Guitar Hero II User reviews  Editors' choice

By Randolph Ramsay on 23/11/2006

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The good:

  • Huge roster of songs to choose from
  • Two player co-op mode fun to play, and adds plenty of content
  • Still as much fun to play as the first
  • More difficult than the original

The bad:

  • Song list not as good as the first
  • Co-op mode sometimes feels like you're not playing together
  • More difficult than the original

The bottomline:

An expanded song list, great multiplayer and the introduction of a much needed practice mode all add up to make Guitar Hero II a worthy sequel. While the songs themselves may not be as fun to play as the first, Guitar Hero II is still a must have title for this holiday season.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

9/10

Users' rating:

8.2/10

Tags:

2 | guitar | hero | playstation | sony | song

Real Musician
29/12/2007, 10:54 AM

rating
2/10

Much like its predecessor, this is about pushing buttons and has nothing to do with playing a guitar. Where are the strings? It's false advertising - just because the controller is shaped like a guitar, they call it "guitar hero"? So bogus. Just buy a REAL guitar and play the songs you like. I don't understand why you wouldn't.

Cons: This rating system does not allow you to rate anything as a "1", so it must be a "2". But it should be less than "1", really.

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cloughy
08/10/2007, 10:10 AM

rating
10/10

i love this game i have only played it for 3 dyas and can almost play hard songs lol its of the chain

Pros: everthing

Cons: your fingers die!!!!!

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all0013
30/09/2007, 12:35 AM

rating
10/10

if u wont it get it dont wast ur money on any other game wat else includes a giutar

Pros: this game is the best

Cons: no way u suck if u hate it

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Bugz
27/05/2007, 04:26 PM

rating
10/10

SICKEST GAME EVER

Pros: IF U DONT LIKE THIS GAME U SUCK

Cons: Cons? Yeah right!

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spartan33
21/05/2007, 10:04 PM

rating
10/10

Great game, lots of songs

Pros: everything

Cons: nothing

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KE14DRA
15/04/2007, 01:18 AM

rating
8/10

Fun but kinda repetitive

Pros: fun to play

Cons: needs more songs and the songs need to be shorter

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boob
06/03/2007, 04:29 AM

rating
8/10

hated it..........

Cons: bad

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anonymous
07/02/2007, 04:33 AM

rating
10/10

Halobro doesn't know what he's missing (and I don't know what he's spelling)! This game is fantastic, amazing work went into meticulously reconstructing the songs, and the result is nothing short of a spectacular epic.

Pros: Super challenging. If you were bored by being so good at GHI, you'll definitely find a challenge here. Great graphics, I LOVE practice mode, and the amount of songs is astonishing. They also improved hammer-ons and pull-offs so well, which is critically amazing to those of us who use them on actual guitar.

Cons: Saying that Freebird is HARD is an understatement. It needs to have a checkpoint or something halfway through! Other than that, really nothing to complain about!

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Bonnaroo
08/12/2006, 02:17 PM

rating
10/10

LOVE IT.....

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Jnr
16/11/2006, 09:25 AM

rating
9/10

Awesome game better then the first one

Pros: Awesome 2 player options

Cons: Not being able to play your own songs or write your own solo's

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