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: B0028ZJ4ZW
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 3, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,229 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Rhythm > Musical Instruments

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360 | 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. Play as Your Avatar - Import your Xbox 360 Avatar, choose your instrument, and play along with your personalized characters rocking out to any track on the chart-topping song list. 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!”

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as much fun as Guitar Hero 5, November 4, 2009

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B. Appel (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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

Unfortunately, this game isn't as much fun as I was hoping. The songs are more "pop" than "rock" (that's intentional), but that also means that there just aren't a whole lot of great guitar riffs. In fact, you end up playing keyboard (i.e. "American Pie"), horns and other instruments on your guitar, which just seems out of place and unnatural.

There are a lot of fun songs to sing, and the drum patterns are enjoyable. It's nice to see different types of songs that what we're all used to, but the gameplay just doesn't pair up as well as the music in RB & GH does (maybe we need a keyboard hero?).

I was so pleased to see Paralyzer by Finger 11 (which would have been an appropriate song for the GH series as well) and the Taylor Swift songs are actually some of the best songs on the disk. You also get to import from your other Hero games, including GH5. In what is a nice touch, if you paid to import World Tour and Smash Hits songs into GH5, you won't have to pay to import them into Band Hero. After adding all the imports and downloads, the roster added up to 233 songs, which is nice when you're playing in a party setting.

As an interesting side note, Band Hero is touted as family friendly, so much so that they drop the lyric "whisky" from American Pie, but they include "Dirty Little Secret" whose entire meaning is less than family friendly (good song though).

All in all, it's good, not great, but mostly because the music style doesn't match what you're used to playing in a Guitar Hero/Rock Band game. So, you take the good with the bad: expanded music genre v. playing piano on your guitar.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The song selection aside..., December 27, 2009

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K. Robertson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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

The song selection is all a matter of personal preference; You either like the songs or you don't. I'm basing my review on the actual gameplay, which is awesome.

It's the same format as guitar hero 5, so if you like that setup, you will like this one. There's a career mode, and each song has an individual challenge with 3 levels of achievement (gold, platinum and diamond).

If you are a fan of rhythm games, which I am, and if you liked guitar hero 5, which I did, then you will probably like this game. The people who give the game low ratings because they don't like the songs, should have checked out the song list before they bought it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great For Non-Rock Songs, November 29, 2009

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Cu2cool "cu2cool" - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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

This game was a nice alternative to Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band. It offers a wider variety than just rock, metal, and emo songs. I'm still waiting for more DLC pop songs that are more popular or recent than the included setlist, as some of the songs are outdated.

The pros to this game are the multiple mics capability. Some times people feel more comfortable singing with others which makes for a better party than, forcing someone to use the mic as the only instrument left. You do receive individual scores with the mics. There's also a party mode where people can jump in and out whenever they want to with the instruments. The only down side is that you can't choose the songs in party mode. Another nice option was the playlist option. Instead of having to pick songs for a playist by default like GHWT, you can turn that option on or off for Band Hero. So people don't get confused with either pressing the green button or the start button. (On Xbox360)

The cons to this game is that it follows the user interface like GHWT. Only the band leader can control the stats screen and choose songs. This gets annoying when your an impatient person and the band leader isn't paying attention to the game. Also, you can't choose your difficulty level right before each song. Instead you have to either back out to the players menu and change it there, or the individual instrument has to press start and change difficulty and restart the song. Either way it's more time wasted than Rock Band's simple difficulty menu before each song. Another annoyance for people with slightly imperfect eye-hand coordination is that Band Hero has less tolerance for error in hitting the notes. You pretty much have to hit them dead on or it will count as a miss. When I was playing I hit all the notes fine, but when my sister was playing she thought there was something wrong with all three of my guitars. Then we realized it was the game.

Overall, this game is fun to play if you're into the pop songs included. I'm sure there will be guys out there who aren't willing to sing Taylor Swift, Jesse McCartney and Hillary Duff, but it's definitely fun to watch if you can get them to do it. Good times....

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