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First Guitar Hero II impressions [update 1]


Those lucky guys over at GamePro got their hands on a preview of Guitar Hero II and came away impressed. They were in love with the high definition graphics, polished 3D models, pretty lighting, and enhanced audio capabilities of the 360 ... it just adds to the whole rockstar environment. They also felt that the Xbox Live Marketplace is going to add a lot of longevity to the game, because you can download new songs and content. Overall, GamePro enjoyed themselves and said that the Xbox 360 version is the crème de le crème of the Guitar Hero series, take that PS2! They've posted a few new never before seen screenshots of the menu and Live leadboards, go check them out after the jump.

Update 1: Please be patient, we're just learning how to spell "hero".

[Thanks, Jonah]

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1. Don't you know that a hereo will save us, I'm not gonna stand in the waaaayyy

Posted at 1:29PM on Jan 21st 2007 by mgroves

2. I heard Hereo is the new cereal, a musical version of Cheerios.

Posted at 1:50PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Jonah Falcon

3. Has anyone noticed that according to Gamestop the game's release date has been pushed back to April 3rd?!? I guess I'm going to have to fork a lot of $$ over that day for Assassins Creed, GH, Army of Two etc!!

Posted at 2:16PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Tyler

4. As of 3:00p ET, the release was March 1st, although I've heard it may be mid to late month.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=200268

Posted at 3:05PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Tig

5. Are they Going to make a Wireless Guitar

Posted at 3:25PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Anthony

6. I really don't wanna buy a new guitar for this game (luckily, I don't yet have GHII for the PS2). I just bought the official RedOctane wireless guitar for the PS2. Hopefully someone will release an adapter for the PS2 controller or something.

Posted at 3:30PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Seroth

7. The only people who could release a wireless adaptor is Microsoft.

Posted at 3:48PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Jonah Falcon

8. Assasin's Creed was pushed back for a fall release, it was announced months ago when GRAW 2 was announced for spring.

Posted at 3:53PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Krazy Koala

9. Well, they could make something that utilizes USB. Like those USB adapters that allow you to use PS2 controllers on a PC. Those work fine for both my wired and wireless PS2 controllers.

Posted at 4:16PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Seroth

10. What's so good about this game? It's just dance dance revolution with a wannabe guitar...

I've played it many times and I guess it's not my cup of tea.

Posted at 4:36PM on Jan 21st 2007 by LMAO

11. My thoughts exactly...its nots like playing a real guitar at all. I have more fun air guitaring or pretending to play on a tennis racket, no $90 purchase required....Play DDR instead, you'll get a better workout.

Posted at 5:04PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Krazy Koala

12. Hmm, well when I checked at the local GS here yesterday their printout said April 2rd (which means 3rd is release date)... even for Assassins Creed... I will have the check again the next time I head in there.

Posted at 5:44PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Tyler

13. "Update 1: Please be patient, we're just learning how to spell "hero"."

Now if you can stop writing the word "potatoe".

Posted at 6:12PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Jonah Falcon

14. "I've played it many times and I guess it's not my cup of tea."

It must be doin' somethin right if you keep comin back to it.

Posted at 1:14AM on Jan 22nd 2007 by DeadPlasmaCell

15. Those bastards need to announce the official release date and cost and what kinda freebie they're throwing in when I plunk down the money for 2 guitars and the game. (The PS2 version gave away a free Gig-bag for the two guitars...I'm hoping it's the same for this one.)

Posted at 12:37PM on Jan 22nd 2007 by LunarDuality

16. I just hope this game supports custom soundtracks.

Posted at 11:15AM on Jan 24th 2007 by ogm

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