Guitar Hero (game only) (PlayStation 2)

With Guitar Hero 2 on the market as well, it was interesting to go backward and play the game that started it all. First, the gripes: there are only 30 songs (instead of the 40 featured on GH2), not as many bonus features and the hammer-ons/pull-offs are much more difficult to, well, pull off. Also, everything in the game is organized by difficulty level, which means that your gear won't carry over from easy to medium, medium to hard, etc. In beginning a new level of difficulty, you have to start all over again. However, the song selection overall is better; not once did I find myself wondering why the hell a particular track was featured instead of something else. There is a face-off mode, too, though it isn't nearly as fun as the co-op mode in GH2. Still, I find myself returning to GH1 again and again, if only for "Crossroads" and "Spanish Castle Magic."

well i bought this game becuz my son n i play #2 . i seen part 1 at a friendz n it had a lot better muzik than the new 1 . the videos arnt as good as the #2 but when ur playn @ a good song u wont have tine to watch ur person and what they do !AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA+++++++++++++++

Guitar Hero was always my second favorite simulation game. My first favorite is DDR since I started with it first. But, it doesn't mean I don't like to pull out the GH Guitar and jam to a couple songs. The 1st Guitar hero I thought was pretty well done. The reason I'm giving it a 4/5 is because there aren't many songs and the hammer-on & pull-off aren't as good as in 2 and Legends of rock as well as Rock the 80's. The characters are well designed and the songs are always fun to play over and over again. Overall it was a great game, considering it was the first one.