These Amps go to 11!
Guitar is better than ever and not only are you still playing interesting designed songs, but they kicked it up a notch with the slide bar. You will come across notes with purple strings attached to them, plus a little extra shine to the notes as well, designating the slide bar. The slide bar will take some getting used to with transitioning from buttons to the slide, but it works great and adds a lot of fun to the guitar.
Bass also gets some new life, and makes it well...as fun to play as the guitar. Rather than constantly mashing on the strum bar and holding possible the same or 2 notes constantly, they added a purple flat line that comes across, meaning you need to hit an open note. That open note adds new variety and twist into being the bassist and in fact, maybe it is finally cool to be the bass player?
The addition of Drums and Mic make this as fun as Rock Band in the party scene and already, I have seen it being picked up and just as popular as Rock Band. More friends playing, means more fun. You would be amazed how in Beer Pong and GHWT/RB go together!
Last GHWT kicks it up a notch with studio mode, allowing you to make your own tunes and share with other GH fans. Being that the game has only been out a few days, the content is a lack there of, but that is because these songs are made by the gamers, not Activision, so the fans need to get cranking, but again the game is been out for 3 days, so you will see more.
GHWT is stepping it up and already has fresh new music available to download via the marketplace and Activision has said more is on the way. Plain and simple, GH fell behind last year with the launch of RB, but they came back swinging and swinging strong. So far I have had very good luck with the new equipment and the game play is just great. Touched up graphics are just another sweet spot in why this game beats all else. It seems in every way, shape and form, Activision made sure GHTW would be better than all else. If it wasn't for the lack of downloadable user content on launch (which they should have made a studio program available, like Spore Creature creator, ahead of time to get a jump on the user created content. That is the only reason GHWT does not get a perfect score.
Get out there, get your copy and get Rocking. This is a game you do not want to pass up if you like RB or GH games.