Ask any “Guitar Hero” or “Rock Band” aficionado which band he/she would most like to appear in his/her music game of choice. There is a good chance that rock gods AC/DC will be a popular choice. Fans have wanted to shred to the group’s legendary catalog since the release of the original “Guitar Hero” back in 2005. Well, gamers will finally be able to do that when “Rock Band 2″ ships in September for the Xbox 360.
As one of the aforementioned fans, you would think that having an AC/DC tune included on the disk would satisfy me. Well, you would be wrong.
Find out the reason for my dissatisfaction after the jump.
When rumors first surfaced that “Rock Band 2″ would feature music from AC/DC, I got really excited. When confirmation came at last week’s E3, I let out a gleeful yelp of joy. Then I saw the song. “Let There Be Rock?” My excitement plummeted in an instant. Needless to say, I was hoping for something else.
Sure, I would love to have gotten “Highway to Hell” or “Thunderstruck,” but I would have even preferred “Girl’s Got Rhythm” or “Money Talks.”
I do not mean to denigrate “Let There Be Rock.” It is actually a pretty good tune. However, I just feel that there are better songs that could have been included.
It is like licensing a Metallica song, but selecting “St. Anger” instead of “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Sure, fans get to play a Metallica song, but why not include the best song possible?
I have to admit that this is an unfair comparison. “Let There Be Rock” is a good song, while “St. Anger” is complete garbage. However, you get the point. Harmonix, if it was up to them, could have picked a better song.
I guess I should stop complaining and just be glad that one of my favorite bands will finally have a song in a music game. However, I still can’t quite shake the disappointment of the song selection.
There is always a chance that more tracks from the legendary rockers will appear as DLC at some point (20 tracks will be free to download following the game’s release). However, for now, it appears that “Let There Be Rock” will have to suffice. Luckily, the air guitar version of “It’s a Long Way to the Top” is free. I am getting pretty good. I swear.
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Knowing Rock Band, you’ll have something DLC-wise to get before you realize you want more.
Im just glad its bon
let there be rock is a great song, but the version form the live in paris album is one of ac/dc’s best. i was too disappointed when let there be rock was on rb2, because that means there was only one ac/dc song on disc
Being one of two people that liked “St. Anger”, I’ll agree. If RB2 did get that song instead of “Battery”, even I’d be disappointed although I’m drawn to crap (I owned DOAX2–nuff said).
“Thunderstruck” would be a sick song to do. Just the intro alone would make me tremble, even more so if it wasn’t set up as a massive hammer-on.
It seems to me that they want to space out the best songs for future titles and DLC. make no mistake, back in Black will be a complete album download, and probably Highway to Hell too.
It’s not like AC/DC is writng great new material, so there is a finite amount of music people want from them in these games.