Thought £69.99 for Wii Fit was steep? EA’s Rock Band costs twice as much, although you do get drums, guitar and a mic. Game said they had trouble getting enough stock for pre-orders which goes to show that there’s demand despite the high price tag. It’s an Xbox 360-exclusive in Europe, at least for a while, but if you own a PlayStation 3 you could always import. Probably would turn out cheaper too.
Talking of cheaper, Battle of the Bands is out on Wii this week at a somewhat more affordable £24.99. Or £12.99 from Play’s bank holiday sale. Reviews haven’t been too shabby. Unlike Haze, which has had some very critical reviews. Like a 4.5 from IGN, who felt the need to point out that all the vehicles have the same horn noise. Eurogamer didn’t like it either, giving it a poor 4. Ouch.
Next week: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, GRID and some budget muck for Wii.
Could be a bit tricky to import a set of drums and a guitar. Might inflate the postage cost and set off alarms at customs.
Since they were redoing this for the wii, they should really have put some OOTB drum pads on there, like from http://www.drumpads4rockband.com