Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band

[IAmNietzche]

Post news/rumors etc. about each and let me know which one you'll be picking up and why. I can't decide.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

I'm with Guitar Hero III, mostly because I don't have access to cable internet and I don't want to spend a shitload on instruments in Rock Band. Besides, Rock Band still seems kind of iffy to me.

[fedhed7]

I'm just going to go with Guitar Hero.

I'll get Rock Band once the price goes down.

[drudo182]

How much is Rock Band?

[FstFtsVsFences]

How much is Rock Band?
It's gonna be 160 for the 360/ps3 versions and 120 for ps2 if i'm not mistaken.

I've already preordered guitar hero because it seems like with Rock Band it would only be fun if you had friends over... Guitar Hero would be something I can have fun with alone or when people are over.

Now that there's a thread for both, can someone post the tracklistings to both games here so all can compare?

[Drew Beringer]

GHIII all the way.

[drudo182]

It's gonna be 160 for the 360/ps3 versions and 120 for ps2 if i'm not mistaken.

I've already preordered guitar hero because it seems like with Rock Band it would only be fun if you had friends over... Guitar Hero would be something I can have fun with alone or when people are over.

Now that there's a thread for both, can someone post the tracklistings to both games here so all can compare?

Ouch... thanks.

[FstFtsVsFences]

Ouch... thanks.
Yeah, GHIII is way more affordable.

[Adrian Villagomez]

Rock Band.

[colorlesscliche]

Are you kidding? Think about it. With GHIII, you get the guitar and game for $100. For $60 dollars more you get a microphone and a drum set. Not to mention, technically, two more games; a single player singing campaign, and a single player drumming, on top of the guitar campaign.

[DI Pistola]

I'm getting GHIII first, because it comes out first. I need my fix, but I feel like I'll end up spending more time with RB in the long run, due to multiple roles, DLC, and the "prospect" of user created content (<-- can someone validate this?).

[Thug_Nasty]

ghIII ftw.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

Are you kidding? Think about it. With GHIII, you get the guitar and game for $100. For $60 dollars more you get a microphone and a drum set. Not to mention, technically, two more games; a single player singing campaign, and a single player drumming, on top of the guitar campaign.

Let's not forget bass campaign.

Still, I think most Guitar Hero fans won't care for a singing campaign and the bass campaign will be worthless if the songs picked have shitty bass riffs. Since I won't sing and won't play through the bass or singing campaign, it's not worth the $160, especially when I can just buy GHIII as a stand alone for $50-60 bucks.

I still want to try out the drums, though.

[colorlesscliche]

Let's not forget bass campaign.

Still, I think most Guitar Hero fans won't care for a singing campaign and the bass campaign will be worthless if the songs picked have shitty bass riffs. Since I won't sing and won't play through the bass or singing campaign, it's not worth the $160, especially when I can just buy GHIII as a stand alone for $50-60 bucks.

I still want to try out the drums, though.


I heard there was no bass campaign.

[a.t.123]

I heard there was no bass campaign.

yeah I can't cite it but there's definitly no bass campaign
if you look at a press release it should say it
and we got a guitar hero/rock band club at school so I think ill get rock band and play it with those guys and then just try out guitar hero 3 whenever a friend has it

[Kif]

Are you kidding? Think about it. With GHIII, you get the guitar and game for $100. For $60 dollars more you get a microphone and a drum set. Not to mention, technically, two more games; a single player singing campaign, and a single player drumming, on top of the guitar campaign.
Single player drumming sounds incredibly boring to me, and if I get Rock Band, I won't be singing at all (Even in multiplayer).

The only thing that appeals to me more from RB than GH3 is the Strat. That thing looks so much better than any of the other GH instruments

[chris1152]

I heard there was no bass campaign.

This is true.

I'm not really into the extra instruments. Guitar Hero is where my heart is and will be.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

I heard there was no bass campaign.

Wonder why they wouldn't do that. Sure, bass campaign would be easy, but then they could say that there are four different instruments to play and four (I'm guessing here) difficult settings to try to get more people to buy it.

[Thug_Nasty]

if rock band bundle wasnt so expensive i might consider buying it. but $200? fuck that.

[ActorInThisPlay]

Rock Band is too expensive...

[IAmNietzche]

Rock band has downloadable content... does GHIII?

[Kif]

Rock band has downloadable content... does GHIII?
Yup

[Spicoli hey bud]

what are the drums supposed to be like in Rock Band?

[PooNani38]

Rock Band is too expensive...


Why is this stuff so hard to grasp? You don't have to buy the entire package. And the guitar is much nicer in RB

[jds10912]

what are the drums supposed to be like in Rock Band?http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Rockband-drumset.jpg

something like that

[brentkid]

Eh, I see too different purposes for myself.

GHIII is more solo-oriented for me. I don't care what anyone says, I think the new competitive play for GHII looks terrible. Every demo looks like you spend more time using and dealing with those different disabling things than actually playing the song.

Rock Band is much more of a multipayer game if you ask me. I'll be playing that with buddies a lot.

[Kif]

Why is this stuff so hard to grasp? You don't have to buy the entire package. And the guitar is much nicer in RB
If you don't have to buy the entire pack then why not just get GH3?

[motioncity182]

Gh3

[uh oh smmoreo]

Eh, I see too different purposes for myself.

GHIII is more solo-oriented for me. I don't care what anyone says, I think the new competitive play for GHII looks terrible. Every demo looks like you spend more time using and dealing with those different disabling things than actually playing the song.

Rock Band is much more of a multipayer game if you ask me. I'll be playing that with buddies a lot.

Don't have to play that kind of multiplayer. There will be the classic multiplayer from GHII in addition to the new battle mode.

[Thug_Nasty]

why not just start a real band?

[Dan CiTi]

why not just start a real band?

Why not just go shoot someone instead of playing Call Of Duty 4 or why not just travel The Milky Way yourself instead of playing Mass Effect?

Seriously. If people wanted to, they would.

[Dan CiTi]

Rock Band > GH3.

But I will be getting both for 360.

[Dan CiTi]

If you don't have to buy the entire pack then why not just get GH3?

Because you can buy the other stuff later and, the RB guitar >>> the GH3 guitar.

[Dan CiTi]

if rock band bundle wasnt so expensive i might consider buying it. but $200? fuck that.

It's $170 for 360/PS3 and $160 for PS2.

[danfrank]

It's $170 for 360/PS3 and $160 for PS2.

I can't see them moving a lot of units with prices like that.

[Kif]

why not just start a real band?
You're right. Let's all spend hundreds of dollars on new equipment, amps, microphones and shit, only to learn to play simple songs in about 6 months, then get a few gigs, split up and forget the whole thing ever happened. Fucking genius.

[brentkid]

Don't have to play that kind of multiplayer. There will be the classic multiplayer from GHII in addition to the new battle mode.
I don't find the face-off versions fun.

[tonyC4L]

I'm going to get Guitar Hero III for sure, simply because I love the game and couldn't stand for it to be out and for me to not have it.

I'm still deciding on Rock Band though. I'm pretty sure I'll just get the game by itself, because I don't really care about playing with 3 others (I'd think the screen would be a little crowded) and I really want to play Who's Next. They're making the entire album downloadable shortly after the game comes out. And stuff like Tom Sawyer, Say It Ain't So, Creep, etc.

Edit: Shit though, I forgot the Rock Band guitar is gonna own the GH3 one. Those 5 extra buttons and the whole look of it is just way better. Now I don't even know.

[unwritten]

Why not just go shoot someone instead of playing Call Of Duty 4 or why not just travel The Milky Way yourself instead of playing Mass Effect?

Seriously. If people wanted to, they would.

hahahaha, thank you!!!

[IAmNietzche]

If you don't have to buy the entire pack then why not just get GH3?
Because Rock Band has a better guitar and downloadable content.

[colorlesscliche]

RB has the guitar with the sweet solo frets at the bottom. And I think GH3 has downloadable content.

[Prestonxsmith]

Because Rock Band has a better guitar and downloadable content.
GHIII also has downloadable content and a cooler looking guitar.

[Prestonxsmith]

RB has the guitar with the sweet solo frets at the bottom. And I think GH3 has downloadable content.
To bad the game has almost no solos

[Dan CiTi]

To bad the game has almost no solos

You must not know what they are for then.

[Prestonxsmith]

You must not know what they are for then.
The solo buttons are to be used for when playing only on expert if a song has a solo. The GHII and III guitars are going to work with the game anyways.

[Dan CiTi]

The solo buttons are to be used for when playing only on expert if a song has a solo. The GHII and III guitars are going to work with the game anyways.

I thought they were used whenever there is a part of a song that has a solo part, on any mode. Which I thought almost all songs had.

[Prestonxsmith]

I thought they were used whenever there is a part of a song that has a solo part, on any mode. Which I thought almost all songs had.
Nope.

[Burnout2888]

My friends dad works for Zildjian and they're supplying the sticks for the drums... he coordinated the order with the makers of Rock Band so he gets the full set for free... but my friend has neither a PS3 or a 360... and he knows I have one...

Do you see where I am going with this? I am extremely lucky.

[andrew4045]

guitar heros soundtrack is wayyyy better


madden soundtrack>rock band soundtrack

[Tom Good]

guitar hero is probably going to be better for now. I really like the track listing wayyyyyyyyyyy better. The thing is, I'm a drummer so I really want Rock Band to be good. I know it will be awesome to play through a few times, but it could suffer from "Cant You Hear Me Knocking" syndrome. I hated that song in Guitar Hero 2 and, despite my love for guitar hero, got 5 stars on the song on expert and have NEVER played the song again because it's just not good. It's ok. I'll get both, but I'm getting more nervous as I see the full track listings.

[williek311]

Is there a track listing for Rock Band yet? I don't think I would want to buy because I would never sing any of the songs. And I am a drummer so if I feel like playing along with any of the songs I can easily just go up to my room and put on some headphones and play along on a real drum set.

[Dan CiTi]

guitar heros soundtrack is wayyyy better


madden soundtrack>rock band soundtrack

Too bad Madden is a mediocre game.

[irthesteve]

i think my roomates and i are getting both

[brentkid]

I don't see how the final encore for GHIII is going to be played.

[colorlesscliche]

With your guitar controller.

[brentkid]

With your guitar controller.
yeaaaaaaaaahhhhh.

[colorlesscliche]

Glad I could help you understand that.

[brentkid]

Haha.

Seriously, the song they picked is mostly violin?

[polock]

Are you kidding? Think about it. With GHIII, you get the guitar and game for $100. For $60 dollars more you get a microphone and a drum set. Not to mention, technically, two more games; a single player singing campaign, and a single player drumming, on top of the guitar campaign.

r they gonna have the same songs?

[0101]

GHIII.
but, Rock Band just for the drums.

[Dan CiTi]

r they gonna have the same songs?

Yes. One career you just play the vocals on the songs, another just drums, another just guitar, or full band co-op.

[pand75]

For me, the new downloads every week for Rock Band kill it!

[mrzippo3]

When is the new guitar hero with the drums supposed to come out?

[cahrishurr]

I will be buying Guitar Hero Aersomith and Guitar Hero 4. I would say Rock Band as of right now but once GH4 comes out who the fuck cares about Rock Band lol.

[DaveFeelsRight]

I will be buying Guitar Hero Aersomith and Guitar Hero 4. I would say Rock Band as of right now but once GH4 comes out who the fuck cares about Rock Band lol.X-)

[cahrishurr]

X-)

What?

"Guitar Hero: Aerosmith features the likenesses and music of the rock band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_band) Aerosmith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith), as well as music from bands that have toured with or influenced Aerosmith."

[Deadwomb88]

I don't see the point of another Guitar Hero when there will obviously be a Rock Band 2.

[Drown_The_City]

cause rock band guitar is soooooooooooooooooo easy

[Euph0ria]

Deadwomb, because Guitar Hero submits much more of a challenge than Rock Band. Most of the expert songs on Rockband are equivalent to GH songs are hard.


But of course, thats just my opinion.

[cahrishurr]

You're a fucking retard, Chris.

ok cool fuck off

[cahrishurr]

Sean, i know all that. I didnt literally mean no ones going to care about RB anymore but thanks for calling me a retard.

[cahrishurr]

splooge

"Martin N. "Marty" Bandier, executive for Sony/ATV which owns the copyrights on The Beatles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) recordings, has stated that he is very interested in helping Activision to bring a Beatles-themed Guitar Hero title to the market in a similar fashion to Guitar Hero: Aerosmith"

[cahrishurr]

I would pay 50 and thats it lol.

[11:11]

no matter what gh does, rock band 2 will pwn, and they know it.

[cahrishurr]

I like the rock band guitar wayyyyy more.

[tiny222]

The rock band guitar sucks. I liked using it, but then it broke. So it is a piece of shit.

[Trainsaw]

The Cars - S/T album next week on Rock Band

:excited:

[Chris Fallon]

I've never have the pleasure of playing Rock Band ... and I suck at Guitar Hero because I'm a lefty.

[cahrishurr]

I've never have the pleasure of playing Rock Band ... and I suck at Guitar Hero because I'm a lefty.

You can switch the settings to lefty i thinkkk in Guitar Hero.

[uNDERoATH...]

WELL, in my opinon, since thats all it is, i prefer guitar hero wayyy more than rock band. rock band has a wayyy easy guitar and the drums have no corelation with the songs. guitar hero, when and if it somes out with a drum attachment, will be much better. i also feel that GH4 will be one of the best games yet.

[WordzandDreamz]

Problem is, Rock Band has MTV's backing and thus inherently more backing from studios and bands. Guitar has always seemed to have shite when it comes to DLC. Plus, I go for fun factor, not difficulty...which lends itself to liking rock band more. I mean, I don't want it to be hard, otherwise I would just go learn real guitar.

[0vens0fd00m]

rock band kills because of downloadable content and everything else but difficulty, gh PWNS in difficulty.

[Ailite]

I never even got GH3

[Prestonxsmith]

SUP GH4? SWT NO-NAME GUITAR, way to fuck up your sponsorships:

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/ghwt_axe.jpg
Since Gibson is in the process of suing Activision, I am pretty sure they are not sponsors anymore.

[Kid B]

splooge

"Martin N. "Marty" Bandier, executive for Sony/ATV which owns the copyrights on The Beatles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) recordings, has stated that he is very interested in helping Activision to bring a Beatles-themed Guitar Hero title to the market in a similar fashion to Guitar Hero: Aerosmith"
:jawdrop"

[Prestonxsmith]

That's my point.
I see.

[itsmesean0630]

I've never have the pleasure of playing Rock Band ... and I suck at Guitar Hero because I'm a lefty.

When did you become staff?

[Andrew Love]

which one is better and which should I go buy (full band)?

[Machu505]

Guitar Hero has At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta.

[c_rob2700]

I think the original Rock Band is much better than the second, but i'd have to go with GH:WT because i like the guitar and the songs a whole lot better

[open mind]

i prefer the guitar hero instruments but rock band gets better support in terms of downloads, if you've got the cash i'd suggest getting the guitar hero big box of fake instruments and buying rock band by itself.

[ActorInThisPlay]

I'm having this same problem...

Rock Band 2 has gotten much better reviews but I don't like the guitar controller nearly as much as GH. Plus I like the setlist for GH:WT more. I haven't played the GH drums yet but I like the look of them better but I have read things about them not working so I don't know if they have fixed that problem yet or not. Overall I am leaning towards GH and I might just pick up RB2 by itself.

[Kif]

Here's Dammit on both games. I like RB2's note chart more, but GHWT's drums look a lot better to me.

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[Sandie-Jenkins]

I'm having this same problem...

Rock Band 2 has gotten much better reviews but I don't like the guitar controller nearly as much as GH. Plus I like the setlist for GH:WT more. I haven't played the GH drums yet but I like the look of them better but I have read things about them not working so I don't know if they have fixed that problem yet or not. Overall I am leaning towards GH and I might just pick up RB2 by itself.


Yeah i hate the rock band guitar too, but you can use Guitar Hero controllers for Rock Band. Thats why I do.

[onemoresong]

rock band 2, you can buy between the buried and me on the online store. 'sides, most songs in ghwt are in rock band 2

[ActorInThisPlay]

Guitar Hero -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/939093.asp?q=guitar%20hero
Rock Band -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/949926.asp?q=rock%20band%202


You can say ratings be damned, but 6% is a lot. Having played both, Rock Band 2 is vastly superior in every way. From the way the drums feel and the gameplay on screen..to the career mode and character animations, Harmonix has it down. Not to mention downloadable content WEEKLY and the fact that the Guitar Hero people directly ripped off the Rock Band 1 formula. I hate to see people support that shit.
I think the perfect compromise here is getting the GHWT set with all the instruments because GH instruments have always been better and then getting Rock Band 2 standalone game.

[Deadwomb88]

Guitar Hero -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/939093.asp?q=guitar%20hero
Rock Band -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/949926.asp?q=rock%20band%202


You can say ratings be damned, but 6% is a lot. Having played both, Rock Band 2 is vastly superior in every way. From the way the drums feel and the gameplay on screen..to the career mode and character animations, Harmonix has it down. Not to mention downloadable content WEEKLY and the fact that the Guitar Hero people directly ripped off the Rock Band 1 formula. I hate to see people support that shit.

I think everyone's talking about Guitar Hero: World Tour, not III.

[Andrew Love]

yeah I hate the RB guitar

[Andrew Love]

how is the create a song feature?

[EndlessMike]

Will someone please explain to me how the SD card thing works for Wii? Basically I want to know if I can put music I've downloaded onto the thing and play it on Wii (like 360), or can you only put songs you've bought through the Wii store on it?

[open mind]

Not with the drums. They feel like Fisher-Price toys and have had ever more problems than the first Rock Band's instruments had. I, myself, prefer the RB guitar, especially with the lower frets for the solos (shit fucking rules) and there is absolutely no clicking sound when you strum.

eh the rock band drums had problems to. the pedal on the guitar hero set is a bit cheap but other then that i think it's better.....but i've yet to play with a set that wasn't working properly.

[Kif]

Guitar Hero -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/944201.asp?q=guitar%20hero%20world% 20tour
Rock Band -- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/949926.asp?q=rock%20band%202


You can say ratings be damned, but 6% is a lot. Having played both, Rock Band 2 is vastly superior in every way. From the way the drums feel and the gameplay on screen..to the career mode and character animations, Harmonix has it down. Not to mention downloadable content WEEKLY and the fact that the Guitar Hero people directly ripped off the Rock Band 1 formula. I hate to see people support that shit.
That's like hating on Quake for ripping off Doom. Get over it man, shit happens.

I'd go with RB2 because it's both a casual game (I heard there's a no-fail mode, which sounds great if you're drunk) and hard game (Fuck expert drums. Actually fuck hard drums). GHWT on the other hand, you fail as a band if one of the members fails once, and from what I've seen the notes are weird and forced like GH3.

[itsmesean0630]

I'm more of a Guitar Hero guy, but I played Rock Band 2 in a Best Buy setup and I have to admit it was fun. There are certain things I don't like and the guitar is one of them. The strum bar feels too weak to me. What I do like is that if one person is failing, the whole band isn't unlike GH:WT where everyone fails if one does. However, I prefer the challenge in GH. I find Rock Band to be too easy, which is cool for a casual game, like when friends come over who don't play much but want to have fun. I think you're best bet, which has been mentioned before, get GH:WT full band and then buy the standalone game of Rock Band 2.

[Protested Hero]

I use Rock Band 2 with a Guitar Hero guitar. It works out.

[colorlesscliche]

RB2 for sure.

[Andrew Love]

getting GH full band and then buying RB2 game. I want both games just so I can have all the songs and be able to make my own. Best of both worlds as the instruments on GH are far better

[Domenic182]

No contest Rock Band 2 wins.
With weekly downloadable content it's an easy victor.
If you don't like the RB guitar, which I don't really either, just get the Les Paul from GH 3.

[ActorInThisPlay]

I have seen a lot more GH dlc going up lately. I think they are upping their game to keep up with RB.

[Domenic182]

I have seen a lot more GH dlc going up lately. I think they are upping their game to keep up with RB.
I don't think they'll be able to bring it to RB's level.
Last week RB put out 9 songs, the week before 9 songs as well, the week before that 10 songs, and next week 13.

[ActorInThisPlay]

I don't think they'll be able to bring it to RB's level.
Last week RB put out 9 songs, the week before 9 songs as well, the week before that 10 songs, and next week 13.
I don't see why they couldn't if they wanted to...it's not like it is some secret formula. GH would be incredibly dumb to not try to.

[Domenic182]

I don't see why they couldn't if they wanted to...it's not like it is some secret formula. GH would be incredibly dumb to not try to.
It's totally possible, but I just don't see Neversoft being that dedicated.

[MarsEatWorld]

I don't know if someone else has made this thread but I searched and didn't find anything...
anyway.
I am undecided on which to get for my xbox 360...any suggestions?

[WakingTheMisery]

Rockband for having BTBAM.

[MarsEatWorld]

both rockband 1&2 together are the same price as just guitar hero world tour.
I really don't know though..

[ides of march]

both rockband 1&2 together are the same price as just guitar hero world tour.
I really don't know though..
this is EXACTLY what i'm doing

[MarsEatWorld]

this is EXACTLY what i'm doing
trying to decide?

[MarsEatWorld]

Buy Rock Band. You can use the drums and guitar on Guitar Hero but not vice versa. That way you can buy Guitar Hero cheap six months down the line.
oooo.
interestingggg.

[acfrue]

rockband, 3 letters for you...DLC!!!

[Protested Hero]

Guitar Hero World Tour sucked. Rock Band 2 by far.

[JJJ]

Definitely get Rock Band, the overall game play is wayyyy better, and there is more Downloadable Content every week. guitar hero is pretty weak.

[chcougar1]

Buy Rock Band. You can use the drums and guitar on Guitar Hero but not vice versa. That way you can buy Guitar Hero cheap six months down the line.

The GH: WT drums and guitar work on Rock Band for me...I also know the RB guitar works on GH for me...

However, that being said I think RB >>>>>>>>>>GH:WT.

Yeah there are a few cool songs on GH that arent on RB, but the song library is HUGE for RB and I feel like the game play is MUCH better.

[mimexcore]

Your song selection with Rock Band is a bit more diverse, and the songs on Rock Band seem to have a bit more replay value to them; consequently, I'm not sure what makes the Rock Band song list more fun to play multiple times.

[FauxHawkKid]

I prefer Rock Band, I just to find it easier to play in general.
And I find it funny that all Rock Band and Guitar Hero do is copy each other now.

[1mastalker]

I prefer Rock Band, I just to find it easier to play in general.
And I find it funny that all Rock Band and Guitar Hero do is copy each other now.
Holy bump! Lulz

I think this will put Rock Band in the lead if it isn't already.

http://kotaku.com/5317012/rock-band-network-lets-anyone-upload-their-music-launches-in-09

[billyboatkid]

Guitar Hero for just plain guitar

Rock Band for full band, or drums and singing.

[TheFallOfMike]

Rock Band. Has so many good/fun songs available as DLC, it's basically impossible for me to get bored of it. Well, at least until I run out of money.

Guitar Hero World Tour ruined the Guitar Hero franchise for me, as well as the band spin-offs. They're milking the franchise for all it's worth now.

[beatsforonlyou]

Rock Band is my favorite. It has so many good songs to choose from. but i do like guitar hero world tour.

[FauxHawkKid]

Guitar Hero World Tour ruined the Guitar Hero franchise for me, as well as the band spin-offs. They're milking the franchise for all it's worth now.

Something just didn't feel right about that game. It didn't feel like a Guitar Hero game.

[TheFallOfMike]

Something just didn't feel right about that game. It didn't feel like a Guitar Hero game.

I didn't like a lot of things about it. First off the fact that it's a GUITAR Hero game with drums and vocals. It should have stuck with what it did best, I really enjoyed Guitar Hero 3. Secondly, because of the instrument additions, the quality of songs in terms of playability really suffered on guitar. There are only about 10 songs on the disc that I play regularly, and the most fun song in the game in my opinion is "Anything", which is free DLC.

So, basically, everything Guitar Hero does, Rock Band does better from my point of view.

[FauxHawkKid]

Secondly, because of the instrument additions, the quality of songs in terms of playability really suffered on guitar.

This. That was the thing I liked about Guitar Hero only doing guitar. Whenever I wanted to play hard guitar songs, I'd turn to Guitar Hero. Whenever I wanted a fun, overall band experience, I'd turn to Rock Band. Now GH is just like a crappier version of RB, although I do like the GH drums a lot better.

[Talib Scottie]

Rock Band made me realize how much I hated Guitar Hero's interface.