Assuming Band Hero is one for teenage girls, then Lego Rock Band is one for the dads who never really grew up - and their kids, of course.
Bricks and music aren't a natural combination, but Lego characters are able to make the cheesiest of songs even more amusing.
You'd need to the blackest of hearts not to love a band made up of pirates, skeletons and knights - particularly when you've built them with your own hand. They appear in the impeccably animated in-game cutscenes, which usually occur before one of the new 'Rock Power Challenges'.
These are scenario-based 'missions' where awesome performances are used to defeat a giant octopus or scare ghosts out of a haunted mansion.
At certain points in the song, each band member has to play a short solo to help accomplish the task, while everyone else sits out. Letting individual players have their moment in the spotlight is a nice idea, but it feels forced when most of the songs don't actually feature drum, bass or vocal solos.
This new mode is mainly an excuse to have the Lego men doing what they do best - mumbling, gesticulating and getting into scrapes.
Traveller's Tales is excellent at slapstick, and kids will feel like they've achieved more than just being good at a song. Mums and dads should have a good time, too, even if they aren't accomplished Guitar Heroes. The note charts are simpler, there's an auto-kick pedal option, and some new Super Easy modes.
You can't fail out of a song either, unless you're in one of the challenges. Experienced players will find more meat in Band Hero but overall, we prefer the song choices in Lego Rock Band. They're more guitar-led and the guest acts like Queen and David Bowie are superb - especially in Lego form.
It's a real shame that the set-list is a full 20 songs shorter than its competitor. The 45 tracks don't take long to rattle through, and there's quite a lot of repetition, unless you're prepared to bolster it with compatible Rock Band DLC.
It hits its target audience just as precisely as Band Hero, but with a lesser degree of cynicism. Our misgiving is that it doesn't really feel like a Lego game, as the building experience is limited to making bands and customising their home. A good one for Christmas, so long as you don't expect it to last long into the New Year.