Game Info
Game Name: Guitar Hero: World Tour
Developer(s): Neversoft/Vicarious Visions/Aspyr Media
Publisher(s): Activision
Platform(s): PS3/XBox 360/Wii/PC
Genre(s): Music
Release Date(s): October 26, 2008 (PS3/XBox 360/Wii)/July 26, 2009 (PC)
ESRB Rating: T
I might have died at 27, but I’ll be forever playing these songs
The Gods of Rock have told to you continue to rock on…this time you can bring your friends and not only be a Guitar Hero, but a Drum Hero, Bass Hero, and a Vocal Hero. The band just needs to continue to rock!
Guitar Hero: World Tour is the Guitar Hero franchise’s first attempt to counter the wildly successful Rock Band. Rock Band’s release right after Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock really changed the simulated music market and provided a challenge by super-saturating the market. Guitar Hero: World Tour is facing an uphill market.
The most innovative part of Guitar Hero: World Tour is probably the Music Studio which allows players to construct their own songs. It is very difficult to make nice sounding songs however and probably not worth the hassle for most. There are some fun downloadable songs created by other players, but many are just junk put up on the site for achievements.
Join Together with the Band!
Guitar Hero: World Tour also faces the problem of asking players to buy more new instruments (in addition to instruments they might have already owned for Rock Band). The instruments of Rock Band can work on World Tour but there are a few technical issues involved in getting them to really work together.
The challenge of Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III seems lessened for World Tour (although some of the last few songs are still quite difficult). The music does have a bit more variety and some popular, fun songs, but then Guitar Hero deals with Tool forces you to play a whole set of Tool songs…If you don’t enjoy Tool this could be a push (and they are also some of the more difficult songs in the game). It also contains the playable characters of Hayley Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Billy Corgan, Sting, Ted Nuget, and Travis Barker.
The Guitar Hero: World Tour complete song setlist:
About a Girl (Unplugged Live)—Nirvana
Aggro—The Enemy
American Woman—The Guess Who
Antisocial—Trust
Are You Gonna Go My Way—Lenny Kravitz
Assassin—Muse
B. Y. O. B.—System of a Down
Band on the Run—Wings
Beat It—Michael Jackson
Beautiful Disaster—311
Crazy Train—Ozzy Osbourne
Dammit—Blink-182
Demolition Man (Live)—Sting
Do It Again—Steely Dan
Escuela de Calor—Radio Futura
Everlong—Foo Fighters
Eye of the Tiger—Survivor
Feel the Pain—Dinosaur Jr.
Float On—Modest Mouse
Freak on a Leash—Korn
Go Your Own Way—Fleetwood Mac
Good God—Anouk
Hail to the Freaks—Beatsteaks
Heartbreaker—Pat Benatar
Hey Man, Nice Shot—Filter
Hollywood Nights—Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Hot for Teacher—Van Halen
Hotel California—Eagles
The Joker—Steve Miller Band
Kick Out the Jams—MC5’s Wayne Kramer
The Kill—30 Seconds to Mars
L’Via L’Viaquez—The Mars Volta
La Bamba—Los Lobos
Lazy Eye—Silversun Pickups
Livin’ on a Prayer—Bon Jovi
Love Me Two Times—The Doors
Love Removal Machine—The Cult
Love Spreads—The Stone Roses
The Middle—Jimmy Eat World
Misery Business—Paramore
Monsoon—Tokyo Hotel
Mountain Song—Jane’s Addiction
Mr. Crowley—Ozzy Osbourne
Never Too Late—The Answer
No Sleep Till Brooklyn—Beastie Boys (featuring Kerry King)
Nuvole E Lenzuola—Negramaro
Obstacle 1—Interpol
On the Road Again (Live)—Willie Nelson
One Armed Scissor—At the Drive-In
The One I Love—R. E. M.
One Way or Another—Blondie
Our Truth—Lacuna Coil
Overkill—Motorhead
Parabola—Tool
Pretty Vacant—Sex Pistols
Prisoner of Society—The Living End
Pull Me Under—Dream Theater
Purple Haze (Live at San Diego)—The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ramblin’ Man—The Allman Brothers Band
Re-Education (Through Labor)—Rise Against
Rebel Yell—Billy Idol
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)—Lostprophets
Santeria—Sublime
Satch Boogie—Joe Satriani
Schism—Tool
Scream Aim Fire—Bullet for My Valentine
Shiver—Coldplay
Some Might Say—Oasis
Soul Doubt—NOFX
Spiderwebs—No Doubt
Stillborn—Black Label Society
Stranglehold—Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
Ted Nugent Guitar Duel—Ted Nugent
Today—The Smashing Pumpkins
Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast—Airbourne
Toy Boy—Stuck in the Sound
Trapped Under Ice—Metallica
Up Around the Bend—Creedence Clearwater Revival
Vicarious—Tool
VinterNoll2—Kent
Weapon of Choice—Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
What I’ve Done—Linkin Park
The Wind Cries Mary—The Jimi Hendrix Experience
You’re Gonna Say Yeah!—HushPuppies
Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel—Zakk Wylde
Feel my mighty Sting!
Guitar Hero: World Tour shows that Guitar Hero doesn’t quite get it. The game is still clunky and just not as fun as the Rock Band format (even when you add in the new instraments). Rock Band not only was able to use their format but nab more popular artists and really expanded on the downloadable market by providing even more (and transferable) songs. Guitar Hero: World Tour isn’t necessarily a bad game, but it isn’t Rock Band. Guitar Hero: World Tour was followed by Guitar Hero 5.
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