So what's Activision's idea of a "greatest hit"? IGN has the first bits of the track listing from one of the publisher's seventeen Guitar Hero games for 2009, Guitar Hero Greatest Hits.
The following eight tracks out of the 48 songs (all masters, ripped from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rock's the 80s, and Guitar Hero III) have been confirmed:
- "Barracuda" by Heart
- "I Love Rock N Roll" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
- "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister
- "Killer Queen" by Queen
- "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against The Machine
- "Nothin' But A Good Time" by Poison
- "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains
- "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce
The tracks have been adapted for the four instrument set up, including the Expert+ drum mode that debuts in this month's Guitar Hero: Metallica. The game will also feature new "around the world" venues, including "The Amazon Rain Forest," "The Polar Ice Caps," and "The Grand Canyon."
And that's the good news. Other news after the jump.
Now on to the bad (bordering on idiotic) news: while the game will feature support for GH Tunes (including the ability to download user-created tracks), you won't be able to use any of your existing Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable content with Greatest Hits. Furthermore, there will be no way to transfer the Greatest Hits songs for play in World Tour (a la the Rock Band 1 to Rock Band 2 transition).
Guitar Hero Greatest Hits is scheduled for a June release; it has an MSRP of $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and $49.99 and $39.99 for Wii and PlayStation 2 respectively. Yup.
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8:40 AM on 03.05.2009
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Awesome. Way to rape your fan-base, Activision.
Lame. No thank you, I'll stick with RB and borrow other people's GH.
Guitar Hero 1
Guitar Hero 2
Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero: On Tour
Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades
(announced)
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
Guitar Hero: Modern Hits
Eight games (11, if you count the 3 that are announced/soon to be released) since 2005.
Christ on a cracker, they're just raping that franchise into the ground. I think I'll just keep playing Rock Band 2, which doesn't require a "greatest hits" since it has backwards compatibility with RB1 and a library of cross-compatible DLC.
And now, I think the GH franchise is being milked a bit too much... Greatest Hits doesn't seem that appealing to me, probably because I am not into the whole band gameplay and because I already own Guitar Hero 2 and 3 on the Xbox 360.
Well, it's quite simple. As you can read from the last song on that list...I am a very happy person right now. I've been waiting so long to play Dragonforce in a full band...and now I have that opportunity. :D
Now, if they throw in Freebird, I will be reserving this in a heartbeat.