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Differances between Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour

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Hey Gang,


Did some searching on this forum and I couldn't find anything recent regarding the differances between these two games.


What am I getting w/ Guitar Hero that I'm not getting with Rock Band, or vice versa? Seems lots of stores have lots of Guitar Hero boxes and accessories, but I don't see as much for Rock Band. Is that telling me something?


I don't have any interest in the singing portion of Rock Band. Honestly 2 guitars would probably be fine instead of Drums and Guitar. But what else am I missing here?


Thanks in advance !
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most of differences are in the drum sections of both games. as for guitar and bass:


GH:WT Guitar(with official GH:WT controller):

5 lane layout(5 clearly seperated keys) Bass has an extra lane for open notes(just strumming).

large strummer(mostly silent)

touch slide bar(is known to be defective out of the box on occasion)

slide bar allows for solo like finger tapping(colors can be hard to see while looking down at it), as well as modified whammy sounds and you can slap it instead of strumming(for slap bass style playing)

no effect switch

star power activated with tilt or "easy access" Star power buttons

purple slide notes allow for no strumming

detachable neck is known to cause problems sooner rather than later.


Rock Band 2(with RB2 strat)

5 lane layout(5 flush keys, colors cleary labeled on the top of the controller)

stardard size strummer(silent)

solo keys for finger tapping or big rock endings

5 position effects switch

auto calibration for rock band 2

Big rock endings

Bass drum petal(or any normally closed foot switch) can be plugged in on the bottom to activate star power(or tilt it).


Both support headsets and have capable navigation controls. Both are 100% compatiable with either game.


Scoring/play experience:

GH:WT

Guitar:

up to 4x multiplier with star power activated up to 8x)

blue notes signify a star power run if you complete teh run without making a mistake then you fill your star power meter by 1/4. Star power can now be earned while currently using star power.

Purple notes are slide runs that allow you to just key the notes and not strum.


Bass: open notes are signified by a wide purple line(just strumming no keying) up to 4x normally 8x with star power. on teh GH:WT controller you can slap the slide bar to hit notes instead fo strumming.


Rock band 2: White notes signify overdrive runs complete them to fill up your overdrive meter by 1/4.

up to 4x normally 8x with over drive. during the seperated solo sections(note chart is shaded in blue) you can use the solo keys to tap out the notes inestad of strumming).

Certian songs have big rock endings(wide fully shaded lanes) you can mash out notes and then if you nail teh final section of notes you get a bonus.


Bass: up to 6x normally 12x with overdrive.

after acheiving a multiplyer of 5x normally(or 10x in overdrive) you get a blue background your note chart and the notes explode with more vibrance.

credit is given at teh end of songs for properly strumming up.


Both games offer practice modes with differing options GH:WT has a rudimentary song maker as well.
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I borrowed GHWT and just finished guitar and bass on hard. Not much desire to play through again. I haven't played my drums in a while. Not sure I even want to play drum son this one.


RB just seems more fun and going back to the guitar hero interface seems more geared to younger people.
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Circuit City has the wireless Les Paul that comes with GH3 for $20. I already had GH3, but picked up RB2 and an extra guitar. This may be somewhat inferior to the new guitars, but I wouldn't know the difference.


In my opinion, Guitar Hero games are good for weekend rentals. Can easily be beaten in a weekend. I think RB sets itself apart by the amount of DLC that it has. The 'Tour' is cool, but can get repetitive. I would still go with RB over GH though.
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Originally Posted by Yrd /forum/post/15406116


RB just seems more fun and going back to the guitar hero interface seems more geared to younger people.
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This is one of the things that really bug me about the GH franchise. It's trying too hard to be cool with skull and crossbones all over the place, screens slamming onto the TV, weird sound effects and such. The presentation in RB is much more laid back. I don't know why the presentation annoyances of GH games really gets to me after a while.
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The wife got me GHWT and the GHWT guitar bundle for xmas, mostly for the guitar but it came with the game too
We played it and came away with good impressions. It plays well and theres some good tunes on there but when we passed the last song and looped back to the 1st one we were sitting there saying "thats it?!?!" ha ha. Guess we're too used to the 300+ songs we have for rock band. All in all though, I dont regret having both games. Now I dont have to worry about the exclusive DLC crap.
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Originally Posted by jasonstiller /forum/post/15408994


The got me GHWT and the GHWT guitar bundle for xmas Mostly for the guitar but it came with the game too
We played it and came away with good impressions. It plays well and theres some good tunes on there but when we passed the last song and looped back to the 1st one we were sitting there saying "thats it?!?!" ha ha. Guess we're too used to the 300+ songs we have for rock band. All in all though, I dont regret having both games. Now I dont have to worry about the exclusive DLC crap.
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I'll probably pick it up eventually. When it comes down to around $30 somewhere.


There's a few bands on there that I really want to see more of. Sublime, 311, Eagles, Jimi. I though 311 would be boring for these games because there's not much to any of their songs, but it's fun to play.


I hope the bass guitar open note gets copied over by harmonix too. That was probably the best new thing in the GH camp...
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yeah I have both, but I like RB better too. Maybe I am just more used to it. The main reason I wanted GHWT is because, even though it has some of the same bands, it has the songs from those bands I like better.


for example. RB has the Steve Miller band, and Billy Idol, but GHWT has the better songs from them. (at least in my opinion).


No matter which one you choose. at least half of the songs on GH are also on RB
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Originally Posted by jbsimm2 /forum/post/15412753


yeah I have both, but I like RB better too. Maybe I am just more used to it. The main reason I wanted GHWT is because, even though it has some of the same bands, it has the songs from those bands I like better.


for example. RB has the Steve Miller band, and Billy Idol, but GHWT has the better songs from them. (at least in my opinion).


No matter which one you choose. at least half of the songs on GH are also on RB
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my last count was 18 or so out of 65 songs.
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Rock Band is awesome and Guitar Hero is horrible.


Just kidding.


Just look at the Rock Band thread and the Guitar Hero thread on this forum. The Rock Band thread gets about six to twelve posts a day and the Guitar Hero thread doesn't even get six a week! Rock Band also came out over a month earlier too. On my own friends list, a large number of people bought Rock Band 2 and played it, and then Guitar Hero came out and I saw a good number of people playing it, but then they immediately went right back to Rock Band 2.
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thing is that's sort of activision's plan. Release a game a year make everyone buy it then get them droolingf or the next year's release. RB is a far more constant stream of copntent and it's considerably more enthralling.
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basically...


if you're like about 90% of the people and want to play guitar, get the GHWT bundle and ebay the GHWT game, then pick up the RB2 game. i only say this because the if anything, the GHWT guitar is actually pretty good, and you can get the GHWT guitar bundle for only $79.99 pretty much anywhere now...


if you want to play drums, just get the RB2 drum kit and the RB2 game. if you're on a tight budget, than get the RB1 drum set at CC for $29.99, it's a great price and if you're just getting started it will be fine...


if you want to play everything, than pick up the RB2 special edition...


and a little FYI, the price of the GHWT game and GHWT guitar bundle ALREADY dropped to $49.99 and $79.99, that should tell you something. hell, you can pick up the GHWT guitar bundle with 2 guitars (1 GHWT guitar and 1 GHIII guitar) at Walmart for only $99.99, so consider that too if you only want to play guitar...
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Can somebody tell me what their opinions are between the GH:WT Guitar vs. the Rock Band 2 Guitar? I was told by many that the GH:WT guitar is better and more sturdy / better made. I've held both, but felt the RB2 guitar seemed flexy in the neck. Not sure if that was b/c the kids were beating it up. Any opinions on this?


I have 2 GH:WT guitars that I was going to use for RB2. I can still swap them back at the store.
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Originally Posted by NoThru22 /forum/post/15412997


Rock Band is awesome and Guitar Hero is horrible.


Just kidding.
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Now that I've played Guitar Hero World Tour for quite a bit, I can say that I wasn't kidding.
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Originally Posted by NoThru22 /forum/post/15714725


Now that I've played Guitar Hero World Tour for quite a bit, I can say that I wasn't kidding.
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I'm already sold on picking up a copy of the RB2 game (not the whole band kit, just the game). What I'm wondering is which franchise has the better guitar?
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Each franchise has a guitar with unique capabilities.


GH:WT touch slider is used for wah effects, strumming and tapping, although the way they chart the notes you can tap on the regular buttons.


RB2: auto-calibrate is a great feature that you may only use once, smaller solo buttons for tapping are handy if you can move back and forth well enough without missing notes and the effect switch allows you to change things up a bit.


The neck on the rb2 strat is slimmer which, depending on you playing style and hands, may be and advantage or not.


Having a few of both, GH:WT strummer can be a bit squeaky and clicks. The touch strip is really sensitive and random contact can kill a streak if you're not careful. RB2 strummer doesn't click, but the strummer can be wonky and I've had a dead fret button. Luckily, replacements are a possibility, though inconvenient.


Customizing characters and instruments runs really deep on GH:WT. Obviously, they are behind on DLC and not coming out with as much as RB, but there are some good tracks.
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What I was planning on doing was using the GH:WT guitars w/ RB2. I guess what I'm asking is whether or not that is a adviesable strategy. I've read that the GH:WT guitars are better made, etc. Wondering what you guys think.
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I've played Rb2 with GHWT guitar. For some reason, the tilt sensor wasn't triggering "overdrive" but that guitar has a palm button you can use which is easier than pinpointing a small "start" button in the middle of a solo. I missed having the effects switch (yeah, I know it's cheezy, but ...).


Since they both have features unique to their own game, pick the one that you think you'll play the most. Rb2 fx swithch won't work in GHWT, and the GHWT touchstrip won't work in Rb2.
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Originally Posted by cueCrew /forum/post/15714977


I've played Rb2 with GHWT guitar. For some reason, the tilt sensor wasn't triggering "overdrive" but that guitar has a palm button you can use which is easier than pinpointing a small "start" button in the middle of a solo. I missed having the effects switch (yeah, I know it's cheezy, but ...).


Since they both have features unique to their own game, pick the one that you think you'll play the most. Rb2 fx swithch won't work in GHWT, and the GHWT touchstrip won't work in Rb2.
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The special features don't matter to me as much as the actual quality of the guitar. Basically I want the one that is more sturdy / less prone to break. I'm no expert, and probably don't have the time to invest to become a expert. I just want to have fun w/ it.
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Get GH:WT band bundle (specially for drums) and then get RB2 disc and enjoy best of both worlds
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