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Seven Guitar Hero 2 Tracks Revealed

FRIDAY MAY 5 2006 9:00 AM

Submitted by WilWheaton. Edited By WilWheaton.

Guitar Hero 2 may not be as widely anticipated as Halo 2 or Doom 3 was, but its fans are seriously hardcore, and this news will make many of them grab the nearest air guitar and wail off a celebratory riff: Seven songs from GH2 have been announced, and they'll all be playable at E3.

Drist - "Arterial Black"

The Reverend Horton Heat - "Psychobilly Freakout"

KISS - "Strutter"

Black Sabbath - "War Pigs"

The Butthole Surfers - "Who Was in My Room Last Night"

The Kinks (the Van Halen version) - "You Really Got Me"

And... RUSH - "YYZ"

DUDE! Fuckin' "War Pigs" and "Psychobilly Freakout"!

Ahem. Sorry. That wasn't very professional.

Guitar Hero 2 is slated for a Fall release, and players will be able to play lead, rhythm, and bass guitar in the game, which features 55 new songs. There are also rumors that there will be a new controller available, this time designed to look like the Gibson Flying V.

While this is all awesome news for Guitar Hero geeks like me, there is some cause for concern: with so many new songs being added, the chances increase ever so slightly that we may have to play a Creed or Linkin Park song to get 100% on the game.

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Guitarsnglasses

Fontana, CA

July 2005

MAY 05, 2006 03:25 PM

surlyclown said:
Am I less of a man because I can hammer on, but I can't hammer off?

Same deal with me, Surl. Dont feel bad, its kinda hard.

Locust_Abortion

Pomona, CA

December 2002

MAY 05, 2006 03:55 PM

malkav11 said:
So, I keep hearing good things about Guitar Hero, and yet, I do not buy because of certain concerns I have. To wit: I do not have rhythm. I have not, heretofore, liked rhythm games or rhythm minigames in my non-rhythm games. And I have never desired to be a rock star or play the electric guitar.

Is this a game I would enjoy?

Actually, the game relies on just hitting the right button much more than hitting the right button at the exact timing. The quantisization level is very low (or maybe it's high?) ... in other words, the game gives you alot of leeway as far as hitting the buttons at the exact right time. (you DON'T need pin-point timing to succeed at this game.) It obviously helps to have SOME sense of rhythm, but it's not as crucial as other rhythm-based games.

It's a fun game. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes rock n roll.. whether or not they have any aspirations of becoming a rock star or playing guitar.

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN

July 2003

MAY 05, 2006 05:23 PM

Ah. Hitting right buttons I can do. Hitting at the exact right time fucks me up every damn time.

end_of_innocence

Milton, ON

April 2006

MAY 05, 2006 06:30 PM

that Buthole Surfers song is one of my favoritest ever!

i can't wait to see what the other songs are on it...

Ziltoid

Australia

April 2006

MAY 05, 2006 10:59 PM

Scopitone said:
Getting your hands on the master tracks is insanely expensive (varies from band to band) and could prohibit the devs from putting a number of songs on there that we actually want to play. Better to just get some damn good cover bands. Hell with some of those older tracks you can't even find the master tracks so you need to have them remastered/covered in order to break up the different streams for lead/rythm/bass.

It's true. It's science!

Well, if there's science behind it...

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

MAY 05, 2006 11:07 PM

As someone who from time to time plays a guitar with actual strings and shit and sometimes plays along with stuff on the CD player ....

... how the fuck does one actually play this game?

What are the mechanics? And what is the objective?

Someone, please explain.

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN

July 2003

MAY 06, 2006 12:44 AM

Also, I'd just like to say: Guitar Hero 2 really needs to come packaged with groupies. For the complete experience.

waxangel

Baltimore, MD

May 2003

MAY 06, 2006 08:04 AM

I'm pretty unimpressed with those song choices.

waxangel

Baltimore, MD

May 2003

MAY 06, 2006 08:07 AM

TheFuckOffKid said:
As someone who from time to time plays a guitar with actual strings and shit and sometimes plays along with stuff on the CD player ....

... how the fuck does one actually play this game?

What are the mechanics? And what is the objective?

Someone, please explain.

Google is your buddy. I'm not going to do your research for you.

Aspen

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

MAY 06, 2006 09:40 AM

waxangel said:
I'm pretty unimpressed with those song choices.

Mr. Negative.

Aspen

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

MAY 06, 2006 09:43 AM

waxangel said:
Google is your buddy. I'm not going to do your research for you.

You are just grumpy because I rock harder than you do and you got beat by a girl.

waxangel

Baltimore, MD

May 2003

MAY 06, 2006 09:51 AM

Aspen said:

waxangel said:
Google is your buddy. I'm not going to do your research for you.

You are just grumpy because I rock harder than you do and you got beat by a girl.

But...but...um....

Poop.

Scopitone

Fullerton, CA

OLD SKOOL

MAY 06, 2006 11:27 AM

waxangel said:
I'm pretty unimpressed with those song choices.

What would you suggest?

Posh

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAY 06, 2006 11:37 AM

waxangel said:
I'm pretty unimpressed with those song choices.

i'm sorry there's no backstreet boys.

Ziltoid

Australia

April 2006

MAY 06, 2006 12:24 PM

Scopitone said:

waxangel said:
I'm pretty unimpressed with those song choices.

What would you suggest?

How fucking cool would it be to have one of those 6 to 10 minute or so long Tool or Meshuggah tracks on there? Would be crazy hard as hell to play.

I vote, nay demand, Tenacious D be put on there too. All of it.