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Guitar Hero (PS2)

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Time to Break Out the Guitar

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5 Nov 19th, 2008 

25 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

Advantages:
Rocking out to the greatest songs of all time  |  Great graphics for those watching

Disadvantages:
Could use some more songs  |  More unlockable / purchasble content

Recommendable Yes:

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Difficulty: Medium
Learning Curve: 30 - 60 minutes

Who would of thought it, a game where you could play as a lead guitarist be so ridiculously addictive and fun? Guitar Hero hits this game right on the gaming industry nail. Even such an idea of a game must of made them think this would be an instant hit, who needs the thrill of their garage band and trying to make it big with their friends when they can just play this?

Guitar Hero allows you to play several famous songs, including Ace of Spades, I Love Rock and Roll, I Wanna Be Sedated, Iron Man, More Then a Feeling and even the legendary Ziggy Stardust!

How you play this rocking game? You will need to purchase a guitar hero guitar (which you can get in a bundle with the game itself), with this, you plug it in a rock out to the tunes. You use five frets, a strum bar and a whammy bar to thrash out notes at a very slow speed of a hyper speed depending on your preferences and skill. When notes come flying down the board at you, as they reach a little circle, you will then play the note needed, and the music will play as it would if you succeeded. If you miss a note, then the song with differ, as the guitar sounds will not play through. All songs have been recreated for this game!

There is also a two player mode, which requires two guitars to play. You can do 'rock battles' which is just you both playing the same song, but trying to out best each other, but playing more notes, and gaining more points. You can gain points by hitting notes consistently, as the more notes you hit, the higher your multiplier rises, riseing to a maximum of x4. There is a way to raise this even further, when you harness the amazing star power, which you can do by playing specific notes, then unleashing your godly rock powers upon the unsuspecting crowd cheering loudly for you.

Gameplay - 8/10
With this highly addictive yet simple gameplay, and the fascination of being able to be a rock legend in your own home, you will be entertained for ages playing through the over 30 songs this game has.

Design - 7.5/10
With each song representing you at an actual concert, you will see your band, the crowd, and activities going on during the songs playing. However the games graphical areas were not made for the player, as you cannot concentrate on what's going on around while your playing the guitar, however, it's more for those that are watching your performance.

Sound - 10/10
Greatest rock songs of all time in your disposal, enough said.

Value - 8/10
With this game having numerous songs for you to play, for you to unlock, or purchase with imaginary money you earn from your gigs in career mode, this game will keep you occupied for ages, and offer you to replay songs to try and best your record, or try and perfect them on the hardest difficulty of expert.

Overall - 8.8/10
Just the pure amount of effort and dedication put into this game truly shows. The amount of fun your bound to have on your own, or even with a big group of friends, this game is, legendary to those rock gods out there. 

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gemsarchitect 19.11.2008 12:00

very well reviewed...keep it on.

bubblegum_princess 19.11.2008 09:50

The one game I can beat my boyfriend at!!!

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