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#72

Rock Band 3 (an image of the Rock Band 3 title screen would then appear here, but it's broken for some reason)





Years of release: 2010 (360/PS3/Wii)
Beaten?: I don't think I ever finished Llama on pro keys but other than that, yeah

If you've known me for a certain amount of time, then you are very well aware that I had a phase in my late teens-early 20's where I was SUPER INTO GUITAR HERO AND ROCK BAND. I mean, I kinda still am into it! But it was a really big deal in my life back from like... 2006-2009 probably. Fuck, I actually can't believe it was that long ago, I'm freaking out here a little. I'm NOT PREPARED for the fact that it's been almost ten years since Rock Band 3 was released. I thought it was going to be '12 or '13. I can't believe that my interest in Rock Band was waning in 2010. No. No I can't do this.

It's actually not quite right to say that it was a phase or that my interest waned. I'm still really into it, I just don't really pick it up as much as I used to. When my CRT TV died I got an HDTV but it had really bad signal delay, bad enough that even the in-game lag calibration really wasn't a proper fix for it (it can only do so much), and being unable to trust the timing of my instrument and always feeling like something was slightly wrong with it made me fall out of the hobby a little bit, unfortunately. That and the fact that I haven't been able to assemble this dumb modded drum kit I bought that's still sitting around, waiting to be built and used. Maybe someday.

It's hard for me to know how to rank a game like Rock Band 3, then, which by all accounts is a souped up Rock Band 2. But RB2 was my jam during the absolute peak of my RB enthusiasm, and RB3 was during the waning period, so RB2 means a lot more to me. That said, I still loved Rock Band 3, and there was still definitely a time where I was really enthused with it. The songlist is great, and I loved keys as an addition, even if it's one that they understandably culled from RB4. Pro keys is the only thing I can do that makes me feel like I'm playing a real instrument, and I was even able to 100% Cold As Ice on expert pro keys after a full night of working at it - not too bad if I say so myself. I do actually SORT OF know how to play piano, a little bit.

I can still play. I mean, I can still PLAY. There are some godly guitarists out there who never stopped playing and are way better than me, but my skills still pay the bills. Just kidding, Rock Band is an utterly worthless way to spend your time pretending to be good at an instrument and I don't recommend it. But hey, I love rhythm games, and I'll always love rhythm games. Tapping buttons in a sequence in time with a song always feels good, and I'm pretty good at it. The knowledge of how to do it is just kind of built-in now, I can just do it on command without having played for five years. Okay, well, as long as it's the standard five-key guitar style. I have absolutely no clue what's going on with pro guitars and I probably never will, people who can do that are fascinating to me.

I still pick it up on occasion when my little brother really wanted to play Whip It. I should play Rock Band with him more. God, he was 2 years old when RB3 came out. I can't believe how long it's been.