Despite numerous expansions from the previous Guitar Hero game, it turns out to be flat out dissapointing.

User Rating: 6 | Guitar Hero World Tour WII
By Cursed_Shadow | Review Date:
As the name of the game implies, it's a music game in which, as if to 'keep up' with the 'Rock Band' series, has implemented more instruments to play, including drums, bass and vocals.

of course you would be thinking 'well there is nothing wrong with that! why the poor score?' This is why:

Gameplay: The game is just like other Guitar Hero games. You can choose to do 'career' mode in which you earn cash and become a famous rock group, or quickplay where you can choose a song you want to play and..play it! However my main complaint comes from the songs within the game. While there are a lot more songs in World Tour than GH3, they are poorly chosen and edging on being a bore to play, with the exception of a very small number of songs.

It is good that the game offers the extra instruments so the multiplayer is larger, but i fail to see the point if everyone is going to be bored of playing it after a song or two.

Graphics: they have their good and bad moments. In career mode, when are asked to pick a character, they are all blurred and look terrible. However, once playing a song, the background 'show' looks fine, but doesnt seem as well done as GH3.
Also when a first starts playing and shows the name of the song and band, most of the time it is incredibly illegible! The illegible writing continues when it displays the lyrics for the individual unfortunate enough to be in charge of the vocals. If you dont know the words to the song, you're in a bit of trouble unless you have a magnifying glass on handy.

Value: Of course this game offers unlimited replay value, i dont think many would want to use it. If you purchase the whole set so you can play drums/vocals etc, then i'm sorry for you..As you spent a whole heap of cash on something I dont see you using much. If you only have a single instrument, i also pity you as you will not unlock the entire game, and with all sections being a bore, at least with all instruments you may be able to extend that boredom longer than if you just had the one instrument

The Good: Big song choice, large multiplayer, downloadable songs from WiFi, customisable character

The Bad: Songs are boring to play, illegible writing in most sections of the game, longer loading times

Final Word: I'll be sticking to GH3 thank you very much..and let's hope Rock Band 2 does a better job of this.

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