Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero
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| name | Rock Band. | Guitar Hero. |
| release date | November 20, 2007. | November 8, 2005. |
| debuted on | Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 2. | Playstation 2. |
| originally developed by | Harmonix Music Systems. | Harmonix Music Systems/Red Octane. |
| designers | Greg LoPiccolo, Chris Canfield, Rob Kay and Dan Teasdale. | Mary Magdilen, Ryan Lesser, Rob Kay and Josh Randall. |
| genre | Music and rhythm game. | Music and rhythm game. |
| inspiration | Guitar Hero, DrumMania and karaoke. | Konami arcade game Guitar Freaks and Gitaroo Man. |
| gameplay | Pressing and hitting buttons and pads in game controllers in order to sync musical notes and complete songs without too many mistakes. | Pressing buttons on a game controller in order to synch musical notes and complete songs without too many mistakes. |
| game controls and peripherals | Plastic controllers that look like guitar, drums plus a microphone. | Plastic controller that looks like a guitar. World Tour now includes drums and a microphone. |
| the kids love | Paramore's crushcrushcrush, Fall Out Boy's Dead on Arrival and Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home. | Tokio Hotel's Monsoon, Rise Against's Re-Education (Through Labor) and Bullet For My Valentine's Scream Aim Fire. |
| old folks love | Metallica's Enter Sandman, Blue Oyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper and David Bowie's Suffragette City. | Black Sabbath's Iron Man, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water and The Ramone's I Wanna Be Sedated. |
| revived the careers of | Guns N' Roses. | Metallica. |
| the critics | Gamespot: "Rock Band is every wannabe musician's dream. [It's] a guaranteed good time for any music lover, and one of the best party games you'll ever play." | The Onion AV Club: "An epic rock masterpiece that may be the most purely fun game out there. Every single minute is great." |
| how to play it better | Teamwork and practice. | Time and practice. |
| sequels | Rock Band 2. | Guitar Hero 2 and Guitar Hero 3, World Tour, Rocks The 80's, etc. |
| juice | A Beatles-themed version of the game is in the works. | World Tour ads feature celebrities like Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Alex Rodriguez and Tony Hawk. |
| as seen on | Rock Band TV Show. | South Park. |
| awards | Best Music Game by IGN and The Academy of Interactive Ats & Sciences' Family Game of the Year. | Best Music Game by IGN in 2005 and Excellence in Audio and Game Innovation by The Game Developer's Choice Awards. |
| sales | 600 million dollars in retail sales. | 1.6 billion dollars combined in retail sales. |
ª└εx© Says:
Rock Band is way better then Guitar Hero there both good i just like Rock Band Better
Puertorican Princess™
11/11/2008
well i have only played rock band..
so ill go with Rock band
мizz gùεяα™
11/11/2008
Guitar Hero.!!!!!!!
LocaEcuator1ana
11/11/2008
I GO 4 GUITAR HERO!!! YEA BABY :D
sugar123~BROWNIE!~
(Chicago,IL)
11/11/2008
i haven't played any
but my friends say they prefer guitar hero
:S
Nelly
11/11/2008
aaaaaah! rock band is kinna easy to play, and Guitar Hero has more tricks and staaafff and harder to play so i'll go 100 timer for Guitar Hero!
☠Donn Garciia☠
11/11/2008
I gotta go con rock band I luv mah guns n roses. And honestly ive neva played dem pero if u wanna b a real rocker pick up an instrument and learn how and stop livin in ur moms basement u 30 yr old sam wit no job jk
(^_^)Peruanchina(^_^) aka..
11/11/2008
I havent played them yet pero ppl say rock band is more better...
|-His Wifey|
11/11/2008
who cares as long as ur having fun.
nycjay17
11/11/2008
diggin both but i gotta say rock band no doubt...
ShawtyGuh06
11/11/2008
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