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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock features more than 90 tracks that include guitar shredding hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Slipknot and larger than life anthems from Queen, Muse and KISS. The sixth full title in the original play-along rock & roll series, Warriors of Rock takes Guitar Hero virtual virtuosos on a journey of metal-...
Details
- Released
- September 23, 2010
- Developer
- Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions
- Genres
- Music
- Publisher
- Budcat Creations, Activision
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Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will once again redefine music gaming with an all-new, story-driven Quest Mode, a completely redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller, the biggest on-disc selection of rock music ever in a Guitar Hero game and Quickplay+, which invites challenge-starved fanatics to test their rock skills.
Neversoft’s swan song is a tour de rock.2009 saw six Guitar Hero releases, none of them selling very well. Flooding the market with games rather than DLC [...]
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is full of hit-or-miss additions that don't make a huge difference to the gameplay. It's a capable entry in the series, but it's nothing special. If you're into the set list and only have a Wii, then definitely pick this game up. If you have the option to play your rhythm games on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, I'd recommend you do that instead, unless you happen to live in a house with seven other people and own four DS systems.
Ultimately, that last point summarizes the most damning thing about Warriors of Rock - a lack of any compelling reason to exist. Neversoft placed the lion’s share of their eggs in the Quest mode’s metal themed basket, and it buckles under the pressure. From a technical standpoint, Warriors of Rock works, but existentially, more than ever, Guitar Hero feels aimless. It’s no GH: Van Halen, but after the excellent Guitar Hero 5, Warriors of Rock feels like a lackluster encore rather than a blistering second set. Guitar Hero has been on tour too long now, and it shows. It might finally be time for...
The few new features gave me nothing to love about the newest Guitar Hero game. The little things that I did like were, all things considered, a futile effort by Neversoft.