The game is very solid. I play quitar mainly and have a wireless RB and GH quitar. I prefer the Guitar Hero guitars. The new version of the quitar seems to be an improvement over both the quitars I have. I seem to have a easier time hitting the quick sequences.
I also have RB1 and 2, and to be honest, I prefer playing as a band using RB2 more than GHWT. It's probably that I am just used to RB band play more. Both are enjoyable and I am really happy that the guitars and drums seem to work fine with both games. (Of course the GHWT drums have six notes so you don't use the orange cymbal when playing RB's.
Downloadable contect really makes both games, and at the moment RB2 is way ahead. I hope that this competition between the two games continues because it sure seems like the gamer will benefit.
In all if pressed I would take RB2 over GHWT but luckily I don't have to choose and I can have both. With either game you can't go wrong, they both are great fun.
Good luck all on getting a working set of drums or fixing them.
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The track list is the usual mixture of oldies (read: softer tracks by Fleetwood Mac) and harder songs (a set exclusively by Tool). I love the celebrity guests who come on the stage for the 3rd or 4th song in the sets, like Sting, Billy Corgan, etc. That's a nice touch. The customizability will also keep you entertained for hours.But... I have experienced all of the drum problems listed thus far. I pre-ordered my set but had to return it because the yellow cymbal was not registering at all. The manufacturer puts all shipping costs and responsibility on the users, which is a shame because most problems are with the main drum wiring, (the heaviest piece to ship). Luckily, the store took it back-but now I have in video game store credit, instead of cash.
My second drum set was fine until I realized that every other red note activates a yellow note, too. Therefore, it's nearly impossible to get a full multiplier/perfect score. I can still play, but it's annoying. Imagine firing bullets in GTA at random, without pressing any buttons. Funny until you have to spend 10 minutes running from the cops for no reason.
The new guitar is bigger, but I'm liking it. I was worried because my hands are small and my arms aren't that long, either. This hasn't been a problem, thankfully, and I'm looking forward to mastering the slide bar.
Anyway, if enough people are having the drum kit problem-which it seems that they are-we should file a class-action suit. They are doing it for X360's Red Ring of Death. There is no way Activision put this product out thinking it was not faulty...
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This past weekend i played guitar hero world touur for twelve hours. i also own rock band 2 and have been playing that since the day it came out. As i usually play rock band on a 50 inch plasma and i had to play world tour on a 34 inch rounded screen old school tv it was a little bit harder to read the notes. but here is my review none the lessVocals: vocals seem way easier to sing then rock band. the microphone seems to read the pitch better and is more sensitive. the only downside about this is that i don't know the words to most of the songs so it makes it hard to sing it.
Guitar: I love the new guitar. it looks great and feels great. it is very responsive and just the right weight to flip it over your shoulder while having a short break in the guitar. the slide feature seems fun to play but while playing on expert it is very hard to find the right fingering and then to get your fingers back up to frets but i'm sure after playing more i will be able to do it fine.
Drums: i'm a drummer and all i do is play the drums until i'm tired of sitting down. the first time i played the drums it felt great besides the foot pedal. the foot pedal is way to close to the ground. it also doesn't really have much of a spring back and is made of flexible plastic. the purple note was also hard to see on the tv screen to play it. as i continued to play the drums, i would continually hit in between the pads. since the spacing is different from the rock band drums i would go for where i thought the drum was, but it wasn't. This would be fine except for the fact that when hitting the plastic it would make a incredibly loud crack everytime you hit it. another thing about the drums was the cymbals are to close to the pads. my stick would get stuck under the cymbal when i was playing the red and fly out of my hand. and finally the blue drum hardly worked at all. if they fix the blue drum and had a better foot pedal i could tolerate playing it.
Set List: A lot of songs available for GHWT are the same as rock band 2. other then these songs there are about seven songs that i enjoy playing. i would totally recomend the rock band set list over the guitar hero one. while playing the set list i would start to fall asleep playing some songs because i didn't know them. some songs are way to long to enjoy playing. and i don't know why there are so many spanish songs in it. i haven't tried making any songs yet, but from the ones that i downloaded they remind me of old ringtones. it doesn't sound like a real song, but something that comes out of a cell phone. As i said before i wouuld recomend the rock band setlist over the GHWT one. there are about seven songs i like to play on GHWT, there are about seven songs i don't like to play out of my 160 rock band songs.
Overall: overall i would recomend this song for the guitar hero lovers, but i would recomend only getting the guitar pack and get the rock band drums which are far superior. maybe some amazing downloadable content would raise my opinion of the setlist, but so far guitar hero hasn't impressed me with their downloadable capabilities.
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People have already commented that the drum kit is crap, but I thought I would concur. Our red drum pad stopped working about a month after we bought the game. We returned it to Activision, and it was repaired. A couple days after we had it back, the yellow cymbal wire snapped off and we had to buy a replacement. After the wire came and my husband repaired it, he was able to play about 3 songs before the red drum pad went out again. These drums are complete garbage and we're done with them. We aren't willing to waste any more time and money trying to fix them. The game itself is pretty good, and the drums *were* a lot of fun to play, but don't waste your money on them.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Xbox 360 Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle
While most people argue about which game is better, Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band 2, the fact is that if you like this genre of gaming you're likely going to end up owning and thoroughly enjoying both games. So the real decision to be made is which band kit to buy.After having played with both band kits I ended up going with Guitar Hero. The microphones aren't worth comparing since they're pretty much the same, in my opinion, but the drums and guitar make all the difference. After playing with both guitars I found the Guitar Hero version to be better constructed. I've been pounding on this thing for a few hours a day for the last two weeks and haven't had it miss a step. It's a solid product. The Rock Band 2 version feels pretty flimsy and I don't think it could handle the same punishment. The drums have also taken quite a beating (my buddy gets a little too into the songs) and are still just as responsive as they were the first day we used them. I've read some reviews saying that there are issues with the responsiveness of the drums, but I've had no problems. The drums are also more attractive than the Rock Band 2 version; looking more like a real drum set with symbols and everything.
Now, even though I think this is a good kit it isn't without it's shortcomings. First off, the drums sit on a stand that is held up by pressure-lock clips. These clips are pretty weak and as you pound away at the drums the stand will gradually lower itself to the floor. Every couple of songs you'll have to undo the clips and readjust the height of the stand. That gets pretty annoying. Ultimately I fixed the problem by putting several layers of black electrical tape around the thinner part of the legs so that the tape would work as a stopper when it tried to slide down. It works perfectly and doesn't draw attention since the tape is black, just like the stand. As for the guitar, my only real complaint is that the stickers are garbage. You spend time tricking out your guitar only to have the stickers start peeling off within a few days.
If you want an opinion on the games themselves, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2, both games are basically the same. The only real differences are the interfaces and the song lists. For me, Rock Band 2 has a pretty drab and boring appearance while Guitar Hero has a much livlier and animated look and feel, which makes the game a little more enjoyable for me. But, when it comes to songs, I must admit that Rock Band 2 wins. The initial song list in RB2 is better (that could be argued based on personal preference), but then throw in the fact that you can import songs from RB1 and that there's also a huge list of downloadable songs currently available for RB2 and you really can't deny who's king of the hill in regard to content. One thing I have noticed, however, is that the songs that both games have in common (for example, "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins) seem to sound a little better on Guitar Hero even though both games claim to use master recordings. Even so, that won't stop you from enjoying the Rock Band 2 version. The career mode in Rock Band 2 is also a little better thought out and executed, so you'll likely get a more satisfying game experience playing through the Rock Band 2 career. But, in the end, you'll end up buying both games since they're both great fun. I'd just recommend buying the Guitar Hero band kit for the better instruments and then the Rock Band 2 game for a better gaming experience.
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