I won’t completely knock the graphics, but they are a little choppy and mannequin looking, this doesn’t detract too much from gameplay because you’re watching the colored notes not the band so who really cares? I prefer “Rock Band 2” and how they designed the fret board that you are playing on with more simplicity, “Guitar Hero World Tour” has more bells and whistles and icons and images that seem to distract rather than make it cool. I will admit that the character graphics aren’t as crisp on this version as “Rock Band 2,” but this could also be an unfair statement because I’m judging a Wii game versus the High Def of “Rock Band 2” on PS3. The actual in game screens are almost the same set-up as the other “Guitar Hero” games and “Rock Band.” It’s a fret board with notes that come across that you hit, while your band rocks out behind it. I love “Rock Band’s” drum set, but I have to admit it is pretty damn cool to be able to rock the symbols, it gives it the right little tweak to make you feel even more like you’re actually rocking instead of just playing a video game, so much kudos on that Activision. I’ve read several complaints of broken high hats online and heard of a decent amount breaking, so far mine’s all good so I can’t speak from direct experience with that. My concern, and I’ve read more people with the same issue, is the strength of the two poles the high hats are attached to. I will admit that I was a little intimidated by the high hats at first, but once I started playing they are incorporated very well into the game and the transition between peripherals is almost seamless (or I’m just awesome, not really I fail on anything past medium). With “Rock Band” the drums are set up with four drum pads and a kick pedal that attaches to the bottom, already awesome, but “Guitar Hero World Tour” goes a step further and makes it three drum pads and two high hats along with a more mobile kick pedal. The drum kit is probably what you’ve heard everyone talking about. Then a nemesis to “Guitar Hero” came along and threatened the series’ standing in the rocking community and that nemesis has a name… “Rock Band.” It was a great equalizer among gamers and non-gamers alike everyone loved “Guitar Hero.” So of course two sequels and a couple spin-offs have followed, doing what most game sequels do adding more bells and whistles such as making the guitar wireless and improving the two player mode to involve guitar battles and guitar/bass co-op play. I picked this game up immediately and my face was rocked off! I had never played anything so fun and with the moderation in difficulty level all my friends and family joined in. The difficulty on this game ranges from Easy (for people brand new and rhythmically challenged) to Expert (reserved mainly for Japanese kids on YouTube and 13 year olds with no jobs or real responsibilities). The screen has a fret board running across the middle where different colored icons scroll from the top to the bottom, your goal is to hit the corresponding color on the guitar on the correct beat in the song. The original game set up is that you pick from a list of 30 rocking tunes, including Smoke on the Water and Iron Man, and jam out with your guitar controller.
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