Games Review

Matthew Battison

msb1@bolton.ac.uk

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Games Review

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero was developed by Harmonix Music and published by Red Octane and released on the 4th July in Europe for the Playstation2 priced at £49.99 (Including Guitar). When you purchase the game you get a controller in the shape of a guitar, which consists of five coloured buttons, a little flipper which is used for strumming and a whammy bar.

Guitar Hero is a rhythm game, the idea is to hit the coloured buttons when they move up the screen. There are four different difficulty modes, these range from easy to expert. The game consists of 30 different songs to choose from which range from old Black Sabbath songs to modern day songs e.g. Franz Ferdinand.

There are three different gameplay modes, in career mode the idea is to complete songs and move your character through different venues, as you complete songs your character is given money, which can be used to unlock new characters, new songs and new guitars. In quick play you can pick any song that you have unlocked and play it. Multiplayer allows you to compete against another player. The game has good in game graphics, while playing a song, your player is joined on stage by a vocalist, a bass player and a drummer as well as a crowd, which react to how well you are playing the song. So with 30 songs, unlockable characters and an expert mode to master, there is plenty to keep you occupied.