170°

Review: Guitar Hero Van Halen | GamesAreEvil

GrE writes, "NOTE: I know what you are thinking: "But Gabriel, the release date for GH: Van Halen is December 22nd, silly!" Well, thanks to the generosity of Activision, I was able to get my ever-twitching hands on a copy of the game WAY early.

Whatever you have to say about Neversoft's style of making music games, you've got to hand it to them: they are some prolific mothertruckers. This year alone they have pumped out more Guitar Hero games than you can count on one hand. In all honesty, it's surprising these guys get enough sleep to be able to put out so many games, especially considering that all them are all of at least decent quality."

Read Full Story >>
gamesareevil.com
roblef5312d ago

I bet there are some awesome notecharts in this game.

wondroushippo5312d ago

yeah, but the soul just seems gone. It is sad to see.

roblef5312d ago

Doesn't there get to be a point where there is just too many music games?

wondroushippo5312d ago

Well considering that Lego RB, GH: Van Halen, Band Hero, and DJ Hero are all still scheduled before the end of the year, I think so.

bgrundman5312d ago

I liked their music, so I hope this does well.

NMC20075312d ago

People love music, people love games, put em together and you get music games, so no, they will never die, they are like the FPS or Sports genres, they will keep going no matter how little they improve over each iteration.

VanHalen5312d ago

Somebody said Fair warning! Lord strike that poor boy downnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!

Show all comments (14)
30°

8 Tightwad Achievements You Worked Too Hard For

Outside Xbox: "Plenty of achievements are hard work, that's the point. Some games take it too far, though, with gamerscore rewards that definitely aren't worth the enormous effort you have to put in to earn them. Here are the most egregious examples of games having absolutely zero respect for your time."

Read Full Story >>
outsidexbox.com
6.5

Game Bosh: Guitar Hero: Van Halen Review

Game Bosh: It's perhaps not the best of signs when a video game is given away for free long before its original release. It's even worse when just a few months after that actual release, the game is already sitting in the bargain buckets.

Read Full Story >>
gamebosh.com
5.0

Meristation Review: Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Meristation: The Guitar Hero saga saga created by Red Octane and Harmonix ago a whopping five years has gone further than its creators could never have dreamed. His initial idea of incorporating a guitar-shaped peripheral has expanded to enable us to form our own rock band in the company of three friends at the controls of bass, drums and microphone

Read Full Story >>
translate.googleusercontent.com