Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Xbox 360)

Back in the summer of last year, when Harmonix still owned the Guitar Hero franchise, they released Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s. An add-on to Guitar Hero 2, pretty much everyone said it was a disappointment because of its lack of songs and overall laziness of the package. It glossed over Guitar Hero 2 with a 80s neon glow and that's it. And the songs that were there weren't as good as previous games, and to be honest, if your soundtrack is mediocre, then your rhythm game is mediocre. It's been a year later, with a developer and platform change, and now we're getting Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Based on the Hall of Famers, Aerosmith is Neversoft's first attempt at a ...  Read the complete review

This game has all the qualities you need to become a ROCK GOD! From hundreds of characters, guitars and songs to choose from you really WILL be lost for choice! And if you want, you can play as the rock god, Joe Perry. With number one hits from the band Aerosmith, includes "Walk This Way", "Sweet Emotion", "Pink", and "Love In An Elevator". The way the game basically works, is you pick a difficulty, 'easy', 'medium', 'hard', and 'expert'. Once you have chose your difficulty level you pick your character and guitar. And then finally you pick a song to play. You cant start off by playing Aerosmith ...  Read the complete review

Fifty pounds. Fifty English pounds for Joe Perry's decaying mug and Steven Tyler's enormous moth. £50 for 40 Guitar Hero tracks on the GH III engine with barely a new asset in sight. It's a stretch, it really is, but Guitar Hero: Aerosmith just barely get's away with it...barely. It's a rip off, but it's a fun rip off, and it hurts me to admit that. There's something nauseatingly enjoyable about Aerosmith's music. It's bluesy rock, almost entirely devoid of substance and lacking any real meaning or message, but Joe Perry's twiddly little solos and the constant driving beat make for good Guitar Hero tracks. And while the band's most famous tunes like, ...  Read the complete review

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" is game filled with primarily Aerosmith songs, although there are contributions from other artists such as the Stone Temple Pilots and Cheap Trick. Many people are apprehensive at buying a game based around solely one band, but the game is surprisingly varied and keeps your attention for longer than you expect. The primary goal of the game is to hit a series of notes as they fall down the screen. The player does this by either holding the appropriate fret on the guitar and then strumming, or pressing the respective button on a conventional Xbox 360 controller. There are plenty of videos on YouTube for people that aren't familiar with the ...  Read the complete review

This is a guitar game which contains mainly Aerosmith tunes, with quite a few others chucked in as well. I bought this having played the demo from the Xbox marketplace which I enjoyed playing. Unfortunately this impression did not stay with me for that long and I eventually regretted buying this game. Perhaps I was a bit optimistic since I am not really an Aerosmith fan, but I ended up finding this pretty repetitive. If you are an out and out Aerosmith fan then buy it else avoid it. The gameplay is the same as any other Guitar Hero game (which is good) and the concept of playing a guitar controller continues to provide entertainment. However, ...  Read the complete review