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After the winning movie franchises, they've now twisted their interest to the Rock Band genre. The results are classically Lego: cute, funny, involving and with an emphasis on value. Those expecting a dumbing down of the anxious fretwork won't be shocked to hear that you can complete the game just by strumming. However, that's simply on wonderful Easy mode. Choose Medium and above and even the most adept Guitar Hero will find something to challenge their hand/eye management. This means, of course, that the Rock Band dexterous can play alongside lesser siblings / less competent parents without anyone receiving frustrated.
The other obvious variation among Lego's interpretation and the existing titles is the music. Thrash metal is notable by its absence and, instead, you've got crowdpleasers, mainstream rock and clear-cut pop, from Queen to KT Tunstall, via the likes of Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, Lostprophets and the Ghostbusters theme. They've clearly missed a trick – what, no Blockheads? – but make up for it in Free Play mode with their Lego interpretations of the original artists. Like the film franchises, these are delightful and oddly accurate – particularly Lego Iggy Pop, Blur and Let's Dance era David Bowie. Iggy still gets to voice the Tutorial stages.
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