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myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero3 months ago

Last week, the bass pedal for the drum set on our Guitar Hero broke. When we took it back to Best Buy, they were out of Guitar Hero. They gave us the choice of letting them order another game or they would knock $20 off the price and give us Rock Band instead. It came with a Beatles game.
We chose the Rock Star. The drums and guitar are both very different from Guitar Hero, but the kids actually like them better. For instance, on Guitar Hero, the drums had three pads plus two cymbals. The Rock Band just has four pads, plus the bass pedal.
We also got the kids the game that is Classic Rock, and includes things from Pat Benetar, Credence Clearwater Revival and Aerosmith!We had to return the game that had originally come with the Guitar Hero, and that was a shame because we liked some of the songs. We still have the Guitar Hero-Country Music that James bought on Labor Day when all the kids were here playing.
So here's my question. Do you own or have you played either Guitar Hero or Rock Band? If you've played both, which one do you prefer...or do you think they're about the same? Which games do you have? Country, Classic Rock, Guitar Hero 5, Disney?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 38/100. strikezero86 (199)   ranked 35 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

I have Guitar Hero games (one to four and none of the specific genre/band ones), and I've tried a Rock Band game over at a friend's house. I guess I prefer Guitar Hero. For Rock Band, there's no extra songs and no real point in trying to get perfect in each song. And the pedal on the drums is too hard. But then again, I don't have any one to play a full band with, so there wasn't any real point in getting Rock Band.


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

Actually, when you perform songs on Rock Band without making a certain number of mistakes, it unlocks bonus songs. We have Guitar Hero Country and the other two games are Rock Star...The Beatles and Classic Rock. I also don't have any trouble with the drum pedal.

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2. Titus0902 (32)   ranked 36 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

for me i like guitar hero games, played it so many times, n it doesn't get old!.. i haven't played rock band yet but my friends said it's better than hg!


as for my thoughts i think you'll gonna enjoy guitar hero more if your alone or short of cash, while rock band is enjoyable when friends chill/party at ur place n u can spend some cash on the instruments! ..........happi gaming!;)


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

Last Saturday, all three of my kids were home from college, and they all had friends over! At one point there were 9 young people in my livingroom, ranging in age from 18 to 22! I guess you could add my husband in there, cuz he was playing too! so from 18 to 41!
They were having a ball, and nobody was really fighting over the instruments at all. They were passing back and forth depending on the song, and who wanted to sing what etc...

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3. myLot reputation of 83/100. carolscash (4886)   ranked 38 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

We have one of the Guitar Hero games. My youngest daughter used to love to play it but now that we are living in the country and she can ride her 4 wheeler and play with the animals, she is not inside enough to play it. I hope that we can get her the Rock Band this winter if she will play it once it gets cold outside.


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

We just got our Wii a couple of weeks ago. We sure have enjoyed it so far. Tonight Lauren and I went to Gamestop and picked up a couple of Previously Viewed Games. We got My Word Coach, which is puzzle games to increase your vocabulary. It will help my daughter who is taking a composition class in college a whole bunch.
We also got another one of the sports game that has pool, table tennis, and vow racing on it.

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. caver1 (1135)   ranked 33 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

My kids have a friend's Rock Band at our house. They enjoy playing it, especially when they nhave friends over. My son had wanted Guitar Hero for Christmas last year or the year before but didn't get it. Seems like it was hard to find that year.


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

Yeah, the year before last when they were fairly new on the market, they were hard to find, and so much more expensive than they are now! We paid just less than half for ours than what my sister in law did for theirs Two years ago!
I love all the games that are available for them now too!

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5. InfiniteLoop (2)   ranked 31 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

I prefer rockband so much more except the fact that the drum pads on the sets easily break. I belong to a youth group and they really really abuse the poor things don't and i meant think it over, There not like real drums and will break really easy if you start bashing on them..... Better Graphics, More Song Choices!, Just better all together flow in the game .. and last but not least I love the fact that you can play on drums


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

I do love the graphics. It was the only thing that I really liked about the Beatles game, was that the graphics actually look like Paul, Ringo, and John!
Unlike the Country version of Guitar Hero where the graphics for the Kenny Chesney song--the man looks like a hippie that escaped from the 70's!

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6. myLot reputation of 91/100. mzz663 (968)   ranked 10 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 months ago

We have a lot of games for guitar hero and we have rock band, the drum all the way to the left broke so we have to play it without the drums until I can get another set. I do better at the singing and the guitar is next, never could play those drums, anyways!
I like Rock Band, my kids like guitar hero. I think rock band is fun when there are more than two people....my fave thing to do is grunge talk into the mic!!
Guitar hero has drums and what else now? I'm guessing the same instruments that rock band has...


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

I've never tried to grunge talk into the microphone. How does one go about doing that. I'm so old and out of talk for the new lingo that you may have to explain to me exactly what grunge talk is!
As far as the instruments, Rock Band has the drums and Guitar, and mike, just like the Guitar Hero does. I want to add the optional bass drum


myLot reputation of 91/100. mzz663 (968)   ranked 10 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 months ago

Old?! lol....I think I'm older than you lol but my boys listen to this music once in a while and it ususally sounds like the singer drank a couple gallons of oil & paint thinner it's like a low growl but it's fun to do on the mic on the games. If you've ever heard the music from Machine Head or job for a cowboy they're a good example.


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  4 weeks ago

no..those are both new groups to me! LOL Well, I'll be 43 next week, so am I younger than you?
My kids are all big country music fans so I'm not much into the MTV music anymore.
We also like alot of the praise and worship music. The only Christian music is for Praise guitar, and none of it is compatitble with Guitar Hero or Rock Band. I wish it were, because I think they would sell alot more of the disks if you didn't have to purchase a new guitar.


myLot reputation of 91/100. mzz663 (968)   ranked 10 out of 69 in guitar hero  4 weeks ago

Looks like I'm about two and a half months older than you Carpenter.... whistle
You got me to thinking.....my kids have been playing guitar hero more than rock band since the drums got broken, maybe I'll try to piece it out and sell it on ebay or something.....everything works but the far left drum so I'll have to probably scrap that out.


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 weeks ago

It might work! Someone might be interested in purchasing just the guitar if that's the piece of their set that is broken. My kids want to add Praise Guitar to the set. It's a Contemporary Christian set of songs. Unfortunately, I've done some digging and the two games aren't compatible. I'd havve to purchase a whole new guitar for them. So we'll have to wait and see.

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7. myLot reputation of 74/100. scoutsniper85 (329)   ranked 29 out of 69 in guitar hero   3 weeks ago

very sad guitar hero is very high in demand now' very low in supply I think this price could get very very high'


myLot reputation of 96/100. carpenter5 (1870)   ranked 54 out of 69 in guitar hero  3 weeks ago

That surprises me that you're unable to find it, because I haven't noticed that there was a shortage here. You might try Ebay or half.com to see if either of these have it. I know they usually ship to other countries. Have you looked at Amazon? I don't know if they ship outside the United States or not.

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