The Beatles: Rock Band

The Beatles: Rock Band is a rhythm game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by MTV Games with physical distribution handled by EA. It is the first of two band-centric spin-off games in the Rock Band franchise, with the other featuring Green Day. It was released on September 9, 2009 to coincide with the release of the remastered Beatles discography.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's a video game featuring The Beatles.
 * 2) Excellent sound design.
 * 3) Great graphics with faithful recreations of not only The Beatles themselves, but iconic venues as well, such as the Cavern Club, the Ed Sullivan Show stage, Shea Stadium, Budokan, and the rooftop of the Apple Corps studios.
 * 4) For the songs played in the Abbey Road Studios setlists, the game uses unique "dreamscapes" for each song.
 * 5) Introduces three-part vocals to the Rock Band franchise.
 * 6) Playing on Easy automatically activates "No Fail Mode".
 * 7) After unpausing during gameplay, there is a 3 second countdown timer to allow band members to get in sync and keep their combo going.
 * 8) Unlockable photos and videos in the Story mode.
 * 9) Special edition controllers shaped like the Beatles' iconic instruments were introduced, although the game is compatible with existing Rock Band controllers.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The on-disc soundtrack only has 45 songs.
 * 2) While several iconic Beatles songs were available either on-disc or as DLC, there were some noteworthy omissions, including songs which topped both the British and American charts such as "Hey Jude", "Let It Be", and "Penny Lane".
 * 3) Songs could not be exported to the main Rock Band series.
 * 4) The Beatles: Rock Band band kit was more expensive than the Rock Band 2 band kit, despite the included instruments being functionally the same.
 * 5) No keyboard tracks for appropriate songs, a feature which wasn't introduced until Rock Band 3, released a year after The Beatles: Rock Band.

Reception
The game received critical acclaim from critics as both a standalone rhythm game and as a way to experience the history and music of The Beatles; however, the game sold below expectations due to the late 2000s recession and consumers' waning interest in instrument-based music games.

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