Guitar Hero 2: Rock the 80's Expansion Pack

[Shaggy]

Hits the PS2 on 7/17/2007 and word going around is that they will release it as downladble content for the 360 in one giant pack like they did with with the Oblivion expansion...

Final Track Listing-------

1. Opening Licks
"Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" - Quiet Riot
"We Got The Beat" - The Go Go's
"I Ran (So Far Away)" - Flock Of Seagulls*
"Balls To The Wall" - Accept
Encore: "18 And Life" - Skid Row

2. Amp Warmers
"No One Like You" - Scorpions
"Shakin'" - Eddie Money
"Heat Of The Moment" - Asia
"Radar Love" - White Lion
Encore: "Because, It's Midnite" - Limozeen*

3. String Snappers
"Holy Diver" - Dio
"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
"Hold On Loosely" - .38 Special
"The Warrior" - Scandal*
Encore: "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister*

4. Return Of The Shred
"What I Like About You" - The Romantics
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Ballroom Blitz" - Krokus
"Only A Lad" - Oingo Boingo
Encore: "Round And Round" - Ratt

5. Relentless Riffs
"Ain't Nothin But A Good Time" - Poison
"Lonely Is The Night" - Billy Squier
"Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat
"Los Angeles" - X
Encore: "Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden

6. Furious Fretwork
"Electric Eye" - Judas Priest*
"Police Truck" - Dead Kennedys
"Seventeen" - Winger
"Caught In A Mosh" - Anthrax
Encore: "Play With Me" - Extreme


DELETED SONGS
"I Want Candy" (Bow Wow Wow)

Im actually really psyched to play Holy Diver.....I was hoping they put Dio's in or if they couldnt get that then try to get the remake that Killswitch Engage in...I just wanted to really play that song.

[Disturbed316]

I WANNA ROCK.....ROCK!

:cool:

I would gladly fork out some hefty MS points for those songs.

[Tornado]

Pfffft, fuck Microsoft. Even though I prefer the 360 Guitar, i'll be picking up the PS2 version of this. We know it will be horribly overpriced on XBL anyway.

[Blitz]

Flock of Seagulls :love:

[Shaggy]

The 360 guitar feels alot better to me...thats why im hoping for a 360 release..

Im gonna be pissed like crazy if they release it on the PS2 first...then after a month they decide to release it in miniature downloads on 360

[Funky Fly]

Wait, so on the PS2, how do you d/l it? Do you have to pay or what?

[Blitz]

Nah. It's coming out as an actual game Funky.

And apparently there will be 30 songs total.

[Shaggy]

Wait, so on the PS2, how do you d/l it? Do you have to pay or what?

yea like Blitz said above me...

The Playstation 2 game will be an actual game that you can go out and buy...price is $40....

the downloading thing I was if they decided to release it for the 360...which there is no word yet..

Playstation 2 version has been confirmed though

[DS]

The 360 guitar is terrible. It's so uncomfortable and the point comes up just where your arm usually rests on the guitar. Don't know why anyone would prefer that over the old one.

[DaveWadding]

songs I want for this game:

Lick It Up (KISS)
Final Countdown (Europe)
Boys of Summer (Don Henley) (yes, I'm lame)
another Police song
Bon Jovi
Def Leppard
Rush
AC/DC
Ozzy
Journey
Yes
Maiden

[Shaggy]

The 360 guitar is terrible. It's so uncomfortable and the point comes up just where your arm usually rests on the guitar. Don't know why anyone would prefer that over the old one.

My arms rests on that little part that comes up....I cant seem to rest it on the PS2 controller...plus the square buttons fill a little better than those Circular Square ones on the PS2.

[Requiem]

Yeah, I hate the 360 controller. It is so awkward, and I hate the buttons. You can't slide your fingers on and off of them as easy as with the PS2 guitar. They also 'click' when pushed, which I hate because it just throws off everything that I'm used to on the PS2 guitar.

[Kane Knight]

I'll be happy if there's more than the mass of primarily hair metal I'm foreseeing. I'd like to see Queen and Metallica on here.

[Shaggy]

I'll be happy if there's more than the mass of primarily hair metal I'm foreseeing. I'd like to see Queen and Metallica on here.

When the Guitar Hero guys announced the songs I typed above they also made it clear that the official song list was pretty much done...they were just focusing on getting a certain song from a big name band..

They didnt name the band but if its one of the big name ones fans have been talking about then it might finally be Master of Puppets from Metallica or Stairway.....but I doubt its either of the two...

[DaveWadding]

When the Guitar Hero guys announced the songs I typed above they also made it clear that the official song list was pretty much done...they were just focusing on getting a certain song from a big name band..

They didnt name the band but if its one of the big name ones fans have been talking about then it might finally be Master of Puppets from Metallica or Stairway.....but I doubt its either of the two...

Stairway came out in 1971...

[DaveWadding]

anyways, more suggestions:

Eliminator era ZZ TOP
SRV
GNR - Paradise City
Motley Crue (Spilly needs to tell us which song would be best)
U2 (totally cant believe I forgot...we need a fat Edge lick)
Permanent Vacation era Aerosmith
Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
JUDAS PRIEST
Poison (dunno what song, but CC = :y: )
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me (live from the Budokan)
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Don Felder - Never Surrender (an obscure pick from me, but awesome)
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker (Go ahead, make fun of me)

I kinda wanted Hot Blooded by Foreigner...too bad it came out in 1978. :(

[Shaggy]

Stairway came out in 1971...

my bad....

its still a highly requested song...and honestly...as much as everyone has been begging for this song is anyone really gonna care if they put a song from the 70's in a game for 80's music

[DaveWadding]

my bad....

its still a highly requested song...and honestly...as much as everyone has been begging for this song is anyone really gonna care if they put a song from the 70's in a game for 80's music

GHIII dude. and I'd rather not have Stairway anyways. Gimme Heartbreaker or something.

[Blitz]

songs I want for this game:

Boys of Summer (Don Henley) (yes, I'm lame)

I'm lame as well then :love:

Also, Final Countdown :y:

[weather vane]

They NEED some Crue on here. That will sell me.

I would suggest ... Kickstart My Heart, Live Wire, Looks That Kill, Too Fast For Love, Wild Side, Too Young To Fall In Love or Girls, Girls, Girls.

Just some of their bigger hits out of the 80's.

[ClockShot]

anyways, more suggestions:


Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker (Go ahead, make fun of me) :(

If it makes you feel better, I like Pat Benatar as well. But I'd go with Hell is for Children.

[Funky Fly]

Nah. It's coming out as an actual game Funky.

And apparently there will be 30 songs total.
Well, shit in my mouth and call me your sister. :love:

Rep for the reference.

[DaveWadding]

Just for the record, I HATE the 80s. with a passion.

[Kane Knight]

Join the club. I had trouble coming up with TWO bands I wanted to see on here.

[Shaggy]

Im actually hoping for some Journey on this...

[El Fangel]

Van Fucking Halen.

[Kane Knight]

The Who had a few decent songs in the 80s. I mean, no "Who Are You" or "My Generation," But "You Better, You Bet," "Emminence Front," and "The Quiet One" are all good tunes.

[Boomer]

Considering Crüe and Van Halen both had songs on GHII, I wouldn't expect them to be on here. I'm pretty sure no artist has been used on GH twice as of yet. But we'll see, for they certainly are 80s.

[El Fangel]

MORE Van fucking Halen.

[Kane Knight]

Considering Crüe and Van Halen both had songs on GHII, I wouldn't expect them to be on here. I'm pretty sure no artist has been used on GH twice as of yet. But we'll see, for they certainly are 80s.

Sabbath?

Pretty sure War Pigs and Iron Man count.

[Boomer]

Ahh I don't have GHI and I've only played it occasionally, so I guess I missed that. My bad.

[Volchok]

I need to beat Freebird!!!!!!!!!!

[weather vane]

Yeah they need some Crue, Halen, Journey, Poison, GNR ...

[Shaggy]

I need to beat Freebird!!!!!!!!!!

My cousin was playing it the other day on Expert and got 98 %...he was so pissed and I couldnt stop laughing my ass off....

[Blitz]

MORE SONGS

18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)
Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)
Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)
Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)
Synchronicity II (as made famous by Police)


:heart: Poison, tho I would've preferred Fallen Angel make it in.

[Shaggy]

I just found the new songs out earlier today on G4....I was really begging for 18 and Life.....

[DaveWadding]

another suggestion:

Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues

[weather vane]

YESSSS! Poison! Skid Row! EXTREME PLAY WITH ME! Craziest solo ever.

[Blitz]

Went and pre-ordered it today. I'm told July 2nd is the release date.

[Skippord]

18 and Life is an odd choice for the Skid Row song

[Y2Ant]

if a Journey song makes it into this game, I am going to be happy beyond words.

[Kane Knight]

They would come up with that for Extreme.

[DaveWadding]

New song revealed by the trailer at GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero80s/media.html?mode=trailers): the grammatically incorrect Go-Gos hit "We Got The Beat"

[Shaggy]

Thanks...updated the list...

With that song added there is now officially 15 out of the rumoured 30 songs announced

[DaveWadding]

3 more songs announced!!! (http://www.guitarherogame.com/gh80s/)

Scandal - The Warrior
Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad

and...




















BALLS TO THE WALL MANNNNNNNNN

[Extreme Angle]

Bought GH2 for 360 2 days ago, I am loving it!
the track packs are abit pricey thou, 500 for 3 songs...
Hopefully this won't be more than 1200

[Kane Knight]

The pricing makes sense, though.

They originally didn't want to include the tracks because of licensing fees, and then people pissed and moaned. But they still have to relicense the tracks, and that's expensive.

[Shaggy]

yea the website has updates its main page to include samples of the songs...awesome...

Cant wait for Dio

[Blitz]

Article from IGn, and they have 4 videos up.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/793/793022p1.html

[Kalyx triaD]

Transformers Theme by Lion, PLEASE!!!

[Blitz]

Buncha full length videos.

http://media.ps2.gamespy.com/media/878/878270/vids_1.html

Play With Me looks like a fucking nightmare :(

[Shaggy]

Transformers Theme by Lion, PLEASE!!!

God I pray for that.......

after watching the videos I still cant wait for Holy Diver...while I guess that the video was either no hard (due to the final note) or hard (due to holding three notes at once), It seems like it will be an easy song. But I will probably play it over and over again.

When I told my cousin the list of songs he told me that Holy Diver was gonna be my "Carry on my wayward son" of this game. I played that Kansas song over and over again non stop.

[Shaggy]

UPDATED

I have just read that apparently "I want Candy" had been taken out of the game. Word going around is that it was removed because they were gonna go ahead and throw "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden in its place. No word yet on if "The Trooper" is official for this game.

Also its been noted on various websites that besides the 30 tracks in the game there will also be atleast one unlockable song that is unlocked after you complete career mode. No word yet on what song it is or whether more songs will be ablt to be unlocked.

[el fregadero]

Damn, I want this game just for the "Play With Me" solo.

[Kalyx triaD]

"Wayward Son" is one of my faves; I use it to end my 'set'. Speaking of that, they should have a concert mode where you choose a set of songs to play one after another.

[Shaggy]

"Wayward Son" is one of my faves; I use it to end my 'set'. Speaking of that, they should have a concert mode where you choose a set of songs to play one after another.

I totally agree.....they can do it to where after you finish a song you get a little pause that asks you if you want to continue, so you can give your fingers a break. Or they could have an endurance like mode where you pick a few songs, or the game picks them for you and you have to play them back to back with out stopping. After the first song ends the second one starts like a few seconds after that.

[weather vane]

bahahahah ARE YOU SERIOUS WITH PLAY WITH ME?

[Buzzkill]

where is back in black :(

[Funky Fly]

where is back in black :(
Probably not complicated enough for the game.

[Kane Knight]

True, but the Back in Black album had many songs which would have worked.

[Shaggy]

UPDATED:

"Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden)
"Caught In A Mosh" (Anthrax)
"No One Like You" (Scorpions)
"Turning Japanese" (The Vapors)
"Hold On Loosely" (.38 Special)
"Seventeen" (Winger)

[Blitz]

Turning Japanese yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[weather vane]

WHERE IS MOTLEY

[Skippord]

"Don't Stop Believing" COME ON

[weather vane]

YEAH WHERE IS JOURNEY TOO?

[Mike the Metal Ed]

WRATHCHILD

[Shaggy]

UPDATED

Radar Love (White Lion)

[Blitz]

MORE

Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus)
What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics)

Ballroom Blitz YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Turning Japanese, Ballroom Blitz, and Radar Love?

Holy shit!

[Shaggy]

Final Songs Announced!!!!

Final Track Listing-------

1. Opening Licks
"Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" - Quiet Riot
"We Got The Beat" - The Go Go's
"I Ran (So Far Away)" - Flock Of Seagulls*
"Balls To The Wall" - Accept
Encore: "18 And Life" - Skid Row

2. Amp Warmers
"No One Like You" - Scorpions
"Shakin'" - Eddie Money
"Heat Of The Moment" - Asia
"Radar Love" - White Lion
Encore: "Because, It's Midnite" - Limozeen*

3. String Snappers
"Holy Diver" - Dio
"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
"Hold On Loosely" - .38 Special
"The Warrior" - Scandal*
Encore: "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister*

4. Return Of The Shred
"What I Like About You" - The Romantics
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Ballroom Blitz" - Krokus
"Only A Lad" - Oingo Boingo
Encore: "Round And Round" - Ratt

5. Relentless Riffs
"Ain't Nothin But A Good Time" - Poison
"Lonely Is The Night" - Billy Squier
"Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat
"Los Angeles" - X
Encore: "Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden

6. Furious Fretwork
"Electric Eye" - Judas Priest*
"Police Truck" - Dead Kennedys
"Seventeen" - Winger
"Caught In A Mosh" - Anthrax
Encore: "Play With Me" - Extreme

No word yet on if there will be bonus songs....there was announced that there will be atleast one song which will be unlocked after you beat the game.

[Funky Fly]

This makes me happy.

[DaveWadding]

Since this comes out Tuesday, Bestbuy.com is having the deal of the century on it:

the game, a wristband, and a $15 gift card for $40 + tax

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat126200050040&type=category

[Fignuts]

Any word on the 360 download at this point?


Also, tho it has zero chance of happening, the songs on www.metroidmetal.com would be PERFECT for guitar hero. Would love to play those.

[weather vane]

I want to punch somebody for no Motley or Journey but the game still looks sick.

[KingofOldSchool]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270147702122&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=017

I'm selling a brand new copy on eBay, free shipping too.

[/shameless plug]

[Disturbed316]

NO RETURNS UNLESS IN EXTREME SITUATIONS!

[Fignuts]

Any word on the 360 download at this point?

[Shaggy]

No word on the 360 download yet...so I think im just gonna go ahead and purchase it today.

My guess is that they will release some songs every once in a while as downloadable content for the GH2 game.

It pisses me off that they released Guitar Hero 2 on the 360 with the big thought on "Downloadable Content"...when the only downloadable content are songs from the first game.

[Blitz]

Going to get it in like a half hour :y:

[Funky Fly]

Any of you fuckers have it yet?

[PapaGeorgio]

Just ordered it on Best Buy. Now need to get my controller/games back from my brother.

[Blitz]

Yeah I got it. Dig most of the songs. I've only done the Medium career mode, and about a quarter of hard. But I like it.

[OssMan]

police truck is the best of those songs.

[Fignuts]

I fucking suck at hammer ons and pull offs. Only completed 9 songs on hard. Determined to master expert tho so I can get the ps2 version and hack it to play metroid metal.

[Shaggy]

So I went and picked it up early yesterday morning and Ive been playing it ever since. I only stopped to go to work last night......

I am actually disapointed in the game because for the price of $50....or $40 if you purchased it from Best Buy, all you really get is 30 new songs. The venues are only changed slightly and its hard to realize what has been changed. There is only one unlockable character....and a horrible glitch to where he is playing the wrong instrument half the time.

[Kane Knight]

I fucking suck at hammer ons and pull offs. Only completed 9 songs on hard. Determined to master expert tho so I can get the ps2 version and hack it to play metroid metal.

When I started playing GH 1 after playing GH2, I couldn't figure out why people said HO and POs were so bad. The only thing that fucs me up is that my strumming rhythm tends to suck, so I miss the timing on the first note too often.

Since we're dropping names, musically speaking, I'd love to see someone do this one...

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[Fignuts]

What pisses me off, is that Activision hasn't even acknowledged that the 360 exists with this game. They havn't said a thing about it. If its not going to come out at as DLC at least tell us. Don't ignore the 360 owners altogether.

On a related note the DLC as a whole for this game has been pretty dissapointing. Before the game came out, the big appeal for the 360 was its connection to Live. Activison promised there would be a ton of DLC for it. Yet here we are only 3 months away from Guitar Hero 3, and all we have is 12 songs from the first GH. And whats worse they don't release them individualy. Which means if there is a song I want, and its with two songs I could care less about, I am essentially paying 500 MS points for 1 song.

Hopefully GH 3 and Rock Band don't have these problems.

[Blitz]

Finally hit a wall on tier 4 expert. What I Like About You and Ballroom Blitz can kiss my ass.

[Fignuts]

I'm sorry but anyone who can do well on expert should just get a real guitar.

[Kalyx triaD]

Actually alot of the songs on expert are harder than doing the songs for real. Cavemen Rejoice is much harder in GH1 than it is to play for real.

[Kalyx triaD]

Also: Whenever I get my assed kicked by a song I play Sweet Child of Mine on Expert to get my groove back.

Me and a friend are trying to finish Freebird, me on Expert and him on Hard (yes I said "Him on Hard" ha... ha...).

[What Would Kevin Do?]

40 bucks from Best Buy and a free $15 gift card, so I can't complain.

[Blitz]

Paid close to 70 fucking dollars Canadian.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Ouch! How the hell did that happen?

[Blitz]

Shit is just more expensive here. 59.99 plus tax (15% in Ontario)=68 something :-\

Yeah, I coulda ordered it from Amazon or something, but I wanted it day of release.

[Kalyx triaD]

Free healthcare, bub.

[Shaggy]

Im working on clearing Hard right now...Its sad because I was getting like over 90% notes hit on each song...then I reach What I like about you and fail 20% of the way through it....

Thats the only one I have had trouble on so far...

When im in trouble I just hit up Holy Diver a few times...love that song...

[Kalyx triaD]

Beat it on Medium just to clear the thing and get the songs. Now I'm playing on Expert and losing most of the time.

All of these songs have solos in the middle or the end that eat your soul. Play With Me destroyed me at the same point each time, Guitar Solo A. Insane. Holy Diver is my motivation boost. IGN stated that the soundtrack is on the downside but I like most of the songs. Dare I say I like it better than GH1. How do you get the last 5 songs (if there are any)?

[DaveWadding]

How do you get the last 5 songs (if there are any)?

Play With Me is the last song.

[Kalyx triaD]

89% of Play With Me on Expert. Almost there.

[Russenmafia]

What pisses me off, is that Activision hasn't even acknowledged that the 360 exists with this game. They havn't said a thing about it. If its not going to come out at as DLC at least tell us. Don't ignore the 360 owners altogether.

On a related note the DLC as a whole for this game has been pretty dissapointing. Before the game came out, the big appeal for the 360 was its connection to Live. Activison promised there would be a ton of DLC for it. Yet here we are only 3 months away from Guitar Hero 3, and all we have is 12 songs from the first GH. And whats worse they don't release them individualy. Which means if there is a song I want, and its with two songs I could care less about, I am essentially paying 500 MS points for 1 song.

Hopefully GH 3 and Rock Band don't have these problems.

Why Iron Man is not one the songs you can download is one of the most retarded things ever.