Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar 2 pk. - Xbox 360 Review

Customer Ratings:

The game was fun and the guitar worked, but it is a quick play and if you don't do any of the online downloads, it is fairly limited. However, while you ARE playing, it is fun.

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GHWT and RB are essentially the same game, but they have their own nuances. RB seems a bit more authentic, and the background action doesn't have to try as hard as the goofy, over-use of contrasting colors and shoddy animation that GH uses. The characters doesn't quite seem as alive in GHWT. It's almost seems that the target audience for GH is those in the single-digit age range.

Instruments:

Unfortunately, the ION Drum Rocker is a bit awkward on the game. It can be figured out, but using the highly-breakable GH drumset is the way to go.

The new guitar has some great additions, such as a longer strum bar, and a star power bridge button. The slide pad is an interesting addition, although I wouldn't have made it as long as they did. Still, I prefer to stick with the GH3 Les Paul.

The Rock Band M.I.C. works with the game if anyone was wondering.

What I like better about GHWT over RB:

One thing I do like better in GHWT is the vocal meter. The line is thicker and is a little easier to identify when pitch needs to be adjusted

If using the stock drums, the better layout goes to GH. Although the cymbals can be added to RB2's kit, they are still quite optional in the game...which acts no different whether you have cymbals or not. In GH they are part of the experience. However, the ION Drum Rocker beats both hands down (as it should, being $300).

I like that other gamers can write their own tunes or make renditions of other songs. The lack of vocals is lame, but totally understandable. Copyrights would be broken left and right to the full extreme (which I'm sure they are already are).

Last Words:

The song selection is still much better (and bigger) in Rock Band...and there is DLC for days.

All of this leaves my family sticking with Rock Band and its song selection expanse.