It was finally time to fire up Rock Band 2, and it’s turned out to be more than just another set of songs to play. The solo mode now works within the band’s world tour mode, where you’re gaining fans and stars to unlock more gigs and venues instead of just playing through a bunch of tiers. You also get the option of playing bass and still advancing the tour mode, whereas in RB1 you could only do solo bass in quickplay mode. Some of the gigs are also random picks out of the entire library, RB1 and DLC included.

There are also a bunch of challenges that I didn’t get around to trying; I just played enough songs tonight to unlock a few more cities, but probably still have a long ways to go. The mix of songs seems to be decent so far, though nothing’s really stood out yet.