Guitar Hero: World Tour - Not Just A Pretty Face
You know, to be honest, when I heard about Guitar Hero: World Tour, I thought the same thing most people thought. "Rock Band clone". As it turns out, however, I couldn't have be more wrong. IGN got their hands on the game, and it has surprising depth. For example, some major improvements have been added to the guitar.
The biggest addition to the new guitar is the touch pad located on the neck. While playing a song, this touch sensitive strip allows you to alter notes during sustains by sliding up and down the strip (giving more freedom and options than what you had before with just a whammy bar). It can also be used for tapping to play notes, particularly awesome if you want to mimic a slap bass.
And of course, the new drum kit.
The first thing you'll notice when you see the kit in action is that it's quieter than the Rock Band drums, which is great news for neighbors everywhere. Each drum head is eight inches in diameter, slightly larger than Rock Band's kit, so you'll be less likely to miss when things get heated.The big news with the pads, though, is that they're now sensitive to the speed you hit them. Slam it and you get a louder note. Tap it and, well, you get the picture.
On top of that, the game will now have a music creator in it, for crying out loud. Allowing you to make and share tracks (minus vocals) with your friends, and presumably the world at large.
Check out the full preview in the link, and know what lust for a game truly is.
Guitar Hero: World Tour First Look [IGN]
Sgt. Sausagepants
Posted to Music, Video Games on 20 June 2008
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Eddie's back! *glee!*
I plan on picking up just the disc, and not the full set when this game is released. I am plenty happy with Rock Band, and I don't see the point of burning another hole in my wallet to have another set of plastic electronic drums sitting around the house...