Warriors Of Rock Prepare For Battle
Activision revealed today details of the latest in the Guitar Hero franchise: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Due out this fall on the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, they're touting it as an "epic rock journey to save rock n' roll," and it will feature a quest mode that will take you from the legendary CBGBs to fantasy molten lava fields, and features the voice of Gene Simmons.
"The world is a boring place. Come with me, and enter a world populated of Demi-Gods and Beasts. Transform from an everyday person and become the savior of rock and roll," said Gene Simmons of KISS. "It was an honor and privilege to narrate Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, even more so, to voice the Demi God. From the God of Thunder to the Demi-God, how cool is that..."
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is adding some more replayability with something called Quickplay+ which will include 13 unique gameplay challenges for every on-disc track as well as most downloadable and importable songs from GH: World Tour forward. There's also a brand new guitar controller.
"Guitar Hero has set the standard for music based gaming and with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock's all-new Quest Mode, robust and authentic set list, over-the-top challenges and rock-inspired new hardware, we are once again bringing the soul and energy of rock n' roll to fans around the world," said David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer, Guitar Hero.
As well as the sizeable library of downloadable tracks available, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will feature more than 90 tracks from bands like Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Slipknot. It will also include an exclusive original track called "Sudden Death" by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, which was inspired by the game's Quest Mode storyline. I'll throw the first batch of released song titles after the jump... more to come!
* AFI - "Dancing Through Sunday"
* Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country"
* Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Grave"
* Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?"
* Children Of Bodom - "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
* The Cure - "Fascination Street"
* Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)"
* Dethklok - "Bloodlines"
* DragonForce - "Fury of the Storm"
* Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
* Foo Fighters - "No Way Back"
* Foreigner - "Feels Like The First Time"
* Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
* KISS - "Love Gun"
* Megadeth - "Sudden Death"
* Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne - "Paranoid (Live)"
* Muse - "Uprising"
* My Chemical Romance - "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
* Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
* Rammstein - "Waidmanns Heil"
* The Rolling Stones - "Stray Cat Blues"
* Silversun Pickups - "There's No Secrets This Year"
* Slayer - "Chemical Warfare"
* ZZ Top - "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)"
Guitar Hero really has to try to carve its own niche in the music game arena, so I appreciate their focus on straightforward guitar shredding, even if a lot of this music isn't really my cup of tea. But if that Quest Mode works out, it could be a great way for the franchise to reinvent itself and stand out in the crowd...
Wootini
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 4 June 2010
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Interesting how Rock Band becomes ever more about the music, while Guitar Hero becomes more about silly gimmicks. Still not seeing any reason to go back to GH...