Category Archives: My Game Reviews
I write my reviews about video games that I like.
My Rock Band 2 Review
Rock Band 2. Hmmm where to start? Well besides the songs being perfect and the option to design your character I think that’s just about all I can say that’s good about it. The hammer-ons are horrible, just about every hammer-on you have to strum. Its not even the tv cause its already been calibrated. Being that the Bass Fender Replica is garbage and it causes you to miss notes. The guitar also gives out too. I didn’t buy any of the equipment for this game used even my 360 is brand spanking new. Its just this game is flawed. Tour can get
annoying cause they make you play the same songs over and over. One time I end up playing one specific song 4 times in a row. Some of the songs are so boring it makes you not want to play it any more. I am so look forward to GHW2 (Guitar Hero: World Tour) Even though I’ve looked at their list of song and its just about the same. Being that they’re both decided to push the limits of 85+ songs. Being that this is Guitar Hero’s first. (That’s another thread)
Being also that this game is made by EA (Electronic Arts) that doesn’t help much either. Its like it has the asshole-ness (I know that isn’t a word) of Guitar Hero when it comes to crazy notes to hit but the quality of the game could of been way better. The base replica fret bar is so damn stiff it cause your arm to get sore if you don’t know what you’re doing, even when you do know what you’re doing. Its a hassle playing bass. At times my boyfriend used Guitar Hero’s guitar to relieve the stress with playing with the bass guitar. Yes that is possible at first I was skeptical but the GH’S guitar does better for that game. (No you cannot use RB2′s bass guitar for GH because of the solo buttons). It cause the green fret to stay lit without you even pressing it.
Another thing that ticks me off about this game. When you have a list of songs to play and it differs from female lead singer to male. They don’t change like they would on Guitar Hero. I hope Guitar Hero don’t make that mistake. I mean its wierd seeing lead female/male singers sing the opposite of what they supposed to be singing. Ex: A male singing Paramore – That’s What You Get or A female singing Linkin Park – One Step Closer. I guess they became lazy and decided that well no one would notice and they’re not going to care, just as long as the game plays well. NOT! I’m a female gamer and find that very off and wrong. If they’re going to put out a game at least do it right when it comes to do doing certain things. & The outfits, lets not go there with that. Its like they put an randomizer on the people and the outfits. Its a guy on the game that looks like a straight female but have the body of a man. I almost failed the song cause I couldn’t stop looking at him. Well here’s the list of songs thats on the game. All 85+ of them…
- AC/DC – Let There Be Rock
- AFI – Girl’s Gone Grey
- Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
- Alice in Chains – Man in the Box
- Allman Brothers – Ramblin’ Man
- Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
- Bad Company – Shooting Star
- Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want
- Beck – E-Pro
- Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
- Billy Idol – White Wedding Pt. 1
- Blondie – One Way or Another
- Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
- Cheap Trick – Hello There
- Devo – Uncontrollable Urge
- Dinosaur Jr. – Feel the Pain
- Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
- Dream Theater – Panic Attack
- Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
- Elvis Costello – Pump It Up
- Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
- Foo Fighters – Everlong
- Guns N’ Roses – Shackler’s Revenge
- Interpol – PDA
- Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song
- Jethro Tull – Aqualung
- Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
- Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
- Journey – Anyway You Want It
- Judas Priest – Painkiller
- Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
- L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
- Lacuna Coil – Our Truth
- Linkin Park – One Step Closer
- Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
- Lush – De-Luxe
- Mastodon – Colony of Birchmen
- Megadeth – Peace Sells
- Metallica – Battery
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Where’d You Go
- Modest Mouse – Float On
- Motorhead – Ace of Spades
- Nirvana – Drain You
- Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
- Panic! At the Disco – Nine in the Afternoon
- Paramore – That’s What You Get
- Pearl Jam – Alive
- The Presidents of the United States of America – Lump
- Rage Against The Machine – Testify
- Ratt – Round & Round
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give it Away
- Rise Against – Give it All
- Rush – The Trees
- Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
- Smashing Pumpkins – Today
- Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
- Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot
- Soundgarden – Spoonman
- Squeeze – Cool for Cats
- Steely Dan – Bodhitsattya
- Steve Miller Band – Rock’n Me
- Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
- System of a Down – Chop Suey
- Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
- Tenacious D – Master Exploder
- Testament – Souls of Black
- The Donnas – New Kid in School
- The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
- The Grateful Dead – Alabama Getaway
- The Guess Who – American Woman
- The Muffs – Kids in America
- The Offspring – Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)
- The Replacements – Alex Chilton
- The Who – Pinball Wizard
Bonus Songs:
- Abnormality – Visions
- Anarchy Club – Get Clean
- Bang Camaro – Night Lies
- Breaking Wheel – Shoulder to the Plow
- The Libyans – Neighborhood
- The Main Drag – A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
- Speck – Conventional Lover
- The Sterns – Supreme Girl
- That Handsome Devil – Rob the Prez-O-Dent
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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.
My character [Lee
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
