Guitar Hero World Tour priced, given release date
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted May 24th 2008 7:03PM
posted May 24th 2008 7:03PM
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http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?video=guitarhero
I sure hope my GH3 Les Paul controller works. Right now I can play Rock Band and GH3 (and hopefully Aerosmith) with the controller. Lame if they make you upgrade.
Ughh I am so bored.
Anybody else bored?
When I get bored I play COD4 on my PC. You should be able to soon.
bootcamp
@Abuzar
They already sell the COD4 for Mac. Slight google search would have given quick info.
@hamster3000:
Yea, the only problem is that I have to buy it off the net, or travel 400 miles to find a store that MIGHT have one.
If you're bored, play GTA IV with the cheat codes were you get all the weapons and the health and armor and go around shooting cop cars and SWAT vans w/ the RPG launcher. It will literally give you about 3-4 hours worth of fun.
Yeah, I know, sick.
@BobfromVegas, Yeah, that is a problem, since we all know how difficult and scary internet shopping can be. And how do you get one of those credit card thingies?
i found one at the apple store in the easton town center in columbus, OH if that helps...
I don't think COD4 for Mac is out yet. That's why I said soon.
Got the guitar from GH3, just want the drum kit... Hopefully they'll think of their previous customers!
Exactly. I got GH3 for the Wii and just need the drums.
EXACTLY. I have 2 les paul controllers, because I was pretty sure they would be going the Rock Band route soon. I hope they're actually smart and offer the drums/mic as a separate purchase at launch, rather than months after.
I have a Les Paul Controller but i am going to buy the entire kit so i will have bass and lead guitar if any of my friends come over :)
Well, I was gonna buy Rockband next month...but I might just wait and get this one.
However, I do like the surreal feeling that Rockband has, Guitar Hero just seems too cartoon-y all around now. Same reason I don't play Halo 3 anymore, Call of Duty 4 is just graphically a better game.
Do not reward companies that copy others with your money.
Personally, I know Rock band is now the "Old" thing, but Rock band has PROVEN itself to have a good stream of DLC, with good songs, and they're the creative ones who proved that Guitar games work, and now that Drums worked. Neversoft is once again just taking what Harmonix made great, and running it into the ground. (Only unlike how they've ruined the name "guitar hero" to me, they'll never ruin the name "Rock band")
@ Kaemon: Couldn't agree more.
$190?! you cant be serious. Why is it $20 more than Rock Band. we must be paying for blink 182's drummer, police's drummer, and RHCP's drummer to have played on them. idk if im getting it now, the price is too steep for plastic controllers. Unless theres a pack w/ just the game, the drums, nd the mic. thats all i need
Agreed. I've already got a GH3 wii controller, and if they don't make it backwards compatible and make a package which just includes the drum kit... I'm going with rock band.
...actually, whoever can get DLC on the Wii gets my money.
yeah , like Rockband didnt copy Guitar Hero , right?
@ Ben: Harmonix announced that they'll be releasing Rock Band DLC discs for about $30 US, with 25 tracks. That makes it cheaper per song, but you have to go with the tracks they select.
It's actually pretty reasonable, as each RB song is about 25 MB, so Wii storage would evaporate...
I'd post a URL, but don't want people to think I'm spamming. :D
yeah, they already announced in their press release that Guitar Hero World Tour for Wii will be the first of it's kind to have DLC on the Wii.
Rock Band won't ever; just the ripoff discs. Unless you want most of the songs on there.
@LoveLikeRocketsx
I hope you're kidding. If you are, then it was a very bad joke, ranked down. If you aren't, then I'll help to rid you of your ignorance.
Harmonix, the makers of DDR, created Guitar Hero, and developed GHI and GHII. Before GHIII was announced, Activision bought the GH franchise, and let Neversoft develop GHIII. Shortly after GHIII was announced from the EA/Activision camp, Harmonix came back and literally knocked GH off its feet with the announcement of Rock Band. So technically, Rock Band is the spiritual successor of Guitar Hero II. If you want to make it technical, GHIII was a copy off of GHII and GHIV is a copy of Rock Band. Harmonix has been leading the way with original stuff the entire time, and Activision is just capitalizing on it by coming out with a game that has superior controllers since it also owns RedOctane, arguably the best Instrument Peripherals makers in the business.
Sorry for the rant, but Ignorance is my mortal enemy
-Jarhead
@Jarhead2012:
You do realize Harmonix copied both the guitar and drums idea from Konami, right? (GuitarFreaks and DrumMania). Your entire argument is now moot.
Sorry for the rant, but Ignorance is my mortal enemy
All i want is the drumkit not the mic & my Les Paul wprks fine .
$180.00us = about $210.00-220.00au vs rockbands kit $200.00au + game $100.00au = $300.00au so Would Tour is a better deal as i only wanted rockband for its drumkit .
is it gonna be wireless?
It's gonna be lame.
Can we assume that everyone in Europe will be getting shafted with the price and paying over double like with Rock Band?
Ohhh yeah! Can't wait.
Has a song list been released yet?
Just an initial list of artists, zephead: Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, and Sublime
They're covering all the genres: oldies (Van Halen), golden oldies (Zeppelin, Eagles), classic rock (Sublime), and disco (Linkin Park).
Sublime is classic rock? Wait..
Drums in Guitar Hero?!??! They should just make a Drum Hero game and stop copying Rock Band.
Damn who cares if Activision "copied" Harmonix? Both of the games aren't original ideas.
Guitar Hero didnt start the whole fake guitar playing thing and Rock Band didn't start the fake drum thing. Rock Band may of been the 1st to combine them all but that's it.
The reason I'm not interested? Because of Activision's lame ass 'guitar driver' licensing crap. Guitar Hero III is the last music game I buy from them.
That may sound petty, but no more petty than their actions.
And people complain about Wii Fit's price!?
They'll be shooting themselves in the foot if they don't make Rock Band drums work.
Different amounts of buttons AFAIK
They already said that both kits will work for the oposite game. I think I read that at the WIKI so thats not a for sure, but I am pretty confident it is accurate.
Also a tip for everyone... why go with EA who makes SH*T games when you can go with a smaller specialized Company.
PLEASE say it will blend
It will blend, the old Gh2 and Gh3 guitar will work, however at the new guitar features a touchpad and more.... you will have a limited experience with the old guitars.
and you just KNOW they're gonna screw us Brits over and make it like £500
I guarantee you that this will be released in australia before rockband. Lets just say, Harmonix, That I only have enough room and money for one band-game, and its going to be the one thats on the shelf here first.
they should have more metallica one kicked ass in part 3
You know, If you're going to make a lame comment like "ignorance is my mortal enemy" you'd better make damn sure that you know everything...for example, Activision has been the franchise publisher starting with Guitar Hero 2. In case you never played the first one, the controls were unbearable. Activision is probably the reason that this franchise stayed alive. And how the Hell can anyone say that Guitar Hero is ripping off Rock band, even though Rock Band wasn't released until there were already THREE (don't forget Rock the 80s) successful Guitar Hero games? And to be honest, anyone who owns a major game console has no room to complain about major corporations, monopolies, and licensing rights. And why are we complaining about the price of these things? If you plan on buying this game, you most likely have a console to play it on, so you know what an expensive industry this is.
Sorry for the rant, but ignorance...yeah, you get the point...check your facts, people.
guitar heros drums look better to play.
does anyone know what the price is on the band kit for wii?
Probably $179.99 'cause the game disc is $10 cheaper on Wii... But that's just educated speculation.
The prize is high, but the thing is
the GHWT has a drumset that can act as an electric drumset, plus the DLC on both games cost money, GHWT will allow people to download new songs like the NEW METALLICA ALBUM and free songs made by others at home. Rockband did copy GH, but GH copied another previous Rythm game of the PS2 i forgot the name, i think its AMPLITUDE (not sure) anyways im getting too old for this crap. I WANT MONEY DAMMIT!!!
CRAP, i just bougt a PS3 and ive been broke FOREVER (2 months)
AND NOW ILL GET THIS GAME AND GO BANKRUPT
ppl watch ur money.
ANYWAYS I would buy GHWT (I will i mean)
Crap.
Good Luck ppl whatever u choose make sure its for fun because if u take its too seriously u will become musically challenged.
I can play Guitar and i want a new one, But im broke
My advice is dont go broke
DAMMIT THE FREAKING AEROSMITH GH GAME COMMERCIAL IS ON
SCREW FAKE MUSIC GAME
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
gosh u people, gh wt drums suck ass, the pedal will break(plastic) and hard to control(no reinforcement) and the cymbals are like 1/4 of a real cymbal and i think it willl break, gh wt are just as good as rock band 1's drums except quieter and thicker but still shitty. rock band 2's drums are wayy better and have a drum trainer and shit to teach u how to play it and all the pads and all the cymbals u can move to where u like it and u can have 2 kicks pedals(cymbals and 2nd kick pedal sold sepratly) and the kick pedals are reinforced and built to last(metal!). The guitars are more accurate and all that shit and there is something new with the mic in rock band 2. The phoneme detection system used for atonal vocal parts has been completely replaced with a new, more accurate engine, and songs imported from Rock Band and pre-existing downloadable content will be converted to use the new phoneme system. got that from wikipedia so if your stuck as mic, it might be more fun now.Ion Audio electronic drum kit that can work both as a standard kit and within Rock Band 2 featuring four drum pads, three cymbal pads, and a bass pedal. wicked ass stuff.Improvements to the new guitar include a sunburst paint job, a more reliable strum bar and Overdrive accelerometer, a self-timing calibration, and quieter fret buttons. oh yeh bitch, guitar hero can kiss my grits, HARMONIX. got to this website for more info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_2
Harmonix made the first 3 Guitar Hero games and then Neversoft made GH3 and Harmonix made RB, so now Neversoft is making GH:WT. If you ask me, Harmonix maust be under alot of stress because they are bassically fighting against themselves.
My friends were going to get Rock Band Wii for Christmas this year but i'm trying to convince them to get Guitar Hero: World Tour instead because they already have GH3 for Wii and only 1 Guitar to share with 3 people. (They live in Australia by the way so Rock Band Wii isn't released yet...)
Who really cares who copied who? Ford made the first automobile, so did chevy and dodge copy? Who cares, all GHWT is doing is making it better, and there is nothing wrong with that. From what I hear, the drums are going to be a lot better, and pressure sensitive, unlike rock band. So im all for GHWT, can't wait.
see everyone here has made a crucial mistake and for some it was buyin a game before it has reached a great point i havent bout a gh game nor rockband thus savin money so 190 isnt that bad and the new guitar has new features rock band 2 doesnt compare to gh4 this game is going to rule the market come 4th quarter
fucking gay man they dont have any slipknot, trivium or avenged sevenfold in ghwt
But this version is gunna have track editor and creator thats pretty sick.
In that way it beats rockband 2.
But i agree rockband has proven itself to have waaaaay better DLC.
however guitar hero 3 got soothsayer so thats pretty awsome too.
I've only played GH2 & 3. I saw the playlist for the new one, why have they yet again ignored the real legends (Pantera). Instead of playing that fruity Dragon Force song during the credits of GH3 they should have had a guitar battle with Dimebag Darrell that you can never win, now that would be a hell of a tribute to a fallen soldier.
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!!!!!?????!? 1.NOBODY copied off of NOBODY 2.ROCK BAND SUCKS!!! 3.ROCK BAND:drum pedal broke, guitar strum bar broke, drum pedal broke again, guitar whammy broke, drum pedal AGAIN, mic screwed up 4 a while. 4.GHWT:CREATE A SONG!!!! F YEA, 3 DRUM PADS+2 CYMBALS,PRESSURE SENSITIVE, NOT FREAKING ANNOYING!!!!!!!!5.SENSOR TOUCH 4 GUITAR.
i hoped that knoked some sense in to some rb idiots out there
if you want to know anything about ghwt ask me...I KNOW EVERYTHING!!!!!
Do you have to have the new guitar for guitar hero world tour? Because i don't want to have to buy new guitars again.