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7.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

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  1. AJW
    Nov 5, 2009
    7
    Excellent track listing of songs we have heard on the radio in the last 10 years. The graphics still hearken back to all Guitar Hero games, but they named it Band Hero for some reason (and then there was this one time, at band camp...). All in all, a fun game to play with challenging instrument tracks.
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  2. SeanH
    Nov 5, 2009
    1
    Wow. This is THE BIGGEST piece of crap i've ever had the unpleasure to play. With the worst tracklist ever, easy, EASY difficulty, I'd rather kill myself than play this crap. There's maybe 5 songs that were good. Rock Star, Heard it through the grapvine, the three doors down song, lifeline, and Our lips our sealed.
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  3. Sep 24, 2010
    7
    The setlist is BUILT for people who enjoy pop music. Obviously, the game will be unpleasurable to those that hate this genre of music. One of the major issues I found with the game is the reduced amount of music for the same price as Guitar Hero 5. There is also the lack of the same gameplay elements that Guitar Hero 5 had. One redeeming factor of the game is that most of the setlist can be exported to Guitar Hero 5 (and now Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock) Expand
  4. Mar 7, 2011
    8
    Band Hero while a blast to play, suffers from boring musical tracks, don't get me wrong there are some who will enjoy the pop soundtrack, but I'm not one of them, but there was one or two tracks that held my interest, that and the solid gameplay keep this from failure.
  5. Jul 25, 2011
    7
    Interesting in a bit, and maybe an excellent game for the Pop genre fans, Rock folks, please don't start thrashing Band Hero just because the soundtrack isn't your taste. That said, i think Activision slipped and got out of control , releasing so many GH games in one year or a little period of time is painful.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. 70
    Band Hero is clearly aimed at a very specific audience, and for that audience it's a goldmine of content that they'll enjoy. For guys like me, who actually like rock music, I'll stick with something a little more hardcore.
  2. 83
    Band Hero is an impressive game, but it does take a hit for not feeling that unique because this is really just Guitar Hero 5 with a pink/purple motif.
  3. This is one spin-off that actually tries to mix things up a bit. One for pop music fans.