- Experience another dimension of difficulty with the drum kit controller’s double kick-pedal “Expert” difficulty level first seen in Guitar Hero Metallica.
- For the first time, players can rock on their favorite Guitar Hero tracks through the drum kit and mic controllers individually or as a band.
- An epic 48-song setlist made up of the most memorable songs from Guitar Hero games including master recording from: Alice in Chains, Queen, Poison, Rage Against The Machine, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Heart, Dragonforce and more.
- Online and offline gameplay modes allow up to 4 players can join together and rock locally, or battle other bands online with up to 8 players.
- In-game functionality including Rock Star Creator, first made famous in Guitar Hero World Tour, as well as Music Studio and GHTunes which allow players to create their own hits and share them online.
The Best of Guitar Hero now for the Full Band! Turn down the lights, crank up the amps and prepare to command center stage with some of the most famous AND infamous tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. For newer Guitar Hero fans, this is a great chance to catch up and play the best of Guitar Hero, and older Guitar Hero fans have a new reason to expand to the full band. Step into the spotlight in the most epic, full band
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(out of 49 reviews)
List Price: $ 39.99
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Review by Scott A. Russell for Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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For those who are skeptical because you have played these songs before need to know that the gameplay is new for all songs. In career, you only need to play a select number of songs to unlock the next section, so at first I was only playing songs from the older games that I haven’t played in a long time and skipping songs that are available on current games such as Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2. To my surprise when I did finally play those songs that the fingerings for guitar/bass are different. They didn’t just take the current guitar gameplay and plop it into this game. Instead, they have updated the gameplay to not only have different fingerings (that in my opinion are mostly a vast improvement over the previous versions of these songs) but they also incorporate the newest styles of gameplay, such as three string chords & the three string hammer-on chords that we saw with the latest versions of guitar rhythm games. It makes all of these previously released songs fresh, new, and fun to play. Also, all the original artists are here, so all the cover songs from past games now have the original artists.
Being able to play drums and sing was enough to make me want to get this previously released material, but having new guitar fingerings for all these songs was a bonus I didn’t expect. You also get all the online options from the currently released rhythm games.
I highly recommend this.
Review by SnS for Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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If you are like me and got in to the Guitar Hero franchise only recently, then this is a game you should definitely get. It gives you a chance to play some of the songs from the older games that you missed with the added bonus of being able to go at those with the whole band.
However, if you have played these songs before, there probably isn’t enough to justify buying this. The only truly new features is the aforemented full band play on these songs and the expert+ feature on drums that allows for double-bass pedal playing. This is really cool to be sure, but hardly enough to justify paying for a whole new game with songs that you have experienced before. It does seem that the songs MAY have been amped up a little in difficulty and any game that includes “Play With Me” by Extreme as a song to play with is certainly not ALL bad.
With all that being said, the song list is a little light on songs that I would consider to be truly “smash hits”. If you are a vet of the franchise and are considering this I would wait for a price drop. If you jumped in a little before World Tour, I would likewise wait for the price drop. Otherwise, if your first step in was for World Tour, this would make an excellent addition to your library…….especially if you sprung for the entire set. In the end, the question you have to ask yourself is “How much do I love Guitar Hero?” Chances are, if you are reading reviews to help you decide, then you should hold off.
Review by Sam Spade for Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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Guitar hero world tour was a fantastic concept which incorporated the drums, microphone, guitar and bass together to make team play absolutely incredible. We enjoyed the initial song list and game play well enough but suffered through some songs just to move on in game play. I will have to echo the sentiment of some of the other reviewers by saying the song content could be better. I can not tell you how many times I would hear a song on the radio and would state how it would be nice to have that song on GHWT.
I eagerly anticipated the Smash Hits collection because we were burned out on the songs from GHWT. The list of songs on Smash Hits was supposed to be compiled from the best of the Guitar hero series and this is where Smash Hits fails. I am already tired of the song list and have moved back to the original.
To sum it up “Release some good music for this game platform or it will die” Or make the songs for the Wii compatible with the rock band songs and I would play them. Either way get a better song list for the Guitar Hero World Tour Band system.
Review by ~Z~ for Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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If you own a Wii and a PS2 and have accumulated pretty much all the other GH games that have been on the market don’t waste your time buying this one. It is pretty much a compilation of all the songs on those games into one. The difference is that this game you can play the full-band on the songs that you can not before. If you have purchased Guitar Hero Metallica or have two foot drum pedals then you have it made for using the dual bass pedal function on the drums.
None of the songs have to be unlocked in Quickplay and some of the songs have been remastered. Since there is no compatibility downloadable content, this game is good for is the songs in the package.
Here is a breakdown of the songs and which gaming systems they came from.
Guitar Hero: Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit – Wii
Bark At The Moon, Cowboys From Hell, Godzilla, Hey You, I Love Rock N’ Roll, Killer Queen, More Than A Feeling, No One Knows, Smoke On The Water, Stellar, Take It Off, Take Me Out, Thunder Kiss 65, Unsung
Guitar Hero II: Guitar Hero II Software Greatest Hits – PS2
Beast And The Harlot, Carry On Wayward Son, Cherry Pie, Free Bird, Freya, Heart Shaped Box, Killing In The Name, Laid To Rest, Message In A Bottle, Monkey Wrench, Mother, Psychobilly Freakout, Shout At The Devil, Stop!, The Trooper, Them Bones, Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart, Woman, YYZ
Guitar Hero III – Legends of Rock: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – Wii
Barracuda, Cult Of Personality, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Lay Down, Miss Murder, Raining Blood, Rock And Roll All Nite, Through The Fire And Flames
Guitar Hero – Aerosmith: Guitar Hero Aerosmith – Wii
Back In The Saddle
Guitar Hero Encore – Rocks the 80s: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80′s – PS2
Caught In A Mosh, Electric Eye, I Wanna Rock, Nothin’ But A Good Time, Play With Me, Round and Round
Review by M. A Jenkins for Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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…but the dearth of reviews should tell you all you need to know about online play.
The Good:
- The song selection is pretty strong. I don’t really know why someone would say there are only “3 or 4 good songs.” I’ll admit that my tastes aren’t always geared to the actual songs on the game, but it’s fun to play nonetheless. My only gripe is that the selection of songs from Guitar Hero 3 is way too large. GH:3 was a PS3 game, not a PS2 game. Using up five tracks for this seems like overkill and filler – I hate doubling my library of songs.
- I like the new note charts. “TTFAF” expert becomes infinitely more playable on the GH:WT guitars due to the tap/slider feature in the intro (it was pretty tough to hit that first note with your elbow in GH:3). Some songs feel awkward, though; is there really any reason that “Take It Off” by The Donnas should rate so highly? The difficulty is incredibly artificial.
- The trophies are fun, but really, really difficult (100% the mosh on “Raining Blood”? Come on now).
The Bad
- Aesthetically, this game is really, really tired. Little effort was put into sprucing up the graphics, and the characters are the same stock losers as always (OK – Lars Umlaut is pretty cool). There are no guests.
- The online play is an utter joke. I guess this is what happens when an idiot company runs their franchise (and, probably, the entire genre) into the ground by releasing 100 games in a year. It’s not like sales for this one have been off the charts, but again, that’s no surprise (even Activision sees the writing on the wall – why else would they give away their next sales nightmare, “GH:VH”?). You’ll be lucky if you find anyone online. Heck, even when I bought the game, there was no one online.
So, all in all, if you’re a fan, and you haven’t played these songs, you’ll like the game. It’s not great, but it’s still fun.