Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" in Guitar Hero II

[mega_music]

I always wanted to buy this game, looks like it will be a must buy now!

[Mr Rage]

what do u actually do in this game? i've never played it

play air guitar, but with a bit more realism!

[Irish rose]

what do u actually do in this game? i've never played it

play air guitar, but with a bit more realism!

I think i'll stick to the real guitar for now!!

[crthiel]

The lack of Dimebag sickens me.

Just so you know thats only 12 songs out of 55 that will be in the game.

[KIKO2K6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVUgd8ot6BE


Hahaha look this guys on Gittar Hero ... 

[Mr Rage]

THIS GAME IS GONNA BE SO COOL!

[SkiX]

I never understood the point to this game, why would people wanna play guitar by pressing 4 buttons, instead of learning how to play an actual guitar...

[slash666]

^ basically i use it as a warm up before i play guitar  plus its fun. also its 5 buttons not 4

[Mr Rage]

i play bass, so i do play an instrument, I'll use it for those late nights when u can't jam coz of neighbors!

[Nighteyes]

wow,i think i have to buy this game

[RageNirvanaNIN]

trust me I love playin guitar and this is so cool. I mean you feel like a bad ass lol , but not as cool as playing it for real. It's a fun game  great story mode too , and I mean there are 2 words on why I am buying this game...

Free FREAKIN' Bird

 

[Scabbie]

Kerrang asked their readers to vote for their number one guitar hero, and published it this week with an article about the game. As one might expect, what could have been a positive article about Slash and his contribution to GNR and the rock world was used as a platform for slagging off Axl and his performance at Download.

Kerrang really has a thing for Axl at the moment. 

[Mr Rage]

Kerrang asked their readers to vote for their number one guitar hero, and published it this week with an article about the game. As one might expect, what could have been a positive article about Slash and his contribution to GNR and the rock world was used as a platform for slagging off Axl and his performance at Download.

Kerrang really has a thing for Axl at the moment.

build em up, bring em down, it's what kerang do best!

[Buddha_Master]

Shit didnt originally see this thread...sorry. In the latest issue of EGM its description says

It's a wistful reminder of GN'R before Axl went bats**t

[pilferk]

I got an early version demo the other day (I think it's going to be going out, if it hasn't already, with the Official Playstation Magazine).? It had? YYZ by Rush,? Strutter by KISS, Shout at the Devil by Crue, and You really got me (the Van Halen version).? It's pretty cool....better than GH1, which I didn't think would be possible.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ohy2mkr7w

too bad they got s singer that sounded nothing like axl

[Neemo]

cool thanks dave

the singer isn't to bad it kinda sounds like him to me

[SPUNKY]

I want this game do u get a guitar with it???

 

[pilferk]

The difference in singer may be intentional, or even contractual.

If you watch the "extras" in the first game, the developers talk about how some artists (many, actually) built into the contract that the representation of the song couldn't be too "perfect"...that the developers had to build in some things to differentiate the songs from the original recordings. ?GnR may have done something like that with the singers voice...asked red octane and/or harmonix to ensure that it didn't sound TOO close to the AFD version.

One thing, though, is that Primus, for GHII, actually let the developer use their master tapes/recordings for thier song in the game. ?I think that pertains to the vocals, too.

So far, from what I've seen of the list for GHII (26 of the 55 songs), it's a pretty broad, and very, very good, list. ?Besides SCOM I'm looking forward to "Wayward Son" by Kansas, "Mother" by Danzig, "War Pigs" by Sabbath, "Crazy on You" by Heart, and "Bad Reputation" by Thin Lizzy.

[pilferk]

I want this game do u get a guitar with it???

 

Yes, and No.

You can buy a version of GH2 with the guitar controller for about $70 to $80.  It looks like a red version of the guitar that the original GH came with.

Or, if you have the original GH (and, thus, already have a guitar controller), you can buy the game for $50.

Release is Novemeber 7th for the PS2 and sometime in early '07 for the Xbox 360 and, possibly, the Nintendo Wii.

There is a playable demo with 4 songs on it in this months Official Playstation Mag (I got to play it a few weeks back, actually, before the mag was out).  It has Strutter, YYX, Shout at the Devil, and You Really Got Me, on it and the songs span the difficulty range quite nicely.  The only problem is if you don't have the SG Guitar controller, you can only watch.