Not going to take over your Guitar Hero life but it's a creative rhythm game that at least gets things half right.
The gameplay is this. You pick from a variety of different bands in 5 different genres. You can play Rock, Hip-Hop, Country, Marching Band, or Latin. You pick a band from one of the genres and prepare to battle. You face off against bands from the 4 genres that you didn't pick across 30 different songs. As you play one of the 30 different songs it switches between you and your opponents genre every ehh 10-15 seconds. You get various powerups. For each hit you make you earn points (except for the 3rd powerup which just effects the way your opponent plays). The person with the highest score at the end is the winner.
The soundtrack is exceptional. It nearly lives up to Guitar Hero soundtrack standards just in lesser numbers. Highlights include Feel Good Inc, Photograph, Blitzkrieg Bop, That's the Way, and Miss Murder. Those are just 5 that come to mind. Honestly the whole soundtrack is good. Normally on a rhythm game you only know about half of the song. Here I knew about 80% of each song. You may not know by the name but once you hear it (in the right genre) you should be able to tell). 30 songs in my opinion isn't enough. I know there are 5 different versions but it's not like your playing each song singular. You're playing them mixed up. I think 50 would be a better value but mleh thats just me.
More about the game play. You wave your hand left, right, and down along with stabbing and squiggling. Every certain amount of notes hit your powerup goes off which gives you points or messes up your opponents screen in some way, as I stated earlier. The controls are, for the most part, responsive. Once you get the hang of the game though you'll realise it's a bit too easy. I could play through hard within 6 hours of gameplay. Basically though the gameplay works and is creative.
The real thing I like about the game is the humor. The game is funny! Each stereotype is pretty mean but mean enough to make you laugh. The goths need their meds (and Mr.Ponykins), the gangsters are obsessed with weapons, etc, etc.
Now throughout this review I haven't named the big flaw hear. The game's replay value slowy melts away. The lack of online play is the perfect reason. This game was made for Multiplayer and no online is a serious letdown. Also after you beat the game on all difficulties (which can be done in a week), there's no use going back.
Overall the game is fun but more of a rental. It doesn't have the type of addiction Guitar Hero has but still is fun. Check it out, it aint half bad.