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Not an Aerosmith fan? PASS on this one!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am very disappointed in this edition of Guitar Hero. While I am a luke-warm Aerosmith fan, I found the game pretty boring and the songs completely lame. I have enjoyed every other installment of the Guitar Hero games because of the variety of songs and different guitar styles. In the others, there was something there for everyone. In this edition, unless you are a hardcore Aerosmith fan, it is pretty much all the same. I really thing that the makers of Guitar Hero missed the mark on this one by focusing on a single band. Furthermore, if you were going to focus on a single band, aren't there other artists out there who have a music catalog that is more interesting and offers 'more' of the guitar hero ideal? I don't know that there is any single band that could pull off dedicating an entire video game to themselves.

Unless you are a huge Aerosmith fan, save your money and play the other Guitar Hero installments.

Avoid unless you are crazy about the band

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The first 2 GH games were great - but this continues the downward trend. None of the games since the 8os version have been so much fun as the originals. The song selection to a casual fan is poor - obscure to me old or brand new Aerosmith songs. Buy the GH1/2 double pack or Rock Band instead

Terribly disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Couldn't wait for this to come out. What a disappointment!!! Guitar Hero III was so much more fun to play. Most of the songs that weren't Aerosmith's were sung by cover bands!! Battle with Joe Perry was too easy and there weren't enough of them. What a waste of my money!!!

Aerosmith flavored Guitar Hero that doesn't offer too much

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Since Activision and Neversoft took control of the Guitar Hero franchise, we've been getting a steady stream of sequels and spin-off's, with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith being the latest game in the series. Featuring a pretty good collection of songs spanning Aerosmith's long career, you'll find that besides adding the Aerosmith-themed presentation, the game itself is basically identical to Guitar Hero III. This isn't really a bad thing, but considering this is a full-priced game, it would have been nice if there would have been a little more overall variations. The track list here is quite good though, with even some bonus tracks from Joe Perry's Joe Perry Project to find and play too, along with some bonus interviews with the band. Getting through the game isn't that much of a challenge though if you're a Guitar Hero veteran, as the game proves to be not all that difficult compared to previous Guitar Hero games. It should also go without saying that if you aren't a fan of Aerosmith, this probably isn't for you. All in all, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is an enjoyable diversion that fans of the band will get a lot of enjoyment out of for a while, but in the end, the game doesn't offer enough bang for your buck.

You Don't Like Aerosmith, You Won't Like This

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Same game play as GH3; nothing new here. If you don't like Aerosmith, and mostly old Aerosmith - you won't find anything new here. Of the songs the average fan under 40 will know Love in an Elevator, Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion, and Dream On are about it. Everything else is 70's era songs from the band. More guitar friendly, but not fun. Songs like Cryin' would have fit the game too. Even the 'opening band' songs aren't the most well know. From the Cult, it isn't "Fire." Also note, some of the songs by other band's aren't originally versions (Black Crowes is one).

Love Areosmith, don't like this game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't like more than half the songs on this game. The guitar hero people should have waited for their drum set edition and maybe this game would be more fun. Areosmith is great and I love the band, that's why I got the game, but the other songs suck. The graphics are horrible and stiff.

Ok if you love Aerosmith

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased the game for my father-in-law and played it before I gave it to him (yes I am a horrible person.) I finished the game in about 2 hours and really felt bad about the experience.

There are only a handful of Aerosmith songs on the game. From the huge catalog they have they also chose some odd ones, and left out most of teh port reunion songs that truly rock.

I remember one early preview of the game whare the GH folks said one of the innovations to this game was that there was now five people on stage, and I completly agree that that is the only innovation of this game. Wait until the price drops to about twenty dollars and you would be a ok buying the game for the number of songs on it.

The band interviews are interesting, however they are way to short and on the PS2 look crappy.

Needs a Better Band

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The idea of a Guitar Hero game centered around a particular band isn't a bad one, but then you need a band with a deeper playbook than Aerosmith to keep things interesting.

That's the big problem with this edition of the Guitar Hero franchise: there's just not that much good music here. There are maybe three good Aerosmith tunes, an old Kinks song, and then what do you have? Ted "Raw Meat" Nugent -- yuck!

There is some slight amusement value in seeing an animated Steve Tyler looking like Mother in Psycho, or listening to the band reminisce about the highlights of their rehab-riddled career, like Spinal Tap 40 years on.

Really, it's time to try this with a band that would keep you rocking track after track, like the Beatles or the Stones or Tom Petty or -- well, someone good, yaknow?

I Like the Songs, but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The songs that were chosen are good, but are unreasonably difficult to play at the expert level. There seems to be a trend over at Guitar Hero HQ to make the songs that they release border on no fun at all, which is kinda disappointing. Plus, due to guitarthritis setting in mid-song most of the time you shouldn't count on playing the game long enough to consider it a game more than it is an ordeal.

The video clips of the band talking about their rise in between locations are fun to watch... or are they enjoyable because it gives you a chance to shake out the cramps in your hand? Probably a little bit of both.

Good for rental but not purchase worthy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had been avoiding buying this game because I was afraid it would be another "Rocks the 80's" flavored GH (you know - filler before the next big release of the game) and turns out I should've listened to myself. I finally gave in and bought it yesterday because I really needed some new songs to play, but I should have just rented it. I thought it would tide me over until Rock Band 2 and GH World Tour hit the stores but doesn't have that kind of durability. I beat the game (hard setting) in just a couple of hours, which is not such a bad thing. The bad thing is that I have no desire to go back and play it again. At least with Rocks the 80's the songs are good. I love Aeorsmith, but the majority of the songs on this thing are crap and you just play them because you have to to get to a good song. The difficulty is all over the place - you go from repetetive chords on one song, to a thousand notes all over the fret on the next. And what the fizzle is Run DMC'S King of Rock doing on this game? It's not rock and he's certainly not the king of it. As it is a rap song, not a guitar heavy rock, it's basically four or so minutes (feels like 20) of waiting for the occasional note to appear. I don't even have A.D.D. and my attention span was seriously wavering. The best song on the game is Stone Temple Pilots and it seemed out of place among the other songs. You'd get your money out of a rental, but it really can't justify $50.

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