Guitar Hero Van Halen

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Live out the excitement of playing as the legendary band Van Halen
• Perform an incredible arena rock set list that includes 25 Van Halen songs, three Eddie Van Halen signature solos and 19 songs from guest acts
• Includes the Van Halen songs And the Cradle Will Rock, Atomic Punk, Beautiful Girls, Cathedral, Eruption, Everybody Wants Some!!, Feel Your Love Tonight and Hang 'Em High
• Includes the Van Halen songs Hear About It Later, I'm the One, Ice Cream Man, Jamie's Cryin', Little Guitars, Loss of Control, Mean Street, Panama and Pretty Woman
• Includes the Van Halen songs Runnin' with the Devil, So This Is Love?, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Spanish Fly, Unchained and You Really Got Me

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001UWGEJS
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 22, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,068 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #31 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Rhythm > Musical Instruments

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

Amazon.com Product Description

It's time to prove you've got the swagger and showmanship to stand alongside these rock-n-roll legends. In Guitar Hero: Van Halen, you can live out the experience of performing as one of the biggest rock bands of all time. See if you have what it takes to keep up with Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary guitar playing or David Lee Roth's unique performance style as you savor all the hot licks and scissor kicks that have helped this band achieve legendary status.

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Synopsis Guitar Hero: Van Halen lets you stand in the shoes of this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band as you perform 25 epic Van Halen tracks, three signature Eddie Van Halen solos and 19 guest act tracks. Get the crowd roaring with your arena rock stylings on Van Halen hits like Jump, Hot for Teacher, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love and Dance the Night Away, as well as songs like Billy Idol's White Wedding, Foo Fighters' Best of You and Blink-182's First Date. Experience the excitement of playing as this ultimate party band as you rock out to dozens of enduring hits and prove you have the talent and the style to live up to the Van Halen legend. Key Game Features: Live out the excitement of playing as the legendary band Van Halen Perform an incredible arena rock set list that includes 25 Van Halen songs, three Eddie Van Halen signature solos and 19 songs from guest acts Includes the Van Halen songs And the Cradle Will Rock, Atomic Punk, Beautiful Girls, Cathedral, Eruption, Everybody Wants Some!!, Feel Your Love Tonight and Hang 'Em High Includes the Van Halen songs Hear About It Later, I'm the One, Ice Cream Man, Jamie's Cryin', Little Guitars, Loss of Control, Mean Street, Panama and Pretty Woman Includes the Van Halen songs Runnin' with the Devil, So This Is Love?, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Spanish Fly, Unchained and You Really Got Me Features songs by guest acts Alter Bridge, the Clash, Deep Purple, Foreigner, Fountains of Wayne, Jimmy Eat World, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage and Lenny Kravitz Features songs by guest acts Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D, the Offspring, Third Eye Blind, Weezer and Yellowcard

Product Description

Guitar Hero is back and you get to rock with the ultimate party band, Van Halen! Experience the hot licks and scissor kicks that made Van Halen the legends they are today. 25 epic Van Halen tracks, three scorching Eddie Van Halen signature solos, and 19 guest acts give fans the most comprehensive arena rock set list to date. With over 80 million albums sold worldwide, Van Halen is one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Led by Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary guitar playng and David Lee Roth's unique brand of showmanship, the band has cemented their place in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame since they dropped their self-titled album in 1978. Van Halen is one of only five rock bands that have had two albums sell more than 10 millions copies in the United States.

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Diamond Dave era Van Halen Fans Rejoice!, December 31, 2009

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Michael P. Harley "Harley4477" (Evans, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Video Game)

Yes, the goings on in the Van Halen camp are childish, ego-driven fiascos of embarrassment. The antics of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth are well-publicized, and Michael Anthony is the latest victim of Eddie's ego. This, unfortunately carries into this Guitar Hero game with the bass players ommission. He is insultingly replaced with Eddie's son Wolfgang, who I have no problem with...he seems like a good dude...but Mike is a constant in Van Halen's illustrious career and his backing vocals are part of VH's core signature sound. Its not that Wolfie doesn;t belong on the game, he just doesn't need to REPLACE Michael Anthony even on the classic-look characters.

While most all fans liked the Hagar era, purists never felt VH was ever the same without Diamond Dave and Diamond Dave was never the same without Van Halen. The two go together like oreos and milk. The Van Halen that is featured in this game is a salute to the Van Halen that is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...sans Hagar, with Wolfie being a HUGE asterisk. There is NO excuse to exclude Michael Anthony...none at all, and Eddie should live to regret this decision. But, as a DLR era Van Halen fan, this game allows me to have LOADS of fun. "Little Guitars" is a nightmare on medium and fun to play. Once I found the groove, the track proved to be the most fun of all. This game would get 5 stars if Michael Anthony was featured, so there is no denying that this game is a blast for fans of Van Halen's music. Wether or not the game would be better with Sammy tracks is debateable. I feel it should be a separate game, because the two bands, while both called "Van Halen" were WORLDS apart in feel, and attitude. Its like two completely different band experiences between a Sammy lead VH show and a DLR lead VH show...so why not two separate games?

Fans of Van Halen should buy this game. Its fun...and thats why it exist...and that is why Van Halen is the perfect fit for GH! VH is one of the most fun bands on the planet...and Eddie, while an egomaniac, is a Guitar Hero.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's "Jump" for Guitar Hero Van Halen!!, December 23, 2009

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Austin Murphy (Meridian, ID USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Video Game)

Back 2 or 3 years ago, when Guitar Hero was just becoming super popular, I thought to myself, you know they should really do a guitar hero: van halen!! But I thought the chances of that were very slim. I was of course wrong. When I first heard about it, I absolutely couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I was excited, but I was even more excited when you could get it for free with Guitar Hero 5!! 2 games in one!! So I did, and got it more than 2 months before the release date, and started rocking out!! Well here's the positives...

+ Extremely Fun!! The first song you play in Career is the incredibly awesome "Panama," and then "Running With The Devil," as an encore, and after those two I was hooked.
+ Track List is Great!! 25 of Van Halen's best songs all collected in one game, and none of them disappoint. And the 3 solo's are very difficult and will take a while even for the Experts to master them.
+ The band doesn't look extremely deformed which is good. They all look at least passable and/or decent.
+ Some replay value. If you want all the achievements, and want to unlock the classic looks of the band. Which is a very nice and different look to see the classic Van Halen band rocking out.
+ David Lee Roth is pretty interactive. He really gets into the music, and makes it seem all the more fun. Especially during "Jump."
+ You can play a song more than once and not get sick of it. I've played at least each Van Halen song twice. Some over 10 times and I still love them!!
+ Crowd is nice to have. The sing along to the lyrics and go crazy when you use star power. In GH5, you could hardly hear them.

Then some little things, which bother me a bit...

+/- No Sammy Hagar. I would like to play, "Why Can't This Be Love," and "Dreams."
+/- No Michael Anthony. Wolfgang, made the whole Base Career look unappealing. Mike's vocals are still there, it's just stupid to have Wolfgang there taking the credit.
+/- Feels rushed, but I shouldn't complain since I got it for free.
+/- The guest acts or okay, not a lot of them seem to fit in, but they're still fun. Just not as fun as the Van Halen songs. And Wolfgang picked most of them, so what do you expect?

And only one negative,

- No interviews or videos, I wish they showed us the band all together and see them making the game.

This game is one fun rockin' game, once you get to appreciate it. All the Van Halen songs are good, but some guest acts could have of been changed. This game deserved better. Not a must own guitar hero, but still good. I'm a huge fan, so there's my exception. Recommended for fans who want more songs to play or Van Halen fans (With Roth). [...]

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Made for old rockers buying new concert tickets, January 1, 2010

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Paul A. Caskey (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Video Game)

This game has the classic Van Halen songs you hoped for, if you're an old rocker like me, with graciously zero Sammy Hagar inclusions. It also has a slew of "guest artist" tracks which are varied and well chosen, mostly also from the 80s.

But don't expect the Original 4 to be present on the Guitar Hero concert stage: David Lee Roth; Eddie and Alex Van Halen; Michael Anthony. Remember, head banger, this is a new century. Marketing dictates you get the newer blend of Van Halen and their kids (Wolfgang) in this edition, sporting short haircuts and CG age defying makeup. David and Eddie awkwardly dance around this digital stage like they're about to fall backward into wheelchairs. For comparison, a far better job was done with Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Steven Tyler's lips.

This is a fun game, and you'll probably be too busy following the on-screen notes to pay much attention to the antiquated David Lee Roth in the background waving and pretending he loves Eddie's fretboard finger tapping. Everyone knows these 80s rock star revivals are last ditch efforts for the artists to pull together retirement accounts since they ended up living longer than any of them expected. I was just hoping the emotional disdain and plastic smiles of these angry old birds wouldn't carry over so successfully from the real world. Maybe Red Octane/Activision did too good a job.

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