Gamers will complete challenges such as Band Streak, High Score and Power Challenge, which allows players to choose any two warrior powers they have unlocked to try and earn ridiculously high scores, to rank up and unlock more rewards and content than ever before. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock breathes new life into gamers' current Guitar Hero music libraries providing literally hundreds of hours of replayability with the introduction of Quickplay+, which features 13 totally unique gameplay challenges for every on-disc track as well as most downloadable and importable songs from Guitar Hero World Tour forward. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock XBOX 360-MARVEL #2: Games : Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock XBOX360-MARVELĪuthor: Whisky | 14 September 2014 | Views: 3031 With over 25 of Van Halen's greatest hits from "Jump" to "Panama," the set list crafted for Guitar Hero Van Halen is the perfect combination of high-energy rock that will appeal to a wide range of fans. Along with 19 larger than life musical artists, including Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, The Offspring, Blink-182 and Queen, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, famous frontman David Lee Roth, dynamic drummer Alex Van Halen and skilled songwriter and bassist, Wolfgang Van Halen, give fans the chance to own the stage and put on show-stopping performances in the coolest, all-new venues from around the world. For drummers, there's also a fantastic "Drum Over" mode, in which you can play the drums at your own rhythm along with the rest of the band, as they play in their usual manner.Guitar Hero Van Halen brings to life the flamboyance, virtuosity and unadulterated fun that has made Van Halen one of the most successful and popular rock and roll acts of any era. Playing a co-op game with a guitarist and bassist can be a lot of fun, and those who like to hammer the drums in the manner of "Through The Fire and Flames" (Youtube search for some incredible game-playing!), there's even an Expert+ mode which enables the player to use a double kick drum in the manner of Lars Ulrich. The game may also be entitled "Guitar Hero", but there is the opportunity to play bass, drums, and even be lead vocalist. Career Mode, of course, is a lot of fun, even if the aforementioned storyline is a little cartoon-like. To begin, players find themselves auditioning to be Metallica's backing band on a tour, a storyline which is apparently based on Metallica's own experiences in their early days. Aside from online play, which allows for duels and co-operative play, most players will find themselves locked in Career Mode. The presentation and graphics of the game remain excellent, with each of the current band members (deceased bassist Cliff Burton and his replacement Jason Newsted do not feature in the game) instantly recognisable in both their look and movement, the latter possible due to recognition technology used to portray the band's performances as accurately as possible. It's a dream come true for fans of the band, even if the hardcores generally aren't as fussed on "Metallica" (commonly known as "The Black Album") and "Load", the two main 1990s offerings from the band. Based around the game engine that Guitar Hero has used since its beginnings on Xbox 360, this version of the game provides a tremendous setlist, spanning from the band's very first album "Kill 'Em All", to their equally loved and hated "Death Magnetic" (most of the hatred was reserved for the mastering of the album, which distorted in some places due to excessive compression). Not that that's a complaint, because Guitar Hero: Metallica is another very fine game indeed.
Considering the fact that Metallica have always been notoriously picky about how their music is presented - and no, I'm not referring to the Napster debacle, but rather that, for example, they've never allowed their albums to be remastered, nor have they plumped for a quick-earning Greatest Hits collection - it's a little surprising that the band has now lent their name to the Guitar Hero franchise.