Rock Band out for $9.99 on the iPhone... but fails to thrill

Fixed the lag!

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3499606#post3499606

oh wow, what a shock, another TUAW blog post whose primary complaint is the price of an app on the AppStore.

Cheapskates.

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"Sure, when the App Store first started up, it was the Wild West -- both prices and quality were all over the place. But at this point, Apple's review system has more or less settled down, and blogs like ours are full of recommendations, with enough free apps to last any rabid app user most of their iPhone time. If you have any interest in an app at all, a couple of bucks shouldn't be enough to give you pause -- either pick it up and make sure the dev gets their due (small as that may be), or move on to find an app you'd rather buy."

Follow your own advice.

Can I have a job at Weblogs? Apparently you don't have to actually USE the products you review. It's pretty obvious that the reviewer hasn't even played the game. Take a look at the reviews on iTunes...4 1/2 stars. Obviously they did something right. I actually DID buy the game, and it's a blast...definitely pricey, and I maybe should have waited for the price drop, but having your choice of guitar, bass, drums and vocal is still great.

How is this acceptable? To review a game in which the reviewer hasn't even played the game. I agree with Arpz completely. This is tacky and TUAW shouldn't allow this. I expect better, as a daily reader, but I also think TUAW should have higher standards. This makes everyone involved look ignorant.

Does anyone else have to hold their device at an odd angle to keep from covering up the speaker? Wouldn't be a problem with headphones, I suppose, but it's annoying to me, 'cause I want to put my left pinky right where the iPhone 3Gs' speaker is.

Awesome review.

Do you guys think you might add a tag for game reviews in which the game being reviewed wasn't actually played? They are funny.

Once again, another post from Schramm where he doesn't know the details. They're mentioned on the splash screen, it's something so easy to find/notice but yet you've jumped the gun and posted this crap. I can always tell which are your posts, Schramm, because of the lack of knowledge demonstrated. It's the same at WoW.com, you just seem to have a passing interest in a few different things that get promoted elsewhere, but fail to have any in-depth knowledge on any subject. Lame.

Ahm Mike, did you actually PLAY that game? Quite frankly, it seems to me like you did not.

How could one miss the Harmonix splash screen?

Plus, there are zilch gameplay observations in this article and a whole lot of "seems" and "users pointed outs".

In my opinion, TTR doesn't even play in the same league as Rock Band. I downloaded it yesterday and think it's worth every penny of the 9,99 price tag.

It's very polished and responsive and the gameplay is spot-on.

I like how this post says everyone hates it, but the majority of the comments are positive.

I spent the $10 and I am really impressed with it. It's so much more immersive than TTR3, Rock Band also has waayyy better graphics. They also started putting free tracks in the music store, so, I expect that will be a regular thing for iPhone Rock Band. It's really great to play with headphones and the replay factor is definitely there. Bit pricey compared to other apps, but, hey, it's a AAA app, and it's still 1/3 the price of a DS game.