Guitar Hero: World Tour (Solo Guitar Pack) (PS3)

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Release Date: 07/11/2008

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Guitar Hero: World Tour for PS3 - with Guitar!

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 - with Guitar!

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 - with Guitar! 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!

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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

antony lea posted on 23 Oct 2009

1 of my fave games and really amazing so buy it now 10/10 GUITAR HERO FOREVER

Joshua ONeill posted on 19 Jul 2009

you can use this guitar with the previous guitar heroes. Graphics 9/10, gameplay 9.5/10, tip: get the drums!!!!!!!!!

Arnaud Laignel posted on 15 Jul 2009

So addictive and fun. Really good game. The guitar is good aswell. Just a very good deal for this new price :D Honestly, do not hesitate, buy it and have fun with your friends or alone!

Prakhar Srivastava posted on 07 Jun 2009

hmm.. got this game a couple of months ago very good to start with luv the career mode and for about a month you're hooked then after uve played all the songs it gets a bit boring that said.. its still amazing wen friends are over and is a great multiplayer game online is satisfactory also 85%

Erica Mitchell posted on 04 Jan 2009

When u buy this can u use the guitar for the next or previous guitar heroes?

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