Games I Dislike That Everybody Else Likes
Gotta love full-priced DLC! Even as a Guitar-Hero-addicted 5th/6th grader at the time of release (because of course I pre-ordered it) this felt like the DeviantArt inflation-style oversaturation of a once-proud series for money. Six fucking games in the "Hero" series came out this year and this... was one of them (maybe even the weakest tbh). GH3 came out less than two years before this, did we really need a "Greatest Hits" tour of a game from the same fucking console generation? Even if you ignore how pointless this is, it's still - and I'm sorry to say this - ugly in that murky 'seventh-gen grit' way that many games at the time were. Setlist is objectively good but of course it is, that's like saying water is wet - it's still spotty even in spite of this because you're picking from games with already STACKED setlists so you'll inevitably be missing out on so many bangers, further solidifying this game's needlessness. Full-band support and master recordings are nice but if that's the only reason for this existing ($$$) then don't charge full price for what is essentially just an upgrade. Still leagues better than Rock Band Blitz and those awful DS games.
Gotta love full-priced DLC! Even as a Guitar-Hero-addicted 5th/6th grader at the time of release (because of course I pre-ordered it) this felt like the DeviantArt inflation-style oversaturation of a once-proud series for money. Six fucking games in the "Hero" series came out this year and this... was one of them (maybe even the weakest tbh). GH3 came out less than two years before this, did we really need a "Greatest Hits" tour of a game from the same fucking console generation? Even if you ignore how pointless this is, it's still - and I'm sorry to say this - ugly in that murky 'seventh-gen grit' way that many games at the time were. Setlist is objectively good but of course it is, that's like saying water is wet - it's still spotty even in spite of this because you're picking from games with already STACKED setlists so you'll inevitably be missing out on so many bangers, further solidifying this game's needlessness. Full-band support and master recordings are nice but if that's the only reason for this existing ($$$) then don't charge full price for what is essentially just an upgrade. Still leagues better than Rock Band Blitz and those awful DS games.