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Guitar Hero 4 Song List

September 14th 2008 20:28
To be released in October, you may be interested in purchasing Guiater Hero 4 World Tour. Well, you may want to know what songs are going to be initially released with the game so that you can figureo ut if the game is worth it becuase I know that many people were slightly disappointed with the other Guitar Hero games because the songs weren't quite what they wanted.

Because Guitar Hero World Tour is going to have all the instruments, the game is a little less rock and a little more band and group oriented.

You can check out the current song list here


Check it out and make your own judgment about the game.

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Guitar Hero World Tour to be Released in Competition with Rock Band

June 22nd 2008 15:55
As I slightly touched on in "Get Your Last Glimpse of GH3 Before Guitar Hero 4 is Released," it's true a new Guitar Hero is supposed to be released in October of this year (2008). This is pretty surprising since they just released Guitar Hero 3 last October, but they do need something to compete with Rock Band, so the release isn't that surprising.

Last year, Guitar Hero 3 was released in October, and a few short months later, in December Rock Band was released, so you know Activision had to come up with something quick to compete with the high sales and popularity that Rock Band produced.


THE INSTRUMENTS

The Guitar
The new Guitar Hero has to introduce a cool, new guitar contoller. This one has more features such as the touch pad located on the neck. The touch sensitve strip allows you to alter the notes during sustains by sliding up and down the strip. It can also be used for tapping to play notes.

The back select button is made to look like the bridge of the guitar, and it's now easier to activate star power. The D-Pad now looks more like a knob. The overall body of the guitar is larger and more realistic.

The guitar is wireless and sleek, with an accelermeter and a custom faceplates.



The Drums
The drums are probably the biggest change, when comparing World Tour with Rock Band. Instead of 4 drum pads and a bass drum, you have 3 centered drum pads and 2 cymbals, which simulate 2 toms, 1 snare, 2 cymbals, and a bass drum. The cymbals are raised above the drum pads and are positioned on hinged swivels so that you can position them as you want. Each drum pad is 8 inches in diameter, so that you are more likely to hit them. Plus the whole set is wireless.

To activate star power, all you have to do is hit both cymbals at the same time... Pretty simple. Huh?

Another big difference between the two drum sets, is that the World Tour drum set is much quieter.



The Microphone
The microphone is pretty standard. It's wireless addition without any buttons. In order to get to the menus, you'll have to use the controller. In order to activate star power with the microphone, you don't have to wait for special sections; all you have to do is tap it or make a quick similar sound at any time in order to activate star power.


CUSTOMIZATION

World Tour brings back all of the characters from Guitar Hero 3 and a few from Guitar Hero 2, but what's the point in playing someone else when you can be a rockstar yourself. You can customize a character and watch yourself rock out on the screen.

The character customization lets you choose the sex of the character, the genre (goth, punk, rock, etc), age, body shape, and body build. You can get as detailed as the size of the jaw, chin, ears, mouth, and eyes. You can even adjust the shape of the eyebrows. Add makeup and choose your hairstyle and color. There are tons of options when you create your own character. This feature will definitely be a hit.

You can apply tattoos by piecing together shapes and icons so that you can make your own tattoo design. You can even take decals and customize your instruments.



THE GAME

So far the track list includes Linkin Park, Van Halen, Sublime - "Santeria", Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell", and the Foo Fighters - "Everlong," but Activision understands that a good track list is necessary for solid gameplay.

You will encounter boss battles as well as career mode and quick play action.

The tour mode is similar to Rock Band. You can tour various locations and play setlists.

MUSIC CREATOR

Another cool feature with Guitar Hero World Tour is the music creator. Although the game will include over 85 songs, Activision wanted to add something special and new to the game. You can create your own songs by laying out note track. All you have to do is play, and the game does the rest for you. But, if you want, you can get technical and go into the editor and play around manually.

Where the music creator is a sweet addition for the instruments- drums and guitar- you cannot create your own song with the vocals.



Even if you're just a beginner, you can quickly and easily create your own music and songs by using the wizard tool. You can select a premade base line and a drum loop, adjust the tempo, and the basics are there; all you have to do is customize the song. If you have problems with rhythm, you can lock your notes to the beat.

When you're finished creating your song, you can publish it to the GH tunes. At that point you can pick which tracks will be played by the different instruments, assign your own cover art customizing it with the decal editor, select a genre, and more. At that point, anyone can download and play your customized song. After they play the song for the first time, they'll be asked to rate it; at that point the ratings are sent to the servers and Activision will track which songs are the highest rated, the fastest chart movers, and the ones played the most.

You can save up to 100 songs that you've created yourself, and you can download up to 200 songs.

COST

If you're trying to figure out the costs, well they're not too high....

The guitar and the game
PS3 and Xbox 360: $99.99 and $59.99
PS2: $49.99 (game only)

The full bundle to include the guitar, drums, microphone, and the game
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii: $189.99
PS2: $179.99
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Get Your Last Glimpse of GH3 Before Guitar Hero 4 is Released

June 13th 2008 00:41

Guitar Hero 3 was released in October 2007. Japan, actually did not recieve the game until 2008; the month of the release depends on what version that was being released.

Yes believe it or not, according to the Official Guitar Hero website, they are releasing Guitar Hero 4: World Tour on October 27, 2008.

As for Guitar Hero 3, I doubt that the popularity of the game will decrease. If anything, it may even gain more gamers, as with the release of an "upgrade," so to speak, the price of the older version will be reduced, even slightly. Many people will purcahse GH3 at the new lower price; just make sure that you grab the game a few weeks before the release of GH4, as the closer to the release date, the higher the price of Guiter Hero 3 will increase.

Check out GH3 on expert.


As for cheats for the Wii version of GH3, check out this.

And for more information about Guitar Hero World Tour, keep tuned in, as the more info released, the more I will post about it. Right now, the game seems to be similar to Rock band with the guitar, drums, and microphone.

How much will Guitar Hero 4 cost?
Simple, if you purchase just just the guitar and the game, you'll pay about $99.99 and $59.99 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, and and $49.99 for the PS2 and Wii version. But if you want to purchase the bundle, you'll pay about $189.99 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii bundles, and for the bundle that includes the guitar, drums and a microphone, you'll pay about $189.99, but $179.99 for the PS2 version.

Guitar Hero 4: World Tour Drum Trailer
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