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Short, boring, makes no sense sometimes. Uninteresting to bigger kids, too difficult for smaller kids. You can go through the game pretty quickly, and half the free play games don't even make sense. What a waste.

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The game was a knock off version of Mario party. There are only 5 boards to choose from and once you unlock them there's nothing to do. You have no choice but to play against computer players who are all difficult to beat. The mini games in this game are either hard to beat or make no sense. Don't recommend.

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my 7 yr. old son did not enjoy this game at all. There weren't very many levels and nothing to do. Ended up trading it in.

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You spend half your time waiting to play a game while the computer players play. The actual games you play are almost decent but you spend such little time actually playing them its not worth it. We played the game for about an hour, of that hour, we probably actually played games for about 10 minutes. The rest of the time was waiting for loading, watching the computers players play ( thats fun) and time spent on the game board rolling the dice. Do not buy. thankfully it just coat us a $1 at RedBox

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This game is tons of fun. i don't know what everyone is comnplaining about. if you want an action game then this is not it. basicaly this is mario party but with the croods instead. if you just want a relaxing game that you don't have to do much then this is the game for you. if you have not played this game then i recommend you do

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I was excited to get this game since I loved the first Mech Assault so much, but single player mode does not live up to its predecessor. The boss fights, which were non-existant in Mech Assault, were pretty cool, and very difficult. The game play overall was harder, and especially the mortar. When you are in battle suit mode, you have a shoulder-mounted heavy mortar that is very difficult to aim, and in the final boss fight, you need to aim precisely with it.

Apparently this game really shines in when you are playing with other people online. There are not one, but TWO multiplayer modes. Unfortunately, I cannot get onto XBox live with a V1 X-Box, so I did not get to enjoy the multiplayer modes.

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MechAssault 2 Lone Wolf brings us yet another game of fun robot driving. You get a wide range of robots, as well as a few types of gameplay.

The graphics are reather nice from the large explosions to the lightning-zaps of your weapons. You stomp around, gathering up supplies, blowing up everything that is around you.

However, where the previous game trapped you in your robotic shell, now you can climb out and get into other vehicles and tanks. You can lay down bombs to take out your enemies. This might seem like a cool feature but it usually ends up with your frail human skeleton being squashed like a bug.

You can go online for traditional deathmatch battle, as well as a team MMORPG type of environment where you can go for more long term goals.

I have mixed emotions about the "expansion" from traditional mech gameplay. I understand that they're trying to give people more options, but the game really is quite unforgiving to you when you're out of your metal shell.

Luckily, they don't make you do that TOO often, and if you can just grit and bear it through those parts, the rest of the game really does reward with a lot of destructions and stamping around through a variety of landscapes.

Still, I would really love for MechAssault 3 to focus more on the large mech battles, and perhaps just provide a stronger plot line, better voice acting, and a truly immersive mech world. That would be my Mech Dream.

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I bought this game because I heard great things about the original mechassault. i didnt buy the original because it doesnt work on the xbox 360. i have played the first before and i think that the first is way better than the second. In the first game, you could choose your mech before the mission. in the second you either start in a mech that you didnt choose, in some new battle armor that is almost useless against other mechs (besides a new hijacking feature that i'll get to later), or as a human. The part were you get to walk around as a human might sound coll but you are VERY weak and you walk around in a lot of missions. it get very annoying and kind of ruins some of the gameplay. you can also drive tanks but they cant do much against other mechs, only other tanks and helicopters. the battle armor is also annoying, it is also pretty weak and the only real thing you can do is hijack(they call it neurohack in the game) what you do is latch on to a mech and a little icon pops up telling you to press certain buttons. if can press all the buttons i tells you the mech falls over and you can get into it. IF you dont die before geting to the mech and it doesnt turn on sheilds. the multiplayer is really fun. i havent played on xbox live but on a local console. if you play team destruction(two teams fight against each other to get points) or any other team game you can get in VTOLS. if you dont know what VTOL stands for its like a hover craft ship thing. at each base there is a landing pad. there you can choose upgrades to drop off to your friends, upgrades for your VTOL and bombs. bombs are devastating against other mechs they can really help out your friends. over all it is a pretty good game. i gave it 4 stars because the campaign is fun but not great. if your buying it for xbox live i want you to know nobody plays it anymore. i know the other reviews say it is really fun on xbox live but you wont be able to play in with other people online. so dont buy it for the online multiplayer

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the game was as stated. new. only problem was after getting half way through campaign it froze up and was unpassable. more than likely do to playing on a 360

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Came still in the origanal plastic not opened or anything best thing I've ever bought for so cheap!! If u played this game this is a must by (if unlinked it which u should have).

Mad Catz Rock Band 3 Guitar Bundle - Red Hot Chili Peppers Bonus Review

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For $44.61 you get a wireless guitar, which usually goes for $60, and the Rock Band 3 game, which prices for around $30. If you already have the RB3 game, then you're in luck because you can sell it for around $30 and you basically pay only $15 for the guitar. If you don't have the RB3 game, then you're still in a win-win situation. Other online stores sell this bundle at its retail price, so Amazon is great for offering such an amazing price.

As for the actual guitar, it works great and is tons of fun to play. I usually play the drums, although I've been slowly saving up for more instruments. This is my third instrument (the other being the microphone), and it's great to just sit on my bed and rock out with the guitar. The drums can be a bit more involved, especially if you are sick, so the guitar is nice to relax with. Oddly, the box inside the box art says it's a Rock Band 2 guitar, but I checked the picture differences between the RB2 and RB3 guitar, and I definitely got the RB3 guitar, so you should too.

Otherwise, great deal, but if you're not sure, look around for more deals. Plenty of post-Christmas Rock Band bundles are out there, so check them out.

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I overnight the product because i had some friends coming over for easter weekend and i had the guitar, drum set and microphone from beatles rockband... wow... It got here in time and what a great product, i was thinking to sell the game on amazon, because i have been playing rockband and lego rockband so i really didn't see the point to own another rockband game, well i was wrong... we had so much fun!!

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Many moons ago when the earth was young, a small 16 year old me asked for Guitar Hero 4 for Christmas. I loved that game, I played it a lot and when I got rock band 1 and 2 I loved them even more. I played them all the time, me and my friends beat the living crap out of my peripherals until they all barely functioned. I've thrown my guitars at walls, both accidentally and on purpose. I've broken and resoldered every single drum pad multiple times. I've yanked my Xbox off many a shelf while trying to do a drunken mic stand flip, destroying several discs in the process. These controllers treated me extremely well over these long years.

That being said, my guitar strum bar doesn't function, my other guitar's star power tilty thingy doesn't work anymore. The drums are held together by hot glue and the hopes and dreams of a dying child I had imprisoned at an occult funeral I once attended. I needed something new.

Seeing as how guitar hero controllers are like 70 dollars a piece, I decided to break down and go for some official Rock Band gear to go with my cruddy broken stuff. This was a no brainier, it was in my price range, had Amazon Prime shipping, and came with Rock Band 3! A game I had wanted for SO LONG! So I bought it.

This is such a nice guitar! The buttons push down with a satisfying feeling. You can feel the switch depress. This feels so much nicer than guitar hero's mushy fret keys. Also, this has auto calibration which works on most systems. A couple times I've had to set Rock Band up with some wack surround sound system that isn't set up correctly and that resulted in me having to calibrate it manually, but in most cases it works great!

The major downside is to this guitar has the Rock Band mushy strum bar. Coming from guitar hero I'm used to a satisfying click to let me know when the button is depressed. Lining these clicks up with the beat of the song sets the tempo and without this I sucked. It takes some getting used to, but after a while I don't notice it as much.

Rock Band 3 is awesome. The menu system has been super upgraded and it has a real focus on multiplayer mode now. People can pop in and out of a song at will and controllers can come in and out, all without having to pause the game! The game has a more refined focus on the gameplay as opposed to the score, which is great! I played this game to have a good time with my friends, not to have some pompous Simon-Cowell-esque game tell me we sucked. Also there are the pro instruments! I bought the pro keys controller and let me tell you it is a LOT harder and a LOT more realistic and as a result it is a LOT more fun! Especially with the games newly found focus on making things easier and more fun! I love it.

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So, what I'm saying is, if you have the patience to get to this point in the review, BUY IT! If you want Rock Band 3, which you can't find in stores anymore because apparently it's been discontinued, BUY IT! If you need a new guitar because you broke yours trying to spin it around your body but the strap came off and you really just threw it against the wall behind you but nobody saw but everyone heard so you had to make up a story about you knocking something off of something else to appease them, BUY IT! If you also like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and also need rock band and a new guitar BUY IT! It's worth it, and you'll love it, and it'll love you and everything will be awesome....

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I would have given this bundle a 5 out of 5, if my guitar lasted longer than one month before it stopped picking up my down-strums, my usual playing style. I'd love a new one sent to me, but it's probably a lost cause :/

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When I ordered the game and the guitar every thing was good condition but the forgot to put rock band 3 game in the box so i have a guitar but no game

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The only reason I am writting this review is because the other review is from what a gamer would call a "noob", to balance out the rating on here. This game rules and is totally worth the price!

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i would not buy this game. it is way too complicated you have use the joysticks to do anyhing, i cant even Ollie right.

Review of Little League World Series Double Play - Nintendo Wii

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I bought this for my husband and grandkids. They love the game. I would recommend this game to anyone who loves the game.

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My 6 year old loves this game! He was excited when this game came in the mail. This was a great purchase for the price.

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Winter stars is okay but we found a few things that could have been done better. The directions couldb be more clear. Levels for children would make it better too.

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We bought this game to play curling but first you have to go thru many challenges before it unlocks curling.

Buy Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 - Sony PSP

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Over 4600 cards! The gameplay and graphics are awesome. There is over 400 hours of gameplay in this game! It basically never ends! The music and animations are also great. It has just about every card imaginable in it. Be sure to pick this up, this is easily the swan song YGO game of the PSP.

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This game is a lot of fun. With its thousands of cards and numerous computer players this game allows for very complex and interesting card-play. There are a few bugs. For one it sometimes takes the computer player an unusually long time to make a move. I have literally seen it go two minutes only to end its turn without doing anything. The second bug is that sometimes a secondary effect won't activate. I have seen this with two cards. The first was Scrap Iron Scarecrow where after it activated it went to the graveyard instead of turning back face down. The second was with Stardust Dragon where I had activated its effect but at the end of the turn it didn't give me the option to special summon it back from the graveyard.

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I think tag force is brilliant It dose surprise me that you cant use monster reborn but its in the game. Otherwise the graphics are dead on and the game play is something to behold. I like how the first code that I put in worked right away. Though I did have to down load from the net in order to get the latest installment. So thumbs up for tag battle and the tournament play. Over all a great game.

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Heres my breakdown of Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force 5:

Pros:

Cards, Cards, and more Cards!!!!

This game definitely doesn't slouch on the cards. The list ranges from Yu-Gi-Oh!'s roots (think Dark Magicians and Blue Eyes White Dragons) to the very new cards from the 5D's anime as well. My favorite part is that it features several anime exclusive cards. For example, the Machine Emperor cards are made up of 5 pieces like in the anime rather than the one card they are in real life. The game also features the Dark Synchros and Dark Tuners that the Dark Signers used in the 5D's anime. This game actually makes me question buying cards anymore since there are sooo many in the game. Bottom line is that you can build almost any kind of deck you want...which leads me to my next point...

Deck Building System

I thought the Deck Edit system was really well done. It allows you to easily search for cards as well as support cards for the archtype you're building for. Finding cards for the deck you want is pretty easy as well. The game makes finding cards incredibly easy, booster packs are cheap and characters will give you free cards packs after you beat their story. Like I said before, almost any kind of deck is possible in this game.

Monster 3D cut-scenes:

For certain monsters, when they're summoned and when they attack, a neat little cut scene pops up and shows them in all their glory. It gives you a lot of satisfaction because some of them are difficult to summon (ex. Shooting Star Dragon, Earthbound Immortals, Machine Emperors)

Duel Interface:

It's easy to use and the game has a tutorial mode in case there is any confusion.

Cons:

Story Mode:

Ugh, where do I start. It took me awhile to figure out how to even get the story mode running. Basically, you wander around New Domino City, find a character you want to team up with. Once you've teamed up with them, you basically have to make them like you by playing minigames or giving them items. Once they like you enough (a little heart meter turns red) you can do a story mission with them (each character has 4 missions). I can't really think of a better way to make the story mode works, but this way is incredibly tedious. Filling the heart meter takes an obscenely long and thats not even the worst...

Computer AI in Tag Duels:

Every mission in the story mode revolves around tag dueling. Which ever character you teamed up with is your partner for the duel. However, no matter how good of a duelist you have (ex. Yusei, Jack Atlas, or Vizor) they are useless. Synching up decks isn't even enough to get these guys to work. Most of the time your partner will impede your strategy. This one time I was playing Lazar's story, I was teamed up with him and he could have attacked easily to win the game with the Shooting Star Dragon that I had just labored to summon. The opponent had no monsters or spells or traps...and Lazar activates a card called Gravity Bind...However, the AI is deadly when they play against you. This makes tag duels feel more like a 2 on 1.

Destiny Draw:

Honestly, when you're losing a duel badly, you can't just say "I get a Destiny Draw so that means I draw the perfect card i need for this situation and turn the entire duel around" I cannot tell you how many times that I am a turn away from beating my AI opponent but then the game gives them a destiny draw which ends up screwing you over...and then they win. You can get Destiny Draws yourself...but I could do without the system in general because it robs people of wins based on some BS little game mechanic.

Glitches:

Cards like Call of the haunted and Limit Reverse stick around even after the monster they brough back is destroyed. Often the computer will destroy these cards instead of your much more dangerous face downs...doesn't make sense to me.

Score: 4/5

It's a great game. I just being able to pick up my PSP and play against all different kinds of decks and even my favorite characters from the show. This game is a must for any Yu-Gi-Oh! player, it's very helpful for testing out new strategies. I do admit I put a lot of cons down but these flaws are pretty easy to look past but I will warn you...they can be frustrating.

I know Tag Force 6 has recently come out and I recommend it to everyone. If it's anything like Tag Force 5, you'll be in for a treat. Not to mention, it features even more cards.

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Hello,

This would have to be one of the best purchases I have made this year. The game is really complex when you get into it. Your able to make as many decks as you can think of, light/dark, Machine, Spell-caster. Its shipped very fast and was in perfect condition. Thanks.

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I've been an avid gamer since high school and after Nintendo continuously updated and outdated their systems from year to year, this game eventually became something I could never play anymore. After a few years of swearing off games, I eventually returned to Playstation thanks to their respect for their customer and their efforts to make their previous consoles games playable on the newer systems.

This comes at a price though. Gone, is the games that are just plain guilty time wasting wholesome fun. Nearly every game that is made these days involves war, sports, death, darkness and dread. Games like "Dusty Diamond All-Star Softball" are a thing of the past and it says a lot that every so-often I long to play this game again. It wasn't complicated. It was a simple and beautiful thing. It was a schoolyard pick-em. There were a group of kids who all had different abilities. Some were fast. Some were slow. Some had great arms. Some had so-so arms. Some had power. Some didn't. Some were more suited to be catchers and some were more suited to be centerfielders. You picked your team. The computer picked their team and you played a game on your choice of softball field. Simple as that. Fun as could be.

GAMEMAKERS of today: Make this game again! Add to it though. Call it "Schoolyard Games", I don't care. Make it where there are dozens of kids, studs, dorks, goths, nerds, slow, fast. Have you and your friends do a schoolyard pick-em and play games like Softball, Basketball, 4-square, 8-square, dodgeball, football, hockey, tennis, soccer, volleyball. Have tournaments. The kids should have different personalities and looks.

The gaming world needs to lighten up and this would be a great game to do that. They sort of flirted with it with the game "Bully" on the ps2, but of course, they had to make "Bully" about beating people up and violence. Stepping down from my soapbox but hoping that someday I can play that game.

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quirky challenging game. Fun for all ages. Lots of characters to choose for your baseball team. Slow and fast pitch. Final game is always the most challenging. Who wants an easy baseball game? This game surely will test your gaming skills

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage Review

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I really enjoyed the first Spryo because of the fun and imaginative gameplay that involved fanciful levels and a loveable cast of characters. The first time I played Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, I was amazed at how much the graphics had improved. If you loved the scenery in Spyro, you'll love the beautiful levels in Spyro 2. In this game, you have several new challenges and abilities. In Spyro 2, you get to swim underwater, which really adds something to the gameplay. Another addition is the orb, which Spyro can get for completing challenges. Although the challenges are sometimes tedious, this is also an interesting addition because it allows you to test your abilities. Spyro 2 expands on the fun and creativity of the first Spyro, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves fun, fantastical gameplay and especially to those who enjoyed the first Spyro.

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As much as I loved the original Spyro -the sequel blows it away.

Everything that I liked best about the original -the interactivity, the detailed and sophisticated environments and fun stuff like blowing things away with cannons -is back and cranked up several notches.

Everything that made the original game sometimes seem repetitive -doing nothing but collecting gems and dragons, the tiny worlds, only being able to use a few moves in any given environment -is dumped.

And while this game really is perfect for kids -the worst thing in it is some cartoon violence of dinosaurs swallowing cavemen and spitting out an enormous bone -it's a hoot for adults, with lots of subtle humor and a game that's challenging enough without having anything as frustrating as Tree Tops from the original game.

An instant classic.

Cheap Turtle Beach Call of Duty: MW3 Ear Force Charlie: Limited Edition

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Headset looks and feels great. These are basically the Ear Force Z6A pc headphones with mw3 theme. I just wanted to make sure any future buyers that plan on using for xbox360 understand that you have to go to turtlebeach.com and buy their xbox cable kit for 20 + shipping in addition to the cost of the headphones. I was really wanting to use these today and being that amazon does not sell the cables or the kit, I have to wait for turtle beach to process and ship which could be 7 more days. Will add more to this review once I get to actually use them.

Edit: Cable kit through turtle beach is on back order. Going to return.

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Bought these about a month ago. And it's an unfortunate contradiction. It's like the headphones were made by two different manufacturers.

I'll start with the ear cups. They're great. They feel solid, they sound good, they're very comfortable, and the surround sound, while not something amazing, is definitely as describedit does sound better than stereo. The feature that some people have had trouble with, how the microphone always plays back what it picks up, isn't much of an issue like I thought it would bethere's no delay, and turning the mic off disables it obviously. Another issue is legitimate: the length of cord between the amplifier and the headset leaves it hanging off your head uncomfortablythere's really no good place to put it when it's that short.

The ear cushions are superbWhen I first got them I had them on for at least 6 consecutive hours that day and there was no discomfort, no sweaty ears, no glasses digging into my head.

Let's get to the bad, and why this is two stars.

Everything above the earcups is trash. The articulations for the ear cups and where those attach to the headband are made of brittle, weak plasticin a place that is under spring loaded tension and continuous stress when the product is in use. Needless to say, they failed at those points. I figured it was a fluke, and epoxied it back together. It broke again, in a different placeI will be able to fix them but it's going to take some ingenuity as the spot they broke is extremely thinthe stem of the ball joint that allows them to lay flat against your shoulders when you take them off your head. And I expect once I fix that the same thing will happen on the other side.

Seriously turtle beach, wherever you get this plastic, stop doing business with them. Those parts NEED to be reinforced significantly.

These are the only real surround sound headphones available for under $100(aside from the identical turtle beach Z6a that this is a rebranding of), so you may want to get them. But when you order these make sure and also order some jb weld so you can fix them when the plastic comes apart.

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I purchased this headset "Used" through Amazon's Warehouse. What a great program. It's like a scratch and dent sale and with Prime, I was offered next day delivery for like $3!!! The product arrived in great shape exactly as described as a "repackage" which in my case was an original box with the seals broken and then taped with a circular Amazon Warehouse sticker to reseal the box. All the parts and the literature were included even the sticker!

As for the headset itself, this is my first Turtle Beach product and having come from a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Arena which at the two year mark decided to break off at the ear cup, I am not at all unhappy. The first thing that I noticed is the feel of the unit in your hands. It has a solid feel, like it's built well. The teaser graphics you will see that make the unit look like it is glowing green. This is not the case the knife "logo" from CODMW3 is in green but its real thin lined and almost not visible. On the other side is a small Turtle Beach graphic where the microphone attaches that is also in the same green and that's about it for the "green" *Bummer. The padding for the ears is unique. The material is not unlike the upholstery in my truck. Half rugged but smooth. I have a small, bald head and it is not irritating to me in the least. The shape of the cups is like a long oval. The top band is padded with just enough padding and embossed with "Call Of Duty" on the top. The microphone is also unique. It looks a bit like a fat bendy straw that's grey only with more rigidity than a straw even. It picks up my voice even with a box fan and a ceiling fan in the room. *Nice

The cord looks professional, and durable, having a mesh fabric feel not unlike old fashion wiring. The cord from the headset transitions into what resembles an "S-Video" male to female connection that transitions into the dongle. The dongle is branded with the Call Of Duty logo and looks somewhat "Military" but the plastic used doesn't feel like that at all unfortunately. It has a cheap, rattle when you shake it quality. The function of it is an on/off switch for the entire headset with total volume control, then rotary dials for each of the channels volume control. There is also a X-Box adapter port (don't know, don't care as I am a PC gamer) and a microphone mute slide button. The cord continues and ends to a set that has the 3 speaker cables (Green, Black, Orange) and 1 Mic Cable (pink). There is also a USB connection that is for power for the dongle/headset. Next we come to the interesting part. The unit ships with a splitter that allows you to plug both the headset AND your existing speakers into your sound card which in my case is a Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music paired with a Creative Labs P7800 7.1 Speaker set. The good part is, because you are using your existing sound card no drivers are required.

The bad part is... The splitter they give you will not pass 7.1 only 5.1 so you lose your surround speakers. Not a huge deal but worthy of a note as I pulled my hair out for about 3 hours uninstalling and reinstalling the Creative Labs drivers thinking something got corrupted or I had a plug in the wrong port of something.

In the box they also include a small get started guide containing install diagrams for different setups in 8 languages. They also include a single sheet marketing thing with a CODMW3 Logo on one side and a download code to go to a special Turtle Beach Download site. The link then redirects you to another link where you register. Registering is easy. Email address and password then next page for download code, birth date and what headset you purchased with a captcha code to submit. All of the software listed is for Delta or Bravo headsets and of no use to us. *Bummer? There is a section for a 40% off code for Turtle Beach clothing and some wallpaper and screensavers for phone, pc and tablet. And that's about it.

So to summarize this is a pretty rockin headset for the money. A couple of not so great things such as the lack of some cool software, a better, more rugged dongle and the issue with the splitter but all in all I would highly recommend this product.

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I've got the X41 and I thought the multi speaker/driver design of the Charlie would improve the sound quality. From the marketing point of view it sounded like it should each driver in your ear represents a proper speaker. But in reality it doesn't work well the smaller drivers are pretty much tweeters size drivers so you are asking these drivers to produce full blown sounds also ie. explosions etc. and they don't do a good job of it. I didn't appreciate the X41 until i got the Charlie the charlie sounded painful to the ears (i tried to 'burn' them in over a couple of days but they were still painful). This is audiophile talk the charlie sounded more brittle and had a harder sound compared to the so very mellow and comfortable X41.

THe Charlie also had very poor sound location capability you'll hear the same sounds but in the X41 you can tell the footsteps behind the fence is at your back. With the Charlie it's just footsteps in the side.

And the controller is the worst i've seen there are no detents to set you settings the wheels all free float. YOu can't save a favourite settins as the wheels will move when u touch them maybe if u like a particular settins u might tape the wheel down that's the only way.

I didn't enjoy the Charlie and sold it off for a song. My lesson is that these multi speakers/driver headset don't sound as good as one single high quality driver/speaker.

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Wore these headphones with consistent use for about 3 months. I brought them to a couple lans just threw them in a bag, dropped them lightly on the ground from time to time. havent done anything to them in a few weeks now and just now, like 5 minutes ago, the plastic on the right earcup 'harness', in the center of that upside down U shapped thing just broke from normal leverage when i pulled both earcups apart about to put them on.

I bought them read a couple of reviews saying the quality was poor, but said, "screw it ill try them out". Having tried them out let me tell you, there are better headphones on the market trust me. These are OK but unless you want these specifically for some reason, try something else, I know I got to go find another headset now, and these will be my first and last turtle beaches.

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COMFORTABLITY 2/5

First off, -BEWARE THESE ARE UNCOMFORTABLEI've worn soft biaural steelseries 5h's and could keep them on for 3-5 hours before my ears get irritated. These things I clocked it to around 1 to 2 hours of wearing them before my ears hurt.

In fact, maybe the reason they broke was because I had to keep taking them off because I couldn't stand to have them on for long periods. They are pretty heavy and they just smash together and sag on your ears, and the stiff headband doesn't help. Don't know why I was so surprised at how much I didn't like the feel of these.

STYLE 2/5

Second, they look pretty awful, if you look at someone wearing this they look pretty ugly, like its disproportional big size is border line awkward. One thing for sure you will get 0 style points with these on. Plus the mic looks bulky and weird.

SOUND 3/5

They are legitimate 5.1 headset which is pretty cool, but I would recommend not to buy these because that reason and let me tell you why. I don't even know what 5.1 does that my sound card + stereo doesnt. I tried changing the settings in mw3 to 5.1 but honestly stereo sounds pretty much the same.So pretty much 5.1 capable sounds cool but thats as far as I'd go with it.

PROS some things they did right. The cord is good quality, it's detachable at a really good length for wearing portably(god forbid you want to go in public with these on). I liked the big master volume knob on the inline control, but then you have 5 other different controls for like bass, front, rear stuff. Mic was crystal clear. Although when adjusting it it makes this creaking sound that everyone hears loud.

Bottom line, If all you want is good sound or like xbox support these arent bad, but with the poor quality alone I wouldn't recommend these to anyone because they WILL break and whats the point of good sound if theyre broken.

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I have an older Xbox 360 20Gb hard drive (HD) model and purchased this kit to upgrade the disk size. This is a GREAT value IMHO.

While I don't need the headset nor ethernet cable, they will be used by others in my family. The bonus is the 3-Month Xbox Live Gold membership card included in this kit (a $19.99 value).

Unfortunately, the kit does not come with the cable and software disk required to copy the information from my existing 20Gb HD to the new 60Gb HD.

If you have a Xbox 360 with a 20Gb HD, Microsoft wants you to buy the 120Gb HD upgrade, which DOES come with a transfer cable. For me, it wasn't worth the extra $50 for the 120Gb HD (you can find it here at Amazon for $134.99). This kit is at the right price point for me and includes enough disk space for my needs. If you DO own an arcade version of the 360, you can get a 20Gb HD from MS for less money. I'd recommend this instead because you will find, as I did, if you intend to download many Arcade titles OR simply want to install more than ONE game to your hard drive, you need more than 20Gb IMHO. And you are going to want a Xbox Live Gold account, at least try it out for more than the 30 days you get when you first get the console. Again, my humble opinion.

Fortunately, you can get this "Xbox 360 Data Migration Kit" in one of two ways;

1) Find one on Ebay or Craigslist. Search for "Xbox 360 Data Migration Kit" and you will find many for sale. Expect to pay $20-$40. You may find it for less but there appears to be a number of folks wishing to corner the market on these things (I'm guessing for pure profit during the holidays). I paid $20 for mine found on craigslist. I intend to resell it on Ebay for at least what I paid for it (there were 12 sold this weekend on ebay alone with at least 26 others to bid on!).

2) Get it for free from Microsoft! As the user above reported, you can call MS and ask for one, they will send you one. Or, you can go to xbox dot com, search for the xbox data migration kit as shown above, click on the "How to obtain the Xbox 360 Data Migration Kit" link. You'll have to click on a couple of links to get to the final page as Amazon won't let me include the actual links in this review...

Go to the bottom of the page to "Related Links" and click on the "How to get your free Transfer Cable" link. Fill out the form and where it asks for the "new console serial number" write "on order". Mail it in and wait a few weeks. (update; I mailed the form on 11/21/08 and rec'd the kit on 12/11/08.)

I didn't want to wait a few weeks, hence the craigslist purchase.

I am perfectly happy with my 60Gb Starter Kit purchase. I copied the data from my old HD (took about an hour it was FULL!), connected the new drive in place of the old one and everything works great.

If you don't have an Xbox Live Gold account yet, this is an excellent way to "test drive" the service while giving your 360 an needed disk upgrade. Particularly if you plan to stream Netflix movies, install games to the hard drive (available now with the "New Xbox Experience" upgrade), rip more music to it, or just need more room to download Arcade titles.

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I purchased this as I was still using the 20GB hard drive that came with my X-Box 360 when I bought it many years ago. I finally decided to upgrade to a slightly larger hard drive and I thought this package would be do the trick. I did not want/need the headphones or the Ethernet cable; but the hard drive and the three months of X-Box Live for around $60 looked good.

When I got the product, I was able to snap the hard drive on top of my X-Box 360 and start playing...but when I looked at the card for the three months of X-box Live, it says the code must be redeemed by June 2009!!! I bought this in March 2012!

I quickly contacted Amazon about the deceptive description as you can see from read the product description on this page, the three months of X-Box Live is listed as a major selling point for this product. While chatting with Amazon, I was hoping they would be able to make this right by crediting my account for the cost of three months of X-Box Live or a minimum credit my account $10 for my troubles. Nope, just a representative telling me that she will "note my concern in the product inventory" and that I could send the whole thing back, but there was some question on that as I had already opened it. As I said, I'm happy with the hard drive, just not with lied to about what I'm buying from Amazon.

Buying products on-line is all about trust in the description of the product being accurate as you cannot actually look at the product so you are let as the mercy of the on-line seller. I have been an loyal buyer of Amazon products going back to when they only sold books and have never bought a product with such a deceptive description. I might have to return to buying from Brick and Mortar stores so I at least know what I'm buying.

5/5 stars for the Hard Drive

1/5 for a pre-expired X-Box Live Card.

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This is a great starter pack. If you were someone who purchased the XBOX360 Arcade, this is a great addition for the recreational gamer. The 60GB hard drive offers plenty of space to store saved game data, music, movies, pics, and anything else you feel like putting on it. The headset is just the standard XBOX360 headset which does work, but if you dont like the 90's Walkman design, then I would highly recommend buying the wireless one that XBOX has available. Now to the best part of the starter pack, XBox Live. XBox Live is the online domain that hundreds of thousands of XBox users are connected by. With XBox Live you can play games online with friends, send messages, chat via headset, or simply play online with random people. I recommend to any XBox customer to invest in XBox Live because it takes the gaming experience to a completely different level.

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This is a great package, and when you break it down it is an excellent price. This product is probably used best by someone who purchased the Arcade version and is looking to upgrade. I however needed more space on my hard drive, but couldn't justify $120+ for a 120GB hard drive, which I probably wouldn't fill up.

if you are upgrading, you will just need to buy/ask for a data migration kit. You can get one free from microsoft (ask), or do as I did and hop on ebay for faster results.

Either way, highly recommend this product.

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Basically, I bought this to upgrade my old 20gb system, which I have had since the day the 360 came out. I finally ended extra room for some games DLC and I decieded to buy this.

1. You might have to get a transfer cable

2. Don't pass this deal, you get a head set, 3 month xbox live card ($20 yay!) and a 60gb harddrive for around $55 after all is said and done.

3. This is better deal than buying a 60gb harddrive by itself....$60 plus shipping.....weird.

Overall, I am very pleased.

Buy Top Gun Hard Lock

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It seems to be an alright game, i mean i received it as a free game from payday 2 but, haha it just seems like an arcade game but i guess i can't complain for a free game

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The graphics are not too bad, the controls are quite simplistic. good to kill 15-20 minutes when you're bored. I got it free for some reason, free=good. It also has the top gun soundtrack songs, which made me feel like a real fighter pilot one time after the autopilot had completed a mission, but it looked like I did it.

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This is not Top Gun as any reasonable person should/would expect. It's using the name to sell but it is just a poorly made knockoff of what was a great game when it was originally made. This is an arcade shooter with no replay-ability IMO. It took longer to download and install than I will play it for. Bad choice buying it.

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Perfect for my young sons who for some reason love Top Gun. Now they can safely shoot down enemy planes!

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This is a boring game. The graphics are of poor quality and the controls of the aircraft respond very slow.

Buy The Bigs 2 - Xbox 360

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The Good:

*Major upgrades and many extra features from the original game.

*Intriguing storyline that will last 4 seasons(instead of 1 season.)

*Ability to play as Legends and Hall of Famers.

*Constant mini-games make fielding very fun.

*Damon Bruce doing play-by-play is as funny as ever.

*Several environments for the Baseball Pinball.

*Certain players have perks, which makes this game as strategic as ever.

The Bad:

*Some challenges rely on dumb luck rather than skill.

The Bottom Line:

Attention video game sports franchises: Take notes! This is what a sports sequel should be like. Unlike other franchises such as Madden, which basically want you to cough up $59.99 every year for basically the same game, Bigs 2 has managed to upgrade from last time in such a way, that it makes "Bigs 1" almost forgettable. Fielding for example is no longer boring. Now in order to make a "legendary catch," or to catch a line-drive, or catch a foul pole near dugout, you will engage in several mini games: Button Sequence, Hold and Release the button at the right time, lining up crosshairs and even playing a balance beam game with your RT and LT buttons while trying to keep a baseball from dropping. If unsuccessful, you will not make a great catch and drop the ball. From the batting point of view, in addition to BIG BLAST, you can now choose to activate BIG SLAM as well, which gives you a chance to quickly load the bases and hit a grand slam all in one shot. Pitchers now get rewarded more points for BIG HEAT strikes to combat the powerful hitting.

Some players now have perks. For example, David Ortiz has "No Doubt Homeruns" which can't be caught. Some players like Ichiro have Free Boost before batting, while other defensive others have power to influence other defenders to play better. Other players even temporarily have higher stats if they trail. This really forces you to manage line-ups in a more thoughtful way.

The story mode of the game(*SPOILER WARNING*,) which now lasts four seasons, forces you to restart your career in a Mexican league during Season 1. As always, your stats slowly get better as you progress. After Season 4, you retire, but the game doesn't end there! You will now have to get yourself into Hall of Fame by playing with and against other legends on your quest to becoming the best player ever and ultimately beating Babe Ruth.

*END OF SPOILERS*

Pinball Mode is also fun with more stuff to destroy in several surroundings. There is now even a co-op mode. For all of you achievement hunters, one that I found really fascinating is where you and another online player have to work together and earn 2 million points together.

Some nit-picking: There will be some challenges in the game that will rely on dumb luck, rather than skill. If one of the challenges is to hit a HR and record 5 RBIs, that takes skill, but when it asks you to throw out 2 runners, you are forced to do things that you may not necessary want to or they won't even happen. In order to increase your chances, you will force your pitcher to throw hittable pitches and hope that it will be put in play towards your player. Therefore, if you concentrate on strikeouts as you should, chances are you won't get the intended task done.

The Bigs 2 is a great baseball game that also includes a season mode as well, if the lengthy Legend Mode didn't satisfy your hunger for non-stop action. While some traditionalists and those who like realistic baseball may not fall in love with this game, I think most baseball fans will enjoy this game in a big way. My only question is: Why can't 2K Sports be this successful with their other MLB games?

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This is the 47th game in my collection, I say that to let you know I play EVERYTHING.

The Bigs 2 does for baseball on the 360 what Blitz did for football on the N64 and NBA Jam did for basketball on the SNES. It is out of control arcade sports at it's best. I enjoy all sorts of sports games but I find that sometimes they are just too complicated to enjoy. This isn't to say that complicated=bad, but sometimes you don't want to think.

Bigs 2 does not do any one thing spectacularly well, but it does so many things well enough, that it makes for an awesome game.

You have access to the full MLB roster and it is customizable. You can play a full season, a "pick-up" game, a HR derby mode, or the classic Campaign where you start from a small Mexican league and work your way to the big time. The game allows you to customize your own character and beef him up by completing challenges, but it's nothing groundbreaking.

The controls are simple for a sports game (I'm comparing to the 2K line, because some of those controls are so detailed it's out of control). You can pick it up and be awesome within an hour. The AI is pretty responsive and I don't really feel a rubberband effect. If you beat them soundly they don't all of the sudden get better.

All in all this game is well worth the minimal payment you'll make here on Amazon. If you're looking for a fun baseball arcade, then you've found your answer.

As with all my reviews, if you have any questions or want any advice on this, please leave me a comment and I will give you my OPINION. Remember that folks, reviews are opinons, not the Gospel.

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Every now and then they make a game that well, you just cannot get the kids and their dads to stop playing. This is definitely one of those games! Although, for you serious baseball fans out there, this is more of a "superhero" type of game the players have super powers once you achieve different levels (like jumping so high they land on the dugout), it's just seriously, seriously fun. And, when the players get home runs, all the fireworks and sirens go off just like they do at the real games. They get to play in the minor leagues, even the mexican league when players are injured, as well as the Hall of Fame games, as well as the World Series. What makes this game a true treasure too, are the announcers. You get to hear quotes like, "If they used a bigger cow to make that glove, he might have caught that!" Golly, have we laughed a ton over these one-liners! It's very easy to see why there is a portion in Cooperstown for the announcers to be in the Hall of Fame. Great stuff.

Buy this game only if you're not minding that the players have super human strength at times. It really is quite the blast playing like that imagine someone actually being able to catch one of Pujols' super high home runs (they're not always home runs here as a result). It's a great game for the boys they can get the players to do things that the wish they could REALLY do at the ballparks. Highly, highly recommend!

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This game is pretty darned good. A great take on baseball in an arcade setting. Up front you need to know that this is NOT a simulation baseball game, this is an arcade game. the things the players can do in this game are beyond ridiculous. Incredible wall jumps, dives across the outfield, leaping 30 feet into the air for a foul ball and landing on the dugout are among just a few, but that's the charm of the game.

The pitching mechanic is actually very good in this game. You aim the reticule where you want the pitch to land then hold a button coensiding with the pitch you want. When you release, you try to release at the top of the accuracy bar that fills up when you hold the button down. The higher up it is, the better and if it's too low you will "tip" your pitch and the batter will know exactly where the ball is going to land. Your only hope then is that they misguess the pitch type and whiff.

Batting is very simple. Bunt, regular swing, power swing and with your left stick you aim where you would LIKE the ball to go. Unlike other baseball games you are not trying to guess where the ball will be pitched. Aim where on the field you want the ball to land. It won't always go there, but with a tipped pitch it is very likely.

What drags this game down is the poor baserunning mechanic. It is extremely frustrating at times like when you choose to control a player and they always stop when you take control of them even if you are holding the direction you want them to go ahead of time. Then they have to start running all over again. You WILL get thrown out baserunning because of this. Another annoyance is the Big Slam! When the computer gets Big Slam! you throw the first pitch and that's it. The computer throws the rest for you so you better hope the first one is great because the rest will be just as good. Vice versa when YOU get big slam and the computer pitches a tipped pitch, they can still pitch better pitches for the remainder of the Big Slam! For some reason the computer always has the edge in Big Slam! mode.

This game is a lot of fun, though. Once you get used to the game, and there is a learning curve so start out on EASY, the game becomes a lot of fun. If you see this game for $30, it's worth it. Grab it!

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Ive had the bigs2 for about a month now. Over the last few years ive been more of a MLB2k_ kinda person. I figured id try the bigs2 and see how it panned out. Turns how i prefer the bigs 2 now. the arcade style allows you to play a full game in less than half an hour compared to the minimal hour i was spending with my other baseball games. Some of the arcade features are obviously extreme and far fetched, but thats why its arcade. i find it challenging and more strategic than anything. the difficulty levels are very well set. Easy, allows you to get the hang of the game, while expert will challenge the best of players! The graphics on this game are par to none! the ball players are very well portrayed and accurate, as well as the ball parks. I have little to no complaints about this game. Some of the reviews say that the arcade features make the game impossible to win a game, but thats not the case at all. Like i said, it makes the game challenging and keeps you thinking situationally ALL THE TIME! i give this game 5 stars without a doubt. of my 10 sports games, this is by far my favorite. im more than looking foward to whats next for "the bigs" sequels!

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World Tour is more like a five city peruse. Unlike Rock Band 2 which will lead you so deep into the music underground that you never return, the New Guitar Hero is so short you can complete it in three nights. As for the music, the mix is incredible but perhaps too much so. There are scores of songs you will never have heard of and others that you'd rather not hear again. The diversity is swallowed up by this unusal swamp of rift heavy tunes. The increase in difficulty is meant for the hard core players but it kills the fun for everyone else. I was happy to see the absence of a tamborine on the vocals but the singing is a little less obvious as to how it works.

As for the storyline, you get to travel from one unique stage to another and are constantly surprised by the stunning visuals. Lead singers and guitarists are unlocked easily as are the mega songs they are known for. I only wish the storyline was longer and more involved.

The music studio was a great idea but it is so complicated that I can only imagine a small number of people taking full advantage of it. Of those who do we might have a future rocker in the making. It will be fun to find out. I just hate having to wait another full year for the fun to continue.

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To be fair, my opinion of GH:WT is heavily weighted against Rock Band. I own the ION drumkit for Rock Band, and while most of the set operates normally, the two games seems to interpret the signal from a cymbal hit differently.

Specifically, GH:WT registers a hit on the yellow cymbal as a hit on both "yellow" and "orange", thereby counting as a missed hit and reseting your score multiplier. This is, as far as I can tell, true for all of the cymbals (the blue cymbal registers as a hit on both "blue" and "orange", green cymbal registers as "green" and "orange").

I'm forced to wonder if the means the standard Rock Band and Rock Band 2 kits have the same problem.

As far as content, my gut reaction to the game was just that it wasn't as fun as Rock Band. Much of the "good music" available in GH:WT is available in Rock Band, and the few new songs I played seemed to be long, boring choices.

I bought the game for the music creator though, and will have to delve into it more deeply to really appreciate it. Initial reaction though is that it's an overly complicated interface to make what really sound like old .midi files.

All said, I really think the franchises are just aimed at different audiences and if you liked the direction GH3 went, you'll probably enjoy GH:WT's debut into the "full band" experience. Rock Band veterans may be disappointed as it ultimately feels like a step back in design, interface, execution, and music selection.

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I'm a GH nerd, I've enjoyed the series since it hit the 360 but always wanted a little more. I wanted to see some artists in previous editions showcased such as 311, Tool, and Ted Nugent. I tracked the game's development and when I saw those three artist listed I was quite amped for the release. I decided to rent before buying this one; had a gut feeling that this would be the one to kill the series for me.

I was right.

I took the day off from work and threw the disc in. Typical cartoony style menus meaning it looked like hot topic had their hands on it and engineered it for the local 14 yr old "emo" girl. Gag me. But I can overlook that, it's a game after all. After I was done ridiculing the style to my fiance's delight I started playing.

First track I really sunk my teeth into so to speak was Beautiful Disaster by 311. One of my favorite bands and songs, I had wanted this to be on a GH game for a while. On expert it was an absolute blast to play! Note placement, timing, tempo it all felt sooooo right. I was thinking I should just go buy the game at that moment.

The next few tracks were lack luster and uninteresting to my, all were given a fair shake but were not actually fun to play. They were pre-cursors to Stanglehold by Ted Nugent.

Stranglehold is a guitar classic. Say what you will about Ted Nugent but that song is rock and roll gold. It's just a bass heavy guitar opus in my opinion. A constant car shaker for me, love the tune. You can imagine how psyched I was. So the song starts off and I notice the guitar doesn't sound right and the note placement doesn't feel natural whatever, it's plastic guitar and it won't be perfect, on to the next part of the song; the massive solo. That is where the game drops a fat turd on your expectations. It's a cover tune. It's not Ted shredding, it's someone else. He's not improvising, he's missing notes all over the place. It sounds AWFUL. A gigantic dissapointment to me.

Now the game has paid out a highly expected track and destroyed another. It's on even ground with me.

The Tool setlist came soon after. I've been a Tool fan for a while, I dig their work and was looking forward. ALL of the tracks felt akward and off in their notation ruining the setlist. The only saving grace was the backgrounds. They were inspired by Tool's album art and videos. Those were absolutely gorgeous; well rendered, changed with the music. Fantastic right? Except for the execution of their tracks which is the core reason to consider a purchase.

I beat the game, the reamining tracks were mediocre. Rise Against had a good track on there and actually turned me on to the band with the song Re-Education through labor. Good stuff.

So I moved onto the music creator, another aspect I was psyched for. It sucks plain and simple. I spent the next day on this music studio. The guitar tracks do not really sound like guitars for the most part. The interface itself is difficult to navigate through. The time/note limits to created tracks are another dissapointment. You are NOT permitted to covered any copyrighted tracks. Why? The RIAA are restricting your fun once again. A rant for another day :)

In general I cannot recomend this to anyone and I own all of the previous Guitar Hero releases. Why the three stars for the fun factor you might ask; I'm a 311 fan and playing Beautiful Disaster was a lot of fun. This one is not worthy of the GH franchise, but it would make for a fierce beer coaster. Pass on this game.

Buy Rock Band 2 instead, check my review for that one.

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We love this game. My son got it for Christmas. Unfortunately the guitar did not work properly and we had to exchange it. The new one works great! He plays it all the time. It has levels starting from beginner through expert so my son is continually challenged to do better and there are a ton of songs to choose from (both the rock and roll greats from my youth as well as more recent songs--my kids really like the classics best). I always felt my kids are rhythm-challenged and this game seems to be helping them with that. You really need to focus your concentration with this game, so this is another area that the game benefits. We also bought a drum set (Rock-Band brand because we heard the Guitar Hero brand was not very durable) and microphone. So now we have a new fun family game night activity! Now we just have to buy one more guitar so we can have a bass and no-one will need to sit out!

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I have been an avid player of music games since even before the Guitar Hero phenomenon began, and I haven't missed a console entry to the series since it began. I also avidly play its competing series, Rock Band, but don't mistake me for preferring one over the other. Each has their strengths and weaknesses, and the GH series has given my family and I much enjoyment over the past few years. That's why it really pains me to say that this is such a let down.

I will begin by saying that I did only rent it, therefore I used my RB drumset (which worked perfectly well, mind you), limiting me from playing them on the five-pad drum set that comes in the boxset and also the new touch-pad guitar. Despite this, I was able to play the game smoothly and enjoy what it had to offer. That's where the problem is: it doesn't have much that is exciting to offer. Almost a quarter of the songs on the disc were included in Rock Band 2, which I have already completed. Also, a very good number of songs on the disc are sung in other languages. I know this creates a challenge for the vocalist, but it robs the fun. Plus, the live version of a long-requested song for the series, Sweet Home Alabama, is terrible. Lastly, many of the other songs are from artists you know but aren't necessarily their best tracks or songs that don't really fit into the GH mold. Love Removal Machine by The Cult, and About A Girl by Nirvana? Really, they're supposed to be fun? On The Road Again? What was Neversoft thinking (And I actually like that song)? The only fun tracks to me, while I know it's subjective, were Hot For Teacher, What I've Done, Freak On A Leash, Hotel California, Crazy Train, Rebel Yell, The Joker, & Beat It. Granted, many of the tracks in the game, while fun, weren't fresh to me because I had downloaded them as RB DLC. This may be okay for the GH fanbase, because many don't own RB. If you've never played RB, you might find some enjoyment in this game; but otherwise, the flawed singing mechanic forces you to sing like a robot if you want to excel, which makes singing a chore. The new Purple String mechanic in Guitar mode makes challenging segments way too easy, and the drum patterns seem easier than RB. The only design change that I really like is the sixth note for the Bass, achieved by simply strumming without pressing a fret; it can keep you on your toes.

I know each product should be judged on its own merits, but Neversoft chose to follow the trail blazed by Harmonix, so comparisons are valid. This leads to my conclusion: Why does Guitar Hero have to become like Rock Band? I enjoy GH because of its challenging guitar play, but why must they try to out-do RB. They could both co-exist, but now I think they will overglut the market, leading to consumers growing tired of them both. I don't need a living room full of different "fake" instruments; I don't have the room. I will give Neversoft credit for attempting a music creator, but its MIDI-like sounds are frankly annoying and for the long haul will only attract the hardest of the hardcore to try and create the most difficult track ever. To its credit, the framerate never once chugged, but distaste for the character models and the abundance of in-game advertising are just small reasons that contribute to the overall reason that I really hate for this game to go so bad. I believe that with RB, GH, and soon-to-be Rock Revolution (don't get me started!), consumers, nationwide, are going to grow weary of music games within the next two years, but I could be wrong.

In closing, buy if you haven't played any Rock Band. The game is fun if you've never played many of the included songs. Otherwise, I would say avoid or, for the curious like me, give it a rent.