Guitar Hero Metallica: Fade to Black on Expert (Guitar)

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Guitar Hero: Metallica Review (Xbox 360)

The five basic levels of difficulty (Beginner through Expert) will be a big enough test for any player, but there are some added challenges. The person choosing the singing will often find some sections that are more taxing than normal, either from the need foruh, more volume or from the imprecise warbling that some metal singers have. Even James Hetfields signature trail-off at the end of growled lines and his propensity for nuances will put the mic holders through the wringer.

However, everyone can feel sorry for (or enjoy watching the good and bad performances of) the drummer who tries to take on GH: Ms highest offering. Close to half of the song list provides one more difficulty level for the drummer in the form of Expert +, which shows Lars skill and effort bang for bang. To pull it off, a second kick pedal is needed, because some songs are a wall of bass thumps behind often wild skin pounding. Im sure YouTube will soon be populated by those shooting for max bragging rights in that department—and more power to those skilled enough to pull that off. (Also, as with Guitar Hero World Tour, if you want to play on Rock Band drums, the charts are automatically adjusted to match the different format, though youll miss out on the Expert + level.)

[Correction: You can get Expert + with the Rock Band drums—or with the Ion Drum Rocker set, which is seen as a Rock Band set to the Guitar Hero games—but until recently, it would have been pretty difficult to play these charts with Rock Bands single pedal. Since then, MTV and Harmonix have introduced a second bass pedal and adapter to supplement the normal Rock Band kit. Apologies for the error.]

Mostly, the rest of the game compares to what has been offered in Guitar Hero World Tour, where anyone from a solo player or a four-piece band can engage in the tune re-creation. You can design custom players that range from caricatures to strange cartoon musicians in the Creator section; practice or Quickplay any of the songs; take advantage of the Recording Studio to create your own tracks and use the GHTunes section to download other players tunes; and engage in multiplayer competition (head to head on the same system or over Xbox Live in a number of competitive and cooperative modes). Its a truly full package.

Drummers get the biggest test in GH: Metallica.


By far, though, the biggest draw comes from all the extras. In addition to the previously described videos, there are also lyrics for every song (except, of course, the instrumental Orion) and album information about each song. The coolest offering is a Metallifacts overlay for all Metallica songs: When you play one, you get the in-game Metallica characters playing the song, but text comes up every few seconds to give you some trivia about the particular song, such as reminiscences from the band or inspirations for that tune or the lyrics. Im not a big Metallica fan, but I was fascinated by some of what I read.

Certainly, Guitar Hero: Metallica is a great offering, with what seems like a more thorough covering of the bands main songs than the Aerosmith game had, but mainly that it offers you to play any of the parts a la Guitar Hero World Tour. (Again, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith only supported guitar play.) I will offer the disclaimer that itll probably mainly be a draw to those who are already fans—musical preaching to the choir, so to speak. Also, those who are already playing a full-band game (such as Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band) might be hesitant to spend another $60 on a Metallica game, thinking thatd be money better spent on a wealth of downloadable songs theyd rather play (again, assuming those who are Metallica fans will buy the band-specific game for the songs and the cool extras).

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[sammyboi55]

Ouch, awful

[Safieyek]

@pbrkobeypbr I'm 15 and I really don't care about it :P

[HardyForever7]

@pbrkobeypbr Im 17 and your an asshole!

[kingodengo]

my grandmother plays gooder than you noob

[Tha2ndWimp]

@pbrkobeypbr I'm 21 and you're a liar. Or are you one of those who "think" they can play it. And then fail miserably?

[ElectricGuitarWave]

@pbrkobeypbr rhythm or lead?

[pbrkobeypbr]

im 12 and i can play the hole song on a real guitar

[spartacofull002]

no viene completo stupid !!! graba bien =D fuera de eso buen video se ve bien :D!!

[NameBriskwDn]

Failed ... Rly hard ...

[sb3k97]

@RedtheGhost yo shut up he made my eyes melt when that solo came ... WOW !!!

[RedtheGhost]

You probably shouldn't show off on YouTube unless you're actually good.