Crystal Ball Review: Greenday: Rock Band (2010)

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Space Year 2010
September Ends

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Oh man, this year of gaming so far has been amazing, but the main advantage came in the form of rhythm action. I thought we couldn't have improved on last years seven minor games - but with the surprise announcements of Guitar Hero: Nirvana, Guitar Hero: My Chemical Romance, Guitar Hero 6, Rock Band: Trackers Unite, DJ Hero: DJ DJ and Rock Band: Avril Lavigne at this years E3, it's a good year to be a rhythm actionist. on fan. But before next month's Band Hero: La Rouxhits store shelves, I thought it would be a good idea to review this week's newest: Greenday: Rock Band.

I can honestly say it's really good. The guitars actually feel plinky plonky, the drums crishy crashy and the singing douchey. You can also customize your rocker, to give his as much stupid eyeliner and as many retarded spikes as you want. Yay! Guitar Hero: Nirvana should have had this, instead of, you know, the really weird note writing bit.

The track list, you ask? Well, there's only five songs on the actual game to start with, but we've been promised more as DLC, just to show that Harmonix cares about its target audience by supporting its games long after release! Never mind for now though, because after you play 'American Idiot' over and over again, you'll wonder what you ever did without it, and why you haven't heard it in so long!

If you've played The Beatles: Rock Band than you'll know that you can collect pictures of the fab four's career. However, in a new, spinningly fashionable idea to make the game innovative, you can now collect bits of sincerly depressive fourteen year old emos and put them into your songs! Yay!

Easily the best part however is that you get to create your own tribute band, with all the realistic style, such as getting harrasment letters, being called a fag on YouTube and angry men in suits turning up at your door demanding a cease and desist! Yowzer!

At the end of the day, this is clearly the best iteration in plinky plonky plastic since Simon. I've got to go now, as the new innovation Triange Hero has just appeared under my door.