Gaming Nexus writes: "I'm not going to lie to you, my expectations for Guitar Hero: Van Halen were extremely low. It's not just the fact that this is the sixth console "Hero" game this year and I have only a passing interest in the band. Instead I worried that the release date (a mere three days before Christmas) was a sign of weakness. Also troubling was the company giving the game away for free for simply buying the $60 Guitar Hero 5 disc. I went in to this game with the lowest of low expectations, I figured that just as long as the game doesn't blow up my system I would be impressed. Sadly I'm forced to report that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is even more underwhelming than I could have ever imagined. It makes a strong argument for why Activision should not continue to make band-specific Guitar Hero games."
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
