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If you've been holding out on getting Rock Band,
Guitar Hero: World Tour is due Oct. 27 for $190 on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 and $180 on PS2. This includes game, guitar, drums and mike for about $20 more than Rock Band's bundle. Apart from
what's already been reported about gameplay (mix and share your own songs and master tracks from The Eagles, Linkin Park, Sublime and Van Halen), here's what else has been confirmed:
- The guitar has what appear to be high-fret solo buttons like the Rock Band guitar
- The drum set includes three pressure-sensitive pads, two raised cymbals and a bass pedal
- There are online band career and eight-player "Battle of the Bands" modes
- Downloadable music will be "localized" (though it's not clear if we're talking by country or something more granular)
- There is expansive customization for characters, instruments, album covers and band logos
- Songs include "Never Too Late" by The Answer, "Damnit" by Blink 182 and "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz
Some neat improvements over
Rock Band, but most of the game still looks pretty familiar. And Activision has a lot of ground to make up - which will be difficult if the instruments aren't cross-compatible with the competition (which you can be pretty sure they won't be) and the note charts don't improve over Guitar Hero III. And don't forget that Harmonix can and probably will patch Rock Band by October to at least include Band World Tour online and who knows what else...
