Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #370 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2008-11-14
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Format: Unknown format

Manufacturer's Description

Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle includes:

Drums

Wireless (batteries included), 5 pressure sensitive drum pads (including a high-hat and cymbal), Non-slip moveable foot pedal, One-piece collapsible adjustable stand, Expandable setup via MIDI hook-up, Authentic wood drum sticks

Guitar

Wireless (batteries included), touch sensitive slide bar, increased accuracy with more responsive dual-colour fret buttons, Jam effortlessly with an elongated strum bar, improved battery life with built-in auto sleep mode

Microphone

High performance, high clarity microphone, Reliable and durable design, Includes 15 foot USB cable

Guitar Hero World Tour game

Innovative Music Studio - Compose, record, edit and release your own music.

Battle of the Bands Mode - Rock out in solo career mode or battle against other four person bands online.

Create-a-Rocker - Customize your own rocker or choose from several in-game music artists.

The Rock and Roll Experience - Biggest Selection of on-disc music with 85 master tracks!

Customer Reviews

Superb drum kit
Having had the original Rock Band kit and not being able to play it due to the noise I was really hoping this would be a quieter kit to play. First few hits on the tom-toms I realised that the kit is not as quiet as I had hoped. However, the kit is soooo sensitive that it is possible to play very quietly by not hitting the pads so hard (something that's not natural to me).

First try with the drums and the cymbal pads were both not sensitive enough. The toms were good if a little too sensitive. Already had a midi cable (it doesn't have to be midi to USB, it can be midi to midi) so I downloaded the tuning software.

WOW! This kit is perfect now. I'm not the world's best drummer but 500 note streaks was something I could not have done on the old RB kit.

Pedal looks flimsy to start with but actually works really well, I replaced my RB pedal with a real metal base pedal so I was not expecting to like another plastic pedal.

Played the kit with RB1 and it works fine, although the game is not velocity sensitive on RB1 so the kit doesn't feel as responsive as it does in GHWT.

Only negative on the drums I can find is the mounting for the cymbals is a little flimsy and rattles a lot when struck, this was too noisy for me. Taped them and they are better now but it's not perfect. The stand is also a little flimsy.

The guitar is great, only negative is that I personally think the touch sensitive neck is just a gimmick. Apart from that best guitar I have used in a rhythm game.

The microphone is fine, works perfectly.

The game is probably the weakest part of the package, hence not 5 stars from me. Although there is this huge set list there are some hateful songs in there mixed in with some classics. The fact that in career mode you are forced to play through them all without any chance to avoid "bad" songs is unforgivable. The game is supposed to be fun! Not a chore. Still the fun songs go some way to make up for the dross.

Will be getting RB2 solus to go with this kit, I do think that's the best combination as I really don't trust the RB drums. Apart from having to get used to pads in different places you really can't go wrong with the GHWT drum kit.

Problems with the drums
Most other reviewers have given pretty positive accounts of the game itself and most people thinking of buying it will know what to expect, so I won't go over it all again in this review.

No one else has mentioned the sensitivity problems relating to the drum kit so maybe it only affects early models, as Activision have suggested. However, if anyone else is having problems when using the drums - either too sensitive or not sensitive enough - then Activision have provided a fix.

If you check out Activisions Customer Support page activision.com/support and follow the Guitar Hero link, you will find out how to download the drum tuning software and obtain a free USB-MIDI interface to connect the drums to your laptop. You can then set the sensitivity for each drum and pedal individually. When contacting Activision you will need to email them the serial number of your kit.

I haven't tried it yet so can't comment on it's effectiveness.

27/11/08. I have now tried the fix and it did not work for the red drum. I am returning the bundle to Amazon for a replacement.

29/11/08. Replacement received from Amazon, new drums are a slightly different design, and work perfectly. Thanks Amazon!

Official Tracklist
Official ON DISC tracklisting for Guitar Hero: World Tour game -

311 - Beautiful Disaster
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill
Airbourne - Too Much Too Young
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
Anouk - Good God
The Answer - Never Too Late
At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Beatsteaks - Hail to the Freaks
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Black Label Society - Stillborn
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon of Choice
blink-182 - Dammit
Blondie - One Way or Another
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Coldplay - Shiver
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
The Cult - Love Removal Machine
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain
The Doors - Love Me Two Times
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Enemy - Aggro
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Foo Fighters - Everlong
The Guess Who - American Woman
Hush Puppies - You're Gonna Say Yeah!
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (Live)
Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie
Kent - Vinternoll2
Korn - Freak On A Leash
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
Linkin Park - What I've Done
The Living End - Prisoner of Society
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
MC5's Wayne Kramer - Kick Out The Jams
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Modest Mouse - Float On
Motörhead - Overkill
Muse - Assassin
Negramaro - Nuvole e Lenzuola
Nirvana - About a Girl (Unplugged)
No Doubt - Spiderwebs
NOFX - Soul Doubt
Oasis - Some Might Say
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
Paramore - Misery Business
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
R.E.M. - The One I Love
Radio Futura - Escuela De Calor
Rise Against - Re-Education Through Labor
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Sting - Demolition Man (Live)
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Stuck In The Sound - Toy Boy
Sublime - Santeria
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B.
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Ted Nugent's Original Guitar Duel Recording
Tokio Hotel - "Monsoon
Tool - Parabola
Tool - Schism
Tool - Vicarious
Trust - Antisocial
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Willie Nelson - On The Road Again
Wings - Band on the Run
Zakk Wylde's Original Guitar Duel Recording

These are the tracks that are going to be on the actual disc. More songs will be on the 'SingStore' when the game's released.