When The Beatles: Rock Band really clicks — when you’re pounding out “Helter Skelter” hard enough to get blisters on your fingers; when you’re loping through the bass line of “Dear Prudence”; when it starts feeling like you are, in fact, the Walrus — the experience is almost eerie. It begins to seem like the Beatles didn’t write and record these songs so much as construct them — so sturdily that they translate with absurd ease to an interactive format that was four decades away. The Beatles’ musical development lends itself oddly well to a game — the songs become both more difficult to play and more rewarding as the band’s story moves along: It’s a lot more fun to play “And Your Bird Can Sing” than, say, “I Wanna Be Your Man.” 
The Beatles pose at the Victoria Monument on February 19, 1963 in Liverpool, England. The band had only just begun to gain chart success in the UK with the singles "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me." 
Ringo Starr and John Lennon at the Pier Head bus terminal in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963, only a few months before their first U.S. number one hit "From Me To You" was released. 
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison at the Pier Head in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963 
The Beatles in Derby Square at James Street in Liverpool, England on their way to manager Brian Epstein's office on February 19, 1963 
The Beatles in the office of their manager Brian Epstein at the North End Music Store at Whitechapel in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963. The map on the back wall is marked with push pins that denote the various destinations of the second half of the band's first full UK tour which would begin the following Saturday on February 23, 1963. 
Ringo smoke a cigarette in the office of Brian Epstein in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963. Ringo had only been a Beatle for about six months at the time of their first big tour. 
Paul and a fan at the North End Music Shop in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963. 
John and Paul during rehearsal for their show at the Cavern on Mathew Street in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963. 
John and Paul during rehearsal for their show at the Cavern on Mathew Street in Liverpool, England on February 19, 1963. Paul is holding his famous "viola bass." 
Paul rehearsing at the Cavern on February 19, 1963 in Liverpool, England. 
The Beatles performing at the Cavern on February 19, 1963 in Liverpool, England. 
The Beatles performing at the Cavern on February 19, 1963 in Liverpool, England. The Beatles performing at the Cavern on February 19, 1963 in Liverpool, England.That said, unlike the Beatles’ music — and the original Guitar Hero and Rock Band games — there’s nothing particularly revolutionary here. Aside from the ability to sing in three-part harmony (a frippery that few users are likely to exploit), the gameplay is familiar: You hit the correct color at the proper time and score points. But thanks to richly detailed and artful graphics — highlighted by the psychedelic images that pop up once the Beatles quit playing concerts — it is the most refined music video game ever. From the Beatles’ facial expressions to the signs at Shea Stadium, there’s enough verisimilitude that it’s forgivable when no animated Eric Clapton turns up for “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” or when cartoon Ringo is shown playing drums on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” (it was really Paul). In any case, Starr may be the big winner here: Anyone who has questioned his chops will repent after failing for the 10th time to make it through ''Birthday.'' source 
