Guitar Hero: World Tour (Software Only) (PS3)

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Release Date: 07/11/2008

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Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 (Game only)

Delivering the largest on-disc set list in a music-rhythm game to-date, Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 is comprised entirely of master recordings from some of the greatest classic and modern rock bands of all-time including Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime and many more. Additionally, Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 offers significantly more localised downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles. Budding rock stars will also be given creative license to fully customise everything in Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3, from their characters' appearance and instruments to their band's logo and album covers.

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Publisher: Activision Blizzard

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Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 (Game only)

In addition to a newly designed more responsive guitar controller and microphone, Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 delivers the most realistic drum experience ever in a videogame with an authentic electronic drum kit. Featuring three drum pads, two raised cymbals and a bass kick pedal, the drum controller for Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 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.

Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 delivers more ways to play than ever before. Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies in Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 by playing either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience. In addition to all of the online gameplay modes from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 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 Guitar Hero: World Touur players can jam together, online or off, as they progress through the game, and in single-player Career Mode, PS3 Guitar Hero: World Tour players can jam on any of the instruments in branching venue progression enabling them to rock out in the order of their choice.

Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3's innovative new Music Studio lets players express their musical creativity by giving them access to a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch, utilising all of the instruments, and then play their compositions in the game. Music creators will also be able to share their Guitar Hero: World Tour PS3 recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download their unique compositions and play them.

Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 Features:

Bon Jovi: Livin' on a Prayer
Foo Fighters Everlong
Korn: Freak on a Leash
Lacuna Coil Our Truth
Linkin Park What I've Done
Motorhead - Overkill
Paramore Misery Business
Willie Nelson On the road again
Van Halen Hot for Teacher
... and many, many more!

Reviews

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The King of rock 'n' roll?

Rock Band may have ruled the rhythm-action roost for the past few months, but the series that started the trend for peripheral-based music games has returned in a big way. Compatible with all the old Guitar Hero guitars, the game-only version of Guitar Hero World Tour works as a straight-up sequel for those who just want to get their strum on. But it's the big band experience - available via the Band Bundle package - where the amps really get turned up to 11.

Kitted out

Red Octane has always created great guitar controllers but the one provided with Guitar Hero World Tour is comfortably its best to date, with longer strum and whammy bars, an additional Star Power button for the tilt-averse, and a touch-sensitive lower portion of the neck which enables you to slide and tap without strumming, for those pyrotechnic solos.

The tracklist is thrillingly eclectic - eschewing obvious choices in favour of some wild new challenges.

Meanwhile, the Guitar Hero World Tour drumkit is a masterpiece of engineering - a solid, sturdy, six-input set with rubber pads that provide a pleasing bounce when hit. It's also much quieter than Rock Band's offering, while the two raised cymbals make it feel closer to the real thing. The pads are also velocity-sensitive, meaning particularly hefty thwacks during breaks and fills will no doubt have the neighbours complaining. Or coming round to jam!

Thrillingly eclectic

Budding vocalists will be pleased to hear that they're also catered for in Guitar Hero World Tour, with a USB microphone doing its job more than efficiently and a mechanic that will be familiar to anyone who's played Sony's SingStar. World Tour is more forgiving, but then vocals are likely to be the one part of your game you'll struggle to improve.

The Guitar Hero World Tour tracklist is thrillingly eclectic - eschewing obvious choices in favour of some wild new challenges. You'll find REM and Oasis for the pop kids, while metal heads get to rock out with At The Drive-In and indie lovers can shoegaze to Dinosaur Jr. Though the less familiar songs aren't ideal for the full band experience, discovering new favourite tunes has always been part of the series' appeal.

casual gamers are well-served with the introduction of a Beginner mode which allows you to hit any button or press any pad to succeed.

Newcomers and casual gamers are well-served with the introduction of a Beginner mode which allows you to hit any button or press any pad to succeed: as long as you're in time, you'll pass. That's not to say that the series' hardcore roots have been ignored - the Expert difficulty setting in Guitar Hero World Tour offers a huge challenge, even to seasoned veterans.

The customisation options are plentiful - you can change anything from the facial hair and tattoos on your cartoonish avatar through to the design of your band's logo. And for the dedicated, Guitar Hero World Tour features a Studio mode which enables you to create your own tracks (but no vocals) and share with other players via the GHTunes service. It's dauntingly complex at first, but it's safe to say the feature will likely breed a substantial online community over the coming months.

Rock on

Perhaps most importantly, the note charts have been significantly improved over those in the disappointing Guitar Hero III - you'll rarely find yourself playing any phantom notes which aren't in the real song this time around. With Rock Band 2 just around the corner, developer Neversoft needed to raise its game, and it has - providing some serious competition to Harmonix in the battle of the bands.

GAME's Verdict

Well-designed instruments.
Great tracklist.
Exciting new modes and options.

Some may find the song list too eccentric.
The Studio mode is incredibly daunting.
Note charts - though improved - aren't quite Rock Band quality.

Review by: Keith 'Hi-hat' Stuart
Version Tested: X360
Review Published: 07.10.08

User Reviews

julie cairns posted on 08 Aug 2009

no where near as good as rock band 2

Fraser Titchen posted on 31 Dec 2008

Amazing game!!! guarenteed your money!!! Guitar Hero World Tour a game a guitar fan should definetly buy!!

Jamie Rubie posted on 30 Dec 2008

good game but no way near as good as rock band 2 is gonna be

Matthew Williams posted on 18 Nov 2008

This game is addictive. For the hardcore Guitar Hero fan, the Guitar itself has been souped up slightly, longer whammy bar and the addition of the slider bar is great fun and adds another trick to master from the guitar side of instruments. Like the main review says, easy to play difficult to master. The Drums are mint. Simply put I know, very easy to construct, they break down as well so you can put them away so they dont take up too much room. Very responsive so you dont have to smash hell out of them - but you can do! I've not used the mic as yet as I sound like a cat drowning when I sing so cant comment on that but the Song Creator is great. Its difficult to master, especially if like me you have absolutlely no idea how to read music, but stick at it and you can make any song as difficult or as easy as you like. Definately recommend the band bundle, and with downloadable content from Playstation Store, new tracks for all instruments will be available. 9/10.

Martin Wills posted on 09 Nov 2008

best guitar game ever made!

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