Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Supports all Guitar Hero instrument controllers within the same gaming platform, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers.
• Play with any combination of instruments you want, even with four lead singers.
• In Party Play mode, you can jump in/jump out of a song at any time with the click of a button, while Sing Along Mode lets you singe any song you choose.
• Expand your music collection by import your favorite Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero downloadable content straight into Band Hero.
• Enjoy 2-4 player local multiplayer support in co-op and competive modes and 2-8 player support online.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0028ZNWQE
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 3, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,749 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #15 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Rhythm > Musical Instruments

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

Brought to you by the makers of Guitar Hero, one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, Band Hero features the hottest chart-topping hits from everyone’s favorite acts including Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Lily Allen, The All-American Rejects and Jackson 5. Headlined by some of the biggest names in music as in-game artists and playable characters, Band Hero is the ultimate party game to play on the road or at home, where players of all ages will be able to experience the signature, easy-to-learn but difficult-to-master Guitar Hero gameplay. Classic Guitar Hero style gameplay. View larger. In-game artists like Taylor Swift. View larger. New in-stage characters. View larger. Go karaoke in Sing Along Mode. View larger. Import Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero downloadable content into Band Hero. View larger. In-game Artists: Taylor Swift and Adam Levine Music sensation Taylor Swift joins forces with Band Hero for the ultimate family music gaming experience. Taylor Swift, global music sensation and best selling artist of 2008, will ascend an all-new virtual stage this November in Band Hero. Budding music stars, their families and friends, will all live their musical fantasy on the Band Hero stage, playing as Taylor Swift or alongside the singer/songwriter and guitarist, as she performs her smash-hits "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me" from her latest album Fearless as well as "Picture to Burn" from her self-titled debut record. Adam Levine joins Taylor Swift as an exclusive, in-game playable character by lending his popular likeness to Band Hero. Fans will be able to play as Levine as he rocks out to the Grammy nominated "She Will Be Loved," Maroon 5's hit single from their debut album Songs About Jane, which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and is Gold and Platinum in more than 35 countries. Key Game Features Join the Party at any Time - In Party Play mode, you can jump in/jump out of a song at any time with the click of a button. Try All-new Sing Along Mode - Sing together karaoke style on any song you choose. Create Your Own Band - Your band is as unique as you are. Play with any combination of instruments you want, even with four lead singers. Expand Your Music Collection - Import your favorite Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero downloadable content straight into Band Hero. Multiplayer Support - Enjoy 2-4 player local multiplayer support in co-op and competitive modes and 2-8 player support online. Controller Compatibility - Supports all Guitar Hero instrument controllers within the same gaming platform, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers. The Song List Band Hero features over 60 master recordings from some of the hottest bands of today and yesteryear. Some of the songs players can expect to be cranking through with their bands are: 3 Doors Down - "When I'm Gone" The Airborne Toxic Event - "Gasoline" The All American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret" Alphabeat - "Fascination" Aly and AJ - "Like Whoa" Angels & Airwaves - "The Adventure" Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - "Steal My Kisses" Big Country - "In a Big Country" The Bravery - "Believe" Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting" Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me (live)" Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up To Dry" Corinne Bailey Rae - "Put Your Records On" Counting Crows - "Angels of the Silences" Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down" David Bowie - "Let's Dance" Devo - "Whip It" Don McLean - "American Pie" Duffy - "Warwick Avenue" Duran Duran - "Rio" Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life" Everclear - "Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)" Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" Filter - "Take A Picture" Finger Eleven - "Paralyzer" The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed" Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday" Hinder - "Lips Of An Angel" Jackson 5 - "ABC" Janet Jackson - "Black Cat" Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul" Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation" Joss Stone - "You Had Me" Katrina and The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine" The Kooks - "Naive" KT Tunstall - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" The Last Goodnight - "Pictures Of You" Lily Allen - "Take What You Take" Maroon 5 - "She Will Be Loved" Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get" Nelly Furtado - "Turn Off The Light" N.E.R.D. - "Rockstar" No Doubt - "Just A Girl" No Doubt - "Don't Speak" OK Go - "A Million Ways" Papa Roach - "Lifeline" Parachute - "Back Again" Pat Benatar - "Love Is A Battlefield" Poison - "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - "Kids" The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women" Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman" Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes" Snow Patrol - "Take Back the City" Spice Girls - "Wannabe" Styx - "Mr. Roboto" Taylor Swift - "Love Story" Taylor Swift - "Picture To Burn" Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me" Tonic - "If You Could Only See" The Turtles - "Happy Together" Village People - "YMCA" Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"

Product Description

This November, family and friends will come together to ascend the virtual stage and rock their way to superstardom with Band Hero. Brought to you by the makers of Guitar Hero, one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, Band Hero features the hottest chart-topping hits from everyone’s favorite acts including Taylor Swift, Lily Allen, The All-American Rejects and Jackson 5. Headlined by some of the biggest names in music as in-game artists and playable characters, Band Hero is the ultimate party game where players of all ages will be able to experience the signature, easy-to-learn but difficult-to-master Guitar Hero gameplay. Band Hero allows fans to create the band they always dreamed of using any combination of guitar or drum controllers and vocals, providing rockers and performers of all ages the chance to experience and interact with their favorite music. Music sensation Taylor Swift joins forces with Band Hero for the ultimate family music gaming experience! Taylor Swift, global music sensation and best selling artist of 2008, will ascend an all-new virtual stage this November in Band Hero. Budding music stars, their families and friends, will all live their musical fantasy on the Band Hero stage, playing as Taylor Swift or alongside the singer/songwriter and guitarist, as she performs her smash-hits “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” from her latest album Fearless as well as “Picture to Burn” from her self-titled debut record. “Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I’m fully behind. And, I’m really excited about Band Hero, because not only are fans getting to play my songs, but I’m actually in the game,” said Swift. “There are so many awesome things that go into being in Band Hero, like getting to customize my band to look like my touring band, and it’s so cool for people to feel like they are experiencing one of my concerts. This is one of the closest things out there to going to see me perform!”

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Game For Family and Friends To Play and Karaoke Together!, November 3, 2009

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Zafree Zaharidan "Avid Gamer" (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Stand Alone Software (Video Game)

Though Band Hero is similar to Guitar Hero 5 in term of gameplay, it still had a lot to offer. Guitar Hero 5 is said to be "extremely diverse" that players will find that there are songs that they like and there are also songs that they will never even touch. Band Hero done a great job in making the songs to be more specific to pop-oriented tracks.

In my opinion, the game is great in bringing family and friends together. There are a lot of more familiar songs to everyone like Love Story by Taylor Swift, She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5, Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney and more. The guitar and drum notes are relatively easy compared to Guitar Hero, so it will be more accessible to everyone especially beginners and not-so-hardcore gamers. The Sing-Along feature is a great addition to make the game more karaoke-like as multiple player can sing simultaneously on one song.

To conclude, you can enjoy this game at it fullest when you bring along your family and friends to play. It is more easy and the songs are more specific and mostly well-known to all. If you are a Guitar Hero expert wanting for challenge, then this is game is certainly not for you. I am giving 5 stars because I can finally enjoy my favorite game with my friends.

Edited 06:20 PM 12/12/09

Pros
- A good game for beginners and those who want to have fun together
- Sing-along karaoke mode is great for party
- Many known pop songs
- You still can transfer songs from other Guitar Hero games (DLC, World Tour, Smash Hits and 5) and vice-versa
- Party play is a blast

Cons
- For experienced Guitar Hero players, this game will be too easy
- It is basically the same as Guitar Hero 5
- May not be suitable for every Guitar Hero hardcore

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a really fun game for family and friends (broader song choices for most folks), December 11, 2010

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funny dude "fungi" (I live where I live) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Stand Alone Software (Video Game)

****in general*****

Band Hero: Featuring Taylor swift is Guitar Hero's answer to the "Rock Band" series. It is highly entertaining and fun with a lot of song choices that's bound to please almost anyone from easy listening to punk/indie to rock. From eras of the 60's to current(early 2010ish, of course, if you read this review 10 years from now, it won't be current anymore. LOL). The game play is fun and addicting and works with the "Rock Band" instruments (guitar and drums and microphone). Replay value is high and has a Karaoke function that is very cool for younger kids that love to sing.

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1) Game Play:

Band Hero is a branch out from the "Guitar Hero" franchise to include more of a "band" play vs. just a few guitars strumming. If anyone has played the drums on other Band Hero or Rock Band games they would probably agree that THAT is the instrument that everyone covets. The game play on Band Hero is very smooth and easy to learn especially if one is already experienced with the other Guitar Hero/Rock Band games.

The Guitar chords are nice, the drum buttons work well. If I do have to complain about one thing, that is the bass bar on the drums are almost invisible and can be missed if one is not paying attention to it. And when compared to the Rock Band drum bass bar, the Band Hero drum bass bar is a lot less noticeable.

The Guitar part, we prefer the Band Hero Guitar play over Rock Bands much more.

At our age and level, we are comfortable at a medium level in Band Hero and sometimes will try the Hard or even expert levels (My wife and I are in our late 40's to 50's). The medium level in Rock Band is pretty "easy" but when we would switch to "hard" in Rock Band, it becomes really hard...there doesn't seem to be a "medium" level in Rock Band and their easy is almost kindergarten like(not to insulat any kindergarteners out there. LOL).

The Microphone control is pretty good and on par.

We also enjoy creating our own bands and that is a nice option to have.

We haven't tried importing other games yet.

we enjoyed the Karaoke in the game play.

There are also a couple of interesting things in Band Hero that we really liked.

in earlier Guitar Hero and Rock Band series. The singers and the band players would pretty much do the same things over and over again no matter what song was sang. In Band Hero, each song was given individual vocals as well as synchronization of the lip movements to the music as well as more unique band members playing with their instruments. While this is NOT a big deal, if one has played Rock Band: Beatles(which we also own). Seeing the Beatles using the same video over and over again with the different songs made us felt a bit "ripped off" as we thought that for the money we'd paid, we'd liked to see them do more with the Fab Four's videos/graphics to make us feel more like we ARE the Beatles.

The other improvement of Band Hero is the ability to earn synchronization of the "Band Moment". Sure, it is just a game, but if we don't work together, it still don't sound "good" and it is fun to get those "band moments" and work as a team. When we would play some of our friends sometimes. Some of them would just hit buttons without really trying. While we understand that there is no pressure, it also made us feel like that they weren't having as much fun as we were because we were trying really hard to sync the buttons and the chords..

the overall game play of Band Hero is top notch when we compare it to eariler versions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band that we own...

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2) Song Choices:

The earlier Guitar Hero games are more alternative/hard rock thus using more guitar chords and beats...let's face it, it wouldn't be too much fun to play guitar chords to say, "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters. It would simply be too soft and boring to play. To play "GUITAR HERO" the stress on the "Guitar" play is utmost important. And most indie rocks/alternative rocks/hard rocks fit that bill for great Guitar fun.

We love the Beatles and we enjoyed the Beatles Rock Band, but the game play can get a bit boring after a couple of songs as the Beatles, while their songs are great, are known more for their harmonius, smooth sounds than their guitar playing abilities...

in Playing Band Hero, we wondered if the guitar play would become less fun. Surprisingly, it wasn't..it is still great fun and there were actually some songs that surprised us at how difficult and challenging the songs were.

So, the song choices were really good for this game. It isn't just more alternative rock or hard rock anymore but a nice selection of the 60's-current, and smooth and easy American Pie (our least favorite) to the fast and fun "Dirty Little Secrets"; the funky 70's "YMCA" to the odd and weird 80's such as "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" or "Rio"; from classic favorties such as "Mr. Roboto" and "every Rose Has Its Thorn" to Taylor Swift's new generations country Rock of "You Belong To Me" and "Love Story".

This Band Hero seems to offer something for everyone...

a hard core Guitar Hero fan will probably raise their eyebrows at the choice of songs. But let me just say that my brother, who almost listens to heavy metal and alternative rocks exclusively, enjoyed playing this game with us. There are songs in this game to please everyone during a family gathering or event. Probably not for someone who is addicted to getting GOOD or GREAT at Guitar Hero games. But we are not die hard fans of the game. We just like to play it for fun and med range challenge. We never thought about getting to the expert level or wanting to form our own bands...we just love living a little bit of our youthful dreams, to join a band, and play the guitar or drum, and sing a little tune, even off key...and in the meantime, sharing good times and laughter with friends and family...

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Overall, we highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys a good time, always wanted to play guitar but probably never will(but might get inspired to), want to sing some songs and smile and laugh, and live some of those fantasy of joining a band and live the life of a rocker...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite so far of the Guitar Hero Series, September 9, 2010

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This review is from: Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Stand Alone Software (Video Game)

We own Guitar Hero World Tour which was pretty fun and Guitar Hero 5 Which I didn't care for but Band Hero is the best in my opinion. My family knows and likes most of the songs in Band Hero and we like the popular pop songs instead of a bunch of songs that you have never heard of like on Guitar Hero 5. We also like the new characters like Taylor Swift and Adam Levine from Maroon 5. This game is just a blast to play with a group of people.

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