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Posted: Sep 09 2009 06:29 pm

I’ve been a fan of the Guitar Hero game since the original hit shelves back in 2005. Four years alter we have Guitar Hero 5 and in my opinion the series is going downhill.

My main gripe with guitar Hero 5 is the song list. There are a handful of good songs but I really don’t care for a majority of them. Thankfully all the tracks are unlocked for quick play from the start. However if you want to play the career mode you need to play through many songs you may end up not liking. This song list really earns Guitar Hero 5 a lot of negative marks. Even with all the improvements they’ve made to the actual game the song list holds it back.

The gameplay is basically the same but there have been a few very welcome tweaks and additions. Firstly if you are playing with a bunch of friends in person or online anybody can play any instrument they want. This solves the problem of multiple people wanting to play lead guitar or any of the other instruments. Another nice tweak is the ability to jump in and start playing whatever song is playing during moments when the game is in the “attract mode.” The band play has been improved as well. In addition to that there have been a few more competitive modes added. These additions are all great but when you have a poor track list the additions don’t really matter if the music you’re playing them to is not to your liking.

Basically you have a good game that is dragged under by the song list. This is a real shame in my opinion.

Pros:

* People can play on the same instrument as others
* New tweaks make the game feel more refined

Cons:

* Poor track list
* All the improvements are pointless when the track list is terrible

Overall Score: * * *

(All scores are out of 5 stars)

Posted: Sep 10 2009 01:55 pm

Does 2 Minutes have a good note chart? Also, would you say it'd be worth buying to get Van Halen free?

Posted: Sep 10 2009 02:43 pm

Honestly, the tracklist for GH5 doesn't look that bad. Songs I'll be excited to play when I get it:

Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Tom Petty - American Girl
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Bush - Comedown
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?
Rammstein - Du Hast
David Bowie - Fame
Beck - Gamma Ray
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
A Perfect Circle - Judith
Billy Squier - Lonely Is The Night
Motley Crue - Looks That Kill
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Garbage - Happy When It Rains
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Muse - Plug In, Baby
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Blink-182 - The Rock Show
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Blur - Song 2
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Live)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Kiss - Shout it Out Loud
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets
Sublime - What I Got
Weezer - Why Bother?
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Songs I haven't heard before, but might enjoy:

T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Wolfmother - Back Round
The Killers - All The Pretty Faces
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Public Enemy and Zakk Wylde - Bring The Noise 20XX
Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
Darkest Hour - Demon(s)
Children of Bodom - Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend
Beastie Boys - Gratitude
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Spacehog - In The Meantime
The Sword - Mother, Maiden, and Crone
AFI - Medicate
Love And Rockets - Mirror People
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
Attack! Attack! UK - You and Me
Brand New - Sowing Season
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)
Rose Hill Drive - Sneak Out
Scars On Broadway - They Say
The Bronx - Six Days A Week
The Derek Trucks Band - Younk Funk
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me

Songs I Have No Fucking Interest In Whatsoever:

Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Darker My Love - Blue Day
Band of Horses - Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Thrice - Deadbolt
Face to Face - Disconnected
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Eliott Smith - L.A.
Nirvana - Lithium (Live)
Queens of the Stone Age - Make It Wit Chu
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost On You
Santana - No One To Depend On (Live)
Gov't Mule - Streamline Woman
The Duke Spirit - Send a Little Love Token
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Songs I Will Never Ever Play Through Once, Unless It Ends With Hayden Panettiere Giving Me A Blowjob:

The Police - So Lonely
Coldplay - In My Place
Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire
Eagles of Shit Metal - Wannabe in L.A.

Hmmm... I guess the songlisting is as bad as I originally thought. But the tracks I'm excited to play, I'm REALLY excited to play. Crue? Megadeth? Rush? King Crimson? I'm fucking THERE.

Posted: Sep 10 2009 02:46 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Songs I Will Never Ever Play Through Once, Unless It Ends With Hayden Panettiere Giving Me A Blowjob:

That should totally be a code...or a give away for preordering.

Posted: Sep 10 2009 02:48 pm

Most of the decent songs thought I've already played on Rock Band through DLC though.

Posted: Sep 10 2009 02:52 pm

Well, that's a problem as well. Both companies repeatedly tread the same turf, leading to redundancies. I guess you have to admire GH5 for diversifying, even if a lot of the songs suck.

As one review said: "There's something for everybody in the game's setlist. But there's also something for everybody to hate."

Posted: Sep 10 2009 02:59 pm

And the free Van Halen's a plus, if you're a fan of Van Halen

Posted: Sep 10 2009 03:00 pm

How do you get free Van Halen? Link?

Posted: Sep 10 2009 03:01 pm

http://hub.guitarhero.com/vanhalengameoffer/index.php
Take a look in there, its why I'm gettin' it this month otherwise I'd go Beatles

Posted: Sep 10 2009 03:08 pm

Just got Beatles from Amazon today.

I guess I'll be buying GH5 once my next credit card cycle starts on 9/16. This is a sweet fucking deal. I don't need to buy the box set, right? Just the game?

Posted: Sep 10 2009 03:41 pm

I'm fairly sure its just the stand alone game, since the code's printed on the back of the game manual. I haven't gotten the game quite yet, anyone out there have this game?

Posted: Sep 10 2009 07:36 pm

They ask that you send in a copy of your receipt for the game as well.

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Hmm il give my own two cents on the set list.

Songs i will play:

Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost On You
Nirvana - Lithium (Live)
Queens of the Stone Age - Make It Wit Chu
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Public Enemy and Zakk Wylde - Bring The Noise 20XX
The Police - So Lonely
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Rammstein - Du Hast
David Bowie - Fame
Beck - Gamma Ray
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
A Perfect Circle - Judith
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Blink-182 - The Rock Show
Blur - Song 2
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Live)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets
Weezer - Why Bother?
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

Songs I haven't heard before, but might enjoy:

Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Garbage - Happy When It Rains
Tom Petty - American Girl
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Darkest Hour - Demon(s)
Children of Bodom - Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend
Beastie Boys - Gratitude
Spacehog - In The Meantime
The Sword - Mother, Maiden, and Crone
AFI - Medicate
Love And Rockets - Mirror People
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
Attack! Attack! UK - You and Me
Brand New - Sowing Season
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)
Rose Hill Drive - Sneak Out
Scars On Broadway - They Say
The Bronx - Six Days A Week
The Derek Trucks Band - Younk Funk
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Billy Squier - Lonely Is The Night
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Sublime - What I Got
Bush - Comedown
Eagles of Death Metal - Wannabe in L.A.
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Santana - No One To Depend On (Live)
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?

Songs I Have No Fucking Interest In Whatsoever:

Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Darker My Love - Blue Day
Band of Horses - Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Thrice - Deadbolt
Face to Face - Disconnected
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Eliott Smith - L.A.
Gov't Mule - Streamline Woman
The Duke Spirit - Send a Little Love Token
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Billy Squier - Lonely Is The Night

Songs I Will Never Ever Play Through Once

Coldplay - In My Place
Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire
Muse - Plug In, Baby
Motley Crue - Looks That Kill
Kiss - Shout it Out Loud
Wolfmother - Back Round
The Killers - All The Pretty Faces
Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Wolfmother - Back Round
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Posted: Sep 12 2009 01:00 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Wolfmother - Back Round
The Killers - All The Pretty Faces
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Public Enemy and Zakk Wylde - Bring The Noise 20XX
Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
Darkest Hour - Demon(s)
Children of Bodom - Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend
Beastie Boys - Gratitude
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Spacehog - In The Meantime
The Sword - Mother, Maiden, and Crone
AFI - Medicate
Love And Rockets - Mirror People
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
Attack! Attack! UK - You and Me
Brand New - Sowing Season
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)
Rose Hill Drive - Sneak Out
Scars On Broadway - They Say
The Bronx - Six Days A Week
The Derek Trucks Band - Younk Funk
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me

Wolf Like Me and Blue Orchid are phenomenal. You and Me sucks.

"In My Place"...gee, what a good song to represent Coldplay Rolling Eyes

. No wonder everyone else hates them so much.

Posted: Sep 23 2009 08:04 pm

So I bought this through Amazon, and they didn't send me an invoice. Should I request a new invoice, or do you think if I print one out from online, it'll be fine? It has my name on it, and the game's shipping date. But the terms say I need the original receipt...

Posted: Sep 23 2009 09:09 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

So I bought this through Amazon, and they didn't send me an invoice. Should I request a new invoice, or do you think if I print one out from online, it'll be fine? It has my name on it, and the game's shipping date. But the terms say I need the original receipt...

i would check w/activision first. i dont think amazon would mind sending you another invoice, but first check to see if a printout would be ok.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 07:33 am

Amazon sent me an email back saying that a self-printed final invoice is acceptable, per the deal they have with Activision. I am going to include a copy of the email.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 09:21 am

Syd, I think you need to reprieve Elliott Smith from your list of songs you won't play. That dude committed suicide by stabbing himself in the chest. His songs may be a little wimpy, but if you're going to kill yourself, that is METAL.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 01:55 pm

Looks like a great game, I am just not happy about the Kurt Cabain debacle that is going on right now. I know most will not care about that but just for me personally it is enough to keep me away from the game.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 06:29 pm

Berserk007 wrote:

Looks like a great game, I am just not happy about the Kurt Cabain debacle that is going on right now. I know most will not care about that but just for me personally it is enough to keep me away from the game.

It is stupid because apparently Courtney Love originally agreed to let them use Kurt and even helped them design him and pick his clothing and hairstyle and then turns right around and sues them.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 08:00 pm

Yeah well we are talking about Courtney "Junkie" Love here I am sure she signed whatever they said she did but even so it is in very poor taste any way you cut it. If it was just Nirvana songs he was involved in there would be no problem, but they have him as a model for every piece of music... please tell me they don't have Filters hey man nice shot song in this game. Anyways at the end of the day it really shows what a human ashtray Courtney really is, and what length company's go to make a buck.

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IceWarm wrote:

Berserk007 wrote:

Looks like a great game, I am just not happy about the Kurt Cabain debacle that is going on right now. I know most will not care about that but just for me personally it is enough to keep me away from the game.

It is stupid because apparently Courtney Love originally agreed to let them use Kurt and even helped them design him and pick his clothing and hairstyle and then turns right around and sues them.

She probably got a shitload of hate from Kris and Dave, like over the whole Nirvana song rights debacle.

It's just shameful and disrespectful for what they did with Cobain and Cash, anyway. Whether you like or hate their music, it's just a matter of decency and respect for any person.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 10:48 pm

Berserk007 wrote:

Yeah well we are talking about Courtney "Junkie" Love here I am sure she signed whatever they said she did but even so it is in very poor taste any way you cut it. If it was just Nirvana songs he was involved in there would be no problem, but they have him as a model for every piece of music... please tell me they don't have Filters hey man nice shot song in this game. Anyways at the end of the day it really shows what a human ashtray Courtney really is, and what length company's go to make a buck.

I don't think he should have been in the game either. Still I find it funny that she agreed to it and is now backpedaling because Nirvana fans are pissed over it.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 11:20 pm

Cash certainly deserved more respect. Cobain didn't. If you kill yourself and you're not terminally ill and in constant physical pain, you lose any right to respect. You are a piece of shit, and you deserve to have your memory and legacy commercialized, shamed, and debased.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 11:27 pm

Yeah, the textbook for my rock class says that he essentially abandoned the entire grunge generation