Go Fanboy writes: "When going down the list of legendary bands who deserve to get the Guitar Hero or Rock Band treatment, there is no denying that the late 70's and early 80's and even 90's juggernaut that is Van Halen is worthy of the honor. Since getting together in 1974 the band has seen a level of success that few other bands have. Over 200 million albums sold worldwide is a clear indicator of that. Led by Eddie Van Halen, the band has kept on truckin' for 35 years and the bands story reads like something right out of a soap opera - which most would think had the makings of an excellent game. Such is not the case with Guitar Hero: Van Halen. At its most basic, it is an uninspired and pedestrian experience, especially when compared to similar titles like The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero: Metallica."
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."
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.
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
The fact that Wolfgang's replaced Michael Anthony and that Sammy Hagar isn't even in the game is really a tragedy. What a shame.
Although I certainly prefer the DLR era, this presentation is nothing short of disrespectful to the fans of Michael A and Sammy H. I suspect there must be some legal reason that made it impractical or impossible.
They smack their target audience (Van Halen fans) in the face by putting wolfgang in this game. A lot of Guitar Hero fans, sadly, may not even know a lot about Van Halen. So you should at least show some respect to the people who would be interested in this particular game. Bad move Eddie and Alex. Because you know it was them.