Guitar Hero World Tour Hands-on
- Posted September 16th, 2008 at 12:54 EDT by
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(continued from previous page) ...According to Flores, Guitar Hero III controllers are compatible with World Tour, however, players will not be able to use the slidebar feature in either the songs or the Music Studio.
One aspect I did find a bothersome is that all the instruments for the PS3 version are still using dongles as a bridge for wireless play. Why Neversoft can’t just use the PS3’s Bluetooth features is beyond me. Moving on to game modes, users will have access to both familiar game types as well as modes new to the series. Quick Play remains more or less identical to previous incarnations, with players able to perform solo or as a band. However, Career Mode has seen a substantial overhaul, with progression being determined on the “gigs” or venues chosen rather than a forced tier based system. Players can choose from multiple gigs at certain venues, completing the game without having to play every concert.
As for new modes, Neversoft has added some tools to allow users to customize their Guitar Hero experience, not only allowing players to create their own characters, but also allowing users to lay down their own compositions and download tracks submitted by other World Tour players thanks to the all-new Music Studio option. I wasn’t able to get much time in on the Music Studio. However, from what I saw, there aren’t really any limitations on creativity.
There are three parts to Music Studio: GH Studio, GH Mix, and GH Tunes. In GH Studio, players are allowed to use guitars or drums to record live performances and save them to the HDD. For those who prefer a more precise way to create tracks, GH Mix gives players a sort of Garage Band type of menu, allowing for both live and step recording. Also, a copy-and-paste tool can help recreate sections of a song such as the chorus or second verse. Due to copyright protection, vocals are set by notes using the guitar as a keyboard, so instead of singing to words, players will have to sing to the right notes and pitch. Finally, with GH Tunes, gamers can upload and download other user created tracks through various posted categories. Players can search by genre, recently added, top artist, all time best, hot this week, showcased, and rising star. According to Flores, players will have a default of five songs per user to upload; however, depending on the popularity of the users songs or rating, Activision can increase the number to anything they want (for example, a user who is quickly rising through the ranks online may be supplied with 50 available slots for custom uploads)
In regards to the online component, the only differences worth mentioning are that players can now team up with their friends online and play band vs. band (four on four). There are still the traditional two vs. two modes as well. Overall, Guitar Hero World Tour is shaping up to be a great entry in the series and should have all the fans excited for its impending launch on October 26. The only glaring disappointment I can spot is the lack of Trophy support for the PlayStation 3 version of the game, though Neversoft has stated that it aims to include them in its future titles on the console.
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bluemonkeypet |
sponge-man- 1:06pm BST - September 16th, 2008
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Looks good, rock band or this?
What does everyone else think......and the fact there isnt trophy support:( -
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xStatiCa
- 4:03pm BST - September 16th, 2008
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The most important question to me is does it support a second bass drum pedal? Only having one makes some of the songs on expert just about impossible. I have heard rumors that RB2 and GHWT both have the ability to support a second pedal but nothing official. Has anyone found any official word on having 2 pedals?
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Jamesabeth |
Jamesabeth- 4:28pm BST - September 16th, 2008
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I'm sticking with RB2 but this seems not too bad, I might just pick up the disc if enough of my buddies get it, just that all my RB DLC & exported tracks + RB2 tracks makes RB2 a no-brainer. Why no Trophies though? Sounds like they're not intending to patch them in. Stupid Activision. @ 7: It probably will, and even if it doesn't have 2 inputs you can use a Y-shaped headphone adaptor (I used one with my RB1 kit and its fine). @ 8: Quite right about the ripping off, makes me less inclined to get it,
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.RAID3N. |
pansenbaer - XBL - withyouieat- 12:14am BST - September 22nd, 2008
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jocomat9-
Are you seriously ripping on the GH instruments? They have been designed to be leaps and bounds better than the RB2 peripherals. How can you say the GH drumset looks more like a toy than the RB2 drumset? You might as well line up some trashcans and call it a kit.
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