1up has posted their review of the highly-anticipated Guitar Hero-killer, Rock Band, giving it a 9.0 out of 10! It seems as though, according to 1up, Rock Band truly lives up to its potential.

From the article:
There’s a lot to say about Rock Band. Whether it’s debating the inherent awesomeness of the track list (which spans The Rolling Stones to Nirvana to Yeah Yeah Yeahs and tons in between), praising the surprisingly malleable character creator and beautiful presentation (with excellent lip-syncing and visual congruity between the music and your virtual rockers), or trying to figure out how real bass players deal with having by far the most boring stuff to play. Its critical appraisal isn’t easy; music is culturally ingrained in us, and as a tool, a relatively inexpensive gateway for people to come together and experience it together, Rock Band easily delivers on what it promises. Actually feeling like a rock star — for most people under 40, the next best thing to a superhero or a T-Rex — is transcendently entertaining. Guitar Hero is still the way to go for lone wolves, but if you have the space, the manpower, and the means, Rock Band unquestionably, unequivocally rocks.