Metallica had more riding on the release of their 2008 CD Death Magnetic than whether or not it would sell well as DLC for Guitar Hero: World Tour; in many ways, it was a do or die follow-up to the outrageously awful pair of St. Anger and the film Some Kind Of Monster. Well, as most of you know, Death Magnetic has scored big with both steady fans and golden oldies who had written the band off after Bob Rock and Top 40 got their hooks into them in the early ninties, so it makes sense now that Activision Blizzard has come calling to book the thrash veterans their own headlining gig atop the newest Guitar Hero box. We got to play all the new Metallica songs at a recent hands-on event in San Francisco and we walked away with some interesting impressions. So how is it shaping up?
GamesRadar - Blacker than the blackest black, times infinity
In many ways video games and heavy metal go hand in hand, at least when their digits aren’t occupied with a multiplayer match and/or mind-melting guitar solo. A huge number of games revel in the savagery metal is known for, letting you eviscerate armies of enemies just as soundly as fierce riffs eviscerate mortal souls. Games like Gears of War, Manhunt, Dead Space, and Postal are all examples of carnage, violence, and destruction, so they're totally metal, right?
Brutal Legend soundtrack it's epic, probably one of the best ever. Shadows of the Damned it's awesome, so underrated, sadly.
Bayonetta and Twisted Metal are classics, i still need to play Splatterhouse.
The rumors are swirling, so The Geek Culture has a few suggestions on how Activision can bring back Guitar Hero right.
Ubisoft announced recently that it will be releasing a new guitar-based video game called Rocksmith. Unlike Guitar Hero and Rockband, this game will allow gamers to actually learn how to play the guitar rather than just pressing a set of colored buttons.
So is Rocksmith the guitar game aspiring musicians have been truly looking for?
