PS2 Preview: Guitar Hero II
Published October 19, 2006
3. String-Snappers
- Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
- Alice in Chains - Them Bones
- Iggy Pop and The Stooges - Search and Destroy
- The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
- Black Sabbath - War Pigs
4. Thrash and Burn
- Warrant - Cherry Pie
- Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night?
- Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
- The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
- Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
5. Return of the Shred
- Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
- Primus - John the Fisherman
- The Sword - Freya
- Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
- Aerosmith - Last Child
6. Relentless Riffs
- Heart - Crazy on You
- Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart
- Stray Cats - Rock This Town
- The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
- Jane's Addiction - Stop!
7. Furious Fretwork
- Anthrax - Madhouse
- The Living End - Carry Me Home
- Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
- The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
- Rush - YYZ
8. Face-Melters
- Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
- Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
- Dick Dale - Misirlou
- Megadeth - Hangar 18
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight is a great touch, and Free Bird is a really long song, even longer when you play it in the game.
Everyone will have their favorite songs, but most every song on the list will sound familiar to most. This is one of the reasons Guitar Hero II is so much fun to play.
So far, You Really Got Me and Sweet Child O' Mine are my favorites to play. But I am sure that will change in a week.
As stated, the game ships November 7 for the PlayStation 2, so mark it down on your calendars. You owe it to your inner air guitarist.
Of note, there will be an Xbox 360 release of Guitar Hero II in 2007, though nothing more is known about that game - other than the Mini Gibson X-Plorer guitar controller, and possibilities of downloadable content.
Guitar Hero II will see a wider release than its predecessor, making it to more of Europe, and for the first time, Australia. Expectations are high, but I don't think anyone is going to be disappointed.
Be sure and check back to Blogcritics for our full review once the game ships.
To hear Josh and I yak even more about Guitar Hero II, listen to our BC Radio Podcast for this week.
Ken Edwards is the Gaming Editor at Blogcritics, and calls Breaking Windows home. Ken works part time for Student Publications at BGSU as the Webmaster and System Administrator. He is also a freelance web developer.
- PS2 Preview: Guitar Hero II
- Published: October 19, 2006
- Type: Review
- Section: Gaming
- Filed Under: Gaming: PlayStation 2
- Writer: Ken Edwards
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I hate you, Ken. I've been trying to avoid the track list for this and I decide to come read and support you and now I want to play some Rage Against the Machine.
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