Guitar Hero: Metallica. Add a Review or Opinion Here.

[Runa216]

Now that Guitar Hero: Metallica is out, we need one consolidated review thread to keep the clutter to a minimum.

I haven't gotten it yet, but from what I've seen, it looks like a step in the right direction, but I said the same about world Tour, and look how that turned out.

Anyway, I'd love for the Mods to sticky this like they did my World Tour Thread of the same nature.

[Runa216]

does nobody have this game?

[Gowienczyk]

People actually bought it already?

[Ehfahq]

I just picked it up. havent played, but I can give you a review on the free pedal you get for preordering it:

Crapola.

[Cpt. Overkill]

Im going to trade in some games later for it at my local game store.

[Hurricane]

I picked it up during my lunch break and had to try it before going back to work. I like the feel of the pedal, but I think mine's defective, since it wouldn't register. I'm disappointed, for now.
I tried both my rock band pedals with their "splitter" and it sucked. You have to get your foot off the pedal before pressing the other one. I'm not that coordinated, yet.
I hope that there's a fix for that.

The double bass is insane and a great addition. I guess I better eat my Wheaties and practice more.
Being a huge fan of Metallica, I'm enjoying every bit of it. I also like the inclusion of having the band in the background. That adds to the experience.

[kiggidykev]

I'll try to give it a rental this week, just for something to do. I'm not a huge Metallica fan, though, so I can hold off buying it until it's 9 bucks like Aerosmith is at the moment.

[kronwhon]

I'm waiting for some solid user opinions.

I told myself I would never purchase another Guitar Hero game after GH3. However, the song list coupled with the fact we will likely never see any of the Metallica songs on Rock Band is making me tempted.

[MrJarpo]

Been playing it a little bit this morning with some friends. Game is fine over all, like World Tour, but with a few interface improvements (However I still have no idea when the singer has used their star power which makes it difficult to get a really good score most of the time). I don't have double bass pedals that work properly yet. I've tried using my real pedal + KD-8 with a splitter and the pedal that came with the Ion but like most others it didn't work 100%. Thinking about buying that Twin Rocker splitter, but I think I'd rather just buy a real double pedal. Anyways I recommend the game if you like Metallica and/or music of this genre because most, if not all, of the songs in the game are pretty fun to play.

[beaker3]

I picked it up today even though I had no plans to get it. I had some extra cash and figured I'd sell it at work if I didn't like it. There are a few Metallica songs that I really love and I wanted to play them. The local Blockbuster only had two rental copies and they were gone shortly after they opened this morning.

I'm a drummer on Hard so here is my opinion:

I love it! except for one issue.

I don't care about clothes, instruments, the backstory of Metallica, video extras, lyrics and all that crap. Just give me songs to play and keep the rest so I have no opinion on any of that. This is strictly about gameplay.

The drums are a blast and Metallica's music fits very nicely into this game. I hated Aerosmith and World Tour but fell in love with this game. I can only believe that guitar in this game will be heavenly. I'm very tempted to change instruments and start a career on guitar but I'm forcing myself to wait until I'm done with the drums tour. I think I'm more than halfway there, maybe 3/4.

In GH:M you see the stars only next to the song in career. There is no display of your score anywhere. If you want to see your score for a particular song, you have to back out and go to the leaderboards and look them up individually.

I wish they would have found a way to toggle between scores and stars. Other than that I think the game is great.

[NoRemorse]

I wrote this earlier, my opinion has remained unchanged


Being a life long Metallica fan this game was a must even if it was done by GH. Sadly Activision knows how to ruin a good thing with thier grossly over charted programming and lack of undrstanding of how music flows. Very very disappointed in this game, I knew it was going to be badly done but I had my hopes and as expected Activision didn't let me down by making the game unenjoyable.

Harmonix has a better understanding of charting music and makes the game more enjoyable. RockBand is a much better polished game and the programmers are way more superior to those clowns over at Activision. If Harmonix was to chart the set list to GHM then the game would be outstanding but unfortunately that was not the case and IMHO Activision drained any excitement I had towards further playing this game.

If your a fan of GH style of charting and love Metallica then I would say this game is a must for you however for myself....not impressed, I would rather Harmonix re-do this for RockBand to have it reach its full potential of enjoyment. Do to my love for old school Metallica songs I had no choice but to buy this game due to the lack of Metallica in RockBand, I knew deep down this would be a disappointment for me but I had to give it a chance. On the positive side the music selection is great, there could've been a few different songs but all in all I am happy with the song choices that GHM put into this game.

[SM2535]

Pretty good, overall.

I love the setlist, no complaints there. The charting seems to be much, much improved from GH3 (haven't played GHWT).

Still not a fan of the open strums (on bass)...those things F me up big time.

Overall, it's a good game. But I just prefer the RB interface so much more, that I can't seem to get by the GH interface. I really just despise it.

[C-Weiner]

I think this game is pretty kick ass. I'm so glad I bought it. Rock Band 2 wins of course hands down

[jgosh]

No Money. :(:(:(:(:(:(

[FlyGuyLXI]

Like Aerosmith, not into Metallica.

I'm not getting it, not saying it is good, not saying it is bad.

[xXxchadsaucexXx]

Can anyone who has the game please comment on the compatibility of the game with the RB2 stock drums? How does it chart/feel? Does it play much like GHWT? This is one of the things holding me back from getting the game at the moment so I just wanted to input from anyone who has had hands on experience with it!

[Alright_Computer]

Can anyone who has the game please comment on the compatibility of the game with the RB2 stock drums? How does it chart/feel? Does it play much like GHWT? This is one of the things holding me back from getting the game at the moment so I just wanted to input from anyone who has had hands on experience with it!

It plays exactly like GHWT. If you have an Xbox, you can download the demo from the Xbox marketplace and test it out on a few songs yourself if you want though.

[SuperRocker47]

i got it this morning ive been playing primarily on expert drums with my rock band 2 drum set and i feel the non metallica songs are overall not that great to play but the metallica songs are so much fun it just feels so epic.
i also started a guitar/bass career with my brother and the bass lines are decent but the lead lines are amzing they have good riffs and punishing solos.
overall this is defintley a solid title will it be fun forever, i dont think so but it is defintly worth buying if you are a fan of metallica and metal if you are not then it is not the right choice
I highly recommend it 9/10

[angel700]

this is for the rockband drums and the ION'S red-snare, yellow-hh, blue-tom and switched for orange, green tom, in honesty i like the game its a much more improvement over ghwt at least on the drums, set list is OK, could have been better, but remember you always have dlc "caching$$$" . Also if you want more songs download Death Magnetic its compatible.

[bood-boy]

i have it and it is fantastic! have only played guitar so far, but my buddy played drums, and it looked great.

[ppetrovi]

The game is surprisingly good. I have owned every plastic guitar game there is (Yes sadly Rock Revolution too) and was very unimpressed with Guitar Hero World Tour. Somehow Activision redeemed themselves and did a very good job with this game.

The animations are no longer corny, the game is less cartoony, and the gameplay is just better. I love the setlist. If you like metal you should buy this game, if not, it is worthy of a rent or purchase when the price drops. I am primarily a drummer, and this game is great for drummers. I had lots of fun.

I think GH:Metallica approaches RB quality, but RB still has the amazing collection of DLC and fun gameplay elements to stay on top.

Overall, GH: Metallica is a great step for Activision. I consider them a contender again in the music genre when World Tour was a step back.

9/10

[TkDiamonD]

wayyyy better than world tour in my opinion, if anyones interested heres a link to the ign review:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/967/967551p1.html

[Metal_Man]

the game is F-ing awesome

[guitarguy6]

the game is F-ing awesome

My thoughts exaclty. Expert + drums is really fun. I'm hoping this will push Harmonix to make a better drum set when they eventually release rock band 3.

[morpheus_tn]

I just had to pick this up today after playing the demo. After calibrating the songs played very well. I'm using a roland drum set with an Ion brain and kickbox and everything works great. Its not RB but its worth the money if you like Metallica.

[aremis]

I got the game free, so decided to spend the day putting it through it's paces. What the Heck.

First off - I am not anti-Metallica by any means. Although I don't think they are the gods of rock many claim (And Lars is just a complete douche and mediocre on drums to say the least).
I am a RB fan first and foremost, but I like many songs that HMX hasn't yet brought to the table for us, so until they do, I resort to free copies of GH.

With that said:

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Lets start with what I liked.

-Still love the full stats at the end

-tracking of stars on each difficulty is A+

-I like seeing "What" gets unlocked, with the small example displayed when it happens, rather than the "You have unlocked a shirt, and it's now in your closet" since it's a pain to find out WHAT you unlocked

-Phoneme (Singing) animation is superbly done, compared to all other GH and RB games.

-pyro and lights look authentic

-Crowd reactions are better

-I liked the Metallifacts for each song, being able to re-watch the performance

-I like the way the songs are laid out, that you can progress through the career without having to play every song in a setlist, but rather move-on based on stars. Nice way to get through it if you aren't a die-hard fan of all the songs listed.

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What I didn't like

-Lars Drum animations are way off synch

-Terrible facial animations - Lars looks constipated, James looks like he ate peanut butter and its stuck to the roof of his mouth during solos

-Camera work sucks - reminds me of a handi-cam amateur work

-Pathetic "You Rock" at the end of a list. Juvenile.

-Cut scenes are nice to have, but the ones used are truly horrible in terms of animation. At least make it look like the rest of the game.

Metallica sues fans for bootlegging/piracy, but yet include a bootleged (The game itself calls them that) videos for some of their songs

-Often you get duplicate band-mates as stand-ins - Ie . Bass Player and Vocalist were the same identical character (Character, clothing, etc) when playing any of the non-Metallica tracks.

-Timing window is pathetic - Don't even need to be keeping decent time/rhythm to hit the note - just need to be "close to it".

-Drum charting, as with World Tour, is ridiculous - charted for their drum set, not for accuracy.

-Dont know if this is a compatibility issue or not, or just my own rig, but using the RB2 strat, in RB, I am very quick to go from a strum to whammy to max out my overdrive - But if I use the same attempt in GH:WT or GH:M, it registers as an overstrum. Requires me to wait at least a second after I strum before being able to whammy - for short sequences, thats a pain in the ass.

-When watching the screen - Doesn't show you when you get GS - just shows the stars up to 5 - you don't see the GS rating until the song is over.

-No direct game compatibility with GH:WT, except for the Metallica DLC. At least they could have drawn upon the new XBL ability with the Hard Drive, to allow owners of World Tour to import the Metallica songs from the disc, so you get even more content to play with. World Tour gives me maybe an hour a week of enjoyment - This one is no different. I would play the franchise a little more if I didn't have to swap discs.

-And lastly - I compare the GH:M "Career Mode" to RB2's "World Tour" mode, since both can be played solo, and RB2 doesn't have an official "Solo Career" mode - With that said, RB2 allows me to switch up instruments when I want to, between sets - so if a particular set comes up, I can choose to play drums solo, guitar etc. But with GH:M, I have to start all over again to go through all the songs individually, with each instrument. truly annoying (Yes I know it's the same in RB1 - I am comparing to RB2...thank you very much)
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Overall opinion?
This game is a great weekend rental. One day to clear off all individual careers.
Lack of DLC for the particular game.
Glad I got it free.

(Now go ahead and flame me for not being a GH fanboy or a Metallica fanboy)

[MrJarpo]

Maybe it's just me, but I find while using Rock Band drums (Ions in my case) to be a bit awkward sometimes for these Guitar Hero games. Mostly because the charting going from red to green to blue to red blah blah blah..none of it feels natural to me. I've never done any drumming outside of these games so I don't know if it's poorly charted (nothing in Rock Band really ever feels unnatural to me). Anyone have input on this?

[Dark Church]

I got it and it is awesome. It will put the Beatles game to shame for sure. Much better than WT and the only setlists I liked as much were RB2 and GH3.

[Whosyodaddeh]

I like it but the drums are pissing me off with my ION's because it feels like I have to hit the yellow pad WAY faster or something to keep from breaking a combo. I know for a fact I am keeping perfect rhythm... but due to the yellow notes on the chart I lose my combo for no ****ing reason... really irritating.

[Michura]

Here is my review:

Setlist

Really good setlist. Given the constraints they likely had (such as each album being represented), they came up with a great setlist. The ballads that alot of people love are there. Some fans may be turned off by the fact that AJFA and Blackened were not in the game but I was glad as I want the least amount of crossover as possible.

Presentation

The stuff in the background felt more like Rock Band than GHWT, which was nice. The band members were well done with their mannerisms and their actual look. But like I said, the major difference is the band performing. It just didn't seems as cartoony as GHWT. Also, the sets are sweet. A few of the sets are generated from the album overs. It's a very nice touch.

As far as the UI goes, it's improved over GHWT. You now get feedback after every phrase on vocals. Your individual meter is near your chart now. Where you are in terms of # of stars is now shown to you during the song.

Also note that GH:M, like GHWT, does not give you difficulty tiers.

Charting

I will say that I am no musician. Some people really care about accuracy. Personally, I simply don't. I care more about the game being fun. I would rather have a song be slightly overcharted and more fun than have it be accurate and boring as hell. That said, the songs aren't as hard as I anticipated them to be. But they are certainly tiring, as Metallica has a lot fo very long songs. I found the songs very fun to play (I play mostly EX Guitar/Bass, EX Drums, EX Vocals).

DLC integration and song export

You can't export the songs into GHWT (not that you would want to because GH:M is superior) nor can you do it the other way around. The only DLC that will work with GH:M is Death Magnetic.

Extras

Very good. The Metallifacts are really neat to watch as you learn certain things about the song, like how it came to be, the meaning behind it, etc. The gallery of pics is also nice and so are the vids. Some people may not care but as a Metallica fan, it's nice to see.

GH:M vs Rock Band 2

RB2 is still the better game. It has more features and is simply deeper. But given that GH:M gives me stars in career mode and I rarely do BWT now, it's alot closer FOR ME. Unfortunately the big thing missing for me is that the game doesn't tell you how hard a song is for each instrument. This is really something I wish they had.

As for the setlist being much shorter, that is where being a fan of Metallica comes in. I can honestly there are many more songs I like in GH:M than there are in the RB2 disc. And as a Metallica fan, there are at least 10 songs in GH:M I would easily pay at least $5 per song had they come out as RB DLC's. In RB's entire library, I doubt I could come up with 5. Not only that, GH:M has a really low percentage of boring songs to play as opposed to RB2 and GHWT. So alot of it really depends on your musical taste and skill level.

Overall, it's a few steps in the right direction as far as the UI and presentation. It is still not like RB and doesn't have the same feel but the GH franchise is definitely closing the gap.

Oh and yes, I consider the ACDC pack a cash grab but not GH:M. Show me ACDC's likeness in the game and I may change my mind.

[trench762]

Here are my first impressions of the game. Pop in the disk, ready to play the songs I wanna play. Start on career, opens with for whom the bell tolls "ROCK" then another metallica song and a bunch of songs unlock, wooo albatross, I play all the non-metallica songs, a couple of metallica songs and then more non-metallica songs. All in all I had to play maybe 5 metallica songs and the rest of the non-metallica songs to open up all the songs. Some songs are very ruff, war ensemble is the only one I've failed so far but I haven't played them all. As someone who isn't a huge metallica fan, but loves there old stuff, I love the game. The double bass was a big drawing point, but after I tried some of the expert plus songs I was happy to go back to one pedal, maybe with some practice I will be able to do a couple of them. I love playing Demon Cleaner on Drums, my favorite drum song so far by far. Alot of the songs are easier than I expected, but still alot of fun. Whiplash is a ton of fun on guitar. Haven't got around to vocals or bass yet, but there are some songs I can tell will be alot of fun on bass.

[xXjAmEZXx]

-Pathetic "You Rock" at the end of a list. Juvenile.




you do realise thats been going on since GH1? When HMX developed the game?

[TheGreatKtulu]

you do realise thats been going on since GH1? When HMX developed the game?

He's right though... it is a rather pathetic You Rock... they should have used a much bolder and more Metallic-ish font. I mean... the St Anger fist breaks free and then you just get this crappy little scribbly looking text?

[zack10house]

I think the game's absolutely amazing.
I've only played guitar so far, but at this point my only complaint is that it's a bit too easy. I Five starred all but 4 songs (War Ensemble, Dyers Eve, Disposable Heroes, Fight Fire With Fire....still havent 5 starred any of em) on sightread on expert, it was a blast though :)
Either bass or drums are up for tomorrow,haven't decided yet.
Also, I just have to say how glad I am that they included Mercyful Fate (the compilation, not the band) It's definitely my favorite Garage Inc. track and currently the most played track on my ipod. Mercyful Fate write some good songs.....I just hate KD's voice....a lot.

[Rock_Starman]

-When watching the screen - Doesn't show you when you get GS - just shows the stars up to 5 - you don't see the GS rating until the song is over.

It doesn't show the GS rating because you only get GS if you 100% a song so it would be silly to show it during the song. Also unlike RB you can get GS on any difficulty.

I'm just gonna copy my setlist thoughts from the other topic with some changes made...

Based on hard/expert guitar,expert bass and medium drums (though I did manage to beat Whereever I May Roam on Expert+ with the RB drums and one pedal)

Rubbish pile:
1.Stacked Actors
2.War Inside My Head
3.Toxicity (mostly cause it's in RB and not as fun in this,does have a sing-a-long though)
4.Armed & Ready
5.Frantic
6.All Nightmare Long
7.Ace of Spades (same one from RB,in too many games but at least it has Lemmy)
8.Blood and Thunder
9.Battery
10.War Ensemble
11.Disposable Heroes (not a bad song but no fun to play)
12.Fight Fire with Fire (also no fun to play other than the intro)

Okness pile:
1.Mother of Mercy
2.No Excuses
3.Orion (awesome on bass)
4.No Leaf Clover
5.Boys are Back in Town
6.Black River
7.Mommy's Little Monster
8.Hellbent for Leather
9.Mercyful Fate
10.Beautiful Morning (intro is great)
11.Hit the Lights
12.Creeping Death (HATE the chart,one of those No One Knows/Uncontrollable Urge types and it's actually rubbish but the die die die part is awesomeness so bumped it up)
13.Shortest Straw
14.Dyer's Eve
15.The Thing That Should Not Be
16.Evil

Headbanging/Throwing up devil horns pile:
Metallifacts feature (add something like this to RB! Not just a jukebox either,add the lyrics and stuff about the song)
1.For Whom the Bell Tolls
2.Unforgiven
3.Turn the Page
4.Tuesday's Gone
5.Albatross
6.Nothing Else Matters
7.King Nothing
8.Enter Sandman (a lot of fun instead of a painful chordfest like RB and even better with glow in the dark Metallazombies)
9.Sad but True
10.Memory Remains (just average but sing-a-long bumps it up)
11.Whereever I May Roam
12.Welcome Home/Sanitarium
13.Stone Cold Crazy
14.Fade to Black
15.Whiplash
16.Master of Puppets
17.One (massive improvement over GH III and nice presentation here too)
18.Seek & Destroy
19.Demon Cleaner (bumped up from original post after playing it on drums and bass)
20.Am I Evil? (also bumped up from original post after playing it on drums and bass)

[Nyhusern]

Since I live in europe I have prebuyed this one, but I've played the demo, and I have to say the charts is okay. I think HMX charts songs better, but its much better than it was :)

I hope im getting it tomorrow or wed.day

[Lakers_Fan_24]

Gotta say I'm lovin' this game so far. Just played for 5 hours straight and never got bored. When I switch over from RB2 to GHWT, I can only stand playing a song or 2 then go back to RB2. Just can't stand the layout and the cartoonish feel of GHWT. I was a little nervous about them doing a Metallica game, but it turned out to be fantastic.

Don't see myself playing RB2 for a while...........

[TheGodFather73]

This is the most enjoyable GH Neversoft game I've played so far compared to GH III and GH:WT. I do agree that HMX would have done a better job charting and all, but I still really enjoy this quite a bit, and the setlist is pretty much completely awesome, no real stinkers in it at all.

Maybe after I play it some more and get over my initial "It's Metallica!" excitement I'll feel differently, but right now I can safely say it won't come out of my X-box for RB2 for quite a while.

[Banky71]

I didn't like the way GHWT played but so far this is better but I have only tried giutar so far. I'm gonna try vocals later today.

[zack10house]

I didn't like the way GHWT played but so far this is better but I have only tried giutar so far. I'm gonna try vocals later today.

that was my intent too, but I have a cold and can still barely speak, so I'm not gonna get to shout War Ensemble just yet

[m85021]

It's okay for what it is.

I will say this though. Visually, it far surpasses RB2.
They're both at 720P, but GH:M just looks really nice. Even the non-gamer wife looked at the screen and was like, "Wow. That looks way better than Rock Band."

[dman7529]

I was surprised by GH: Metallica to be honest. I was expecting a rehashing of GH:WT (which i traded in for credit towards GH:M) ala GH:Aerosmith, but it wasn't. The tour progression is fun, and you don't have to play any crap you don't want too.

The thing I still have a problem with is the drum charting. As someone mentioned, it doesn't seem charted for accuracy, but more for their drums. As a by-product, you get a mess if you are using the RB drums. Plus there still seems to be some issues with difficulty matching, that plagues the GH:WT drum charts.

I did find singing a little better, but only for Metallica. Non-Metallica songs, just feel to be going back to GH:WT's messed up vocal engine. I tried singing Tuesdays Gone, and barely 4* it. Turned around, and sang Battery, and 100% 5* it. I know both songs by heart, its just the pitch line wouldn't hit for Tuesdays Gone.

All in all, the setlist makes the game. If Harmonix got a hold of the songs that hadn't been done yet, I suspect that a RB:Metallica game would be 5x better.

[meck77]

Picked it up sat at midnight from the local walmart and played it tell my fingers bled. I am just very happy to have these Metallica songs available to play. I would much rather have them for RB but since that wont happen for a little while I went ahead and bought it. I suppose I am as happy as one can be having to play it on GH.

[aremis]

you do realise thats been going on since GH1? When HMX developed the game?

Yes I do realize that.
And I realize that HMX stopped doing the juvenile look when they went their own ways.


It doesn't show the GS rating because you only get GS if you 100% a song so it would be silly to show it during the song. Also unlike RB you can get GS on any difficulty.

Let's see - I play a song on Expert - I get 100%, but the game only shows 5-stars until the song is over and I am at the stats screen.
Where as RB, you will see when you achieve GS status, without waiting for the song to end, on expert, because you can achieve GS without getting 100%.
Either way, my opinion - don't like it? Learn to.

[zark321j]

I got it yesterday when it came out, and i thought it was gonna be a crappy spinoff but actually i think its awesome! the only thing is because of the GHWT drumset enter sandman is very very wrongly charted on drums in that game otherwise no complaints. id give it a 4/5

[zack10house]

I'm not a fan of the drums so far (except Shortest Straw. that was effing awesome) but everything else is great, with the exception of that god-awful Samhain track

[csmoffett]

My initial thoughts are bit of a mix bag.

I think that Neversoft did a good job improving on the game play aspects. The graphics are better than WT, the layout is improved, the audio and visual cues are much better and the addition of the star counter is welcomed. (By the way, the star counter DOES graphically change when you break combo -- it goes from appearing like three star outlines in one to a single star outline).

There are a few things I cetainly don't care for in this game...

- There are no scores displayed in career mode on the song selection screen.
- Death Magnetic is not immediately available (at least I can't find it) in career mode (but is there in QP).
- They removed online band career mode [this is just foolish].
- There is no additional game play functionality that will prolong the longevity of the game.

The last point is my long term complaint with all GH titles. At some point the solo game turns into a linear experience with nothing more to do but attempt to better scores or FC songs. I know many people enjoy this challenge, but for my personal tastes, I very much prefer RB's approach of a rich World Tour and the extra bonus of Challenges to extend game play beyond the linear unlock and conquer songs approach.

The final little issue, and again this is a personal impression, is that much like the AC/DC track pack, this game can become a little tedious after a few hours. Don't get me wrong, I am huge fan of metal and Metallica has always been on of my favorite bands, but playing 5+ minute song after 5+ minute song, all within the same genre, wears on me after a couple of hours. Maybe this is just a sign that I am getting old! lol

Overall I would highly recommend this game for the game play. The songs, sound and graphics are great and it really is a fun game to play. However, I would not be surprised if this one is put on the shelf after a few weeks. With the missing online band career mode, and its rather small setlist with no additional DLC beyond Death Magnetic, I just don't see this one having the staying power of RB2 or GH:WT.

[HeavyHorse]

My bud got a copy of it, so I played co-op with him. Although the song list is smaller than usual expectation, its filled to the brim with extras for the Metallica fans. I plan to get a copy eventually being a metal head and all. Overall, I appreciated it a lot more than I did World Tour, feels much more polished.

It's a **** ton better than the GH Aerosmith outing, so rest easy about that.

[jgosh]

Best Game Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Becuase I love Metallica.

[Rock_Starman]

Let's see - I play a song on Expert - I get 100%, but the game only shows 5-stars until the song is over and I am at the stats screen.
Where as RB, you will see when you achieve GS status, without waiting for the song to end, on expert, because you can achieve GS without getting 100%.
Either way, my opinion - don't like it? Learn to.

Your opinion seems to be misinformed.

Like I said GH isn't going to show the gold stars because you need 100%. You could miss the last note. So it's not going to show it untill it's over because it would just be plain stupid to do that.

You don't need 100% in RB,just a certian score,therefore when you reach said score it can show it because it's not going to go down so it can show it.

GH does not use a score to determine GS.

[acondon747]

Fail #1 calibration sucks.

Fail #2 No Call of the Ktulu

Fail #3 Hitting cymbals on RB2 kit, causes disconnects :(

[instantdeath999]

Love the game. I have a couple minor complaints, but none enough to be worth listing. A couple of my favorite songs missing, etc.

Surprised by the lack of Load/Reload. I think their Thrash era was better, but Until it Sleeps or Hero of the Day would have been fun.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Fail #1 calibration sucks.

Fail #2 No Call of the Ktulu

Fail #3 Hitting cymbals on RB2 kit, causes disconnects :(

Not on my kit, and I have three cymbals.

You sure you just don't have a funky kit, or a loose wire or something?

[Bearclaw]

I like it so far, I definitely think this might be the best game Neversoft has made as far as Guitar Hero is concerned. It's hard, just as I expected and all of the songs I wanted to play are really fun. I don't have an opinion about Expert+ other than the fact it is simply insane. Overall, I like it a lot more than World Tour and I recommend it to anybody who likes Metallica and/or really hard songs.

[instantdeath999]

These tutorials are freaking killing me. It's like being told how to walk.

[Rock_Starman]

Turns out it DOES actually show your gold star rating during the song. Finally noticed it on vocals.

[CaptainFeral]

It's terrible.
******ed vocal system, entirely inaccurate charting, the timing is off even after calibration, overdrive is broken...

[blitzkrg]

=========================
What I didn't like

-Drum charting, as with World Tour, is ridiculous - charted for their drum set, not for accuracy.


Does RB not do this as well? it's only 4 pads, and a full drum kit has more than 4 things to bang on, just like the guitar, they crunch everything down to suit their equipment.
So if it's ridiculous that GH does it, then it's equally ridiculous that RB does it.

oh and GH:Metallica is a great game!

[SilverChris]

I agree with most of the post...

Huge fan of the way Rock Band plays, their game engine just seems so much smoother and more fun to play...

ROCKBAND:METALLICA would have been better? Yes I think.
GUITAR HERO:METALLICA works for now because of the lack of Metallica songs being offered at the momment. It was refreshing to play some songs that actually ROCK and make you really enjoy the idea of playing them.

I agree that the lack of Load/ReLoad songs was a bummer...
*Imagine*
The player with the most point for the day!
Trophy = Guitar Hero of the Day!!!!
Mixed of the Game/Band...would have been sweet!

Agreed my fav. LOAD song UNTIL IT SLEEPS , oh how I missed you during my trip through MeTaLlIcAlAnD...

Metallica being in the game guarentee's 5*'s!

[KampfVerein]

Good idea, poor execution. Chiefly a problem of game engines.

[toymachineSH]

yes more stupid comments RB fanboys I love it!

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

As a Rock Band fan(I play both but prefer RB and the HMX GH games), GH:M is the best GH game since GH2.

[v1g1lance1]

I picked it up and have had a lot of fun playing it.

Personally I REALLY like that my open hi-hat isn't mapped to blue (like RB). I play on an ion kit and it's really annoying to have to move all the way over from a hi-hat to a tom for an open hi-hat chart (on RB charts)

That said it's definitely no Rockband, and if RB had the Metallica offerings I'd never have picked this up. Still it's fun to play (some poor charting aside - I HATE Toxicity on drums) but if you're a Metallica fan, and looking for some songs to play, it's worth the pickup IMO - it will have a pretty limited shelf life in my collection though.

Ian

[aremis]

Does RB not do this as well? it's only 4 pads, and a full drum kit has more than 4 things to bang on, just like the guitar, they crunch everything down to suit their equipment.
So if it's ridiculous that GH does it, then it's equally ridiculous that RB does it.

As any of the real drummers on the forums will tell you- RB is much more acuratly charted on the drums.
Standard kit is four drums (Snare, 2 toms, floor tom) plus kick, plus HH, plus Ride, plus Crash. Default, out of the box 5-piece kit.
That is what HMX has supplied. a controller that can mimic said kit.
GH's kit does not do that. Plus the charting is way off on GH. I wont argue with you.30+ years playing for a living in studio and live situations. Not worth arguing about with a fan of the band who has nothing else to compare it to.


oh and I THINK GH:Metallica is a great game!

Fixed that for ya.

[lawrence1103]

Not a big fan of Guitar Hero, but Metallica is one of my favorite bands and picked up the game and was very impressed by it. MUCH better than GH3 (which is the only GH game i own). Good set list

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Now playing: Metallica - Dyers Eve (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/metallica/track/dyers+eve)
via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[Just1_Joe]

As far as vocals go they are a complete joke, I find it odd that I can Gold star Battery on RB yet on here, I can barely 4 star it. I love Metallica, in fact it's the only reason I got the game(in fact the setlist is great), but It really It seems like the vocals were once again another afterthought. I wish Harmonix would've gotten to these songs first and so they could have done them right.

[toymachineSH]

so the vocals are a joke because they are harder than RB2?

[RockBandRocker]

Some thoughts regarding GH:M -

1) It's an ok game. Not great, but not s**t either. I'm glad I rented it, because the novelty wears off quick. I would rate this a 5/10 (in the middle of 0 & 10).

2) The songs. There are a few shared songs ("The Boys Are Back In Town", "Ace Of Spades" and "Toxicity" in RB2). The Metallica songs that have already been in Rock Band ("Enter Sandman" and "Battery") are fun, but in my opinion, the RB charts are better. I am disappointed in the lack of my favorite Metallica song "Of Wolf & Man", but I can get over it.

3) The venues are interesting. The only problem I have with them is that they design venues around "Master Of Puppets" and "...And Justice For All", but you don't play any songs from THOSE albums in THOSE venues.

[chillzatl]

so the vocals are a joke because they are harder than RB2?

They are? in what way? Haven't tried the vocals in GHM, but in GHWT they were easier. You even said so when that game came out.

[RockBandRocker]

Singing in the GH games sucks.

Even on MEDIUM, they are difficult (this coming from someone who sings on EXPERT in RB).

[Doom878]

It's okay that I'd buy it for like $20-30 but not the full $60.

Things I like:
- Yeah Metallica songs!!! I like RB's songs too but I was a fairfeather fan prior to RB2 who only knew the popular ones. I think Blackened is one of my favorites now though but I still love playing Wherever I May Roam and King Nothing.
- My drumming did improve on RB2. I popped it in last night and did better on some songs that I had issues with.
- I love the videos. The one where you are behind Lars is awesome. Makes me want to spring for a real drum set and get gut the master bedroom
- Much better use of the Buddy List. HMX should take note of this.
- Beginner mode that GHWT also had. Now my kids get to play! Plus my friend that is legally blind got to finally play. He thoroughly enjoyed it.
- Usual Gh stuff like changing difficulties and un-pausing time delay

Things I didn't like
- Battery. WTF. Totally different chart for Hard (I play Battery on Hard in RB2 and pass with low 90's.)
- Bass accuracy seems kind of off. The 3D charts sort of confuse me. Plus sometimes I hit a crash but I'm hitting blue. Isn't it usually that crash is green?
- No exporting nor DLC except Death Magnetic (which I will d/l if I ever get this game)
- Lots of loading
- blue and yellow don't go up and down in menu. I guess because they're RB2 drums. BTW, the drum warning is annoying.

I have only played quickplay so far. I was going to do an online co-op but didn't have time so I only got to play with the buddy list.

[Runa216]

I just picked the game up last night, and Though it's still not as good as Rock Band, it's an impressive leap forward for Guitar Hero. There's still that apparent glitch where long strings of strumming never work properly, but the game is far more lenient with missed/messed up notes. Not like GH3 and World Tour, where you miss a few and you're automatically in the Red.

though I will say this: I want to kill the man who decided that putting another Slayer song in the game was a good idea. I haven't played much of this game yet, maybe 10-15 songs, but I was able to do every song without ever even leaving the Green (I actually beat Master of Puppets without ever using star Power...) yet I can't get past 10% on War Ensemble, and it has nothing to do with my skill becuase I can do every single Rock Band and World Tour song on expert Guitar with no difficulty.

I was actually surprised to see the one thing I cared most about (accurate, natural feeling charts) was vastly improved! there were only a few times in the 10 songs where I said "that doesn't feel right" or "that's not a chord!" or something like that. The charts actually feel pretty good, with only a few hiccups, unlike World tour, where half the songs just don't Feel right.

Oh, and when I picked it up, the EBgames employee was like "hey, want a free kick pedal? the guy who preordered this hasn't been here in the 48 hour limit"...so I got a free double bass pedal! (and the appropriate attachments to make it work.)

I know there are some problems on the Rock Band set, but meh, I'll make it work, it's still cool!

so far, huge thumbs up from me, but I can't see it having much longevity.

[DarkEternal37]

I just signed on to do reviews for a site and this was the first game I happened to review. There's another thread a lil ways down this forum but since it's general interest to this thread I'll post it up here

http://www.examiner.com/x-6947-Portland-ME-Video-Game-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Guitar-Hero-Metallica--Beauty-is-in-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder

That will take you straight to my review.

[Sarcree]

I just got it last nite too...but still waiting to play through...the vids and lyrics was an awesome idea. The characters look so much better than the GHWT...so I'm liking it already.

[toymachineSH]

They are? in what way? Haven't tried the vocals in GHM, but in GHWT they were easier. You even said so when that game came out.

it's more like RB2 where if you get a strong that's the end of your combo.

However in GH:M the strongs are handed out quite frequently. It's quite an accomplishment to FC (100%) a song now.

I never said GHWT was easier to FC- I said it was easier to sing full voice on expert and not fail.

[Doom878]

I just signed on to do reviews for a site and this was the first game I happened to review. There's another thread a lil ways down this forum but since it's general interest to this thread I'll post it up here

http://www.examiner.com/x-6947-Portland-ME-Video-Game-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Guitar-Hero-Metallica--Beauty-is-in-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder

That will take you straight to my review.

I agree with your review. I liked the game instantly but the replay value was kind of meh. Last night I really had a chance to play a lot of songs. After a while I was bored with it. I can only drum so much metal. The lack of diversity hurts it because I can just change genres in RB2. As I stated I wouldn't pay RB2 price for GHM. I didn't even pay RB2 price but that's thanks to a CC error.

I would rate the sound a little bit higher. When doing drum fills, the subwoofer really hits when I hit the bass pedal. Unfortunately on RB2 it sounds lame. I do have both games set for DD5.1 so it's not a setting issue.

[Ehfahq]

Your opinion seems to be misinformed.

Like I said GH isn't going to show the gold stars because you need 100%. You could miss the last note. So it's not going to show it untill it's over because it would just be plain stupid to do that.


Maybe if he would have payed attention, he would notice that your star count glows when you havent missed a note. If you miss a note........it stops glowing. So it does tell you.

But then again, hes an ass who always thinks hes right about everything.............but always wrong.

[aremis]

Maybe if he would have payed attention, he would notice that your star count glows when you havent missed a note. If you miss a note........it stops glowing. So it does tell you.

But then again, hes an ass who always thinks hes right about everything.............but always wrong.

This coming from a troll like yourself? Your opinion means nothing to no one.

[DannyBoy]

I'm sure this has already been addressed but...double bass on the rock band 2 drums. This difficult to do?

[aremis]

I'm sure this has already been addressed but...double bass on the rock band 2 drums. This difficult to do?

There is an official double bass/adapter you can purchase now, been out a few weeks.
But personally haven't tried it with GH:M, so can't comment if it works or not.

[DannyBoy]

There is an official double bass/adapter you can purchase now, been out a few weeks.
But personally haven't tried it with GH:M, so can't comment if it works or not.

ooh, where can I find that? Do you have a link?

This pedal from Nyko says it comes with an adapter for double bass. I'd like to hear that it actually works though (especially for GH:M). It'd be nice since it comes with the pedal too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OT7IQA/ref=s9_sdps_c2_s1_p63_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=18417FYDC44XZK56W60X&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

[aremis]

Here's the thread that discusses it.

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126439

[Meatwad555]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LWhV-Wr-RM&annotation_id=annotation_28200&feature=iv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXYJ8htAaw

[back_blows]

I'm having a couple of problems with vocals for GH:M.

1. There appears to vocal lag.
2. I'm singing a note within a tunnel, but the tunnel doesn't "fill up". It's as if my voice is disappearing. I've tried singing louder, but this doesn't help at all.

[toymachineSH]

I'm having a couple of problems with vocals for GH:M.

1. There appears to vocal lag.
2. I'm singing a note within a tunnel, but the tunnel doesn't "fill up". It's as if my voice is disappearing. I've tried singing louder, but this doesn't help at all.


try setting your video lag to 27 ms
let me know if that helps you at all

what mic do you use?

[back_blows]

try setting your video lag to 27 ms
let me know if that helps you at all

what mic do you use?

I've got a logitech USB mic. Is there an official mic I should be using?

[sao]

I have PS3...this game is compatible with Rockband 2 equipment? And I can download Death Magnetic and that is also compatible?

I'm tempted to buy it today but want to make sure everything would be compatible. Did not want to buy it bring it home then have to go back out and buy World Tour for the complete kit.

[Doom878]

Yes and Yes

[sao]

Yes and Yes

thank you.

[Ehfahq]

This coming from a troll like yourself? Your opinion means nothing to no one.

Its has nothing to do with opinion, and everything to do with fact.

But if you want to deny facts...............thats fine with me.

[aremis]

Its has nothing to do with opinion, and everything to do with fact.

But if you want to deny facts...............thats fine with me.

One person's opinion does not constitute fact in any way. But please, feel free to live with your fantasy claims. Again, your comments mean absolutely nothing to anyone. You just hold grudges against those that have proven your own comments false.

Time....
And time...
and time....
again.

[back_blows]

Lag cleared up. Thanks.

[toymachineSH]

I've got a logitech USB mic. Is there an official mic I should be using?

I use the Logitech Vantage Mic (it's white)
it's the microphone all the top vocalists use.

[ArmeniusLOD]

GH engine still pisses me off to no end. I'll start missing notes in faster sections for apparently no reason and then it won't let me strum to start again. I seem to do better in this game by just flailing my fingers around on random frets instead of trying to be precise.

[Just1_Joe]

They are? in what way? Haven't tried the vocals in GHM, but in GHWT they were easier. You even said so when that game came out.

One, I'm glad you followed my comments, two the multiplier seems to depend on how long the "comet" stay on the line. Thisd actually isn't all that much of a problem when playing the songs that you don't have to sing so fast, but with songs like Battery, Stone Cold Crazy, or even Ace of Spades, you pretty much have to either sing like artist did in his original recording or two sing it so the comet doesn't go over the line (like mumble it). The problem seems to also come from the fact that you can't adjust the mic sensitivity. Looking back World wasn't as bad, I can remember 5 staring All Nightmare Long, but on GH:WT I can barely just get there, all in you pretty much can just go "screw it" and play guitar (or bass) while singing, since you'd probably do the same regardless, that and at least your contributing to the band's score and just sitting the during the solos.

[Doom878]

Has anyone posted what the tier difficulty ratings would be for these songs as compared to RB2. War Ensemble drums would certainly be 5 red devils.

[jeccaneko]

- No exporting nor DLC except Death Magnetic (which I will d/l if I ever get this game)

I noticed something interesting at my Best Buy - if you buy Death Magnetic (the CD) you get the entire Death Magnetic album for GH for free. I think they started this deal back when they released Death Magnetic for GH3 but it looks like it might still be going on. My Best Buy's copies of Death Magnetic seemed to come with the cards for the download code according to the stickers on them.

[Doom878]

Is it cheaper to buy the CD?

[back_blows]

I use the Logitech Vantage Mic (it's white)
it's the microphone all the top vocalists use.

Damn performance enhancing microphones.

On a side note, I actually enjoy the vocals more in GH:M than in RB2 due to practice mode.

[Ehfahq]

One person's opinion does not constitute fact in any way. But please, feel free to live with your fantasy claims. Again, your comments mean absolutely nothing to anyone. You just hold grudges against those that have proven your own comments false.

Time....
And time...
and time....
again.

FACT: Your star counter GLOWS when you havent missed a note. Therefore it tells you the whole entire song if you are FCing it or not.

It has NOTHING to do with opinion.

[moneyp]

I'm actually enjoying the drums, although I wish they had charted the "right-handed" cymbal to green rather than blue for the Ion/RB drum users and the whole hitting yellow and blue at the same time to activate OD (which the manual doesn't explain in any way, shape or form) is kind of a pain in the ass. The interface is much cleaner than World Tour, and I'm loving the song list. Rock Band is better in a vast number of ways, but for drums, it's definitely worth the money for me. Their best release since GH2.

[jaygrady]

I think the game is good. I love Metallica and the chance to "pretend" that I am playing these songs. The interface is still GH, which since RB, I can't stand. RB is more polished, but as has been said, the chance to play Metallica is awesome. If I had to rate it I'd give it a 7/10.

[DethBoxx]

This game is pretty fun. Even the 90s Metallica, which I do not care for and would never listen to as actual music, is fun to play in the game.

That Samhain song sucks horribly though, they should have gone with Danzig if they couldn't get Misfits. Twist of Cain and Possession even have Hetfield on BG Vox.

[the atomic sasquatch]

GHM good game i play all the songs like most of them wish the setlist had more song and loved the queen.

1 more thing dont try war ensemble on EX+ drum you will fail evertime with out autokick

[citric_bullets]

I've been enjoying this game a lot the past few days. It's definitely a solid rhythm game experience, but basically, I just like it because I love Metallica. Disposable Heroes = epicness.

[Naglfarr]

With the best setlist I have seen for years (Orion, Leper Messiah, Whiplas, Creeping Death, For whom the Bell Tolls) the game totally rocks. Sure, the GUI of Rockband is far better. But that doesn't matter if you compare the songs.

Metallica old school on one side, with motion captured original setup.

On the other side the recent releases of Rockband with bands I either
a) never have heard of
b) are totally uninteresting for a party game (Country, R.E.M, Beatles etc)

Sorry guys.. Metallica alone makes the game.

[Doom878]

Beatles is out???

[lawrence1103]

Sorry guys.. Metallica alone makes the game.

This sums it up for me

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Listening to: Silversun Pickups - The Royal We (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/silversun+pickups/track/the+royal+we)
via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

FACT: Your star counter GLOWS when you havent missed a note. Therefore it tells you the whole entire song if you are FCing it or not.

It has NOTHING to do with opinion.


I don't know what the argument is about, but this is correct.

Your star counter will glow until you miss a note.

[Sarge51]

I love the spider with a skull on it's back and the webs for the fretboard. That just kicks butt. Anyone have pictures of these so called "Classic" and "Zombie" unlockable Metallica characters?

[Phil Manutz]

I don't know what the argument is about, but this is correct.

Your star counter will glow until you miss a note.

the argument was over whether the game had an indicator to let you know you fc'd a song before the song ends, since you can't see a gold star rating until you get to the song stats. the reason it was an issue is because GS' are measured differently between the two games. while you can GS in RB before a song ends, in GHM you can't. you only GS if you get a 100%.

so one person thought that it was weak that there was no way to see a GS in GHM before the stat screen, the other person says it doesn't matter because you have to 100% to get the GS, and a third person tried to correct him in saying that there is a way to know if you will GS(by the means stated in your quote). he isn't completely right, though.

sure you know you missed a note if you are really paying attention, but you can break your streak and still hit every note in a song by strumming in any clean area. this includes overstrumming in a set of back-to-back notes. so your streak indicator is not necessarily going to tell you for sure that you can't GS.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

You can overstrum and your star will still glow.

As long as you don't miss any notes you will get the glow and you will get the 100% gold star.

It's not a streak indicator it's a gold star indicator.

Once you miss a note, (not overstrum), the star will stop glowing.

[Phil Manutz]

You can overstrum and your star will still glow.

As long as you don't miss any notes you will get the glow and you will get the 100% gold star.

It's not a streak indicator it's a gold star indicator.

Once you miss a note, (not overstrum), the star will stop glowing.

didn't notice that they glow independently of one another. in that case, they were right, then. my bad.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

It's just the star up in the upper right corner(the one with the numbers in it that lets you know how close you are to five starring the song), it glows until you miss a note to let you know you are GS'ing the song.

Not full combo mind you because you can break your streak by overstrumming and it'll still glow.

[droz84]

Actually a great game, especially if you're a Metallica fan or prefer that type of music in general. Pretty much every song in the game is worth playing/listening to. I still prefer RB2, though.

[s1yfox]

I didn't like the game for the same reasons I didn't like GHIII or GHWT....

now as for RB....i hope that for the next Metallica pack that they Include either The Four Horsemen,No Remorse,Jump in the Fire,or The Call of Ktulu(NO VOCALS)

[opethian]

Singing in the GH games sucks.

Even on MEDIUM, they are difficult (this coming from someone who sings on EXPERT in RB).

Maybe for World Tour, but I thought GH:Metallica had the easiest vocals of any game, although it has less to do with the system than the charts. Hetfield can be pretty monotone (it's the only instrument where the non-Metalllica songs are harder than the Metallica songs). I was five-starring songs left and right on Expert in this game, and I'm basically a 3/4-star vocalist on Rock Band on Expert.

Hardest vocal songs for me:
1. Mercyful Fate - "Evil"
2. Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy"
3. Metallica - "Whiplash"

Easiest:
Mastodon - "Blood & Thunder" - LOL easy

[nashphx13z]

I got it, and I would rather play RB2 or BF: Bad Company. The only time I play it is when my neighbor is over. The calibration just doesn't seem right, no matter what I try. I have an Olevia 26" 1080i HDTV (capable of UP TO 1080i, but games usually run at 720p, which it switches to), if someone could diagnose this issue. I guess circular notes just aren't my style, yo.

[DrumStix]

awesomesaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucc cccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[xXjAmEZXx]

Easiest:
Mastodon - "Blood & Thunder" - LOL easy

whats so funny or easy about a white whale or a holy grail?

[Doom878]

I didn't like the game for the same reasons I didn't like GHIII or GHWT....

Good reason




:confused:

[CloudWolf]

With the best setlist I have seen for years (Orion, Leper Messiah, Whiplas, Creeping Death, For whom the Bell Tolls) the game totally rocks.
Where axcactly did you see Leper Messiah in Guitar Hero: Metallica?


b) are totally uninteresting for a party game (Country, R.E.M, Beatles etc)

REM and The Beatles are uninteresting for a party game? Seriously?

[toymachineSH]

REM and The Beatles are uninteresting for a party game? Seriously?

The man you question clearly does not enjoy drinking.

[kiggidykev]

I've been trying to rent Metallica ever since it came out, but our store's one copy always seems to be out. I guess it's pretty popular

[will0220]

I really enjoyed the game's guitar/drum charts, but I agree with some of the former posters, the vocals are way too picky. I can never keep up a streak on anything other than Blood and Thunder on HARD vocals (ending up barely hitting 3 stars), while in RB/RB2 I'm able to 4-5 star most songs on expert.

[toymachineSH]

how do you not 5* blood and thunder?
It's all talkies.

[Naglfarr]

The man you question clearly does not enjoy drinking.

Obviously we celebrate different partys than you do. At my party, people like to drink tons of beer + whisky and listen to rock and metal music at maximum volume.

Beatles and REM are not quite the bands that are famous for excessive and riotous party music. But hey, just go partying on "she loves you yeah yeah yeah"... ;-)

[ArchangelZero]

GH: M was better than WT at least, still had some holes, but solid game.

[opethian]

I really enjoyed the game's guitar/drum charts, but I agree with some of the former posters, the vocals are way too picky. I can never keep up a streak on anything other than Blood and Thunder on HARD vocals (ending up barely hitting 3 stars), while in RB/RB2 I'm able to 4-5 star most songs on expert.

I think maybe I'm the only person in the world who finds Rock Band's vocals harder. On Expert on Rock Band, I mostly have a mix of 3 and 4 stars (more 3 than 4), even on early songs. On Guitar Hero (Expert), I have 5 stars on most songs I've attempted (most of GH:Metalllica, a few songs in World Tour) and only one 3 star rating. I'm not sure why.

As implied by my previous post in this thread, I thought it was a Guitar Hero:Metallica thing (Hetfield is pretty monotone), but I just tried out vocals on World Tour yesterday and I found it just as easy (5 stars left and right, a couple of 4 stars), so I guess that's not it.

I'm not sure what the difference is. GH is pickier but it's also a little more liberal with Star Power/Overdrive, so maybe that has something to do with it.

By the way, give "War Ensemble" a try. It's almost as easy as "Blood & Thunder". It's mostly talkies, and the few non-talkie sections are very straightforward. Oh, and for "Blood & Thunder", forget you ever heard of "phonemes"...it's irrelevent for GH talkies. I croaked "The Star-Spangled Banner" when I FC'd that song.

[s1yfox]

Good reason




:confused:

lol sarcasm or would you like me to go into further depth?:p

[toymachineSH]

Obviously we celebrate different partys than you do. At my party, people like to drink tons of beer + whisky and listen to rock and metal music at maximum volume.

Beatles and REM are not quite the bands that are famous for excessive and riotous party music. But hey, just go partying on "she loves you yeah yeah yeah"... ;-)

lol I should've noticed what your name was. It all makes sense now.

Hey Jude / Losing My Religion
rest my case

[Doom878]

lol sarcasm or would you like me to go into further depth?:p

Ah. In another forum where I post we usually post it with red text. It was just a pretty vague statement so hard to detect IMO. Plus the usual fanboyism traits were evident. :p

[Cpt. Overkill]

lol I should've noticed what your name was. It all makes sense now.

Hey Jude / Losing My Religion
rest my case

I bought Losing My Religion expecting to play it a lot. I played it once, and I haven't had ANYONE I know touch it.

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I bought Losing My Religion expecting to play it a lot. I played it once, and I haven't had ANYONE I know touch it.

I play it....religiously.


see what i did thar?

[toymachineSH]

I love singing that song.

[xXjAmEZXx]

I play it....religiously.


see what i did thar?

your lame play on the song title fails to impress the almighty xXjAmEZXx



EDIT: z0mg 500 posts

[Bullseye]

Incoming demo experience: (OK so it's not a full review, but maybe helpful)

First off, I'm just glad I played the demo-- It really talked me out of this one.

I was aching for some Metallica and saw the demo on XBL. The visuals are much improved from what I've seen of any of the GH series. I enjoyed seeing the band-- great likenesses. The demo featured an Alice in Chains tune, which is a plus in my book. I fired up "No Excuses" on the guitar and realized suddenly, this is about the worst choice in the AIC songs. I almost intentionally failed out, as my eyes were welling up with tears from boredom. Well, I like the song enough to sit through it and play mechanically on through it. Then I moved on to the Metallica charts...fun stuff on the axe. They seem to throw some ridiculous fret changes, and HO/POs that seemed a little out of place, but, hey, it's Metallica! Then I tried out the band mode, where you can pick your character. What a disappointment. You have to have a second player to play Band Quick mode. OK, so it's a demo, and it doesn't have the Tour mode included, but just to check it out I fired up the microphone. I put the singer on beginner and placed the mic next to the speaker when I noticed that my rock meter was failing (about 1 minute into the song) and voila, I passed with a 76 percent singing. The technique didn't work well when I moved the difficulty up to medium, and promptly failed out. Which, incidentally, was the best part of the game. Seeing the digital doppelgangers of Metallica booed off the stage was priceless! On to the true sour note. As I'd never played GHWT I didn't really grasp what the GH Bass mode would be like with that open strum. It blows chunks. Complete deal breaker for me as it just made the bass parts ridiculously hard to play. I was only playing on Hard too. I mean not being able to leave your fingers on the fret buttons just renders me impotent on the bass. I need that extra time between strums to line things up. Just in case I wasn't failing then they'd throw some HO/POs after that accursed purple bass strum. Screw you too. Add to it the obscenely long star power paths, and I was about ready to let Lars and company hang their heads in shame again and walk off the stage. I just refused to fail out, got my 3 stars and reveled in my 86 percent rating. The kicker was I could barely even hear the bass in the song...probably just a calibration setting which is unadjustable in the demo.

Final verdict: I won't be bothering with this one. The new bass mode is unappealing. I could care less about double bass pedals for the drums (which I didn't bother with as I doubt the compressed 5 path charting for RB drums compares to the charts for the GHWT drums). I'm not that big of a Metallica fan that I need to spend $50 on a game. Now if you crave Metallica songs, then this might be worthwhile. The animations and graphics are improved, but who really watches them anyways? The song library looks impressive. If you get bored it's always amusing to see the band get booed off the stage. So if you're interested, try the demo. If you're still interested after that, then buy the game.