Xbox 360 Guitar Hero World Tour - Guitar Kit
by Activision Inc.
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Video Game Reviews of Xbox 360 Guitar Hero World Tour - Guitar Kit
Customer Review: Faulty Guitar, Activition Support is Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
Got the guitar bundle from Amazon a few weeks back, and the guitar had a broken strum bar right out of the box. It dropped some notes at first, and got even worse after a few hours.
I tried to get an RMA for the guitar, but after over a week of dealing with Red Octane's terrible replacement request website and Activition's automated phone system, I ended up with over half a dozen automated e-mail responses and was still no closer to getting a working guitar.
I have since returned the bundle to Amazon and haven't looked back.
In contrast, when I bought a Rock Band 1 bundle last year, the guitar was also broken out of the box. After 15 minutes on their web site, I got a replacement guitar shipped to me that arrived in less than a week, and still works to this day.
If you are choosing one or the other, I would definitely go with Rock Band. Both their customer service and the games themselves are of a much higher quality than these newer Guitar Hero releases.
Customer Review: Great Game - Horrible/Faulty Guitar Controller
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm generally a pretty forgiving person when it comes to electronics and their idiosyncrasies but this bundle is absolutely horrible. I took the guitar controller out of the packaging and failed out almost immediately as the downward strum simply failed to register 90% of the time. The game is quite enjoyable using my Guitar Hero III guitar. There are some serious quality control issues that Red Octane needs to address. Their customer service is terrible when it comes to defective hardware but thank goodness for Amazon.com and their easy return process. I recommend this game but stay away from the guitar controller for now.Customer Review: A step forward, but many steps backwards.
Summary: 3 Stars
I've played guitar hero ever since it first came out. For those who have enjoyed Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, and Guitar Hero III, this game does not even compare. III was by far the best game in the series. Although World Tour adds some interesting mechanics (such as the neck slider, open bass notes, tapping notes connected by purple lines, the ability to create your own music, etc) I felt as though they tried to improve the mechanics by sacrificing the music. Obviously the key component to this game. The song selection is eh... it lacks the epicness and intensity of III, which brings its fun factor way down. It may be my hardcore guitar hero side talking here, but there were just no fun songs for me. It might be fun for beginners, trying to rock out together, but for the person who wants a challenge and is looking for something to master, this game does not fit that at all. I beat this game in one go on expert, the songs were too easy, the battles were too easy, and the last set of songs was too easy. Even the Dream Theater song, although pretty epic, could have been in the 4th set list for III. Ugh. Don't waste your money on this game.
I give this three stars, and it doesn't deserve more than that. Just because it was kind of fun going through one time. The DLC also stinks so far.
Customer Review: Defective hardware
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware, the online reports of the instruments working fine, and then getting worse to the point that they don't work at all eventually are true. My guitar was perfect, then the second week it stopped working entirely.
Activision's repair policy is terrible also. They won't even shell out a few bucks to ship their defective merchandise back to them.
Go with Rock Band 2: not only is the game better, but if you have a problem with the equipment EA is gracious and will replace it in a much more respectable fashion.
Customer Review: Great Game - Lame Controller
Summary: 2 Stars
I received the guitar/game set at launch and after a week of playing, the guitar stopped registering down strokes. Amazon took it back and sent me a new set. The new guitar works okay, but squeaks really bad and doesn't have a tactile click when down stroked. Up strokes, on the other hand register every time and have a nice click sound. I might have to send this one back as well.
The game is a lot of fun, though tedious at times. Big thumbs up for the inclusion of NoFX.