This is stating the obvious, yes there will be more Guitar Hero games coming, but three times as many by the year 2010 seems ridiculous. That means over the course of a couple of years we can expect to see at least 1-2 Guitar Hero games per year, which means World Tour will be old hat in about 6 months time. So let me get this right, I pay $190 for a game and all the instruments just to find out that it is and old piece of crap in a few months? Great! Just great! Read More »
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith takes the reigns and runs with the first full game based on a single band’s music. Aerosmith has the honor and the extensive music catalog for the task. Sporting over 40 new songs and venues, the game is essentially an expansion pack for the wildly successful Guitar Hero III, albeit a very good one.
Guitar Hero games have never been about insane graphics. Most of the time, you don’t even see them while playing. But behind the fretboard, there is a lot going on. The characters and environments have been improved slightly from Guitar Hero III, with some motion captured Aerosmith characters for most of the game. Steven Tyler has never looked so digital and Joe Perry’s shredding is pretty cool in the Guitar Hero style. There are six new venues that chronicle the history of the band, from their early days trying to get signed all the way up to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In a move to fire up gamers for the 4th of July weekend Activision is releasing a free downloadable track for Guitar Hero 3 on both the PSN and Xbox LIVE and it is the theme from Top Gun. I have to say this is a pretty cool freebie and a great song to play on the guitar, too bad it gets a bit repetitive towards the middle of the song.
This is one of the better DLC songs released especially because it’s free, it is right up there with the Halo song. Listening to this makes me want to go out and do Mach 3 in a fighter plane and eject my co-pilot and break his neck, poor Goose.
If you don’t know what the song sounds like, shame on you! After listening to the cuts from Top Gun I think GH should make a Top Gun themed game, screw Aerosmith! Here it is:
Hit the jump for more Top Gun songs, I just felt inspired after listening to the theme song and also for the official press release: Read More »
In case you were picking up Guitar Hero: Aerosmith next week, you can see what awaits your shredding right here. That’s right, the full setlist for the game. If you ask me, it’s not something I’d be terribly excited to play all the way through. Aerosmith is cool and all, but I don’t have that much desire to play all of their songs.
So here you go, for your strumming pleasure:
Tier 1: “Getting the Band Together” (Nipmuc High School)
1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople (cover)
2. “Draw the Line” by Aerosmith
3. “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick
4. “Make It” by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
5. “Uncle Salty” by Aerosmith
If you have ever wanted to rock the fuck out with Aerosmith, here is your chance. Take a look at the first trailer from the upcoming GH series. Be careful. Steven Tyler’s mouth has a gravitational pull equal to that of a small dwart star.
According to an item description released by Best Buy on the upcoming Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game, that no one really wants to buy, will have other instruments. The description is as follows:
Take on the roles of Aerosmith members Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton.
I know damn well they all didn’t sing. Best Buy may have jumped the gun, but is anyone going to buy a drum kit that is only for GH and mind you probably at least for some time only to play Aerosmith songs? I think the boat was missed here.
Have you ever sat down to play Guitar Hero and thought “Gee this needs more Aerosmith”? If you have, and I know many of us surely have, your prayers are being answered. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is set to rock your Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and PS2 this June.
[Joe] Perry adds, “On a larger scale, it’s cool for us to be pioneers helping to rebuild the music industry through a format like video games. It’s great for rock since the record companies are struggling to make sense of how things are changing. Fans want to get and experience music in new formats–and there are going to be some of them who will play the game, then pick up the guitar for real and start bands. It’s what’s happening now, and it’s only going to build more momentum in the future. It’s a massive change for the music business.”
As an added bonus, Guitar Hero III fans will get a free downloadable version of “Dream On” on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 from February 16th - 18th (as in this weekend only). I’m not really sure how this one will do. I think a lot of the appeal of Guitar Hero is the variety, and I think even hardcore Aerosmith fans might get a bit bored by only playing songs from one band. We’ll see how it plays out though.
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