[Multiplatform] [Multi-platform] Guitar Hero II

So I'll flirt with doom and suggest we start a seperate thread on GH2. Its release is one month away and I just played the demo for it (in PSM's November issue). Thank god they've put new modes and more songs in the game, otherwise it would deserve a lower score than the original because there's not much to differentiate it based on gameplay and graphics.

Now that Harmonix has announced an Xbox 360 version that may feature downloadable content...I hope not, otherwise I'll have to buy a 360.

MTV revealed the pastie on GH2's boob recently on "The G-Hole" (whatever the hell that is) and showed a listing of the first 6 tiers of the game's song list (which included some songs they weren't supposed to reveal, which led to them later censoring them):

1. Opening Licks

* "Strutter" - KISS
* "Mother" (possibly by Danzig)
* "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
* "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
* "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap

2. Amp-Warmers

* "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
* "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
* "Woman" (possibly by Wolfmother)
* "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
* "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks, as performed by Van Halen

3. String Snappers

* "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
* "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
* "Search and Destroy" (possibly by The Stooges or Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
* "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath

4. Thrash and Burn

* "Cherry Pie" (possibly by Warrant)
* "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - The Butthole Surfers
* "Girlfriend" (possibly by Matthew Sweet or The Darkness)
* "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" - The Rolling Stones
* "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses

5. Return of the Shred

* "Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine
* "John The Fisherman" - Primus (performed by Primus)
* "Freya" (possibly by The Sword)
* "Bad Reputation" (possibly by Thin Lizzy or Joan Jett)
* "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band

6. Relentless Riffs

* "Crazy on You" - Heart
* "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
* "Rock This Town" (possibly by the Stray Cats)
* "Last Child" - Aerosmith
* "Stop" (possibly by Jane's Addiction)

And then there's another tier:

7. Furious Fretwork

* "Madhouse" - Anthrax

Some bonus tracks:

Bonus Tracks

* "Raw Dog" - The Last Vegas
* "Arterial Black" - Drist

And the other licensed and announced songs that went unsorted (I'd bet Free Bird, Misirlou and YYZ are in at least tier 7).

Other Confirmed Songs

* "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
* "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
* "Hangar 18" - Megadeth
* "Laid To Rest" - Lamb of God
* "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
* "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
* "YYZ" - Rush

That's 40 songs of 55 total. Word was that there would only be 40 licensed songs, but that's yet to be seen. No Metallica.

How ya doing, buddy?

And the way they're talking about it, those 24 songs will include some licensed songs.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Free Bird isn't that hard.

In Medium difficulty.

Ahem.

Yeah, I cleared career mode in Medium, which is about as far as I'm expecting to go right now.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

When I go into Hard I use the RYBO hand position and reach or shift for the green.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?