Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Wii
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Metascore
74 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: Guitar Hero Smash Hits takes the most exciting, recognizable and fun to play music from genre-defining titles Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which were previously available for guitar-only in-game play, and delivers them as a compelling and dynamic full band experience. Featuring 48 master recordings, Guitar Hero Smash Hits delivers exciting online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player "Battle of the Bands,: which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online. Players' rock n' roll fantasies turn to realities as they create their rocker, compose original music and share it with the world through the innovative Music Studio, GHTunesSM and robust Rock Star Creator gameplay modes first introduced in Guitar Hero World Tour. The tracklist includes: Killer Queen (Queen), I Love Rock N Roll (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts), Bark At The Moon (Ozzy), Them Bones (Alice in Chains), Killing in the Name (Rage Against The Machine), Message In A Bottle (The Police), Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas) Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), I Wanna Rock (Twisted Sister), Nothin But A Good Time (Poison), Barracuda (Heart), Through the Fire and Flames (DragonForce). [Activision]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. PGNx Media
    98
    Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is an incredibly fun game and one that will definitely keep you entertained until Guitar Hero V arrives.
  2. Extreme Gamer
    84
    Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is the perfect compilation disc to pick up if you have missed some of the other editions along the way.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    74
    I can only recommend this title to Guitar Hero enthusiasts that feel the band side of their collection is sorely missing the tracks included with this release. Everyone else out there could just as easily hold out for Guitar Hero 5, or wait for Smash Hits to hit the bargain bin or used section of their favorite game store.
  4. GamesRadar
    70
    If these (songs) seem a little tired to you or you don’t want to pay for the whole collection, maybe just hold off and see if these make their way into the online shop eventually.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. CaseyL.
    10
    This game delivers exactly what it promises. Master recordings with full band charts from some of the best GH songs. Great for drummers/singers or anyone who never got a chance to rock out to some of these classics before. One thing to note, however, is just how bad the IGN review is. Complaining that the charts are differrent from before? WOW way to prove you have no knowledge of the genre and no business reviewing the game. Master recordings and cover versions will always be different.... that's kinda how it works.… Expand
  2. AmyLywood
    9
    This game in my eyes, is the best way to experience the series, the song list is superb, and he charting is too, bar one song, which is "Stop!", which on GH2 was a fun song, on here due to the realistic charting, isnt very fun anymore. the production values that went into the venuse i think is the best weve seen since Guitar hero 2. overall, i love this game, even if you disagree with the prcie, buy this game, you will not regret it.… Expand
  3. MatthewMaltby
    6
    What!?!? Yet ANOTHER Guitar Hero revamp? Don't get me wrong, when GH first came out I busted my butt to get up to the great songs, rocked the '80s and laughed my AO at the "Psychobilly" kid(which was in my opinion staged) but after awhile it got old. After all, how many times can you smash at 5 buttons while flicking the bar?!? That's it...the whole game...follow along, smash the buttons,flick the bar. At least Rockband gave us a few more options.… Expand

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