Guitar Hero World Tour

 PlayStation 2
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  • Summary: Guitar Hero World Tour marries Guitar Hero's guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit andGuitar Hero World Tour marries Guitar Hero's guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock and roll anthems, along with online Band Career and 8-player "Battle of the Bands." Guitar Hero World Tour is comprised entirely of master recordings from some of the greatest classic and modern rock bands of all-time including Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime and many more. Additionally, the game offers significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars are also given creative license to fully customize everything from their characters’ appearance and instruments to their band’s logo and album covers. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal, the drum controller combines larger and quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back and is easy to set up, move, break down and store. Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies by playing either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience. Guitar Hero World Tour introduces Battle of the Bands mode which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band to determine who is the best of the best. In the Band modes, up to four players can jam together, online or off, as they progress through the game, and in single-player Career Mode, players can jam on any of the instruments in branching venue progression enabling them to rock out in the order of their choice. The game's Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilizing all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators can share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them. [Activision]… Expand
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  1. PSX Extreme
    91
    Do you like Guitar Hero's tracklist more, or Rock Band 2's? My personal choice is Guitar Hero: World Tour, as its louder and heavier soundtrack puts a bigger smile on my face than Rock Band 2's unusual mix.
  2. GameZone
    85
    Guitar Hero: World Tour has a few kinks to work out, just as the first Rock Band did last year. But it's still a worthy contender of Harmonix's new offspring and is also worthy of being added to your game collection.
  3. Game Chronicles
    78
    The PS2 gets the job done nicely, but without online access to download new songs or even upload the ones you make, it nearly defeats the purpose of the Music Studio and your multiplayer is limited to local head-to-head and four-player co-op.

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  1. Robert
    Mar 18, 2009
    9
    I'm thoroughly enjoying this game, the first I've played in the guitar hero series. The PS2 version seems to have all the features I'm thoroughly enjoying this game, the first I've played in the guitar hero series. The PS2 version seems to have all the features of the others bar online play....of course being able to download songs is nice, but with the metalica song pack coming out soon, and probably many others, I can live without it. There's plenty in the game for me to get through first: 86 or so.… Expand
  2. KendylKlownfish
    May 9, 2011
    8
    It certainly doesn't beat the next-gen's visually stellar graphics, however, Guitar Hero World Tour is still a moderately fun experience forIt certainly doesn't beat the next-gen's visually stellar graphics, however, Guitar Hero World Tour is still a moderately fun experience for gamers who are still stuck in the past. Pros: Arguably the best setlist in a Guitar Hero game, including classic and modern tracks; excellent multiplayer with up to 4 instruments. Cons: Visually unimpressive; some bugs and slowdowns; an underwhelming single-player experience if you bought the complete version.… Expand