Guitar Hero Review

By Tom Bramwell Published 7 April, 2006

Chord blimey.

Version tested: PlayStation 2

It seems to be the law that if you review Guitar Hero, you have to begin by talking about your own connection to the world of music. This is unfortunate.

See, my "rock history" begins, aged 10, with me standing in an auditorium with my Mum and my sister. On the stage in front of us, a walking mole. Singing "I Am The One And Only".

Yes, I have seen Chesney Hawkes live in concert. This pretty much set the tone.

Guitar Hero, then, is a bit of a salvation. Whether you're playing it alone or passing around the peripheral - a 2/3 size Gibson SG guitar that plugs into your PS2 - you can't help but tap your foot, wave the guitar around and, in some cases, slide violently along your laminate floor into a stack of DVDs. Like Harmonix's previous games FreQuency and Amplitude, it's about pressing buttons to match beats, but instead of using the joypad you're holding down one of five coloured fret buttons and strumming an up/down guitar string, occasionally reaching for the whammy bar or throwing the neck skyward to launch into "Star Power" mode for more points.

"Gimmick" is the wrong word for it, though it's obviously being thrown about. "Isn't it just a beatmatching game with a fancy peripheral?" someone asked the other day. Yes and no. It's a beatmatching game, but it's not just "with" a fancy peripheral, it's dependent upon it.

If you tried to play the game Harmonix has designed here any other way, it wouldn't be anywhere near as fun. As beats flow past, you don't just hit a button; you hold the right fret and then strum. You can do it on a Dual Shock using a mixture of face buttons and d-pad, but it's not the same. When you do it on something that asks for the same hand shapes and actions you'd associate with a guitar, psychologically you feel like that's what you're playing.

'Guitar Hero' Screenshot sequence

Maintain a sequence and build up a multiplier.

And everyone wants to play guitar.

To return to my own story, my experience with Chesney Hawkes was probably defining - I immediately ran hundreds of miles in the opposite direction, developing a taste for men with guitars, beards and Marlboro voice boxes. I certainly want to play guitar.

As I grew up, my tastes hardened in certain areas, and one day I found myself in a London venue called 93 Feet East with a couple of friends. There I witnessed Swedish rockers The Soundtrack of Our Lives crash and bang their way through two and a half fantastic songs. They were amazing, phenomenal. The sort of band I'd love to be in. So obviously I immediately fainted, was carried out, and missed the rest of the show.

Guitar Hero is unlikely to make you faint (and, to be fair, my diet had more to do with the abovementioned episode than Instant Repeater '99), but you might find your hand going a bit claw-like after hours spent gripping the neck to try and flick between those tricky chord sequences.

Y'see, Harmonix is very good at these beatmatching games, which is another reason Guitar Hero is more than a mere gimmick: the underlying game is actually brilliant, and not just because it makes you feel like you're playing a guitar blah blah etc., but because it's got a brilliant difficulty curve and a rewarding structure.

Career mode is split into four difficulty levels, and each gives you banks of licensed (cover) songs to play through in groups of five - usually asking you to complete four of each set to unlock the next lot. On Easy, most are just that - you're only asked to use three frets, chords are rare and the button sequences are quite memorable and repetitive. Even so, as you move toward some of the latter songs - Queens of the Stone Age's ‘No One Knows’ in particular - you find yourself struggling to keep up.

'Guitar Hero' Screenshot starpower

Starred notes contribute to Star Power, which doubles your multiplier.

But, with practice, it really comes. You find your fingers reacting much more naturally, you settle into a particular style of strumming (some people just go down, some just up, the pros alternate up and down), and you start to really enjoy some of the sequences.

Up the ante to Medium difficulty, and things toughen with a fourth fret brought into play, and a further five songs at the end of the Medium Career - including the ferocious Bark At The Moon, which is really quite testing. Sequences complicate; were you to choose Medium as a starting point, you'd probably fail completely. But having been through the Tutorial and Easy mode, you're already familiar with some of the songs, so you have a lingering understanding of the structure of each, and soon adapt to that complication.

The game's trick, of course, is that you're not actually playing all the notes. Only on Expert does the game approach a note for note ratio, and even then you've only got the five frets - strings, effectively. Even so, it's never less than satisfying, and you start to take real pride in your unbroken chains of notes (scores and other stats are offered at the end of each track), and get a real buzz out of feeling your fingers throwing themselves around the fret board instinctively. I always said my favourite thing about Amplitude was the way your fingers overtook your brain - it's the same here, only better. It's a guitar, after all.

I saw another guitar during phase three of my own rock history (isn't this fun!), which took me to a ramshackle little pit of pubescent mania in the middle of Oxford in the middle of last summer. I tell friends I was dragged there, but in truth I went willingly.

Anyway, following a bit too much cheap Heineken and a bit too much leaping around trying to smash things with my forehead, I was very nearly ejected. My friend and I even drew a truly violent look from a woman with a terrifying face, who mouthed "Stop that!" as we attempted to invade the stage, which felt like a result. And I got a nosebleed from all the headbutting. Finally, rock credentials!

'Guitar Hero' Screenshot markowen

I really did see Mark Owen live. I'm sorry.

Or at least, they would have been if it wasn't a Mark Owen gig.

That's certainly a bone you might pick with Guitar Hero - the line-up of artists.

You won't mind the recordings - reputedly all done by one chap (a Brit based out in California, apparently), they're extremely close to the originals, but with the guitar track brought to the fore so that Infected by Bad Religion, for example, sounds quite different. In a good way.

You might ask questions like "Why no Led Zepp?" To be fair to Harmonix though, you can't please everyone, and what is here is far more hit than miss. From David Bowie and Deep Purple right up to Audioslave and Sum 41, there's a huge variety, and you might even find a few you didn't know you liked. Boston's More Than A Feeling isn't something I'd put on my playlist at home, but it's one of the first things I reach for when I have friends round for Guitar Hero.

Plus, any game that can convince me to actually listen to Incubus on purpose has to be worth some good marks. You'll probably find yourself in the same situation with one song or other.

Obviously there are some legitimate criticisms. For the multiplayer mode to be at all competitive, for example, it really needs a pair of players of equivalent or near-equivalent skill, preferably trying to make their way through a song just beyond their usual skill-reach - it could have done with some sort of co-operative element, certainly.

However, if you tire of Guitar Hero, it'll probably be for lack of new songs rather than lack of enthusiasm - Harmonix has included a number of unlockable songs, but they're mostly US indie dirge that most people won't have heard of, and certainly don't incentivise you to pay much attention to your career totals and whatnot. As far as XP/shop structures go, this is no Meteos or OutRun 2006.

'Guitar Hero' Screenshot pants

They weren't my pants, so it's fine.

I'm running out of "rock stories" by the way.

Er, I haven't had my hair cut for eight months - does that count? [No, but it makes you look like a shepherd. - Ed] And I once spent a night in a Paris hotel lounge convincing the mood pianist to play Nick Cave and Metallica, which I think he did because he thought I was going to sleep with him.

Anyway, look, Guitar Hero is more than just the drunken pageantry of SingStar or the crowd-pleasing novelty of EyeToy, and it's certainly nothing like the boy's toy novelty of Steel Battalion. You won't buy it now and then find yourself hauling to the post office in six months to send to some eBay mark you've spent weeks digging up, particularly since its success means there are follow-ups on the way. It's a king among peripheral games, using most people's underlying fascination with the hidden art of axe-wielding as a foil for delivering one of the best beatmatching games I've seen. As a party game, it's something that everyone will demand to get their hands on, or, at their most reserved, simply watch with great enthusiasm; as a beatmatching game it's a natural successor to Amplitude; even as a high-score game it hits some pretty high notes.

And if there's one thing you ought to get out the biographical bits of this review, it's that you really, really don't need to have any guitar skill or "rock pedigree" to become a Guitar Hero. So you're fine, even if your life's as embarrassing as mine. Rock!

9 / 10

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  • Rev.StuartCampbell #1 6 years ago

    "and, in some cases, slide violently along your laminate floor into a stack of DVDs"

    Did everyone else's copy come with a much longer lead than mine or something? I can barely get far enough back to be able to focus on the screen.

  • djchump #2 6 years ago

    ROCK!

  • DDevil #3 6 years ago

    My arms were aching after playing this for a couple of hours last night. Oh and I had a grove worn into my middle and ring fingers on my left hand thanks to the yellow fret.

    But DAMN this game is excellent.

  • Talha #4 6 years ago

    Everyone's Slash now!

  • Dirtie #5 6 years ago

    Rock on!

  • reality_cheque #6 6 years ago

    @Rev: They might be using a extra bit of kit as an extender, or they might be using a different iteration of the pad as both of my PS2 pads had different length leads.

  • UncleLou #7 6 years ago

    Heh, great review.

  • krudster #8 6 years ago

    Yeah, we use cable extenders - a must for all Guitar Heroes!

  • neuroniky #9 6 years ago

    Play.com is packing mine.

    PACKING!!!

    Ship it naked if it takes so much time to pack :D.

  • magicpocket #10 6 years ago

    best thing since sliced bread.

  • Blerk #11 6 years ago

    frod, you're fired.

  • Beano #12 6 years ago

    "Play.com is packing mine.

    PACKING!!!"

    LOL... my order said that the entire day yesterday... today it's "processing"... PROCESSING ?!?!?

  • Ceatlan #13 6 years ago

    Is this game going to be of any interest to someone whose never been interested in rock music, never felt like playing air guitar and never dreamt of being in a band of any kind ?

    Its just seems like the sort of game that would only be any fun if I were completely hammered, and seeing as I have a very young family that doesn't happen very often these days.

  • bauhaus #14 6 years ago

    I`m picking mine up today!!!

    1st time ever my long suffering wife has expressed interest in a game, I cannot wait!

  • #15 6 years ago

    SCREAM FOR ME LONGBEACH!

  • Hicksy #16 6 years ago

    I have decided that this must be mine by the end of tommorow for a sunday of whammy bar goodness

    /straddles

  • zErOb_cOOl #17 6 years ago

    Is this game really that good.

    Granted it comes into its own in multiplayer, but even singstar gets boring after 10 games, singing the same songs over and over.

    Still, the songs in the game could have been a lot lot worse, so I wouldn't mind "playing" them over and over. Suppose I'll just have to give it a go to find out!

  • Tiger_Walts #18 6 years ago

    \m/

    What, shouldn't it be 9 out of 11?

  • jiroczech #19 6 years ago

    Yeah, it's an 11 all the way. £100 to import this with 2 guitar controllers - that's the most expensive game I've ever bought (Street Fighter 2 CE on the SNES is probably 2nd). It's so worth it though. What are they selling it for here? £50 with a controller? So worth it. Better than any 360 game (apart from Oblivion maybe...) and even at £50 it's a bargain given the quality of the controller.

    EG: If you watch the making of videos on the disc, the tracks aren't done by one guy - they had a bunch of session musicians. Oh, and as a guitarist I can confirm that on expert mode (see that... how casually I dropped in that I play guitar and I can play on expert mode - *buffs*) some of the tracks are harder to play in-game than they are on a real guitar. If you can clock expert and you don't already play guitar you should think about taking it up, you might be the next Vai.

  • neuroniky #20 6 years ago

    @Beano: the same just happened to me too. But now... IT HAS BEEN DEEEEEELIVERED!!! And I have a tracking code too... YESSSS!

    @Mapster: two rock stories for your great quote... 1) I have recorded a version of Hallowed Be Thy Name entirely translated in Italian (including the Scream for me Long Beach part...) which was pretty hilarious... if you were drunk like a camel.
    2) When I was 6, my brother was listening to H.B.T.N. and after the scream for me part, after the left - right - left -right part there is that moment where you get the 4 snare hits and then BOOM the two guitars start singing the same melody together in thirds, which is the best part of the song and, well, my brother went BOOM too and smashed the glass of our room's window. Blood aside, it was a blast.

  • Perry #21 6 years ago

    Hurry up Amazon. I want this now! Expect delivery 10th to 11th they say. I can hold out until Monday, but Tuesday is pushing it.

  • PlugMonkey #22 6 years ago

    "Is this game going to be of any interest to someone whose never been interested in rock music, never felt like playing air guitar and never dreamt of being in a band of any kind ? "

    Probably. I had very little interest in 95% of the music in Amplitude, but it's still one of my favourite games ever.

  • Kiigan #23 6 years ago

    Nice review. But I find it bizarre that so few reviewers have referred to the (superior) Konami "Guitar Freaks" series when covering this game.

  • Stickman #24 6 years ago

    'Incentivise'? Begone foul office speak!

  • djchump #25 6 years ago

    This game is amazing fun.
    The only drawback is it's very accessible and the Easy mode is well pitched at novice game players, so my missus is really enjoying it... which means I have to take turns with her and share - which mean 50% less ROCKing time for me!

    Boo to sharing!

  • nickthegun #26 6 years ago

    potentially stupid question, but im learning to play the guitar (yeah, 10 years to late, but its one of those '....before im 30 things'), so, will this game actually do anything for my currently lame guitar playing or should I think of another excuse to buy this and a PS2?

  • Teeth #27 6 years ago

    Yeah, missed a trick with the score there :D

    Ordered from Amazon ages ago so I gotta wait a week for mine ;_;
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 10:07

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #28 6 years ago

    @nick the gun: Nah, it won't help you play guitar as you are just pressing coloured buttons while strumming in time to the music - but it'll help your Rock God posturing no end! ;)
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 10:12

  • smelly #29 6 years ago

    GAH.. REALLY beginning to miss my ps2 now!

  • paulf #30 6 years ago

    just got it, most fun i've had on ps2 for ages turn it up to 11 and rock on :)

  • Kiigan #31 6 years ago

    "so, will this game actually do anything for my currently lame guitar playing"

    Um, no. If anything, being a guitarist is a disadvantage with the game in my experience! (I'm shit at the game, but I'm a decent enough guitarist)

  • DoctorApricot #32 6 years ago

    The highest praise I can give to Guitar Hero is that when I'm not playing it I wish I was. It really is worth all the hype.

  • djchump #33 6 years ago

    The one thing I can imagine this game being good for a guitarist is that it's great fun and in all likelyhood will give you the inclination/inspiration to actually play and practise on your real guitar ;-)

    /considers buying an electric guitar and amp

    Seriously, in the same way that Tony Hawks inspired a whole bunch of kids to go out and start skateboarding, I think Guitar Hero will significantly increase guitar sales this year :-)

  • I_Have_The_Power #34 6 years ago

    just got mine - now i have it sitting near my desk at work - tantilising me with all its goodness.

    and its only 11am

    /curses

  • muck_savage #35 6 years ago

    I have just ordered my copy, now I just need to get another PS2 :p

  • justsomeone #36 6 years ago

    "Is this game going to be of any interest to someone whose never been interested in rock music, never felt like playing air guitar and never dreamt of being in a band of any kind ? "

    there are only 83 people in the entire world who match that description, and 82 of those live in a small mountain village somewhere in eastern patagonia that i haven't yet reached in order to spread the word of ROCK, so i doubt if it's likely to be an issue.

    and buy twenty copies of this so you can smash your "hammer" over the TV at the end of a particularly fine performance.

  • tonynibbles #37 6 years ago

    I have a 3metre extension cable for my guitar it's very much needed for running round your room and ROCKING out.

  • FragTank #38 6 years ago

    but if you actually play guitar is this any good?

    or am i going to feel like a 3 year old pretending to be a grown up which is how the reviewer struck me, no offence.

    *goes back to oblivion*

  • BremXJones #39 6 years ago

    "Soundtrack of Our Lives"

    And people say *I* make embarassing public comfessions in my reviews.

    KG

  • Cabelo #40 6 years ago

    Brem... they say that because they don't like you ;)

    Nah, we love yer really.

  • coojam #41 6 years ago

    I'd like to say how rubbish the guitar actually looks btw...all this 'replica Gibson' stuff is nonsense...it looks like something Fisher Price would be proud of. That is, of course, until you actually play it.

    I don't think this would sit brilliantly as a part game...it requires so much skill, that beer might just get in the way lol.

    It also seems some people just can't do it...but they still love it just as much.

    This is one of the best games I've ever played though, its genius...never before has one game united the entire staff at work.

    Now if only they would release a songs pack with Guns N Roses, Dire Straits, The Darkness, The Killers... the.. etc etc
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 11:36

  • lord_swede #42 6 years ago

    Hey Kiigan, is Konami's Guitar Freaks really that good?

    If the guitar only has 3 buttons, where does the complexity come from?

    Have they released it in the west, or is it a Japanese only release?
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 11:40

  • Eighthours #43 6 years ago

    I'd like to say how rubbish the guitar actually looks btw...all this 'replica Gibson' stuff is nonsense...it looks like something Fisher Price would be proud of. That is, of course, until you actually play it.

    You're absolutely right. My girlf has been taking the piss ever since it arrived yesterday. She says the game's aimed at 3 year olds - simply because of the look of the guitar. I must make her play it tonight, and then hopefully she'll eat her (many) words.

  • Rociel #44 6 years ago

    God bless you Gameplay. You delivered this bounty unto me a day before release day. Playing Ziggy Stardust lying down is the greatest gaming experience of all time.

  • Tiger_Walts #45 6 years ago

    My game-phobic dad played this. The last thing I got him to have a bash at was PGR.

    What happened next? I couldn't get the guitar back off him!

  • ecureuil #46 6 years ago

    The guitar only looks bad because it's so tiny. At least you get stickers to decorate it with.

  • Eighthours #47 6 years ago

    The guitar only looks bad because it's so tiny. At least you get stickers to decorate it with.

    Indeed, that's yet another reason why my girlf thinks it's for 3 year olds.

  • krudster #48 6 years ago

    Oi! I'll have you know, Gillen, that Soundtrack of Our Lives are one of the finest rock bands on the face of the planet. Ever.

  • shamblemonkee #49 6 years ago

    The strum bar looks a bit odd....do you actually strum it or hold and wibble it?

  • Kiigan #50 6 years ago

    @lord_swede

    "Hey Kiigan, is Konami's Guitar Freaks really that good?

    If the guitar only has 3 buttons, where does the complexity come from?

    Have they released it in the west, or is it a Japanese only release?"

    Yeah, Guitar Freaks is great - much better IMO. That said, I like Konami's music games anyway, and I don't rate Harmonix very highly (I strongly disliked Frequency and Amplitude).

    As for the three buttons - the game really doesn't need 5 buttons to have "complexity" - Guitar Freaks is hard enough with just 3!

    Guitar Freaks V was released recently in the US I believe. There was an early release a few years back, but most fans of the series just import the Japanese releases. They're really good.

  • jiroczech #51 6 years ago

    I don't understand how you'd think being a guitarist is a disadvantage? On the harder difficulty levels (hard and expert) it gets very close to playing a real guitar - ok the mechanics are completely differrent but it captures the essence, the spirit of playing guitar perfectly. Any musical ability you've got is totally transferable to GH. With the difficulty up, you get close to playing every note. There's hammer-ons and pull-offs and you won't get far without some alternate picking.

    I've heard some guitarists (very few) moan about it but they're totally missing the point. I think they've just had a 5 minute shot on Easy and been unimpressed with the playing one note per bar mechanics you get at that level. I'm a guitarist and I love it!

  • djchump #52 6 years ago

    Kiigan - what kind of tunes do you get on Guitar Freaks? Are they famous rock songs, developer written new tunes/j-pop etc.?

    My love of Guitar Hero comes from being able to play the famous tunes that I already know ;-)

    Smoke on the Water ftw!! :-D

  • PinkSpider #53 6 years ago

    Gameplay shipped mine yesterday.

    Quite nice to see the PS2 getting some top notch AAA+ titles so late in its life.

    Also: I seem to be just leaving my PS2 on and going on for a quick blast every time I go downstairs. Infact, one more before back to work... screw eating.

  • coojam #54 6 years ago

    Its up to you how you use the strum bar...it is possible to properly strum it, but when the combos and chords are coming thick and fast, all you can do is 'wibble' it, as you so accurately describe it lol

    The wibbling thing does make it a little more realistic...kinda like using your fingers on individual strings, though obviously no way near as accurate, or thankfully, tough.

  • jiroczech #55 6 years ago

    Shit, I should be getting paid by Harmonix and Red Octane.

    "I'm a guitarist and I love it!" Did I really just type that? How embarassing.

    Kiigan, I think Guitar Freaks takes a very different approach and is more suited to your hardcore Bemani fan (that's being nice). GH is a bit more mainstream.

  • The Storm #56 6 years ago

    does the guitar come in only one colour? ie black?

  • ecureuil #57 6 years ago

    I prefer Guitar Freaks, too. I just love Bemani music too much. *goes back to playing IIDX*

  • jiroczech #58 6 years ago

    There's a Cherry one available in the US, should be coming out here too. The official forum has loads of tips on painting them and other mad modifications.

  • tonynibbles #59 6 years ago

    I'm getting a second cable extender for the second guitar.

    Being able to open my front door from my lounge, whilst still playing is a real asset.

    I'm gonna try one more fucking time to do Cowboys from Hell on Expert. I got to 92% and that was so annoying I had to stop trying it for a bit and perfect scores on other songs.

    A real key to completing EXPERT mode tracks is hammering them on HARD mode then switching to EXPERT again.

    I've only got Cowboys from Hell, The Burning Wheel and Cheat on the Church left to do on Expert, and then I will have done every single song in the game. BUT - they'rea ll extremely difficult...

  • neilka #60 6 years ago

    2 x Guitar Hero + free delivery = £79.98 from Amazon \m/

    Any bets on whether this or my DS Lite is more likely to be stolen by the postie?

  • BremXJones #61 6 years ago

    Kristan: Fucking hippies.

    KG

  • foamy #62 6 years ago

    Go get a real guitar, and spend some years getting good at it. *cries*

  • quantumsheep #63 6 years ago

    A couple of guys from the office had this on import a while ago - we used to go round and play it (usually when we were very, very drunk).

    I don't know why it is - maybe hype - maybe a fear of missing out - but about 8 other people got this today as well. Including me!

    One guy played it for the first time in one of the meeting rooms in the office and he just left after five minutes with a 'I'm off to buy this game!'

    It is just pure fun. And the controller is genius, natch.

    Can't wait to show my non-game playing friends - I'm positive even THEY will have a laugh with it.

    Nice one Red Octane and Harmonix - it really does just feel like a pheonomenon in the making :)

  • djchump #64 6 years ago

    My girlfriend is urging me to buy a 2nd guitar for it :-D
    When has THAT ever happened?! :-o
    Next payday, a second guitar WILL be mine... oh yes... it will be mine.

  • Feanor #65 6 years ago

    "Plus, any game that can convince me to actually listen to Incubus on purpose has to be worth some good marks. You'll probably find yourself in the same situation with one song or other."

    Boo, Incubus are a great band. Boo.

    Stellar is an odd choice for one of their songs, though. Something from A Crow Left of the Murder would be better.
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 15:06

  • kangarootoo #66 6 years ago

    I just played this about 5 mins ago. And its f'cking great.

    I played guitar and bass for years and I'm sure that is an advantage for me. It takes a little while to get used to the button position (and you have to be able to stop thinking and just "do it" on the harder settings), but after that I'm sure having practiced that hand co-ordination helps.

    The button spacing is actually closer to that of a bass than a guitar, so that might be what is throwing guitarists out, as they may already have a habit developed which is harder to work around than someone with no guitar experience.

    All they need to now (if you are reading Harminox) is do a drum version and I will be as happy as a pig in poo.

  • kangarootoo #67 6 years ago

    "Boo, Incubus are a great band. Boo."

    Seconded.

  • ecureuil #68 6 years ago

    All they need to now (if you are reading Harminox) is do a drum version and I will be as happy as a pig in poo.

    Hello DrumMania

    http://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/DrumMania
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/06 @ 15:20

  • Scientist #69 6 years ago

    Great review. I like this game but as I'm not a fan of rock in a broad sense, I just can't get into it as much as some people I know.
    Now if there was a funk, reggae version I'd be eleven out of tenning it for sure.

    \waves at Quantum Sheep

  • bauhaus #70 6 years ago

    Well, given it a quick spin with missis, it actually makes you laugh out loud.

    I cannot get More Than A Feeling out of my head now :(


    Gotta get it going in the back of the car and video it! Dunno why, just reckon it would be Rock n Roll!!!


    If only there was some Bauhaus or Sisters Of Mercy


    \M/

  • kangarootoo #71 6 years ago

    @ecureuil

    Yay to you for that link!! On my shopping list.

    p.s. Is it actually any good? Drums are my main intrument now, so I might be a bit picky. Loved Donkey Konga Bongos though, so I'm not overly purist with these things.

    @bauhaus

    "I cannot get More Than A Feeling out of my head now :("

    Thats what I love about this sort of game, Sing Star ebing another. Half the tunes would never be heard coming from your stereo, but under the moniker of kitch nostaliga everyone gets into them :)

  • ecureuil #72 6 years ago

    kangarootoo - yeah, it's great. Just don't expect to have heard of any of the songs before.

  • bauhaus #73 6 years ago

    >"I cannot get More Than A Feeling out of my head now :("
    >Thats what I love about this sort of game,


    Its not just the music in my head, I feel compelled to nod head, gurn and move my claw-like hands up and down while adopting a RAWK pose.

  • quantumsheep #74 6 years ago

    /waves at Scientist

    Hey mate ;)

    Was just in a meeting and suddenly realised I was strumming along and fingering an air guitar while tapping my foot when someone else was talking.

    "I love rock and roll" was the song in my head at the time I Think :o

    Going home in 20 minutes with other guitar hero purchasers. A battle of the bands is sure to ensue :)

  • neuroniky #75 6 years ago

    @ecureuil: Drummania is good, and so is Guitar Freaks, but J-Pop is much more suited for Beatmania and DDR... I play Drummania via emulator on my PC using an import (cheap, but usable... I'm even able to consistently do some high difficulty pieces on it...) controller, but the custom song made on "real" tracks are so much more fun. And at the same time, I'm a dedicated DDR player and I never touch any non-konami (or non-anime) song on it...

    However, I'm still waiting for this to arrive. Tomorrow. Please.

  • chronom4n #76 6 years ago

    I went into town today and had a go at the local store of GAME and fell in love with it immediately. Only yesterday i was 'air guitaring' to the red hot chili peppers! i have been rocking the house down for the last 30 mins. I do not play any instrument at all so this is the closest i can get to playing he guitar. I paid £50 and man what a cool purchase. Definitely worth every penny. Although it is criminal that they have not added the chili's

  • HairyArse #77 6 years ago

    Can I just also point you in the direction of my reader review of GH.

    <a href='http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62394'& gt;Shameless bump.</a>

  • Stormflood #78 6 years ago

    Can't believe I forgot to order this. Hope Game have a few in store tomorrow...

  • Rociel #79 6 years ago

    Dammit. They advertise the hell out of the multiplayer aspect of this game, but damned if I can find ANYWHERE in the UK that sells a seperate guitar.

  • Kosumo #80 6 years ago

    Why does everyone keep bashing "More than a Feeling"? It's a fantastic song and I'm happy to have it blasting out from speakers at my parties. Even better when weilding a guitar and rocking out to it on Guitar Hero!

    Man this game fucking rocks, my mates wouldn't leave my house till 4am because they were playing it bahaha!

  • secombe #81 6 years ago

    The publisher-spread rumours of low stock were a bit of a marketing ploy by the looks of things (as always), seen this in 3 HMV stores today and yesterday, same price as Play too.

  • F1Tom #82 6 years ago

    I got so carried with this game i nearly broke the guitar! This is a game that makes you feel like a GOD!!........... could of done with some muse tho.

  • foamy #83 6 years ago

    "could of done with some muse tho."

    *bows*

    New Born, The Small Print, Stockholm Syndrome, and some other ones, would be some kick-ass choices :D

  • djchump #84 6 years ago

    Rociel - You can buy a second guitar controller for £30 from the official website here:

    http://www.guitarher ogame.co.uk/

    I don't know how much P&P is, but it shuoldn't be too much.

    ROCK ON!

  • Baronen #85 6 years ago

    Are there any 3rd party gitars available? The official one's great and all, but if I'm going to buy another one, I don't want an identical one. I know the cherry model's supposed to be out in a couple of weeks, but are there any other options?

    On-topic: Great, great game. Spent the entire weekend playing multiplayer with two friends. Hard really *is* hard.

  • Rociel #86 6 years ago

    Holy Crap! P&P on the guitar is £10. Plus they don't accept Visa electrons (Curse you Barclays for giving me such a shitty card).

  • djchump #87 6 years ago

    £10 P&P!! That's bloody steep!
    Sod that, I'll wait til the shops start selling them

  • soupHERMANN #88 6 years ago

    this is gunna b sweet

  • byronicman_again #89 6 years ago

    The P&P is being reduced to six quid-odd, if it hasn't been already.