Guitar Hero World Tour: Game Only (Xbox 360)

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Guitar Hero World Tour: Game Only (Xbox 360)

Neversoft, creators of the famous Tony Hawk game series, have also developed Guitar Hero: World Tour, it is the next new title in the Guitar Hero franchise bringing with it a whole host of innovative new features and a requirement for other musical instrument peripherals in order to play the game most effectively as a band.

This makes the game a lot more fun to play socially with friends and was an obvious area for extension after Guitar Hero III. Guitar Hero: World Tour's music tracks are fun to play, arenas whilst you play the music are highly detailed and colourful, whilst remaining varied, and it also feels like the music has become easier to play.

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Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360) Review

Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360) Review

Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll gaming.

With 86 songs plus more available through downloadable content, World Tour provides a diverse, new player-friendly gaming and music-making experience that is incredibly fun to play, especially with groups of friends. Sound is ever important in World Tour and despite being a game where graphics are quite erroneous; this doesn't make them any less impressive.

Graphics and Presentation

Graphics should never have been a major concern for Neversoft; after all, World Tour at its simplest is a music game, however the developers decided it would be cool to include various settings for the band on-screen. These environments range from huge stadiums to small bar-like settings with a few people watching and raving along, and the detail is quite stunning, with fully rendered individuals each of which hasn't simply been replicated two hundred times and piled into a small arena. Presentation wise, World Tour is packaged in an attractive box that is characteristic of the Guitar Hero franchise and instantly recognisable. The menu system is attractive and reinforces the rock star theme that World Tour adheres to as much as possible.

Ultimately however, graphics and presentation is of little importance because for the fans the main concern will be all about the music and the gameplay.

Sound

Sound is obviously the most important part of World Tour. The game sounds truly amazing with a decent pair of headphones on or even surround sound speakers. Rock music will be blaring out from your television set or headphones and each song sounds like the real thing; Neversoft has indeed used the master (original) recordings of each of the 86 tracks featured in the main game, meaning that the music feels that much more real than if it was from a copy. Some crowd noise is also present depending on the arena and again it sounds quite realistic which adds to the experience: Guitar Hero: World Tour provides that fantasyland for all rock star wannabes.

Gameplay

Guitar Hero: World Tour will always be compared to the Rock Band series; indeed, Rock Band first brought the instrument peripherals to music-playing games, and both series are now quite alike. The major difference between them all is the style of the game and ultimately the set list. World Tour features world-renowned artists and songs such as Bon Jovi, Muse and Ozzy Osborne, but also arguably less well-known or newer bands such as The Allman Brothers Band, At The Drive-In and Paramore. The set list sticks with the rocky feel in an eclectic fashion, not being all hard rock or punk rock orientated for example which will appeal to a lot of players. Xbox Live compatibility also means that players can download and upload songs from/to other players around the globe.

Playing solo will mean playing a few songs at various gigs in order to progress to “harder” gigs on the difficulty scale. Many people used to complain at how hard Guitar Hero III was, which is where World Tour meets its one downfall; the fact that it seems a bit dumbed down. Guitar Hero III was by far the best game of the Guitar Hero franchise so far for playing competitively and on your own, because of the immense skill involved, however World Tour seems a bit easier and friendlier towards first-timers. This isn't always a bad thing of course, but from a competitive gamers' point of view it makes it too easy and not as fun as its predecessor.

This negative point doesn't take away from the fun to be had when playing as a band or with the new peripherals however. The drums, microphone, bass and guitar are all easy to set up and use, however going back to a competitive players' point of view, you'll notice that on the new guitar there's a slider bar halfway down the main body of the guitar, meaning that players don't have to strum but instead just tap when playing certain notes, which again is quite annoying and takes away a bit of the skill involved, but if it helps new players then I suppose you can't complain. Other than that, all of the peripherals are pretty well made; they don't feel cheap or too plastic in your hands and appear quite durable, meaning that playing, as a band is a very fun experience.

If you're not familiar with Guitar Hero games, then in-game you basically have to hit certain buttons/areas on each peripheral instrument in order to play the correct musical notes as you hear them and as songs go on. The Star Power accumulation system returns for players to draw on if they complete certain note sequences without making a mistake. Another excellent addition the World Tour is the make your own music function, which does exactly what it says on the tin and is pretty nifty, but only if you know what you're doing.

Closing Comments

Overall, Guitar Hero: World Tour on the Xbox 360 is a fantastic game. Graphics don't really mean much but they are sound nonetheless, and the track list is brilliant for fans of rock whether they prefer classic/traditional rock or modern rock. The create your own music function and instrument peripherals are also great additions to the Guitar Hero franchise, however World Tours only downfall is its relatively low difficulty compared to Guitar Hero III. Despite this, if you're into music and casual gaming, this is definitely a purchase for you, whether it’s for fun with friends or on your own.

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Chris Marsh

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