Get your rock on II
It sure is. Here’s why:
-It’s way harder. This is a good thing, especially if you’ve mastered the first one. The fast passages, you’ll find, are a lot faster this time around. In the long run, what this adds up to is greater satisfaction in nailing difficult sequences. Your fingers are going to be flying all over those coloured buttons.
-Pull-ons and pull-offs are way easier. This is good especially as these songs are going to necessitate these skills.
-The practice mode lets you master any section at any speed. As things are turned up a notch, this mode is almost dire to master those killer passages. -The new and improved multiplayer mode allows both “guitarists” to play the song in its entirety together. This way, any complaints that go along the lines of “you won because you got all the good bits” are now ruled moot. The new co-op mode also introduces a new element of teamwork previously estranged to the series.
So while it may be true that the song list isn’t as inspired as the last and that the initial impact has marinated over the past year and a bit, it’s hard to ignore the strides the sequel has made from the first. The improvements in the long run truly make the first instalment a hard one to go back to.