Customer Reviews

Guitar Hero Smash Hits

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
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If you own a Wii and a PS2 and have accumulated pretty much all the other GH games that have been on the market don't waste your time buying this one. It is pretty much a compilation of all the songs on those games into one. The difference is that this game you can play the full-band on the songs that you can not before. If you have purchased Guitar Hero Metallica or have two foot drum pedals then you have it made for using the dual bass pedal function on the drums.

None of the songs have to be unlocked in Quickplay and some of the songs have been remastered. Since there is no compatibility downloadable content, this game is good for is the songs in the package.

Here is a breakdown of the songs and which gaming systems they came from.

Guitar Hero: Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit - Wii
Bark At The Moon, Cowboys From Hell, Godzilla, Hey You, I Love Rock N' Roll, Killer Queen, More Than A Feeling, No One Knows, Smoke On The Water, Stellar, Take It Off, Take Me Out, Thunder Kiss 65, Unsung

Guitar Hero II: Guitar Hero II Software Greatest Hits - PS2
Beast And The Harlot, Carry On Wayward Son, Cherry Pie, Free Bird, Freya, Heart Shaped Box, Killing In The Name, Laid To Rest, Message In A Bottle, Monkey Wrench, Mother, Psychobilly Freakout, Shout At The Devil, Stop!, The Trooper, Them Bones, Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart, Woman, YYZ

Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Wii
Barracuda, Cult Of Personality, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Lay Down, Miss Murder, Raining Blood, Rock And Roll All Nite, Through The Fire And Flames

Guitar Hero - Aerosmith: Guitar Hero Aerosmith - Wii
Back In The Saddle

Guitar Hero Encore - Rocks the 80s: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's - PS2
Caught In A Mosh, Electric Eye, I Wanna Rock, Nothin' But A Good Time, Play With Me, Round and Round

Guitar hero world tour was a fantastic concept which incorporated the drums, microphone, guitar and bass together to make team play absolutely incredible. We enjoyed the initial song list and game play well enough but suffered through some songs just to move on in game play. I will have to echo the sentiment of some of the other reviewers by saying the song content could be better. I can not tell you how many times I would hear a song on the radio and would state how it would be nice to have that song on GHWT.
I eagerly anticipated the Smash Hits collection because we were burned out on the songs from GHWT. The list of songs on Smash Hits was supposed to be compiled from the best of the Guitar hero series and this is where Smash Hits fails. I am already tired of the song list and have moved back to the original.
To sum it up "Release some good music for this game platform or it will die" Or make the songs for the Wii compatible with the rock band songs and I would play them. Either way get a better song list for the Guitar Hero World Tour Band system.

This may be Guitar Hero, but in our house it's 'Band Hero'!! I bought this because I loved the song list and found out after I received it that it works with the whole band, bonus! Great game and challenging too! I don't know if this is normal, but it took us a few tries to figure out how to get the whole band logged in and make it start. I finally had to press and hold the + button to get it to go.

I found this game to be a little challenging, though it's still fun. The World Tour and GH5 games had some easier songs to play. I purchased this one for some specific songs i.e "Cult of Personality" and Nirvana, but the music overall may not be for everyone. I like the practice mode and that you can break a song down by section and practice at different speeds. I could not find the tutorial that they keep on referring to in the game, however, it does have a tutorial for the music studio. Overall, I got this game on sale so it was worth it, but I would not pay full price for it.

Update*- I found the tutorial. It's acutally in career mode, which is interesting, because when I'm just starting something I would not jump right into career mode..Anyway,after much practice the game is getting a little easier, but the music is sitll the same. Tnere are a few jewels in there i.e. "Woman", "Mother" and "and Stop!".

Although we LOVE Guitar Hero in general, we are disappointed by what songs were placed on "Smash Hits". The music is actually less familiar to us than the original. I guess we were hoping for some killer songs that would really get a party started and were left with music many (of our friends) have never heard of...

I bought this game for my son who played it all day Christmas day and hasn't put it down since. My daughter now wants one for her birthday! Two in one family, I don't know!!

In spite of the fact that I played all of the songs in previous GH titles (for PS2), this new version that compiles the best songs from previous and currently unavailable (at least for Wii) GH games, made me live it all again.

You have the possibility for Career Mode, unlocking different songs and settings as you beat each song, and for Quickplay, where all the songs are available for play.

I must say I basically purchased this for playing "Free bird" all over again, but I love every single song in the game.

Enjoyed the songs when they first came out. i am so glad they put this out so you could get the whole band in.

This guitar hero is an awesome find for the price. great songs on the list. played it already for probably 2-3 hours, and it was a blast. I would def suggest it to anyone.

Great supplement to a new Guitar Hero Library with all the great songs everyone loves to sing along to!