Unleash your inner rock star with Guitar Hero 2!!!!
If you haven't played any Guitar Hero games and have no idea what it is, Guitar Hero is game where you hold a plastic guitar and press colored fret buttons at the right time as they hit the end point. The main point of the game is to pressing the fret buttons and strumming on the strum bar up and down in sync to the notes that are scrolling toward you on the screen. As you play you will encounter special notes to hit that will give you Star Power which will fill up in a bar. These notes will be noticeable because it is shape like a star. If the bar is filled then you can lift your guitar and enter star power mode which will give you more points for a short period of time.
If you're already familiar with Guitar Hero the good thing is that there is over 70 songs and of course the new guitar made by RedOctane. One thing about the guitar is that that you can hold it more comfortably because of the slim design. Also the whammy bar and the strum bar feels better instead of like a loose plastic. Some of the new songs are Beast and the Harlot, Sweet Child O' Mine, Surrender, Message in a Bottle, and many more. One of the new really helpful mode that the developers added is Practice mode. From here you can pick what ever songs you want, pick what part you would like to practice one, and adjust the speed of the song. In order to get better in Guitar Hero you really need to practice and play a lot!
You must play alone in this game because thats how you unlock new songs in career mode! You need to be a number of songs before you move down the list and earn some cash to buy characters, costumes, new guitars, and even new songs. You get to start from 4 difficulties easy, normal, hard, and expert. On easy you only need to press 3 fret notes. On normal the songs get a little faster and there is a added fret notes which makes it 4 fret notes you need to play. On Hard and Expert there is a total of 5 fret notes you have to play and the notes goes really fast.
If you want to jam with a friend then there is co-op or Pro Face-off mode. In co-op mode both you and your partner share the same Star Power bar and you both need to work together through each song. You get to choose to be the Rhythm, bass, or lead. In competitive play you just need to outscore your opponent.
With Xbox Live existing you would of thought that there will be online play. Will there is not, sadly you can only play with your friend. The other feature is the leader board where you get to compare your scores to your friends in your friend list and other people around the world. Thankfully you can download new songs from Xbox Live Marketplace.
Overall this game is really fun especially if you're with a group of friend and try to beat each other scores. The new design guitar feels great and the songs are solid. If you want to unleash your inner rock star then I will really recommend this game!