Guitar Hero. Awesome.

[Snowcrafta]

Might just be because it's new and fun, but holy jesus Guitar Hero has a lot of zing to it. I know that this game is older than dirt, but I finally got around to picking it up, and it is disturbingly awesome. Full length songs (some originals, some covers), respective to difficulty notecharts, and a steller song selection.

My first woo was just simply how fun the game was. I've played my share of bemani style games (DDR, Pop'n, IIDX, Drummania), and I've never been treated to such a simple yet addictive instrument based game. While all the other games I've played are simply just button mashers, Guitar Hero actually makes me feel like I'm rocking out to a song, not just hitting colorful buttons.

While it's only 5 buttons, the game makes wonderful use of them. They all play in perfect patterns, and they don't go nuts nor wtf crazy ****ty (through hard, at least). It's actually pretty fun being able to play without looking at the screen and only listening to the music and you stum away.

The difficulty of the game has been well balanced. While I usually can pick up and go on bemani games, I sat through most of career mode on normal simply because Hord was exactly as it meant - Hard. One thing I've particulaly enjoyed is the fact that the lower difficulties don't mak the game boring. Even the easy notecharts are awesome, and incredibly addictive to play.

One noticable feature the game has is its phenominal song selection. I good deal of it is 80's rock, but there's some noteworthy bands that made it in, including Franz Ferdinand(sp) Incubus, and Sum41. It is such a treat to play these songs since they are actually good songs by my taste and opinion, thus making it much more enjoyable. I've never had so much fun rocking out to a song that actually feels like I'm playing it, and I actually find myself tapping my foot to the beat more often than not.

My opinion of this game. Rock on.