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Guitar Hero 2

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Product Features

Platform: PlayStation2 | Edition: Bundle with Guitar
  • Three new characters go on tour with the existing Guitar Hero cast: The 50's throwback hardrocker, Eddie Knox; the beautiful heart-breaker, Casey Lynch; and the intimidating Norwegian-born metal force, Lars Umlaut.
  • The Guitar Hero II Bundle for PS2 ships with game, the "Classic Red" SG wired controller, guitar strap and decals.
  • Guitar Hero II follows up on Guitar Hero's award-winning track list, with over 60 tracks including songs as made famous by Van Halen, Aerosmith, Guns 'N Roses, Avenged Sevenfold and others.
  • New modes include: a practice mode, local co-op mode for two-player fun, Pro Face-off where Players can now play head-to-head with full lead guitar tracks and Face-Off, The classic versus mode from Guitar Hero is back.
  • Any Guitar Hero worth their weight in guitar picks knows it takes practice to become a guitar god. With the all-new Practice Mode, wannabe guitar heroes can now pick any song and practice specific sections and even slow it down.

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Platform: PlayStation2 | Edition: Bundle with Guitar
  • Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
  • ASIN: B000I4JIK6
  • Product Dimensions: 28 x 10.5 x 2.5 inches ; 5 pounds
  • Media: Video Game
  • Release Date: November 7, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (389 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #7,283 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
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Platform: PlayStation2 | Edition: Bundle with Guitar

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RedOctane's follow-up to the critically acclaimed rhythm game, Guitar Hero II features a brand-new and expanded track list, more venues and new play modes, and aims to rock longer and harder than its predecessor. RedOctane has once again teamed up with veteran music game developer Harmonix for the sequel, and is using famed recording studio WaveGroup for its music production, who also recorded the covers for the licensed tracks in the original Guitar Hero. Bundle ships with red SG style wired controller, strap and decals.

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The Next Chapter in the Guitar Hero Experience
Rock the rhythm, lead, and bass guitar tracks in the follow-up sequel to Guitar Hero. Form your guitar duo and shred riffs cooperatively or go head-to-head in all new multiplayer modes. With over 60 tracks to rock out to, you'll go from Guitar Hero to Guitar god in one press of a fret button. Choose from multiple rock characters and jam at concert venues that grow in size as your rock career progresses. You'll start your rock career playing small clubs and bars, but if you play well you'll work your way up to stadiums and arenas.

Guitar Hero II bundle with red SG guitar
Bundle includes wired controller, guitar strap and decals.
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70's rocker going solo in Guitar Hero II
New modes in both single and multiplayer.
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Multiplayer action in Guitar Hero II
Three new characters join the tour.
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All-new exciting venues.
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Jamming onstage in Guitar Hero II
Live out your rock & roll dreams through a huge song list.
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New Play Modes
Guitar Hero II introduces all new multiplayer modes like: cooperative, Pro Face-Off, and Face-Off, letting two Guitar Heroes conduct their own symphonies of destruction; and an all new practice mode, that allows even Guitar Zeroes to become Guitar Heroes with enough practice.

Your GH2 Set List
Since the Guitar Hero experience is all about the music, Guitar Hero II sets up the tone with a rocking assortment of tunes from different eras that you know and love, as well as others that may be new to you. The complete set list included on disc includes:

   "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe    "Mother" - Danzig
   "Surrender" - Cheap Trick    "Woman" - Wolfmother
   "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap    "Strutter" - KISS
   "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana    "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
   "You Really Got Me" - Van Halen    "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
   "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters    "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
   "Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges    "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
   "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath    "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
   "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers    "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
   "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones    "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
   "Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine    "John the Fisherman" - Primus
   "Freya" - The Sword    "Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
   "Last Child" - Aerosmith    "Crazy on You" - Heart
   "Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots    "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
   "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band    "Stop!" - Jane's Addiction
   "Madhouse" - Anthrax    "Carry Me Home" - The Living End
   "Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God    "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
   "YYZ" - Rush    "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
   "Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies    "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
   "Hangar 18" - Megadeth    "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
   "Arterial Black" - Drist    "Collide" - Anarchy Club
   "Elephant Bones" - That Handsome Devil    "Fall of Pangea" - Valient Thorr
   "FTK" - Vagiant    "Gemini" - Brian Kahanek
   "Jordan" - Buckethead    "Laughtrack" - The Acro-brats
   "Less Talk More Rokk" - Freezepop    "The Light that Blinds" - Shadows Fall
   "Mr. Fix-it" - The Amazing Royal Crowns    "The New Black" - Every Time I Die
   "Parasite" - The Neighborhoods    "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" - Bang Camaro
   "Radium Eyes" - Count Zero    "Raw Dog" - The Last Vegas
   "Red Lottery" - Megasus    "Six" - All That Remains
   "Soy Bomb" - Honest Bob and the F-to-D Incentives    "Thunderhorse" - Dethklok
   "Trogdor" - Strong Bad    "X-Stream" - Voivod
   "Yes We Can" - Made in Mexico    "One for the Road" - Breaking Wheel

Key Game Features

  • Deeper Guitar Experience - Guitar Hero II expands the electric guitar gaming experience by allowing players to play different guitar tracks per song: lead, bass or rhythm guitar, depending on the song.
  • All New Song List - Guitar Hero II follows up on Guitar Hero's award-winning track list, with over 60 tracks including songs as made famous by Van Halen, Areosmith, Guns 'N Roses, Avenged Sevenfold and others.
  • New Multiplayer Modes - New multiplayer modes include.
    • Co-op: Players can now get closer to the fantasy and form their own rock band and play cooperatively, one player one lead guitar, the other on bass or rhythm guitar creates a pure rock experience.
    • Pro Face-Off: Players can now play head-to-head and find out who the real Guitar Hero is with both players playing full lead guitar tracks.
    • Face-Off: The classic versus mode from Guitar Hero is back. Players go head-to-head and share the lead guitar track.
  • All New Practice Mode - Any Guitar Hero worth their weight in guitar picks knows it takes practice to become a guitar god. With the all-new Practice Mode, wannabe guitar heroes can now pick any song and practice specific sections and even slow it down.
  • New Characters - Three new Guitar Hero characters go on tour with the existing cast from the original Guitar Hero: The 50's throwback hardrocker, Eddie Knox; the beautiful, but tough heartbreaker, Casey Lynch; and the intimidating Norwegian-born metal force, Lars Umlaut.
  • New Venues - Guitar Hero II features revamped venues with improved graphics and animations, including two new venues: The Vans Warped Tour and Stonehenge.
  • New Guitar Controller Color - The Guitar Hero II Bundle ships with the "Classic Red" SG wired controller, guitar strap and decals.

Product Description

Rock the Rhythm, Lead, and Bass Guitar tracks in the follow-up sequel to the Best Music Game of the year of 2005. Form your guitar duo and shred riffs cooperatively or go head to head in all new multiplayer modes. With over 55 tracks to rock out to, you'll go from Guitar Hero to Guitar god in one press of a fret button. Choose from multiple rock characters and jam at concert venues that grow in size as your rock career progresses! You’ll start your rock career playing small clubs and bars, but if you play well you’ll work your way up to stadiums and arenas. Strap on your Guitar Hero SG Controller, plug it in, and CRANK IT UP! The Guitar Hero SG Controller feels just like a real guitar, making it the ultimate way to jam on your PlayStation®2. With the Guitar Hero SG Controller, you turn into a rock star every time you play Guitar Hero!

 

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237 of 248 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great game, but lacking in some areas., November 12, 2006
By Steven (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Guitar Hero 2 Bundle with Guitar (Video Game)
Guitar Hero 2 is a fine sequel to the original but there are some areas of the game that could have used a bit more polishing. Lets break it down...

In case you aren't familiar with the Guitar Hero series i'll provide a brief description of how the game plays.

First, if you don't have the first Guitar Hero then make sure you get the bundle package with the guitar. Although the game can be played with the dualshock controller you will find it MUCH more entertaining if you play with the guitar.

This game is played by strumming notes at the correct time as they come streaming down a fret board. You strum the notes by moving the "strum bar" either up or down. On the neck of the guitar are five buttons. You must hold the correct buttons and strum at the correct time in order to successfully hit the notes. You can perform hammer-ons and pull-offs on certain notes to make it a bit easier (once you get the hang of it... it takes practice). Some notes can be held. There is a visual indicator that shows which notes can be held. You can use the whammy bar on these notes for cool whammy effects. There is a rock meter that has a red, yellow and green section. If you are doing good you will stay in the green section but the more notes you miss the further down you go in the rock meter. If you continue to mess up then it's game over. Star shaped notes provide "star power" if successfully played. Star power doubles your multiplier (8X max with star power, 4X without) and also makes it much easier to bring your rock meter back into the green zone. To active star power you lift your guitar vertically in the air (or press the select button on the guitar).

The meat if this game is in the career section. This is when your band goes on tour around the states and plays in various venues. You get money by beating songs. You are ranked on how well you performed. You get anywhere from 3 stars to 5 stars depending on how well you did. The more stars you get - the more money you get. You can buy new guitars, characters, guitar finishes, songs and videos. In Guitar hero 2 there are a total of 64 songs. 40 licensed songs and 24 songs from various bands that haven't made it big yet.

Guitar Hero 2 does provide the insane gameplay very similar to the original. Some of the songs are real gems, but there are others that just aren't as memorable is the original (this is an opinion though). I believe the original Guitar Hero had a stronger song list. Also, the cover bands that did the songs in Guitar Hero 2 aren't quite as good (still very good though!). Some songs like "Mother" by Danzig just don't have that powerful heavy metal feel like the original has. It feels a bit empty. Most songs are quite good instrumentally but the singing can get a bit iffy - but this is rare. Typically the singing is quite good.

There are two big improvements in this game. First is the cooperative mode which is a two player mode that allows one player to play the lead guitar and the other player to play either the bass or the rhythm guitar (depending on the song). One nice feature is that each player gets to set their difficulty level. The other major improvement is the practice mode which lets you practice sections of a song that you are having problems with. You can practice at normal speed, slow, slower and slowest. This is a feature that most people wished for in the original. Three button chords are new in this game (the original had two button chords) which ramps up the difficulty quite a bit. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are a bit easier to nail in this game which is VERY good.

Even though this game is an improvement over the original as far as features go, it could have used a bit more polish. First, most people agree that the song selection is iffy (I don't believe this, I just feel the songs in the first guitar hero are a little bit more memorable). This is an opinion however so I wont consider that. Although the practice mode is great to have it could have been done a bit better. My main complaint here is that there is no way to loop through the area you are practicing. You set your section(s) that you want to practice, set your speed, play it and once your done you have to go through the loading process again. This makes practicing tough areas a bit cumbersome. It would have been very nice to have the ability to continuously loop through the desired section. Even changing the speed causes a reload. Complaints aside, just having a practice mode is great. Another feature that would be nice is the ability to play through the game in cooperative mode. In this mode you can only play the songs that are unlocked through the single player career mode. It would have been cool to have a cooperative career mode. Not having the cooperative career will not affect the review though because just having the cooperative mode is very cool.

Although the game is great it does tend to feel like more of the same. This isn't all that bad because the game is just so fun but it would have been neat if they changed the gameplay a little bit more. Three button chords are new but it would have been cool if they did something like open notes (strumming without holding a button) to change the feel a little bit more. The difficulty level is just right. It's easy enough for those of us new to the series but on the harder difficulty levels it's quite a bit more challenging then the original which is good for us Guitar Hero veterans. They hit the middle ground just right. If you are a veteran that wants challenge the rest assured that challenge lies ahead in this game.

Overall I still highly recommend this game. Despite the issues listed above it's still a great game that will keep you addicted for many hours, especially with the new cooperative mode. I hope that if Harmonix plans to release another game that they change the gameplay a bit more to keep the veterans interest. Rock on.
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72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Guitar Hero Totally Rocks!, December 4, 2006
By Mom of Sons (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Guitar Hero 2 Bundle with Guitar (Video Game)
We gave my son Guitar Hero II for his 11th birthday. He and my 15-year-old son both absolutely love it. So did my sons' 11- and 12-year-old friends at his birthday party. HUGE hit, they played for hours. The guitar is the controller, but you can also use PS2 controllers to play the game; some kids did that to play the bass track while someone else was playing the guitar. The player progresses from easy to hard and gets the chance to "win" fancier guitars, choose the name of his band, etc. It's creative and it's not violent, which is getting rare for video games that appeal to older teenagers. We may get another guitar for this game. Can I give it 6 stars???
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79 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just a few points ..., March 28, 2007
By Ron Sullivan (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
Some of the most fun I've had playing games in the last few years was going a couple of rounds of Guitar Hero with a few friends. It's a fantastic party game and if you've never played it, you owe it to yourself to check it out. This, much like SingStar and Dance Dance Revolution, is a title that's going to appeal highly to your "non-traditional" gamer crowd. I could, honestly, fawn over how much fun it is for hours, but there were a couple of things about the 360 version of this game that I wanted to bring up.

First, I know there are a ton of you out there that have a PS2 version of this already. If that's the case, I'm not sure there's enough added content out-of-the-box to warrant buying the game a second time. The only difference would be about ten added titles to the soundtrack. Now, mind you, they're all great songs; but is what amounts to a CD enough for you to plunk down another ninety bucks?

Unfortunately, two of the features I was really pulling for on the 360 version aren't making the final release. I was wildly excited over getting a wireless guitar, but there was some kind of licensing hang-up with Microsoft over the use of their wireless technology. Red Octane has said that they're hopeful they'll eventually release a wireless guitar, but they couldn't get past the red tape fast enough. I'm a bit bummed, but, to Red Octane's credit, the wired guitar they included is really cool looking.

Secondly, I'm also a bit disappointed that there isn't an online multi-player competition. I thought it would have been awesome to have head-to-head rock-offs. I don't know if this is something they could work in later, but Microsoft's online play is so well done and so much fun that I'm always a little let-down when developers don't take advantage of it. It wound up being the only issue I dinged the game a star for. If that was included, this may have been as close to perfect as I could have hoped for.

The graphics for this aren't staggeringly better then the PS2 version, but on the other hand, they don't really need to be either. It's considered a high-definition game, but honestly, you'll probably only notice a small difference. In a game like this, you're looking at the play-ability. As long as the graphics aren't a distraction, that should be enough. The game play here is as addictive as any you'll ever hope to find.

The Co-op play with the bass-guitar mode is a lot of fun and a cool feature. I'm also really looking forward to seeing what song downloads end up being available on xBox marketplace. Jury's still out until we see the content, but that's a pretty cool feature that'll keep this game fresh for a long time.

As I mentioned before, if you're an xBox lifer, who's never had the chance to check out this former PS2 exculsive, you owe it to yourself to pick this up. If you already have the PS2 version, however, you'll be just as content to rock out with that for now.
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