Guitar Hero World Tour
Are you a big fan of the hit music video game series Guitar Hero? Then
for sure you have already laid your hands on its latest installment,
Guitar Hero World Tour. While you all have unleashed the rock star in
you by playing the signature guitar controller, this fourth installment
meanwhile features for the first time drum and microphone controllers to
make the game more interactive. You not only get to do solo act, but
create your own rock band as well.
Released in October 2008, Guitar Hero World Tour became the video game
series’ frontline against competitor, Rock Band. Initially named as a
Guitar Hero IV, the game now allows players to compose their own songs
via the “Music Studio” mode, which they can upload at GHTunes.
Unlike its predecessor Guitar
Hero 3, Guitar Hero World Tour showcased a higher level
of difficulty of game play, top quality instrument controllers and more
customisation abilities. Through these players get to be as close as the
real guitar heroes they want to be, as well as form their own rock
group.
The main feature of Guitar Hero World Tour is the addition of new
instruments, particularly the drums for percussion and microphone for
vocals. The drum feature was supposed to be for another game which was
then under development, Drum Hero, but was later incorporated with
Guitar Hero. The drum instrument is said to bring out a more realistic
feel, with contributions from famous drummers such as Stewart Copeland
of The Police, Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Chad Smith of Red Hot
Chili Peppers.
Another new feature you will enjoy using in Guitar Hero World Tour is
the “open-strum” ability. This was supposed to be included in Guitar
Hero III, but the developers found it too difficult for the guitar
tracks of the enlisted songs. Eventually, this feature was included in
this latest release.
The songs under the World Tour were those supposed to be included in
Guitar Hero III, but somehow failed to make it into the game. In the
World Tour, you will be playing songs from guitar legends such as Jimi
Hendrix, as well as other songs which took a long time to license,
making the game one of the best installments so far. While the songs are
mixed to provide great music from simultaneous instrument play, they are
also fit in doing solos, so you may still enjoy playing the songs even
if you are using only one instrument.
Guitar Hero World Tour has received a lot of positive user reviews so
far, in terms of quality of controllers, expanded customisation features
and improved difficulty levels as compared with the previous Guitar Hero installments. Some reviewers however cite problems such as poor note
track layouts, limited Career mode options, and poor quality of certain
songs.
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