Best of 2009 - The Beatles: Rock Band
Fri, January 1, 2010 at 6:17 PM As one year transitions into the next, I find it a healthy and refreshing endeavor to look back upon the past year and reflect upon those experiences which touched me the most; to discover which games stood tall above the rest and, for one reason or another, made a lasting impression.
Over the next few days, I will be sharing my own personal list of the ten best games of 2009, followed by those that didn't quite make the top ten and even a few of my greatest disappointments of the year. These are in no particular order, but they are the games I found most worthy of praise. Reflecting upon them makes one thing clear: it was a great year for gaming.
One simple fact is all it takes to explain why The Beatles: Rock Band is such an amazing game.
No it doesn’t radically alter the music gaming landscape. No it doesn’t introduce buckets full of innovation to the stagnating genre.
What it did do was teach me to appreciate The Beatles when I had never been able to do so before.