Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2738 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2006-11-23
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: 7.48" h x .79" w x 5.51" l,

Manufacturer's Description:
Rock the Rhythm, Lead, and Bass Guitar tracks in the follow-up sequel to the Best Music Game of the year of 2005. Form your guitar duo and shred riffs cooperatively or go head to head in all new multiplayer modes. With over 55 tracks to rock out to, you'll go from Guitar Hero to Guitar god in one press of a fret button. Choose from multiple rock characters and jam at concert venues that grow in size as your rock career progresses! You'll start your rock career playing small clubs and bars, but if you play well you'll work your way up to stadiums and arenas.

Set list:

Opening Licks:
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Danzig – Mother
Wolfmother - Woman
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight

Amp-Warmers:
Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
Kiss - Strutter
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Police - Message in a Bottle
Van Halen - You Really Got Me

String-Snappers:
Alice in Chains - Them Bones
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys

Thrash and Burn:
Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Warrant - Cherry Pie

Return of the Shred:
Aerosmith - Last Child
Primus - John the Fisherman
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of
Sword - Freya
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

Relentless Riffs:
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Heart - Crazy on You
Jane's Additicion - Stop Stone Temple Pilots - Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Stray Cats - Rock This Town

Furious Fretwork:
Anthrax - Madhouse
Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
Living End - Carry Me Home
Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
Rush – YYZ

Face-Melters:
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
Dick Dale - Misirlou
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized

Customer Reviews

This is what video games are all about
I may be 33 years old, but last night I unashamedly acted like a teenager with the aid of my old PS2 and a plastic guitar, and it's the most fun I've had for ages. We spotted this in town on Saturday, being demod in a store, so I went home, dusted off the old PS2 (religated to beneath the stairs), checked it worked and rushed back into town to grab this work of utter genius. Essentially it's guitar karaoke, and it's NOT easy. OK, the easy level (where you don't play every note but only the main ones that sort of tie everything in a song together) is not too hard, but medium then hard really test you, and you certainly feel like you're playing lead in a rock band. It's really adrenaline charging!!

Highly recommended, great songs, great versions, you can even pretend to be Nigel from Spinal Tap and play lead in 'Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight'!! Turn it up to 11 baby!

Best Rhythm Game Of All Time™
The original Guitar Hero came out of nowhere and rocked all our faces. And now, 6 months later, it finishes what it started.

I got the game this morning and played it on hard from start to finish. I know that's obsesssive and I wasn't even enjoying myself at the end when I developed carpel tunnel syndrome while playing Misirlou, but you have to understand this game steals your life when you pick it up.

Everyone in my house has played it, including my computer-shy friends and even their computer-shyer girlfriends. My dad bought the original after a few minutes play. Basically, anyone can play it. Everyone WANTS to play it!

The whole game oozes polish. The random badass drawings are even badasser. The characters look slicker and dance around more. The venues are AMAZING! Especially on the later levels with the sweet metal tableaus (Grim Reaper fighting a squid monster on stage). Loading times are almost halved too, thank God.

The track list: it's better. Probably not as recognizable as the original, but still better. There are some big classics like Sweet Child O' Mine and Heart-Shaped Box, but once again it's the little songs that make the game so cool. I dare you not to scream TROOOGDOOR!! after playing it, and if you don't give yourself whiplash to Cherry Pie then you have NO SOUL (injuring yourself to metal is generally respectable).

Something new I wasn't expecting at all was that the actual gameplay had improved. The game feels quick - actually manic - straight from the start. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are a lot easier and so are genuinely helpful in acing those rediculous solos (try the epic hammer sequence on The Light That Blinds).

The practise mode needs a special mention. If you're having difficulty with a song, just pause the game and select Practise. Now you can pick the parts you want to play and slow the tempo right down until you get your head around it (why oh why wasn't this available for Cowboys From Hell on expert!).

Now tomorrow I'll get my geek mate to come round with her guitar and we can rock out co-op style!

Brilliant!!
I was dubious when I first heard of Guitar Hero, and therefore didn't buy the original game. But, when I found myself looking for a different challenge to the Dance Mat games I thought why not? and bought Guitar Hero 2.
All I can say is WOW, everyone should own this game. The first day I bought it, I was sucked in by the sheer entertainment of it all. I played until my wrists were aching. My girlfriend had a couple of tries on it, and was so impressed that I rushed out (on a Saturday just before Xmas!!) to buy another controller so we could go head to head.
It is just so much fun, and although it requires a basic level of hand eye co-ordination, basically anyone can play it!. I'd never had any urges to be in a rock band, but playing this gives you such a buzz - it means you can perform really good guitar solos without having had years of guitar tuition - instant gratification!.
In terms of gameplay, there's a decent storyline for the 1 player side of things, you move from town to town performing more and more complicated tracks. If you stick to the easy level, the upside is that you only have three keys to play (and believe me when it's a fast track, you're grateful for that!), but the downside is that you can't buy new guitars, songs etc. For that you have to up the difficulty to medium or above. So far I've only attempted a few songs at the medium difficulty, choosing to concentrate on perfecting the easy difficulty first. The difficulty levels are spot on though; the problem with some games is that there's not much difference between them, but with Guitar Hero 2, that's not a problem. This gives the game good longevity, and also means that when you play multiplayer, you can each choose your own level.
To summarise, this is a top game; great fun on your own, but I'd highly recommend buying a second controller, as multiplayer rocks!