1. StevenH

   10

   Very excellent game, Only reason I see low votes is because of people who say it has the same songs as Rock Band 2, but in my opinion, the better songs are on Guitar Hero, then on Rock Band, plus... new intro to play styles for each instrument was nice, gives a variety, the drums are excellent, the songs are not impossibly hard, Unlike Rock Band 2s starting boring songs, Guitar Hero starts it off with a bang, and ends it with a bang. Character Customization is excellent, compared to RB2, and you can custom your own music instruments! Even make your own song, its very nice. Loved the music, gameplay, even the 4 seconds you get when you pause, to be back on track, they thought of everything you need to surpass RB2. Few more metal songs would of been nice, but still you can always add downloads on xbox market. Love the calibrate thing, keeps people from complaining, I see no flaws, no lagg, just a big competition for RB2. Guitar Hero makers, keep it up, you just need to release your next game before RockBand does! lol...… Expand

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2. IanH

   8

   This is actually a return to form for music rhythm games. The Rock Band series should have been ideal given the hybrid of Harmonix, who orignally developed the Guitar Hero serious and EA, who have enough money in the bank to secure some decent tracks. Unfortunately, I found the gameplay and peripherals fundamentally flawed which rendered the game disappointing. Which brings me to GH:WT. The basics are all in place. The drum kit is the best yet. Despite people's comments on the manufacturing of it I've had no problems. The addition of cymbals make it physically more believable than that of the RB drums. Also, in relation to Mark's earlier review (scoring the game 0), I have played drums for over 7 years and own a Roland TD-series electronic kit, so I feel right in saying that the Guitar Hero kit does a good job of emulating a real kit given the price of the package. The actual notation for the drum parts seems pretty good compared with their real life counterpart.
   The guitar feels pretty similar to other GH guitars. The fret buttons are a good size and distance apart, making playing crazy solos great fun. Again, I didn't like the Rock Band guitar because the fret buttons, although looking aesthetically pleasing, just weren't practical given how thick they were.
   The song selection isn't going to please everyone but Activision/Neversoft have had a good go at mixing genres so most gamers should find at least a few songs they like.
   Throw into the mix the GH Studio - a recording app which allows people to record their own tunes using the instruments, fine tune them on a mixer and them upload them to Xbox Live for other players to download - and you've got one great music package.… Expand

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3. Garian

   7

   I played this game for a little while at a place called "Gamerbase" it was challenging to hit all the notes at the right time and to keep the streak going, it was definitely fun to play, but i'll never be an expert. The review score I give will also be my review to every other guitar hero game, as I believe they are all more or less the same.… Expand

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4. ChazD.

   4

   Game itself lacked a lot of what makes Rock Band 2 a better game, having no prior "full band" titles Guitar Hero WT is entering a Rock Band owned market now, with hardly any DLC, no previous games to import into the new track listing and things missing like such as "no fail" mode which Rock Band 2 has and is great for get togethers Myself I returned the whole kit because of problems with my drums AND guitar, both were hitting notes when I didn't even touch them and the drums would also add notes after I hit the red and yellow pads, IMO this is in-excusable for a $200 purchase and already owning Rock Band 2 and its hardware there was really no reason to keep the Guitar Hero bundle, very disappointed to say the least.… Expand

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