The Select and Start buttons of the PS2 guitar have been replaced a smaller control section, with a D-pad and a green X-box button. The basics are the same as the PS2 guitars: a strum bar, five fret buttons (which are a little more square in shape then the existing controllers) and a whammy bar. Maybe the biggest change in store for the 360 version of Guitar Hero is the new X-Plorer guitar controller, patterned after Gibson's classic Explorer (think James Hetfield from Metallica). The new 360 X-Plorer guitar has a few more buttons in the corner than the PS2 SG version. We were a little bummed that an older Pearl Jam track wasn't used, but we've found that we've come to enjoy playing most of the songs in the Guitar Hero games regardless of popularity, so we're willing to cut Red Octane some slack in this department. Pearl Jam's "Life Wasted" proved to be a little tougher, but not by much. Even on the Expert setting, it was pretty easy, and we'd expect it to end up in one of the lower tiers. The eight licensed tracks will be scattered among the eight existing brackets in Guitar Hero II, meaning each bracket will contain six songs (instead of five, as in the PS2 version), while the final two new tracks will go into the bonus section with other songs like "Trogdor" or "Jordan." Although we had a chance to check out all the new songs, we were told the set list in the CES build wasn't final and would probably change before the game's launch.īefore our meeting with Henderson, we had a chance to check out a few of the new tunes at the Guitar Hero display on the CES show floor, starting with the Toadies' "Possum Kingdom" - one of those songs you've probably heard a thousand times but didn't know the name of. Of these ten, "Dead!" and "Possum Kingdom" are both "master tracks," meaning they'll be the original recordings (as opposed to cover versions). "Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer) Here's the list of new songs (the first eight are licensed, the final two are bonus tracks): We're here to check out the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II - specifically the new X-plorer guitar controller and 10 new songs being added for the 360 - and it wouldn't be long before Henderson and I are blazing through the co-op Expert version of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper," proving that it's never too early to rock.Īs was announced a few days ago, several new songs are being added to the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II, upping the total number of songs in the game from 64 to 74. But here at the Microsoft CES press tent is Marcus Henderson, who performs double duty as both the lead guitarist on the Guitar Hero titles as well as a spokesperson of sorts. In fact, in my rebellious youth playing in garage bands, I'd more likely be falling asleep around that time than waking up. 9AM isn't a time you'd normally associate with rocking out.
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