Guitar Hero: World Tour Review

Wow, when I finally got around to purchasing Guitar Hero: World Tour. I was expecting great feats from this game. Guitar Hero never cease to amaze me. I haven’t bought the whole set yet but I will in the near future. I don’t even have the guitar yet. I still have the guitar from Guitar Hero III. Even though yea its operation all Guitar Hero: World Tour, I’m missing out on the other features without it. Anyway, enough of that. Lets talk about the game.

I sometimes see the similarities between Rock Band 2 & Guitar Hero, even though they were together at one time and decided to part ways; it is really difficult to chose between the two. Rock Band 2 has a better layout and better features to an extent. Even the setlist is better than that of Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero have a good setlist but the design of the characters suck major ass really. I find myself at times playing Rock Band 2 more than Guitar Hero cause I can actually stomach their characters. The instruments between the two are very much alike, but the play of the game is some what different, well for the base that is. Guitar Hero is more challenging and more fun with playing Bass. Its fun and its something new, I mean something had to be different from the two right?

I can’t really discuss the equipment for this game for the simple fact as I mentioned, haven’t purchased it yet. I heard through the gaming-vines that Rock Band 2 instruments are far better design  wise. Anyway, moving on.

I will though mention that the loading times are faster than on Rock Band 2. The game has more storage and the graphics are great, minus the people. The only character on that game I play with is Izzy Sparks. He’s been my buddy through out the whole series of Guitar Hero. He looks more masculine on this version of Guitar Hero but I’m not complaining, I hope they would of changed him up a bit.

Guitar Hero have the regular features and a few other features. here’s Quick Play, Career Mode for both band and single-player, Co-Op play, Face-Off, Battles, etc. Career of course is when you play the setlist to open new features and songs and things like that, that’s for band too. Single-player when you want to play solo. Co-op play when you want to play with a friend whether its online or not. Face-off Battles is my favorite which is too online or offline. The best thing that makes Guitar Hero better than Rock Band 2 is that, they don’t make you play the same songs over and over in different venues and cities. That was a big turn off for me when I first acknowledged that. When it comes to pick the songs though when you just want to play a quick game in quick play its so

unorganized and they only allow you to chose 6 songs. While Rock Band 2 allow you to pick the whole setlist if you want. Which is 85+ songs.

Even unlocking a song is a hassle in this game. If you played it you’ll understand what I mean. If you unlock a song by yourself and then you decide to play the band career, you won’t be able to play it cause you unlocked it solo. Thats kind of dumb isn’t it? Rock Band makes it an option to save your fellow band mates if they are struggling, Guitar Hero does not. Also Guitar Hero makes you share the star power while on Rock Band 2, you and your band mates have their own star power. Thats been one of my biggest complaints since the beginning.

Even though the game gives you an option to have your own online band if you don’t have one for your own. Which is probably why I haven’t bought the whole set yet. You can also if you have the whole band set and good players, you and another band can battle it out online also. See the game isn’t that messed up.

Okay the fact that you can make your own songs just about pwns Rock Band 2. Even though that needs a few tweaks too but its a start. Further down the line hopefully the game will continue to amaze the players. The soundtrack could of been different cause even though the whole setlist wasn’t exactly like Rock Band 2 it was almost close to it. They have a good selection though even though it still needs work. Such as Disturbed, Michael Jackson, Linkin Park, Metallica. They need more than just one song on the game instead of downloading them. That crap cost a lot of Microsoft Points, well if you’re playing on the Xbox 360.

When creating your ideal character, it gets very thorough. You can change the features a lot on this game. You can even have the option to change the age of your character also. That’s nice too but the skin pigment needs a lot of work. Some of the pigments make it look as if you’re glowing from some toxic waste or something. So that’s why I just stick with the original characters from the game. While on Rock Band 2 I use the character I created. Her name is Lee.

The things I really like with guitar Hero though is that they change the characters that suit the song. Meaning, when its a song sung by a female artist then they change it to a female singer. While on Rock Band 2 which ever artist is on that stage and you have setlist with both female and male artists then that’s who is going to be up there the whole time. It gets kind of funny after awhile though.

Stumble It!

ESRB: T for Lyrics, Mild and Suggestive

Genre: Music

Available on: PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS2 and Wireless

Release Date: October 26, 2008

I give this game a 7 and yes I would recommend this game to my fellow gamers.

I’ve decided for those who aren’t familiar with the game or haven’t played the game to provide to the setlist for the game. Note: The setlist is the same on all consoles from my understanding.

Setlist

• 311 – “Beautiful Disaster”
• 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”
• Airbourne – “Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band – “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anouk – “Good God”
• The Answer – “Never Too Late”
• At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys – “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks – “Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society – “Stillborn”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Weapon of Choice”
• blink-182 – “Dammit”
• Blondie – “One Way or Another”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – “Hollywood Nights”
• Bon Jovi – “Livin’ On A Prayer”
• Bullet For My Valentine – “Scream Aim Fire”
• Coldplay – “Shiver”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Up Around The Bend”
• The Cult – “Love Removal Machine”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel The Pain”
• The Doors – “Love Me Two Times”
• Dream Theater – “Pull Me Under”
• The Eagles – “Hotel California”
• The Enemy – “Aggro”
• Filter – “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
• Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
• The Guess Who – “American Woman”
• Hush Puppies – “You’re Gonna Say Yeah!”
• Interpol – “Obstacle 1”
• Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
• Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze (Live)”
• Jimi Hendrix – “The Wind Cries Mary”
• Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
• Joe Satriani – “Satch Boogie”
• Kent – “Vinternoll2”
• Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
• Lacuna Coil – “Our Truth”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
• Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done”
• The Living End – “Prisoner of Society”
• Los Lobos – “La Bamba”
• Lost Prophets – “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
• Mars Volta – “L’Via L’Viaquez”
• MC5’s Wayne Kramer – “Kick Out The Jams”
• Metallica – “Trapped Under Ice”
• Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
• Modest Mouse – “Float On”
• Motörhead – “Overkill”
• Muse – “Assassin”
• Negramaro – “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
• Nirvana – “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
• No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”
• NOFX – “Soul Doubt”
• Oasis – “Some Might Say”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley”
• Paramore – “Misery Business”
• Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker”
• R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
• Radio Futura – “Escuela De Calor”
• Rise Against – “Re-Education Through Labor”
• Sex Pistols – “Pretty Vacant”
• Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
• Steely Dan – “Do It Again”
• Steve Miller Band – “The Joker”
• Sting – “Demolition Man (Live)”
• The Stone Roses – “Love Spreads”
• Stuck In The Sound – “Toy Boy”
• Sublime – “Santeria”
• Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
• System of a Down – “B.Y.O.B.”
• Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold”
• Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
• Tokio Hotel – “Monsoon”
• Tool – “Parabola”
• Tool – “Schism”
• Tool – “Vicarious”
• Trust – “Antisocial”
• Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
• Willie Nelson – “On The Road Again”
• Wings – “Band on the Run”
• Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording