Guitar Hero: Metallica confirmed for May Comments by Robert Purchese

Hopefully we will be able to buy seperate instruments (like drums) this time?

How can such an amateur drummer warrant an expert plus level? And given most of his parts are feeble attempts at fast double-kicking, how do they propose to make that feel right with one pedal?

@Zomoniac

Lars is a shitsack of epic proportions, and a lapsed and incompetant drummer now, but upto and including Justice he was generally regarded as one of metal's finest drummers.

Is there any hope that the full track list you linked right there is both incomplete and inaccurate? They should not, in their right mind, charge us full price for those 20 odd songs and leave behind some real classics at the same time...

Fuck Activision! The US get it in March and we have to wait until May??? After my kick pedal breaking, them not answering the my RMA requests and now the red pad not responding I'm developing a lot of hate for them...this better do Metallica justice[pun not intended].

Guitar Hero: Megadeth would be substantially more awesome.

What I really want to see is Guitar Hero: Strapping Young Lad!

Gene Hoglan drums like Satan on Crack... he would eat Lars Ulrich for breakfast, crap him out at lunch and flush him at dinner time.

@Eraysor

Megadeth went to dogshit at about the same time as Metallica though. The black album and symphony of destruction were crappy but ok in small doses. Anything after that for both bands was worse than boyzone, apart from Death Magnetic which is also crappy but ok in small doses.

I just want kill 'em all, master of puppets, ...and justice for all, rust in peace and peace sells as DLC albums. I'd never need another game...

Oh, and among the living for ultimate jammie-wearing, boot stomping, moshpit-inducing metal enforcement!

Guitar Hero: Megadeth would be substantially more awesome.

Well, Rock Band has the entire "Peace Sells" album available as DLC.

@JohnnyWashnGo

When did Hoglan start playing for SYL? I thought the drummer from Zimmer's Hole played in SYL or am I terribly out of date?

Hoglan does indeed rock. Loved his work with Death.. :)

"Well, Rock Band has the entire "Peace Sells" album available as DLC."

*gurn*

Well that leads to another question: How well does RB play with a GH:WT drum kit? I'm worried that the cymbals won't get used as cymbals... anyone got the same setup?

As mentioned in the AC/DC Live pack - how about if the actual performers were Metallica instead of random computer generated characters and the proper venues to add that element of authenticty.

expert brums for such a shit drummer, for shame. the rest of the band carry him and even in the 80's there were many drummers that were better; nicko from maiden and neil peart from rush to name two. if the game came as two installments, pre and post black then i would be tempted by pre, but this is full to overflowing of a band revolving around a frontman who rather likes the sound of his own voice.

wonder when gh:iron maiden or qotsa is gunna see any development

add on;

farty, rb's drums are now flawed because of gh:wt. as was said on the acdc review, anything past hard on rb's drums is just making it harder than its supposed to be in reality, the orange pad is not used, the green acts as a cymbal as well as the yellow. (which makes the ion kit a joke for rb imo)

@farticusmaximus:

hoglan played drums for SYL during their lifetime, then he went over to zimmer's hole when SYL disbanded!

Lars is a shitsack of epic proportions, and a lapsed and incompetant drummer now, but upto and including Justice he was generally regarded as one of metal's finest drummers.

He did some reasonably creative stuff back in the day, but he's never been technically competent (compare him to the likes of Mitchell, Bonham and Copeland who were around at the same time and he doesn't even come close), he just did some stuff not many people had really done before with double-kick, but compare that to what guys like Lombardo and Jordison are doing (and they're just two obvious examples) and it really is nothing. It's not that he's a terrible drummer as such, but when you've got drummers like Copeland, Paice, Alex Van Halen, Jordison, Dolmayan, Chamberlain, Mitchell, Steve Smith, Peart and even Portnoy (can't stand the guy but his playing is impressive) in these games it seems strange they'd pick someone who doesn't compare to any of them to have a new difficulty dedicated to him.

Can someone please tell me when Nick Oliveri is returning to QOTSA because I want the real band back!

i it me or as a fan of drummers, is there any room for some pantera in these games? questionable lyrics yes but vinnies double kick work on becoming is gorgeous. or even some sepultura, ought from chaos ad would be immense....

Guh, why did this have to be a guitar hero title rather than a RB add-on... sorry, but ever since Nerversoft took over GH the charts aren't fun to play anymore. Great for those who want to go for uber-scores, terrible for enjoying with friends the way these games work best. Still, may be tempted to pick up the solus pack for this as Metallica's back catalogue is damn near perfect for this sort of game and the other bands that are supposed to be on the track list are damn good as well. Oh, and yes, the WHOLE back catalogue please, everything from Kill 'Em All to Death Magentic, there's some great tracks off every album and it gives a welcome variation when playing. Personally, after hearing 'em at the O2 last year, I'm hoping that Bleeding Me makes it in, really good track and it fits in nicely with the older work believe it or not.

@Zomoniac:

And given most of his parts are feeble attempts at fast double-kicking, how do they propose to make that feel right with one pedal?

I seem to recall seeing something about this mode being primarily produced for using a second pedal. No idea how it would be incorporated though.

@vegard

Ah I must have been getting confused. I saw Zimmers/SYL/Devin townsend project on a triple bill a few years back (which was simply awesome) and there was so much band member sharing.. it was terribly incestuous! xD

I know Steve Wheeler was the Zimmers drummer back then. How I failed to spot Hoglan I don't know. Might have been something to do with booze though! ;)

Well, I for one am really looking forward to this. The rumoured tracklist includes The Sword which would be a great addition. I'd never heard of them before Freya on GH2, now I have both their albums.

i it me or as a fan of drummers, is there any room for some pantera in these games? questionable lyrics yes but vinnies double kick work on becoming is gorgeous. or even some sepultura, ought from chaos ad would be immense....

Cowboys From Hell was on the first GH game, but that's not much use to you. And I left off Danny Carey from better-drummers-than-Lars-who-are-already-in-GH list, fucking awesome player.

@Zomoniac

"compare him to the likes of Mitchell, Bonham and Copeland who were around at the same time and he doesn't even come close"

Oooh, no fair!

You are completely right of course, especially about Mitch Mitchell. He's my drumming hero, closely followed by Brann Dailor and Morgen Agren.

It's a different genre though and I did state 'at the time he was one of metals finest' ;)

I'd say the prestige of this expansion getting double kicks is more to do with Metallica's iconic status than Lars' standing as a respected drummer.

Quick question...i brought GH3 today for £35 with guitar in HMV. Will I be able to but this Metallica one and play it using that guitar or do i NEED GH4 instead? Cheers, metal up yer ass and all that.

What we really (REALLY) need is Guitar Hero: Decapitated. You want to hear real drumming, check them out. Shame the drummer is dead though...

I think it would require a difficulty level even after Expert Plus. I'm going for Brutal Extreme Difficulty.

richardiox,

Quick answer yes you can play it using the GH3 guitar (check the GH:WT review for more detail) but I would say buy the Rock Band solus as they are a much better game

No DLC for the GH fans, just new full game releases. What a load of..

Guitar Hero:Spinal Tap please, complete with booby trapped drums

Turn it up to 13 and enjoy :P

@brappbrap

hey, maybe that's what the vocalist needs in order to pay all those medical bills, eh? my dream would be the entire colors album by between the buried and me, although i suck too much at rythm games to be able to play any of those songs...

It's amusing that that frontman fella said "It's a great way to bring our music to new audiences."

Surely the best way to do that would to get your music in a normal Guitar Hero game, not a moneygrabbing seperate disc. Only Metallica fans will buy Guitar Hero Metallica, idiot.

If it's drumming you're all after surely Guitar Hero: Dream Theatre would be the dog's bollocks? Can't say I've heard many (if any) drummers better than Portnoy!

i would rather spend my hard earned money on a real guitar,tbh

"i would rather spend my hard earned money on a real guitar,tbh "

Hah, there's always one isn't there. I can't even be bothered to say the obligatory answer to this statement, which someone so cleverly says in every single RB or Gh thread...

Although, as a few others have mentioned, no way am I buying a new bloody full price version of Guitar Hero every time they decide release it for a different band. GH may have the better instruments, but if they don't pull their fingers out of their arses people will get pretty sick of this and simply go for RB and it's far superior DLC offerings.

@ farticusmaximus

As far as I know, its the same RYBG set up on the World Tour kit. Since Y is mapped to a cymbal anyway (Rock bands Drums usually vary depending on chart but its mostly Red = Snare, Yellow and Blue = Hi-Hat and Ride Cymbals, Green = Crash. They all turn into toms on the Fill section). I dont think you can use the Orange cymbal as a crash though unless Harmonix Mapped it out as an extra green.

"i would rather spend my hard earned money on a real guitar,tbh"

And I suppose if you already own a guitar (or 6 in my case) then there is no reason to buy it whatsoever?

Idiot.

@RobotRocker

Thanks for the low-down. Looks like RB is not an option for me then which is a shame as the track selection is considerably better..

oliveri wont be back anytime soon. personally i dont mind

Aisde from Farticus . . .

No love for Mr. Benante? Y'all can turn your noses up, but S.O.D. and early 'Thrax defined that delicious mix of hard and speed. Elitiists . . .

How can such an amateur drummer warrant an expert plus level? And given most of his parts are feeble attempts at fast double-kicking, how do they propose to make that feel right with one pedal?



a second kick pedal will be available at launch

"No love for Mr. Benante? Y'all can turn your noses up, but S.O.D. and early 'Thrax defined that delicious mix of hard and speed. Elitiists . . ."

Good man! I love the Thrax, they were always tight as very tight thing in an incredibly small space! Master of puppets is the ultimate downpicking workout but Scott Ian makes those chugging downpicks sound HEAVY.

And SOD make me laugh out loud whist still sounding hard as nails. Zimmers hole are the only other band that do that to me.

expert PLUS!? jesus christ, my arms are gonna fall off D:

"In celebration of the bonkers ability of band co-founder Lars Ulrich..."

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I can't believe the idiots who continue to buy these games.

IT'S THE SAME GAME YOU HAVE PLAYED A BILLION TIMES OVER PEOPLE!

That goes for the morons who buy download content for them too and let activision milk them for all they are worth.

That said, might as well just call it ''idiot tax'' if you are activision.

The reason people buy track packs or DLC is because they want to play new songs that they like, what is so hard to believe about that? I'm happy to pay for stuff I want, its a personal choice, you don't have to buy eveything that is released.

@CountFapula

Why on earth would you want to come and post something that makes you sound like a dick that knows absolutely nothing about the subject matter? What you wanted to do was shut the hell up and leave the keyboard alone.

Stupid, stupid person.

Because the idiots (ie you) who buy this crap are part of the problem .

I mean you are paying for EXACTLY the same game with a different soundtrack, and you try to call someone else stupid?

I couldn't define irony any more than you just did.

These fucking idiots are the reason games like Dead Space, Left 4 Dead and Mirror's Edge don't sell and why Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend and Riddick get dropped while they lap up the same crap over and over again.

I wish all guitar hero fans would just fuck off and jump off a cliff like the lemmings they obviously are

@CountFapula

"I mean you are paying for EXACTLY the same game with a different soundtrack"

No I'm not. GH:WT added drums and vocals over GH3, and a band mode and music studio. GH:Metallica will add double bass pedal support.


"I couldn't define irony any more than you just did."

From your reply it's obvious you don't understand what irony actually is.


"These fucking idiots are the reason games like Dead Space, Left 4 Dead and Mirror's Edge don't sell"

Awww poor little Johhny's favourite games didnt sell very well. Going to have a little cry after your tantrum?

Here's a dose of reality for you. Those titles did sell, just not not in blockbuster numbers and there's a good reason for that. They don't have broad appeal. Why make such a strong comment on the games market when you clearly don't understand it?


"and why Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend and Riddick get dropped while they lap up the same crap over and over again."

All those games have publishers. Jeez, you love pointing out your own inability to do simple research don't you?


I feel sorry for close-minded idiots like yourself. You sound like a petulant child, and you have my pity.

I feel sorry for you too, being retarded and being activision's bitch and all :(

I'm not throwing a tantrum, I genuinely think morons like you should jump off a cliff because you are such tools and lemmings it's unbelievable.

Please learn the lessons your parents obviously didn't- if you ever encounter a female dumb enough to procreate with you, use a condom. The gene pool really doesn't need more dumbing down as it is.

@ CountFapula

So you wouldn't buy expansion packs for the games you like? Granted they would have to popular enough to continue to make them or even warrant expansion packs.

You sir are a cock, not because of the games that you like but because you feel the need to abuse other people for the ganes they choose to enjoy.

Technically I'm a Rock Band fan but I will be buying GHWT: Metallica

@CountFapula

"I'm not throwing a tantrum"

It's quite clear that you are. Just because you don't understand the game, or why so many people get great enjoyment from it, that does not mean you should immediately lash out at it.

That is the way of animals, not people. My cats at least have the intelligence to investigate something before attacking it. That's more than can be said for you.