Look, if you're a die-hard Van Halen fan, Guitar Hero: Van Halen will probably be a blast. It's got all their big hits, plus some fun solo tracks, and nailing those Eddie Van Halen licks feels awesome. However, the guest artists are super random and don't fit the vibe, and if you're not into 80s hair metal, this probably won't convert you. It's a niche Guitar Hero, for sure!
После ГХ5 использовать старый движок-ужас. Самый невнятный спин-офф, вроде и норм, а вроде и говнецо. Ван Хален норм мужики, но использовать ПАИНКИЛЛЕР здесь-кощунство(((
A decent band spin-off that released with strangely little fanfare. While it's still fun, it just doesn't have as much identity as Guitar Hero: Metallica did. Outside of Van Halen themselves, the tracklist is very unmemorable.
Eu amei guitar hero van halen, e olha que eu não sou tão fã de hard rock! Mas confesso que minha admiração pela banda é grande e isso me hypou muito pra jogar esse título
Sem dúvidas, dos spin off esse aqui é o mais difícil, arrisco dizer que é mais do que o metallica, afinal.. tem eruption nele.
Sem dúvidas, dos spin off esse aqui é o mais difícil, arrisco dizer que é mais do que o metallica, afinal.. tem eruption nele.
Very uninspired, especially right after Guitar Hero 5, but I LOVE Van Halen and I love Guitar Hero so I can't help having fun with this.
Weird. For some reason the engine regresses to the GH4 engine instead of the new one they used for GH5 and band hero despite coming out after those two games...? I thought I liked Van Halen music more than this game ended up actually making me feel, considering the fact I was way more hyped for the guest acts in this games setlist instead. The engine also kinda felt weird, felt like I could mash and get away with it a lot more in this game. Challengewise, this is very servicable as songs will definitely not be boring, so that's good. Like GH Metallica, the only band history stuff is stored in an inconvenient slow rock fact drip feed, so I learnt absolutely nothing about Van Halen as a band. If anything, with how the characters in the game look and animate, I think I can safely say that vibe-wise Van Halen is not my jam. All in all a very take it or leave it GH game, much like the other band-centric ones. This one might be my least favorite though.
THE ATOMIC PUNK!!!!
Not quite the masterpiece Guitar Hero Metallica was, but still a much better choice for a band centric GH game than fucking Aerosmith, It was quite fun and the charts were good and a lot of them were challenging due to Van Halen's chops, good game for VH fans.
ha yeah. running with the
Hey gamers
Having completed a full playthrough on drums, two playthroughs on guitar, and a full game FC on bass, I still believe that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is one of the best in the series. I think Van Halen is the quintessential band for the band-centric Guitar Hero games. Eddie's riffs are super fun to play, and so are the drums and bass. I had a blast running through the setlist on each instrument.
The charts are solid for the most part. Most of them, especially VH's songs, are enjoyable, regardless of the instrument. My only gripes are that they tend to go overboard with slides by charting them with tap notes, and a few of the songs with in a triplet swing (Beautiful Girls, Ice Cream Man) are charted as straight 8th/16th notes for drums and bass.
The only other issue I have with this game are the guest act selections. In the other two band-centric Guitar Hero games, the guest acts were artists that inspired the band, were inspired by the band, or just fit the general vibe of the setlist. For example, GH: Aerosmith included The Black Crowes, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, The Cult, Ted Nugent, etc. GH: Metallica included Motorhead, Slayer, System of a Down, Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, etc. In GH: Van Halen, the guest acts here are just baffling. A few feel like they belong, but 75% of them have no business being here - Weezer, Blink-182, Yellowcard, Killswitch Engage, Fountains of Wayne, Jimmy Eat World, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age, Alter Bridge. That being said, the Van Halen setlist is so good that it outshines these other bands.
I'm going to do another full guitar playthrough soon and scrounge up some FCs that I didn't bother with last time. I think that's about it. Great game.
Favourite songs:
- Atomic Punk - Van Halen
- Beautiful Girls - Van Halen
- Double Vision - Foreigner
- Eruption - Van Halen
- Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
- I'm the One - Van Halen
- Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
- Mean Street - Van Halen
- Painkiller - Judas Priest
- Panama - Van Halen
- Runnin' with the Devil - Van Halen
- Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
- Somebody Get Me a Doctor - Van Halen
- Space Truckin' - Deep Purple
- Spanish Fly - Van Halen
- You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Having completed a full playthrough on drums, two playthroughs on guitar, and a full game FC on bass, I still believe that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is one of the best in the series. I think Van Halen is the quintessential band for the band-centric Guitar Hero games. Eddie's riffs are super fun to play, and so are the drums and bass. I had a blast running through the setlist on each instrument.
The charts are solid for the most part. Most of them, especially VH's songs, are enjoyable, regardless of the instrument. My only gripes are that they tend to go overboard with slides by charting them with tap notes, and a few of the songs with in a triplet swing (Beautiful Girls, Ice Cream Man) are charted as straight 8th/16th notes for drums and bass.
The only other issue I have with this game are the guest act selections. In the other two band-centric Guitar Hero games, the guest acts were artists that inspired the band, were inspired by the band, or just fit the general vibe of the setlist. For example, GH: Aerosmith included The Black Crowes, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, The Cult, Ted Nugent, etc. GH: Metallica included Motorhead, Slayer, System of a Down, Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, etc. In GH: Van Halen, the guest acts here are just baffling. A few feel like they belong, but 75% of them have no business being here - Weezer, Blink-182, Yellowcard, Killswitch Engage, Fountains of Wayne, Jimmy Eat World, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age, Alter Bridge. That being said, the Van Halen setlist is so good that it outshines these other bands.
I'm going to do another full guitar playthrough soon and scrounge up some FCs that I didn't bother with last time. I think that's about it. Great game.
Favourite songs:
- Atomic Punk - Van Halen
- Beautiful Girls - Van Halen
- Double Vision - Foreigner
- Eruption - Van Halen
- Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
- I'm the One - Van Halen
- Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
- Mean Street - Van Halen
- Painkiller - Judas Priest
- Panama - Van Halen
- Runnin' with the Devil - Van Halen
- Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
- Somebody Get Me a Doctor - Van Halen
- Space Truckin' - Deep Purple
- Spanish Fly - Van Halen
- You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Decent Guitar Hero game. Van Halen is properly represented with the band themselves (minus Sammy Hagar and that dude from Extreme). The setlist is also fine. The guest acts are really weird though. Do we really need Weezer in a Van halen game? (yes). It's alright
This guitar hero game features songs by Van Halen and other bands that influenced them or were influenced by them. I wish I could recommend it to everyone, but the decision to remove joystick gameplay and require a guitar controller is foolish. Do not buy this game.
As a tribute to a band, it's half-baked. As another Guitar Hero game, it's standard and lacks anything special.
In other words, it's inessential.
In other words, it's inessential.
Sorry no it's actually this one that's on the floor.
Another solid band based Guitar Hero. Major props for also having the D in it. But a negative for having the songs Stacey's Mom in it.
Also no Sammy Hagar era so got to cut some of the review for that.
Also no Sammy Hagar era so got to cut some of the review for that.
Today I discovered that Van Halen is not the Phineas and Ferb band.
Of all the bands to get their own Licensed game VH was definitely the one who needed it the most
cool part of this was the special van halen guitar plate I got :)