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Guitar Hero II on PS2 (2006)

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Average rating: 79%
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4 stars out of 5
from 206 members
 
Certificate: Certificate: 12
Developers: RED OCTANE
Format: PS2
Number of players: 1
Released: 24/11/2006
Also Available on:  Also Available on: XBOX 360

Brief synopsis of Guitar Hero II

Everyone want's to be a guitar hero, don't they? Standing up there on stage, basking in the adulation of thousands of adoring fans, many of them foxy ladeez! But if, like us, you can't manage the chords and notes and things, guitar hero is the answer. If you can manage four buttons and a flicky thing, you have all the dexterity you need to lay down some funky licks.

Guitar Hero 2 takes the principles of timing games like Gitaroo Man and Donkey Kong Bongo Blast, and marries them to the innovative SG guitar controller that looks and feels like a guitar. A Gibson SG guitar to be specific. OK, it's a lightweight, plastic guitar - but it's surprisingly effective so as you play the game, you feel like you're Eric Claptout, Slash, Sergio Pizzorno or whoever floats your guitaring boat.

Version two of the game takes off exactly where version one left off, with the exceptions that it's slightly more difficult - not hideously so, and first timers will still find the easy level manageable, but experts from the first version will be challenged by the higher difficulty levels.

There is a whole new set of tunes of course, 55 of them from artists as diverse as Nirvana, The Pretenders and Rage Against The Machine - OK, maybe not that diverse, but this is all about the guitar.

It really is incredible hearing the action of your fingers are translated to blistering guitar licks out of your speakers. If you've ever played a tennis racket, into your bedroom mirror - this is the game for you.

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Rated - 4 starsBrilliant, but needs longer than a few days

A customer from Newcastle Upon Tyne , 23/05/2007

I loved the first Guitar Hero so much that I went out and bought a real SG electric guitar. It looks lovely in my lounge, but I am still utterly rubbish at playing it.

Thankfully Guitar Hero 2 has given me a new lease of life with the more user friendly plastic axe that you use on the PS2.

Great songs, superb 2 player mode, and a practice mode to help you nail complicated riffs.

Don't rent this unless you already have a PS2 Guitar Controller, as it is utterly useless without one!

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 5 starsguitar hero 2

A customer from Kent,England , 24/06/2007

i think guitar hero 2 is a really cool game but its harder with the ps2 controller than the guitar.

the trouble I'm having is trying to get my own songs on it so if you do know how to get custom songs please tell me.

TRY GUITAR HERO 2 TODAY!

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 5 starsSUPERB

A customer from Glasgow, Scotland , 28/08/2007

this is a fantastic game. you actually feel like you are the one making the music that is screaming out of your tv. difficult at first but once you get into the swing of things you'll be bashing out some classic Lynyrd Skynyrd and Nirvanna tunes to name a but a few!

great single player and multiplayer modes, and being able to reherse before you play infront of a live audience is great when mastering the more difficult of sings. Only good however if you have a guitar controller or two.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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Rated - 5 starsguitar hero 2

A customer from Kent,England , 24/06/2007

i think guitar hero 2 is a really cool game but its harder with the ps2 controller than the guitar.

the trouble I'm having is trying to get my own songs on it so if you do know how to get custom songs please tell me.

TRY GUITAR HERO 2 TODAY!

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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Rated - 4 starsGUITAR HEROS 2

Mr.EjItErE2K8 from Aberdeen , 22/02/2008

I have never played the first game but i loved number 2. With good songs and some good plots, i give it 4 stars.

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