Guitar Hero Encore Rocks The 80s PS2DVD English

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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Game Type ........ : Rhythm / Music 
Origin ........... : NTSC         
Release Date ..... : Jul 24, 2007 
Platform ......... : PS2   
Media  ........... : DVD  
Filename ......... : b-ghe80**
RARs ............. : Rar`s: 31x47.6MB, 1DVD: 1.42GB   
Developer......... : RedOctane, Activision, Harmonix Music 
Oficial Preview and Screens Presentet By GameSpot:
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero80.../index.html
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There are certainly some bona fide '80s 
showstoppers on this expansion, but all told, 
this is Guitar Hero II with a coat of neon 
paint and half as much content.

The Good
Soundtrack consists of mostly great 
'80s tunes that are quite fun to play   
Multiplayer and practice modes are intact. 

The Bad 
Thirty songs for $50 is a lousy value any way you slice it   
A few real C- and D-list song choices   
Presentation is a cheap '80s dress-up of Guitar Hero II. 
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You knew this day would come, the day when Guitar Hero went the way of other 
popular rhythm game franchises, releasing pseudo-sequels and expansions that 
are really just batches of new songs with little to nothing in the way of 
gameplay or feature upgrades. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is the first 
for the series, an expansion of sorts to Guitar Hero II that offers up 30 new 
tracks with a decidedly 1980s bent. Everything else is basically how you 
remember it from GHII, including most of the same characters, venues, 
and modes, but now everything's been tinted neon to indicate that, yes, 
this is very much the '80s. In theory, such an expansion could be an 
extremely welcome addition to any Guitar Hero fan's library, but Rocks 
the 80s doesn't quite deliver on its promise. There's a good chunk of 
significant '80s hits on here, as well as a few inspired, lesser-known 
choices, but at a price tag of $50, 30 mostly solid songs doesn't sound 
like such a great deal. 

Getting right into the soundtrack, Rocks the 80s deserves credit for not 
just going the easy route and churning out nothing but cheesy hair metal tracks. 
Certainly there's plenty of that on there, with big-time hits like Ratt's 
"Round and Round," Poison's "Nothin' But a Good Time," Winger's "Seventeen," 
and Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" all on hand. But then you also get 
lighter rock tracks, like Asia's "Heat of the Moment", pop rock tunes 
like The Romantics' "What I Like About You," and new wave classics like 
The Vapors' "Turning Japanese" and Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran." You'll 
even get some neat choices from the underbelly of '80s rockitude that might 
not be immediately familiar but are a lot of fun to play, like Oingo 
Boingo's "Only a Lad," The Police's "Synchronicity II," and .38 Special's 
"Hold On Loosely." 

Of course, it's not all good stuff. Roughly two-thirds of the tracklist 
could be considered fun either because it's a cool song to play, or just 
because it's a big hit with a memorable riff. The rest scrapes the bottom 
of the '80s barrel like a fourth run of I Love the '80s. Does anyone 
besides those who spent the entirety of the decade inside seedy metal 
bars even remember who Faster Pussycat is, let alone the song "Bathroom Wall"? 
"Radar Love" is a heck of a song, but seriously, the White Lion version of it? 
Not the one you really want to be playing. And while the inclusion of a 
faux-80s song from joke-band Limozeen is mildly amusing, it's the sort of 
thing that would have just been a throwaway bonus song in another 
Guitar Hero game. 

At least most of the covers are quite good, and there are even several 
original master tracks, including "Round and Round" and "I Ran." 
"I Wanna Rock" is also a master, though it's from a much later 
Twisted Sister release. It sounds a little like Dee Snyder at 
the front of a Twisted Sister cover band, and it sticks out like a sore thumb. 

Those flaws aside, the tracklist is ultimately pretty solid. It's as eclectic 
a mix of songs as you'll find in any of the Guitar Hero games. The real trouble 
is that there's just a lot less to it. Thirty songs for what basically amounts 
to an expansion sounds about right, but $50 for those 30 songs is pretty much 
a rip-off, especially when you consider that both the original Guitar Hero and 
Guitar Hero II (sans included guitar) had way more songs, and cost just as much. 
It doesn't help that there's no new supplementary content in this version, 
and in fact, some of the content from Guitar Hero II has been out-and-out removed. 
There are fewer characters to choose from, the Stonehenge stage has been cut, 
and there are no bonus songs of any kind to unlock past the core 30 tracks. 
On the plus side, you do still get all the same multiplayer modes for 
the new songs, as well as the excellent practice mode. 

Presentation has been altered a bit as well. The characters and venues, 
as well as all the menu systems, are holdovers from Guitar Hero II, but 
everything's been tinted with neon and pastel colors, and the playable 
characters (the other guys on stage are completely unaltered) have been 
dressed up to look definitively '80s. But no amount of Flava Flav clocks, 
sweatbands, and pink tank tops can change the fact that this stuff all 
belongs to Guitar Hero II, and is just being recycled here. 

Ultimately, Rocks the 80s is for Guitar Hero diehards only. There are some 
excellent songs in here, to be sure, and the gameplay is as fun as ever. 
But with such a decisive lack of content compared with other GH releases, 
not to mention the slightly insane price tag, Rocks the 80s feels like a 
quick-and-dirty cash-in. It's one you'll probably still have a good time 
with, but it's dirty all the same. 
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