


Think you can do a better job than the original singer? Stray outside the lines and belt out your own melody - as long as it's in the same key, it counts. Do you love playing rhythm guitar but fall apart during difficult, technical solos? Switch to Freestyle Guitar Mode and unleash your own solos, which magically sound great and put the emphasis more on creative expression than technical mastery. You could apply some of these things to Guitar Hero Live as well, but where Rock Band 4 pulls away is player choice and its abundance of expressive gameplay options. It’s an endless buffet of personal challenges to overcome and scores to conquer on a variety of instruments. It’s social glue a fantastic excuse to have a party. A platform for escapism and expression and rocking out with careless abandon. For some it’s a portal into music discovery, and a path to gaining new appreciation for songs that don’t register a blip on their everyday radar. The brilliance of Rock Band is that it represents many things to many different people, and can be experienced in a variety of ways from ultra casual to hardcore. Labeling it as a “video game” simply doesn't do it justice.
