Price: $65.00
(as of Dec 20, 2024 01:03:08 UTC - Details)

Rock Band 3 is the next generation of the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform developed by the category’s leading pioneers, Harmonix Music Systems. Featuring innovative game modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games.
RB3 has great new party modes for quick rocking sessions with friends, as well as a whole new universe of challenges including a revamped Career Mode and 700+ goals and rewards
Game track list contains over 80 of the best bands from around the world, including bands that have never appeared in a music game, and support for existing Rock Band tracks
Create and save set lists, and share them with your friends online and enjoy improved song sorting makes it easier to find the songs you like
Expand the band with the optional keyboard peripheral and 3-part vocals harmonies, together allowing support for up to 7 players
Take your passion for music to the next level with Rock Band Pro functionality that lets you develop real musical instrument skills through gameplay
Reviewer: CJ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Rock band 3 is the only rock band game where you can use the piano keyboad.
Review: When this product showed up I could not wait to play it because in my opinion Rock band 3 is the best rock band in the series franchise of this game. It's the only rock band that allows you to use the piano keyboard and I believe it has some of the best songs. If you play guitar hero or rock band and you haven't tried Rock band 3 give it a go it's a lot of fun. I found a good one for the right price and I'm very happy

Reviewer: Joshua
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great update
Review: Rock band 3 is a great update to the rock band series. If you crave realism, upgrades to pro instruments really make it worth the money.Game-play/Pro InstrumentsGame-play in RB3 has improved in several ways. If you use music gaming as a centerpiece for social interaction, the new version is for you. Most significantly is the upgrade to pro instruments. Standard mode (five colored buttons) instruments interact with the game in the expected way. Pro mode instruments allow more realistic game-play, and can also be set from easy to expert.Pro drums are noticeably more usable than RB2 where little effort was taken to distinguish cymbal from toms or snare. You can play with one or more cymbals in pro mode and you can configure which additions your set has. Pro-vocals allow up to 3 part harmonies in select songs. Out of the box we had an amazing time doing vocals on bohemian rhapsody with band accompaniment.One of my favorite extensions to game-play is the keyboard/pro keys. Unlike previous instruments (even drums which I managed to pick up quickly), this is a real keyboard. It will take real time to master. I don't find the layout of the keys onscreen as troubling as some reviewers. It takes some getting used to, but with some effort it is possible. Just realize that it takes a lot of alone time to practice. If you expect to pick up pro keys immediately at a party, (unless you have prior experience or you put it on easy mode) you may not get far. Some attempted to play keys on non-pro mode and seemed to have fun with it. Not everyone will be satisfied with this (I am not).The only thing I'm holding out on is the pro guitar. I am a guitarist and have desired real guitar game-play for a while. The mustang pro-controller looked interesting (the one with the buttons on the neck), but as a purist I'm holding out for the actual guitar controller to be released.Having all the instruments together (I believe it's up to 7 including 3 vocals) is great, however you don't get this in standard game-play. It would be nice if you could tour this way, but for some reason full band appears slightly limited. Many have complained about this. It feels like it was added as an afterthought. I hope more future development is put into a better multiplayer experience with all instruments and vocals fully available.GraphicsThere isn't too much to be said here. Graphics have noticeably improved. Avatars, sets, and visuals look better in general. Otherwise, things feel very similar to RB2. You unlock different game elements by touring and completing various other accomplishments. Quickplay is available again and you can create and share setlists.Backward compatibilityIt is great that RB2 content can be imported (most of it anyway) for about 10 bucks in the RB store. One nice feature is that you get pro drums with the DL, but unfortunately you don't get any enhancement to pro vocals or guitar, and no keyboard support. I've also been unable to find a way to cheaply upgrade the RB2 digital catalog to pro. I would love to play keys with some of the older songs for cheap.Unfortunately for Wii owners, very few RB titles are available for re-license. RB1 is off the table, as are most of the track packs and other releases. Some of you are likely to be irritated by this, particularly if you have already paid for digital copies of RB1 material. This is one place where Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock beats RB3 hands down. Even on Wii, many of the full band games are available (at least in part) for digitial re-licensing (the only exception I can think of is Van Halen).

Reviewer: Amanda S. Moore
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: "The only rhythm game you need to own"
Review: The title says it all - from improved menus, enhanced graphics, better game play - oh, and don't forget the entire 2,000+ song catalog (including "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen!), of which you can play almost all of them on this one game!The new drop-in-drop-out feature is used in both the menus and during songs - allowing anyone to come in whenever they feel like it instead of having to wait till the end of the song/the band goes back to the character selection screen... which there's none in this one. Almost everything can be done from your personal pause menu, from character selection to modifiers, from extras to online playability.The career mode has been combined into quickplay - so, you and a few friends play for fun for a few hours? Bam, you've dived into the career mode without even trying.The online DLC store/import menu is a great feature, allowing you to buy any of the songs in the catalog and import songs from (at least) Rock Band 2 (if you have RB2) all in one area.My only complaint is that the stand-ins for your characters when it's just you and not your "real" band mates are hard to figure out. They don't provide the position in the band, just slots for stand-ins.The graphics - which the Wii's known for it's lacking in the graphic area - are great! Second only to The Conduit and (supposedly) Conduit 2, these are the best graphics I've gotten out of the Wii in awhile.Remember the "Unison bonus" from RB & RB2? They've got those in single player now. When a gold bar appears on the sides of your track whilst hitting an Overdrive section, then you'll get twice the Overdrive of normal. The vocals are of the same quality as that of Beatles Rock Band, and guitar, bass, and drums are just the same. Though, you can turn on and off the drum fills now.I haven't really gotten to Keys, because I have yet to get the keyboard. But I have faith in it.And I haven't even mentioned Pro mode yet.Pro drums is exactly like a drum kit (being a drummer myself, I'd know.) Each pad/cymbal corresponds to a different part of a drum kit, and they're represented on the screen very well. The only difference is in the hi-hat pedal, which I'm still working out.Guitar and bass, though something I have yet to try for obvious reasons, seems to be a tab. A lot of people complain about the chords being the first fret marked and the others as a "wave" shape. But you can enable numbers for each string during a chord. It's basically a tab.Pro keys = normal keys on steroids, okay?This game is the best game of the year, for the music lover.Period.No questions asked.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Not as fun as Rock Band 2. But game was delivered quickly and in great condition.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Game is great ! Came on time.

Reviewer: Joy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 100% satisfied , but was way over priced