to buy it. So, I will review the game and the guitar here.
Rock Band 4 + Rivals Expansion: The game is near perfect in my opinion. Despite there still being a lack in online multiplayer (pretty ridiculous since it's over a year after release), the game has a lot to keep you occupied. Almost all of the old DLC and exports transfer to Rock Band 4 so I instantly had a library of 300+ songs to play with along with the music on disc. The career mode is similar to the careers from Rock Band 1 and Rock Band 2, so you'll be playing various tours and setlists across the globe. With the addition of the Rivals expansion, there is a new mode called Rockudrama, which is essentially like playing a documentary. You play various setlists throughout that are entangled with pre-recorded interviews to fit the mode. Overall, there are various modes to keep you occupied and from what I've read from the developers, the online multiplayer should be coming later this month so that's another thing to be excited for.
The guitar: I never used the original instruments that were made by Mad Catz, so I can't really compare the new instruments and the old, but from what I had heard the Mad Catz guitars worked pretty well but they did have their issues. With older Rock Band and Guitar Hero games, I always used the Guitar Hero controllers because I liked the more clicky strum bar the guitars had. The buttons were also way easier to use, as I play on expert all the time, so I'd need an easier controller to use. With this new Jaguar guitar, although the guitar isn't suited to my normal liking, I actually enjoy it alot and have been able to perform very well on the game using it, specifically 100%ing songs like Painkiller that are normally pretty hard. I never use the solo buttons, but the normal buttons are very easy to slide up and down on for fast solos. The only gripe I have about the guitar is how the neck folds down. Yes it makes for easier storage, but because you have to unfold it and snap it into place, it seems to have an awkward wiggle all the time as you play. It may be just my guitar, but it makes it very hard to play at times due to the random wiggling if I'm strumming pretty fast or something along similar lines.
Overall, the game is a blast and the guitar works and is easy to work with for the most part. If you want just the guitar and don't want to shoot for the band bundle, I'd highly recommend this bundle.
Rock Band 4 + Rivals Expansion: The game is near perfect in my opinion. Despite there still being a lack in online multiplayer (pretty ridiculous since it's over a year after release), the game has a lot to keep you occupied. Almost all of the old DLC and exports transfer to Rock Band 4 so I instantly had a library of 300+ songs to play with along with the music on disc. The career mode is similar to the careers from Rock Band 1 and Rock Band 2, so you'll be playing various tours and setlists across the globe. With the addition of the Rivals expansion, there is a new mode called Rockudrama, which is essentially like playing a documentary. You play various setlists throughout that are entangled with pre-recorded interviews to fit the mode. Overall, there are various modes to keep you occupied and from what I've read from the developers, the online multiplayer should be coming later this month so that's another thing to be excited for.
The guitar: I never used the original instruments that were made by Mad Catz, so I can't really compare the new instruments and the old, but from what I had heard the Mad Catz guitars worked pretty well but they did have their issues. With older Rock Band and Guitar Hero games, I always used the Guitar Hero controllers because I liked the more clicky strum bar the guitars had. The buttons were also way easier to use, as I play on expert all the time, so I'd need an easier controller to use. With this new Jaguar guitar, although the guitar isn't suited to my normal liking, I actually enjoy it alot and have been able to perform very well on the game using it, specifically 100%ing songs like Painkiller that are normally pretty hard. I never use the solo buttons, but the normal buttons are very easy to slide up and down on for fast solos. The only gripe I have about the guitar is how the neck folds down. Yes it makes for easier storage, but because you have to unfold it and snap it into place, it seems to have an awkward wiggle all the time as you play. It may be just my guitar, but it makes it very hard to play at times due to the random wiggling if I'm strumming pretty fast or something along similar lines.
Overall, the game is a blast and the guitar works and is easy to work with for the most part. If you want just the guitar and don't want to shoot for the band bundle, I'd highly recommend this bundle.
