Guitar Hero II

Ind3h! · 20 Feb 2009 at 20:37

I managed to win this earlier from an auction site for £14.50 (bargain seen as it's £35 in most game selling shops second hand!)
Just wondering if it's any good?

Creature · 20 Feb 2009 at 20:46

It's awesome, the best Guitar Hero by far, and possibly better than Rock Band as well.

Ind3h! · 20 Feb 2009 at 20:50

Oooooooooo very positive!
We're (me and the other half) are just playing our way through the guitar bit on rock band now, loving the new songs, so this should be something to look forward to...I was hearing the songs from GHIII in my sleep to be honest

james.miller · 20 Feb 2009 at 20:51

its definately better than GH3!

monkeyspank · 20 Feb 2009 at 21:39

I prefer gh3 but 2 is very good

Tute · 20 Feb 2009 at 21:40

If I get GH2 solus for PS2, can I play it on the PS3 with the GH3/GHWT guitars?

orderoftheflame · 20 Feb 2009 at 22:50

Creature said:
It's awesome, the best Guitar Hero by far, and possibly better than Rock Band as well.

Definitely the best of the GH.

It's certainly got a few fantastic songs, but I don't think it beats RB for sheer quantity of content.

HTMLHugo · 20 Feb 2009 at 22:53

yah its a good game

RoachycaL · 20 Feb 2009 at 22:53

monkeyspank said:
I prefer gh3 but 2 is very good

This - nothing beats GH3 imo but GH2 gets pretty close in my books

Setlists in both games are fantastic - pick GH3 up if you can mate, its cheap too!

utajoker · 21 Feb 2009 at 11:36

gh2 is the best of the lot, better than the rb's and the other gh's.

FREEBIRD!

Ind3h! · 21 Feb 2009 at 12:24

Let's hope I don't get some slow arse poster then

RoachycaL · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:00

Ind3h! said:
Let's hope I don't get some slow arse poster then

Which guitar are you using?

Ind3h! · 21 Feb 2009 at 14:08

The Wireless Les Paul from GHIII...that a good thing to play with on #2?

Ind3h! · 24 Feb 2009 at 07:33

It arrived yesterday, I've played through about three of the setlists and I'm not really that impressed after all the hype?!
Maybe I've been spoilt playing Rock Band beforehand.
And the colours on the button are horrible, hurts my eyes staring at them and the background for too long.
Think I'm gonna trade away this one and get GH:WT or RB / RB2.
Oh well, whatever, nevermind!

4T5 · 24 Feb 2009 at 08:13

I have GH3 LOR, GH3 WT, GH2, RB2 + RB1 songs downloaded for 400 points.

RB2 + 1 songs downloaded for 400 points is the Best by Miles.
Like you say the GH series is harder on the eyes & not as nice to play through. The RB series is easy on the eye & a pleasure to play through & the amount of download content should keep you playing for eons. Also the Rock Band series gives you plenty of routes to play through the songs rather than forcing you into playing crap.

RB2 + RB1songs + Wireless Black Les Paul = Win.

utajoker · 24 Feb 2009 at 09:01

malc30 said:
Also the Rock Band series gives you plenty of routes to play through the songs rather than forcing you into playing crap.

more often than not you also end up playing the same songs over and over, one thing that puts me off it. playing with a mate i think i played 1 song 3 times at back to back gigs

also explorer guitar ***

RoachycaL · 24 Feb 2009 at 10:16

Ind3h! said:
The Wireless Les Paul from GHIII...that a good thing to play with on #2?

Yeah its by far the best guitar in my opinion. Get the hyperspeed cheat working on GH2 and you'll have a much better time

monkeyspank · 24 Feb 2009 at 11:23

GH2 has too many covers

Creature · 24 Feb 2009 at 11:31

Not really, it was a LOT harder to get licensing then, seeing as it was still a very new type of game, and bands and labels just didn't want to give their songs to something that may die out soon anyway. We are used to masters now as artists and labels have seen that it's going to be around for a long time, and so are more willing to license tracks, and even release tracks through the game.

There are still bands that don't want to give their songs up, such as Led Zeppelin, because they don't want people playing with their masters.

Besides, the GH2 covers are awesome.

RoachycaL · 24 Feb 2009 at 11:38

Creature said:
Not really, it was a LOT harder to get licensing then, seeing as it was still a very new type of game, and bands and labels just didn't want to give their songs to something that may die out soon anyway. We are used to masters now as artists and labels have seen that it's going to be around for a long time, and so are more willing to license tracks, and even release tracks through the game.

There are still bands that don't want to give their songs up, such as Led Zeppelin, because they don't want people playing with their masters.

Besides, the GH2 covers are awesome.

Yeah I thought all the covers were really good :confused: