While the reasons for its comeback are likely to be as much about tapping the nostalgia of fans as they are about making a great game, the fact is, Activision and developer Freestyle Games (of DJ Hero fame) have made a great game. It's nice that it supports old instruments and DLC, but Rock Band 4 doesn't solve the fundamental problem of rhythm games becoming tired. A similar problem afflicts the just-released Rock Band 4, a game that-while ultimately good fun-could have been released on 2010 and we'd be none the wiser. Let's be honest, we were all pretty sick of rhythm games by the time Warriors of Rock-the sixth game in the Guitar Hero series-came along and we discovered it was pretty much the same as the previous five games. There are two of them now, back after a five-year hiatus following what many will remember as a flooding of the market with absolute tosh. Wait, what was I talking about? Oh, yes, guitar-based rhythm games. "Hello, good sir!" they'll exclaim, "can I interest you in this fine piece of rhythm-based video game tomfoolery? You're just about old enough to feel nostalgically attached to the genre and earn good money, yet young enough that you don't have any true worldly responsibilities to dictate the practicality of your expenditure." What's that saying about buses? That you wait, and wait, and then two come along at once? Now imagine you've been waiting for five years, and that instead of a bus, you're waiting for a giant red plastic guitar-shaped bus, with shiny Blu-ray discs for wheels, and besuited passengers employed by a huge multi-conglomerate video games publisher. Platform: PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U
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