Oct 29 2008
Guitar Hero: World Tour - Reviewed
Well the reviews for Guitar Hero world tour are out and the unanimous decision seems to be that it is somewhat lacking in comparison to its’ copycat Rock Band. Guitar Hero is a multi platform game that plays a lot like Simon with more graphics and guitar shaped controllers. If you had to read that previous sentence you may have been living under a rock on mars with your eyes shut and your fingers stuck into your ears for the last few months. Welcome back to Earth. 
Not a gamer myself, but the subject matter of this game suits the subject matter of this blog.
The latest version of the game includes drums and vocals, much like the previous version of Rock Band, a somewhat late to the party game that is similar in popularity and gameplay style.
In Kokatu’s Frankenreview of the game, he ponders if Activision has managed to beat Guitar Hero at their own game with Rock Band. It is cleverly called a Frankenreview because it mixes the combined reviews from IGN, BoomTown, TeamXBox and others who all seem to be equally dissapointed with the overblown release of Guitar Hero World Tour.
Honestly, I never got the big hoo-ha with any of these games. I’ve played guitar almost (or possibly over) 10 years and I can barely manage to play this game in co-operative mode or even as a lowly bassist (my apologies to Matt Freeman, Les Claypool and Roger Waters for the term lowly, I hold each of you in higher regard than most of my friends).
Although I do find it intriguing that one company(Activision) was smart enough to see more potential in a a good concept and take it (from Red Octane) furtheronly to have their improvements mimicked by the original.
