Guitar Hero 2 to Have Most XBL Content to Date

Red Octane has continually said how excited they are for something like the Xbox Live marketplace, which allows them to breath new life into current releases while working on follow-ups. Guitar Hero 2 on Xbox 360 in April will prove the test bed, and they're charging into it full steam, if an interview with associate producer Ted Lange on IGN is to be believed.

"We're still in the process of confirming the final details and continue to secure more licenses, though nothing has been announced at this time, we can definitely say nobody will be disappointed. We are planning on having more online content than anyone has ever seen in a game to this date."

[frostbite06]

So along with the $90 bundle, expect to pay quite a bit more for this content

[Fuzz McDeath]

...Red Octane are a charitable organization, not a business. Didn't you know that?

Sheesh, I'm really getting sick of people complaining about companies trying to sell their products. You do know that they are in business to make money, right? Besides, if they didn't make this stuff available you'd all be complaining that they didn't offer anything.

[Schmitty07]

People work to make this content and need to be payed for working which is why we pay for it.

[ryanjtravis]

As if the monster track list wasn't awesome enough... I love it. And to address the notion of "adding to the expense" - Whatever. I'll gladly pay $1 per song (or whatever) to add some slick new jams to my collection.

Red Octane not only has to pay the people who develop the game (and the extra content), but also for licenses to use the songs. If you don't want to pay for them, DON'T BUY THEM. The game comes with a HUGE track-list to begin with anyway.

[PS360PCROCKS]

DAMMIT!! Why did I buy the PS2 version!? Ahhhh

[mellowspaz]

My guess is that it'll probably be 240 points, 3 dollars a song (which I wouldn't mind paying). The programming, licensing, and artist fees aren't cheap

[dissectionalrr]

i'd pay $2. $1 for the song (like on itunes), plus $1 for the gameplay addition ;). this is a good idea, and will probably make a fortune. will the ps3 version have additional songs to download too?

[gogators]

in goups. Wouldn't the release them in groups of 6 like they are split up in the game itself. If the songs are good and the price is reseasonable then I will gladly pay for them. I just don't want horse armor or EA mirco-crapactions.

[FeralPhoenix]

Help me out here.....uhm, I have never played Guitar Hero, I hear its alot of fun, so I'm thinking of giving it a try on my 360, just a few questions though, I'm assuming you can buy this game with a guitar like controller accessorie right? and since I don't have any prior experience in playing the guitar is it going to be a long learning process or is it easy to pick up and play fairly well?, also when is it due for release? I apologize I know these are some basic questions I could answer myself with a little research but I'm sure some of you guys already know alot about this game so I figured I'd just ask....Thanks in advance.

[gogators]

the handle will have five buttons of differing colors instead of actual strings. Notes signified by different colors will appear on screen that have to be pushed on the handle when cued. There is a whammy and strutt on the base of the guitar that allow you to add extra moves in the game, sort of, giving you bonus points. This game is not hard to pick up, and in my opion very addictive, well the first was. I can't think of the baseball player that hurt himself because of this game, but this game can be very addicting. The game will come bundled with the guitar. The song list for Guitar Hero 360 looks really awesome. I can't wait until march gets here. I think I'll pass on GRAW and go with this instead. OXM gave it a 9.5.

[PS360PCROCKS]

to add to what gators said...yes it's alot of fun and pretty easy to pick up at first you'll suck major ass believe me, but after a day or two you improve TREMEMDOUSLY it's all about timing on this one. If you have ever played a guitar that helps, but wont kill you if you haven't. It's like dance dance revolution green, red, yellow, blue, orange notes are on screen and when they pass the circle at the bottom of the screen you press the corresponding color button that passed and you press down on the strum bar for every note to play it. It might sound a little difficult but it's addicting as HELL and the best drunk game available, screw cards seriously. Also the game comes with a guitar if you buy the package if not, the game will be $60 and the guitar probably wireless will run you like $40-50 it's a bit pricey but very fun and I think it comes out like march or may oh and a package will probably run you like $100

[FeralPhoenix]

hey thanks for your comments....yeah I have alot of talents but music isn't one of them, but I'm definitely thinking about picking up this game and pretending I'm a Rock Star...hell I don't even know much about Rock music, WOW my wife will think I have lost my damm mind, well I'm glad to know that it goes good with beer, that should kill whatever embarrassment I have left.