"The underlying formula and a handful of good songs still provide some bright moments, but Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock feels all too obligatory to be very exciting."
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
The sixth core entry in Activision's Guitar Hero series represents the last entry developed by Neversoft.
Overview
Released in late 2010, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock continues the series' full-band experience. Due to poor sales of their rhythm games in 2009, which included the releases of Band Hero (Game), DJ Hero, and Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Activision (Company) stated that it would be releasing fewer rhythm games in 2010, headlined by Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock andDJ Hero 2 (Game). The game was designed to "take the series back to its roots" in an effort to streamline the game and avoid some of the controversy that surrounded previous iterations. For instance, no likenesses of actual musicians was used due to the two lawsuits from the band No Doubt, and the late Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love. Character only include player-created rockers and the stable of fictional Guitar Hero musicians from previous gamesJudy Nails (Character)Axel Steel (Character). Additionally, the songs chosen for the game focus more on traditional rock and roll and heavy metal, rather than the arguably unfocused setlists of some previous Guitar Hero games. There is also only one real-world venue in the game, the now-defunct CBGB in New York.
New Features
The basic formula of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock did not change drastically from earlier iterations of the franchise, but included several new features:
* Bass Open Note Sustains: Guitar Hero: World Tour introduced open bass notes - notes that only require a strum while not holding any fret buttons to play. The sustained notes in Warriors of Rock work in the same way that the open notes did, but require the player to tap the strum bar (or slider neck) until the open sustain finishes.
- Time Bar: A new part of the HUD which tells the player how far they are into the song and when they have reached the half way point. This allows for increased strategy when deploying Star Power.
- Facebook/Twitter Intergration: This is a feature that
is becoming common in games today and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock joins the fold by letting players post their scores and in-game achievements either via tweets (for example "*name* rocked “Bohemian Rhapsody” on Expert Guitar in Quickplay Score: 283,638 #GHWOR") or Facebook wall posts.
This pack was free for Gold Xbox Live members from Oct 18th but was be normally priced after promotion.
* Disturbed – “The Infection”
- Muse -”Resistance”
- My Chemical Romance – “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)”
Linkin Park 6 song pack
Price(960 MSP:/ $11.99 / 1200 Wii Points):
* “Blackout” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
- “Burning In The Skies” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
- “The Catalyst” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
- “The Messenger” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
- “Waiting For The End” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
- “Wretches And Kings” (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Track Pack (Released October 26th)
- “Hot Patootie”
- “Sweet Transvestite”
- “Time Warp”
Avatar Awards
The Xbox 360 version of the game features the following avatar awards.
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- Name
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Release Date
- September 28, 2010
- Platform
- Xbox 360 (Platform)
PlayStation 3 (Platform)
Wii (Platform) - Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Music/Rhythm (Genre)
- Franchise
- Activision Hero (Franchise), Guitar Hero (Franchise)
- Aliases
- GH6
Guitar Hero 6
GHWoR