Back in 2002 the first entry of the Guitar Hero series was released. The
series is known for 2 things. The first things was the hyper realistic
controller, which single handedly created a new generation of rock music
makers, or ?rollers?, saving the genre as a whole. The next is the
horrid music in the game. Despite being fun and easy enough for anyone
to pick up and play. Question is why would you want to? The track
listing is all satanic bull crap that only sounds half good to deviants.
I mean, really why would you ever want to listen to 'Black Hole Sun' by
the Foo Fighters, much less play it!
The music choice was so
small, it could only be sold a certain group. Where was the techno like
Daft Punk? Where was the country like Johnny Cash? Where was the R&B
like Kanye West? It just made no sense.
However, now we have a new Guitar Hero style game that is accessible for all ages and all msuic lovers. Band Hero!
Band
Hero is a ?spin off? of the Guitar Hero series. A spin off is when an
idea similar to the original concept in the same world is ?Spun off?into
it's own game. The idea originated in TV shows but Guitar Hero has
decided to make it something common in video games as well. With such
smutty spin offs as ?Guitar Hero: Metallica? and ?Guitar Hero: Van
Halen? they finally decided to make a game that doesn't make you ashamed
to own it.
Band Hero features an upgraded version of the Guitar
controller from previous entries with new features like a ?Whammy bar?
and even the normal buttons on the wii controller so you can use it to
navigate the menus of the game. However the game also allows you to use
controllers from previous entries instead in case you don't want to have
to buy another controller. Just another show of Activision's
generosity. I bought a new one because I couldn't have the old
controllers in my house. What if my pastor came by!?
Band Hero
has an amazing set list of family friendly songs. Some of my favorites
are ?ABC? by the Jackson 5 and ?Beautiful soul? by Jesse McCartney. And
there's others too! Like ?Just a girl? by No Doubt that tells how women
are overwhelmed by modern problems like sex, and drugs. Things Guitar
hero advocated! I think Activision is apologizing for their past evils.
And who can forget the wonderful and wholesome Taylor Swift? Thankfully
her wild streak song ?Mine? isn't here.
However there's a host of
horrible music here as well. Did you think ?Black Hole Sun? was bad?
How about ?Mr.Roboto? by Styx? If that wasn't bad enough, how about ?The
Rolling Stones? or ?Finger Eleven.? The names just seep sin.
But
the worst offender is easily ?The Gorillas.? Their horrendous music
sounds like the devil fiddlin' away on some sort of DJ turntable. ?Feel
Good inc.?? More like ?Feel like a cocaines up druggie?!
Band
Hero also adds to core gameplay with a new feature called ?Star power?.
Star power is when your so good at a song you become a superstar, and
the crowd forgives some of your mistakes. I saw ti as a cheat and never
used it, but it does have a neat effect of turning your notes into blue
stars.
Band Hero does a lot of good. The additions to gameplay
are fantastic game changing additions. On top of this the graphics are
amazing photo-realistic graphics, it's impossible to tell the game
characters from the actual singers. However some questionable song
decisions keep it from being really family friendly. But it's a
preferable alternative to communism I mean, Guitar Hero.
