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Rating:  257 reviews
Sales Rank: 6683
Platform: PlayStation2
Genre: musical instrument games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Bundle with Guitar
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 28 x 10.5 x 2.5
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MPN: 95021
Model: SLUH-00092
UPC: 047875950214
EAN: 0047875950214
ASIN: B000I4JIK6
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Three new characters go on tour with the existing Guitar Hero cast: The 50's throwback hardrocker, Eddie Knox; the beautiful heart-breaker, Casey Lynch; and the intimidating Norwegian-born metal force, Lars Umlaut. | | • | The Guitar Hero II Bundle for PS2 ships with game, the "Classic Red" SG wired controller, guitar strap and decals. | | • | Guitar Hero II follows up on Guitar Hero's award-winning track list, with over 60 tracks including songs as made famous by Van Halen, Aerosmith, Guns 'N Roses, Avenged Sevenfold and others. | | • | New modes include: a practice mode, local co-op mode for two-player fun, Pro Face-off where Players can now play head-to-head with full lead guitar tracks and Face-Off, The classic versus mode from Guitar Hero is back. | | • | Any Guitar Hero worth their weight in guitar picks knows it takes practice to become a guitar god. With the all-new Practice Mode, wannabe guitar heroes can now pick any song and practice specific sections and even slow it down. |
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Product Description
RED OCTANE Guitar Hero 2 Bundle with Guitar PS2
Amazon.com Product Description
RedOctane's follow-up to the critically acclaimed rhythm game, Guitar Hero II features a brand-new and expanded track list, more venues and new play modes, and aims to rock longer and harder than its predecessor. RedOctane has once again teamed up with veteran music game developer Harmonix for the sequel, and is using famed recording studio WaveGroup for its music production, who also recorded the covers for the licensed tracks in the original Guitar Hero. Bundle ships with red SG style wired controller, strap and decals. The Next Chapter in the Guitar Hero Experience
Rock the rhythm, lead, and bass guitar tracks in the follow-up sequel to Guitar Hero. Form your guitar duo and shred riffs cooperatively or go head-to-head in all new multiplayer modes. With over 60 tracks to rock out to, you'll go from Guitar Hero to Guitar god in one press of a fret button. Choose from multiple rock characters and jam at concert venues that grow in size as your rock career progresses. You'll start your rock career playing small clubs and bars, but if you play well you'll work your way up to stadiums and arenas. Bundle includes wired controller, guitar strap and decals.
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New modes in both single and multiplayer.
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Three new characters join the tour.
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All-new exciting venues.
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Live out your rock & roll dreams through a huge song list.
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Guitar Hero II introduces all new multiplayer modes like: cooperative, Pro Face-Off, and Face-Off, letting two Guitar Heroes conduct their own symphonies of destruction; and an all new practice mode, that allows even Guitar Zeroes to become Guitar Heroes with enough practice. Your GH2 Set List
Since the Guitar Hero experience is all about the music, Guitar Hero II sets up the tone with a rocking assortment of tunes from different eras that you know and love, as well as others that may be new to you. The complete set list included on disc includes: | "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe | "Mother" - Danzig | | "Surrender" - Cheap Trick | "Woman" - Wolfmother | | "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap | "Strutter" - KISS | | "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana | "Message in a Bottle" - The Police | | "You Really Got Me" - Van Halen | "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas | | "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters | "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains | | "Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges | "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders | | "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath | "Cherry Pie" - Warrant | | "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers | "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet | | "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones | "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses | | "Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine | "John the Fisherman" - Primus | | "Freya" - The Sword | "Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy | | "Last Child" - Aerosmith | "Crazy on You" - Heart | | "Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots | "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats | | "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band | "Stop!" - Jane's Addiction | | "Madhouse" - Anthrax | "Carry Me Home" - The Living End | | "Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God | "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat | | "YYZ" - Rush | "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold | | "Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies | "Misirlou" - Dick Dale | | "Hangar 18" - Megadeth | "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd | | "Arterial Black" - Drist | "Collide" - Anarchy Club | | "Elephant Bones" - That Handsome Devil | "Fall of Pangea" - Valient Thorr | | "FTK" - Vagiant | "Gemini" - Brian Kahanek | | "Jordan" - Buckethead | "Laughtrack" - The Acro-brats | | "Less Talk More Rokk" - Freezepop | "The Light that Blinds" - Shadows Fall | | "Mr. Fix-it" - The Amazing Royal Crowns | "The New Black" - Every Time I Die | | "Parasite" - The Neighborhoods | "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" - Bang Camaro | | "Radium Eyes" - Count Zero | "Raw Dog" - The Last Vegas | | "Red Lottery" - Megasus | "Six" - All That Remains | | "Soy Bomb" - Honest Bob and the F-to-D Incentives | "Thunderhorse" - Dethklok | | "Trogdor" - Strong Bad | "X-Stream" - Voivod | | "Yes We Can" - Made in Mexico | "One for the Road" - Breaking Wheel | Key Game Features - Deeper Guitar Experience - Guitar Hero II expands the electric guitar gaming experience by allowing players to play different guitar tracks per song: lead, bass or rhythm guitar, depending on the song.
- All New Song List - Guitar Hero II follows up on Guitar Hero's award-winning track list, with over 60 tracks including songs as made famous by Van Halen, Areosmith, Guns 'N Roses, Avenged Sevenfold and others.
- New Multiplayer Modes - New multiplayer modes include.
- Co-op: Players can now get closer to the fantasy and form their own rock band and play cooperatively, one player one lead guitar, the other on bass or rhythm guitar creates a pure rock experience.
- Pro Face-Off: Players can now play head-to-head and find out who the real Guitar Hero is with both players playing full lead guitar tracks.
- Face-Off: The classic versus mode from Guitar Hero is back. Players go head-to-head and share the lead guitar track.
- All New Practice Mode - Any Guitar Hero worth their weight in guitar picks knows it takes practice to become a guitar god. With the all-new Practice Mode, wannabe guitar heroes can now pick any song and practice specific sections and even slow it down.
- New Characters - Three new Guitar Hero characters go on tour with the existing cast from the original Guitar Hero: The 50's throwback hardrocker, Eddie Knox; the beautiful, but tough heartbreaker, Casey Lynch; and the intimidating Norwegian-born metal force, Lars Umlaut.
- New Venues - Guitar Hero II features revamped venues with improved graphics and animations, including two new venues: The Vans Warped Tour and Stonehenge.
- New Guitar Controller Color - The Guitar Hero II Bundle ships with the "Classic Red" SG wired controller, guitar strap and decals.
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 Guitar Hero Totally Rocks! December 4, 2006
Mom of Sons (Buffalo, NY)
72 out of 75 found this review helpful
We gave my son Guitar Hero II for his 11th birthday. He and my 15-year-old son both absolutely love it. So did my sons' 11- and 12-year-old friends at his birthday party. HUGE hit, they played for hours. The guitar is the controller, but you can also use PS2 controllers to play the game; some kids did that to play the bass track while someone else was playing the guitar. The player progresses from easy to hard and gets the chance to "win" fancier guitars, choose the name of his band, etc. It's creative and it's not violent, which is getting rare for video games that appeal to older teenagers. We may get another guitar for this game. Can I give it 6 stars???
Complaints about the song list????? November 15, 2006
Ink (NY)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
This game is great, it is so much fun. I have nothing to compare this too because I never had a chance to play the first one. There is a funny thing happening here though, a lot of the reviewers are complaining that the songs are obscure and no one knows them, I completely disagree, the list is phenomonal I never expected them to get so many copyrighted songs on here. I am going to provide a list of the songs so everyone can check it out for them selves rather than have some kids who bitch because they dont know the classics (note: I am in no way calling all these songs classics, for example Avenged Sevenfold I personally think suck and shouldnt be on this game but hey the guitarist can throw together a slick solo).
1. Opening Licks
"Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
"Mother" - Danzig
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick
"Woman" - Wolfmother
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Sp1nal Tap
2. Amp-Warmers
"Strutter" - KISS
"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
"Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
3. String-Snappers
"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
"Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
"Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges
"Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
4. Thrash and Burn
"Cherry Pie" - Warrant
"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers
"Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
"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
"Freya" - The Sword
"Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
"Last Child" - Aerosmith
6. Relentless Riffs
"Crazy on You" - Heart
"Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Stop!" - Jane's Addiction
7. Furious Fretwork
"Madhouse" - Anthrax
"Carry Me Home" - The Living End
"Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God
"Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
"YYZ" - Rush
8. Face-Melters
"Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
"Misirlou" - Dick Dale
"Hangar 18" - Megadeth
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Now go buy your sweet plastic axe and Rock Out!
Easily the best and most fun music/rhythm game ever December 10, 2006
Classic Rock Fanatic (Cherry Hill, NJ)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Gameplay
The game features 64 songs, 40 of which are licensed tracks, and while most of these are covered in-studio as in the previous Guitar Hero title, certain tracks such as Jane's Addiction's "Stop", Primus' "John The Fisherman" and all 24 bonus tracks are the original recordings. The gameplay is based on the successful formula created in the original Guitar Hero; the player must use the guitar peripheral to play scrolling notes by holding the corresponding fret button on the guitar neck and pressing the strum bar simultaneously.
Several changes have been made to the gameplay mechanics of Guitar Hero II:
A screenshot of the Co-op mode from the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero II.
* Three-button chords, requiring three fret buttons to be held down for the note to successfully be played.
* Pull-offs no longer require the lower note to be held down, and the window for strumming hammer-ons and pull-offs has been increased, making both techniques easier to utilize. Although these techniques have become easier, the overall difficulty seems to have been increased to compensate and more rapid-fire note sequences are seen in this iteration.
* The fretboard will now shake when the player breaks a note streak, the severity of which depends on the length of the streak. In multiplayer modes, the fretboard will shake only on the player's side who broke the streak.
* Lefty flip is now an available option that can be toggled from the pause menu while playing a song. The player no longer needs to quit to the main menu to change this option every time.
* After the song is completed, the player can view a More Stats screen, detailing the percentage of notes played for each section of the song, the average multiplier the player had throughout the song, the number of star power phrases completed as well as the total number of notes played.
* High scores achieved during "Career Mode" are now included on the high score lists viewed in "Quick Play" mode (rather than keeping two separate high score lists, as in the previous game).
Career
In career mode, a player creates a band name and selects one guitarist from the available characters. Only the lead guitar is available to be played in this mode. Over the course of the career mode, the band plays at the eight different venues available in the game. After completing the required number of songs (three or four depending on the difficulty), the fans in the crowd will chant for an encore (except on Easy); passing the encore song will unlock the next tier of songs.
As the player completes the songs, the band will earn money towards their purchases at The Store, which include bonus songs, new guitars with new finishes, three unlockable characters, unlockable alternate outfits and behind the scenes videos. Eight guitars are unlocked for purchase in The Store by completing each difficulty and then receiving a review of five stars in each of the forty main songs. Purchases in The Store carry over to each difficulty in career mode and every game mode.
Multiplayer
There are three different multiplayer modes available in the game:
* Cooperative mode: Depending on the song, one player can play the lead guitar while the other can play bass or rhythm guitar. In co-op mode, both players share a score, rock meter, star power meter and streak multiplier. Co-op mode is the only multiplayer mode in which a song can be failed. In order to activate star power, both players must tilt the guitar or press the select button in unison. There are 5 bass guitars unlockable in cooperative mode.
* Faceoff mode: This is the same multiplayer mode as featured in the original game, but both players can individually select their difficulty to play on. The scores are weighted, so therefore, a player who hits more notes on the Easy difficulty than the player's opponent on Expert will win the round.
* Pro-Faceoff mode: In this mode, both players play the full lead guitar track on the same difficulty. This mode is only available after beating the game on any difficulty.
Practice mode
Another new addition to the game is practice mode. This feature allows the player to practice certain sections of a song ("Verse 1," "Chorus," "Bridge 1," etc.) on different difficulties and instruments, and also affords the player the ability to toggle the speed of the notes (Full Speed, Slow, Slower and Slowest). After completing the section, a screen will show the number of notes hit. Although the player can view their multiplier streak in practice mode, they are not able to see star power phrases, the rock meter, or their score.
Soundtrack
Guitar Hero II features 64 playable songs. The majority of the songs are cover versions, with the exception of "Stop!", "John the Fisherman", and all of the bonus songs. The remainder of the soundtrack is credited on screen with the phrase "as made famous by" (e.g. "Surrender, as made famous by Cheap Trick").
The following is the complete list of songs as confirmed in the final build of Guitar Hero II:[9][10]
- denotes rhythm guitar as alternate instrument for song in co-op mode (all other songs feature bass)
Main setlist
1. Opening Licks
* "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
* "Mother" - Danzig
* "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
* "Woman" - Wolfmother
* "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Sp1nal Tap (Encore)
2. Amp-Warmers
* "Strutter" - KISS
* "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
* "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
* "You Really Got Me" - Van Halen
* "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas (Encore)
3. String-Snappers
* "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
* "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
* "Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges
* "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
* "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath (Encore)
4. Thrash and Burn
* "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
* "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers
* "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
* "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones
* "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses (Encore)
5. Return of the Shred
* "Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine
* "John the Fisherman" - Primus
* "Freya" - The Sword
* "Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
* "Last Child" - Aerosmith (Encore)
6. Relentless Riffs
* "Crazy on You" - Heart
* "Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
* "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
* "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
* "Stop" - Jane's Addiction (Encore)
7. Furious Fretwork
* "Madhouse" - Anthrax
* "Carry Me Home" - The Living End
* "Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God
* "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
* "YYZ" - Rush (Encore)
8. Face-Melters
* "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
* "Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
* "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
* "Hangar 18" - Megadeth
* "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Encore)
Bonus tracks
* "Arterial Black" - Drist
* "Collide" - Anarchy Club
* "Elephant Bones" - That Handsome Devil
* "Fall of Pangea" - Valient Thorr
* "FTK" - Vagiant
* "Gemini" - Brian Kahanek
* "Jordan" - Buckethead
* "Laughtrack" - The Acro-brats
* "Less Talk More Rokk" - Freezepop
* "The Light that Blinds" - Shadows Fall
* "Mr. Fix-it" - The Amazing Royal Crowns
* "The New Black" - Every Time I Die
* "One for the Road" - Breaking Wheel
* "Parasite" - The Neighborhoods
* "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" - Bang Camaro
* "Radium Eyes" - Count Zero
* "Raw Dog" - The Last Vegas (Winner of the "Be a Guitar Hero" Contest)
* "Red Lottery" - Megasus
* "Six" - All That Remains
* "Soy Bomb" - Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives
* "Thunderhorse" - Dethklok
* "Trogdor" - Strong Bad
* "The X-Stream" - Voivod
* "Yes We Can" - Made in Mexico
Venues
The venue system in the game has been altered slightly. Every venue will be represented in a different city, as the career mode will have the band traveling from town to town in order to find the next arena.
The venues are:
* Nilbog High School gym, where a battle of the bands is taking place. This is the first venue of the career mode.
* The Rat Cellar in Boston, Massachusetts.
* Blackout Bar in Providence, Rhode Island, the black and white room featured on the OPM demo.
* An updated version of the RedOctane venue in Brooklyn, New York that appeared in the first Guitar Hero.
* Rock City Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
* The Vans Warped Tour in Austin, Texas, which has a graveyard theme.
* The Harmonix Arena in Oakland, California.[11]
* Stonehenge in England.[11]
* A bedroom practice venue for the Training mode (Demo)
The venues now have lighting that moves in sync with the music, and the band themselves plays with Orange amps and DW drum kits, along with more in-game endorsements. When the player passes each set, their band is rewarded with money and equipment endorsements, including Boss effects, Line6 Guitar Amplifiers and Mesa/Boogie amplifiers. These products then appear on stage while the band plays the ensuing setlists. [12]
Characters
8 characters are available from the start of the game. Each of them has a new look, a new outfit, and in addition, a second new outfit that may be unlocked.
* Axel Steel
* Lars Ümlaüt
* Izzy Sparks
* Judy Nails
* Eddie Knox
* Johnny Napalm
* Pandora
* Casey Lynch
In addition, there are 3 unlockable characters.
* Clive Winston
* Xavier Stone
* Grim Ripper
Holy Cow this thing is fun!!! December 27, 2006
jay kenyon (LAS VEGAS, NV USA)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
Just as my PS2 starting to collect dust because I was playing it only occassionally; this game breathes new life into the older generation console. It is such a freaking blast. The music rocks, and you cannot help but be sucked into the game. It is hard, but it is way more involved than your typical rhythem game because your "playing" actually affects the sound. Huge thumb's up!! Instead of dropping $600 bucks on a PS3, go get this game!
Even better than the original November 8, 2006
David Roth
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For those of you unfamiliar with Guitar Hero at all, I'll start from the beginning. Everyone else may want to skip ahead a bit... Anyway, Guitar Hero is a game that literally puts you in the shoes of the lead guitarist of an up and coming coverband. Using the SG Guitar controller that comes with the bundle, you perform the songs by pushing down the color coded fret buttons and strumming as the notes scroll down the screen. In essence the game is very simple, but as you progress to harder and harder difficulties the rythem's become much more complicated and two and three finger chords also are introduced.
Obviously one of the most important things in a music game is well, the music. The soundtrack for GH2 is more of a contemporary list when compared to what you'll find in the original. Growing up in the late 80's /early 90's, this is a lot of the music I listened to growing up so I may be a bit biased. Some of the most notable bands being Nirvava, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, Primus, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses and Alice in Chains. It isn't all late metal and grunge though as there are also appearances by Danzig, Kansas, and Black Sabbath thrown in as well. Overall, the song selection is a great overview of the progression of rock in general.
The only thing I feel I should mention is that the Harmonix team made it easier to do the hammer-on/pull-off (some helpful maneuvers for those utterly insane solos) moves this time around. That and the developers continue to do a good job poking fun at themselves and metal in general. All new loading screens and even some great references to Spinal Tap (exploding drummer!) show that the team really does know a lot about the genre.
Overall this is by far the best guitar game out there (and the only one unless you want to import Guitar Freaks from Japan). It is one of the most addictive games I have ever played and the learning curve is done perfectly as you progress through the difficulty levels. I can't recommend it more.....just try and get some work done while resting your fingers.
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