The Beatles: Rock Band Expert Reviews

Fans of Paul McCartney were ambushed with the first footage from Harmonix's The Beatles Rock Band last weekend during an appearance at the Coachella Music Festival. As Sir Paul launched into a rendition of Beatles classic "Got to Get You Into My Life, ...

Is this one just for the fans?

Fantastic and beautiful videogame recreation of the biggest band in the world

Play along with John, Paul, George and Ringo, in your own living room

A fun way to pretend you're the band's fifth member.

There's little doubt that the members of The Beatles were idealists. From heartfelt ballads explaining to the world that "all you need is love," to protest songs calling for a revolution, the band seemed poised and compelled to change the world. When ...

The visually stunning dreamscapes ; The tremendous setlist of classic Beatles tracks ; How the game pulled us back to the 1960s so effortlessly

How story mode loses its appeal towards the end ; The lack of any real new concept

The Beatles: Rock Band is everything a Beatles fan has been waiting for. A compelling and mesmerizing experience.

It all comes down to this. For all of the defining moments in my life, few can measure up to the overwhelming sense of triumph and pride that washes over me as I grip my aged Hofner bass in hand and strum the opening notes to "Get Back" to the delight ...

Visually stunning, incredible playlist, feels the way a Beatles game should

Over too soon, no trademark Rock Band customisation, not much here for non-fans

There's an incredible amount of fun that comes from filing the shoes of some of the most inspiring musicians ever to walk the earth, and Harmonix captures this experience with same sense of magic that the Beatles were known for.

The Beatles: Rock Band, the latest from the rival series to Guitar Hero, couldn't really be a much bigger game. They're the biggest band in the world, but not known for their embrace of technology: no songs on iTunes, stereo/mono only mixes for the ...

Superb production values, great songs, brilliant multi-player

The cost of all those extra peripherals we now have to buy. And the fact it's nothing but Beatles

Beautifully produced must-have for Beatles fans and non-gamers

A few days from now classic rock fans will have a chance to strap on a plastic guitar and jam along with the biggest act in popular music history, with the 9 September release of The Beatles: Rock Band.

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