To me they have almost as good song libraries, not counting DLC etc, but in every other way RB2 is superior, especially the multiplayer where it's a lot easier, smoother and makes more sense to play in RB2 as the WT games quickplay is completely messed up in that it makes it a hassle to change between bass and guitar between songs aswell as difficulty between songs.
Also the fret-boards in the game are messed up in WT as they are cut off compared to singelplayer, meaning that if you, like me, like to play on hyperspeed 4 in singelplayer, playing with that in multiplayer would be like having hyperspeed 8 or so on in singelplayer, making it completely unplayable. Thus you have to switch back and forth when switching between multi and singelplayer.
On the other hand, RB2's fretboards are totally messed up in the way you can't control hyperspeed per instrument aswell as everyones fretboard gets slowed down to snail-speed if just one player plays it on easy, which doesn't make any sense, because if you play a really intense song on expert with guitar and another guy plays on easy(this is just locally though) you more or less won't be able to play because the notes are so tight together it's ridicilous.
Out of the two I do however prefer RB2's method of handling it.
The duelling in both games are useless and boring, co-op is where it's all at, so there's no real point in comparing them but if you'd have to WT has more modes but RB2 has the Band Challenge where you play set-lists as a band and try to beat everyone elses scores or streaks, new Band Challenges come along now ad then.
Graphic wise, the Guitar Hero game looks exactly like it did on the PS2, which is awful and it's ridicilous how they always speak as if they're proud of their art-style when it looks like it would run smoothly on a PS2, especially if you compare it to way more beautiful PS2 games like God of War. Not saying Rock Bands graphics are the bomb, but they don't clutter and you can more easily focus on playing the game.
However, the thing that kills the WT game a lot for me is the way they handle Star Power in co-op. It's goddamn awful and shameful. First of all, everyone shares SP, fine, that works. But not when it's bloody impossible to at anytime when playing the game see how much SP you have, which is bad for the drummer as activating starpower when there's not enough starpower causes him to miss a note, would've been better to put a big number in the middle of the screen that tells you how many activations you as a band have.
There's also DLC of course. The DLC for RB2 is superior so far, only pure awesomeness that WT has is the Hendrix pack and Metallica pack, if you like those of course, but RB has stuff like the Who album, Judas Priest, Boston, lots of obscure punk and unknown bands and even things like Yngwie Malmsteen. Plus you can play all RB1 songs in RB2, except 3 which are Enter Sandman, Run to the Hills and can't remember last.
On a last note, the guitar for guitar hero is 100000000x better to me. Really despise the RB one, but I guess that's 'cause I'm used to the GH one. Can't say much about drums and mic, I don't sing and I only have the WT drums, which I like and can play both RB and WT without trouble with.
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