So .. Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 drops in March

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I've only had the chance to play this game for a few minutes, and before that I thought it looked lame as hell, but I'm actually pretty stoked, apparently there will be some exclusive music for it too
 
Tomorrow, RedOctane will be making a formal announcement to offer up some key details about the forthcoming Xbox 360 release of Guitar Hero II. Among them is the confirmation of a March 2007 ship date.

The press release will indicate “over 70 finger-melting tracks,” though a person close to the company told TeamXbox that the game will include 74 on-disc songs—the 64 tunes that made up the PlayStation 2 Guitar Hero II song list, as well as 10 more that are exclusive to the Xbox 360 game. RedOctane’s announcement is expected to reveal five of them (and the artists that made them famous):

Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper)
Dead! (My Chemical Romance)
Hush (Deep Purple)
Life Wasted (Pearl Jam)
Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer)


TeamXbox was also told that three of the remaining five exclusives are Possum Kingdom (Toadies), Salvation (Rancid) and The Trooper (Iron Maiden), all of which will be part of the main gameplay. The remaining two are currently unannounced, though they will only be unlockable through gameplay. Additionally, Dead! and Possum Kingdom will be “master tracks,” meaning that they’ll be the respective bands’ original recordings, rather than the studio remakes that make up the rest of the tunes in the game.



The other key section of the announcement will revolve around plans for downloadable content through Xbox Live. While RedOctane’s announcement won’t provide details on what will be offered—beyond stating it’ll include “achievement points, download themes, picture packs, and, most importantly, new songs through Xbox Live Marketplace”—TeamXbox was told that the publisher expects to make a batch of songs available on the day that the game hits stores, so players can immediately expand the playable song list. A RedOctane spokesperson stated that he expects the company to announce aspects about the first batch of downloadable tunes some time in February.

(As we indicated in our November Guitar Hero II preview, the rumor is that the first downloadable songs will give Xbox 360 players a chance to catch up on the franchise by offering the song list from the first Guitar Hero game. However, a RedOctane spokesperson said that the contents of the first downloadable offerings haven’t been nailed down yet, so for now it all remains something to speculate on.)

We were assured that, as you’d expect, Guitar Hero II will have a standard offering of achievements through gameplay, which we assume will comprise 1,000 Gamerscore points. Also, the game will include online leaderboards, so players can “track their high scores and share bragging rights with their friends and other top rock gods.” A RedOctane spokesperson said that leaderboards will likely be set up for weekly and monthly stat tracking, though more details will follow in that regard before the game ships.

Finally, check out the new screenshots that will accompany tomorrow’s press release, which reveal how detailed (and improved over previous releases) the HD graphics will be in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.

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pretty fucking lame if you ask me. they better have some awesome songs to download on day 1
 
The only thing that'll be cool is the wireless guitar. I won't bother "upgrading" just to be able to download a few tunes...I think this is going to run 119.99 too.
 
Great, I just bought it for the PS2 because a few weeks ago there was no date announced for the 360 version. I ended up spending another $150 for a new PS2 because my other two died.

~$240 to play this game. I played it for about 2 hours and that's it. Maybe I should just sell it with the PS2.

I'll end up getting the 360 version for sure though.
 
The guitar it comes with is wired. The devs stated, at CES, that they aren't sure if a wireless guitar will be out. They said they want one as much as we do.
 
Guitar Hero: distortion pedals on the way?

Posted Jan 9th 2007 4:25PM by Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm

Game Informer has posted a pretty straightforward preview of the Xbox 360's version of Guitar Hero II, listing the ten exclusive tracks and some of the achievements waiting to be unlocked (both lists after the break). Things get a little more interesting, however, when the focus shifts to a mysterious port situated on the X-plorer controller.

"While RedOctane wouldn't elaborate on that port's function other than saying it will be 'gnarly,' it's the same port that's used to connect the pedals to the base station on Microsoft's steering wheel. Let's just call that a coincidence for now..." The folks at BBPS stomp the subtlety out of the article and venture that distortion pedals might be due for the next Guitar Hero installment. We don't use the word much, but that really does sound gnarly.
 
Not really... I actually play guitar and they're not especially difficult. Most of Slayer, Iron Maiden, and older Megadeth is much more difficult.

Children of Bodom's first 3 CD's can be ridiculously difficult (especially Kissing the Shadows).
 
so GH2 for 360 offers HD, 10 more songs included in the disc, and the ability to download extra song packs for a few bucks in the future. sounds like a GH fans' dream come true.
 
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