![]() If you're a "Rock Band" old-timer like me, you've probably spent hundreds of dollars on downloadable songs. (The latter is more expensive because it comes with a required adapter for the old instruments.) Grizzled veterans of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions can polish up their old gear and just buy the software, which costs $60 for the PS4 and $80 for the Xbox One. Solo acts can purchase the game and a guitar for $130. ![]() Newcomers to the stage will want to invest in the $250 "Band-in-a-Box" bundle, which includes a guitar, drum kit and microphone. And this version's major addition, freestyle solos, gives you the freedom to really cut loose and unleash whatever notes you like. It's all simple enough that just about anyone with even the slightest sense of rhythm can join in. Likewise, drummers have colored drum pads to strike, and singers need to match on-screen notes. The winning formula remains intact: Colored notes stream down the screen, and you press matching buttons on the guitar-shaped controller. It's the best party game around, turning your living room into a raucous nightclub. And, unlike most reunion tours, "Rock Band 4" (for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One) arrives with all its predecessors' youthful energy intact. Happily, Harmonix has decided it's time to get the old band back together. Those plastic guitars have been gathering dust since "Rock Band 3" came out five years ago. ![]() At least it's felt that way to fans of Harmonix Music Systems' "Rock Band," the series that made jamming with fake instruments an essential part of video-game culture in the early 2000s.
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