Three new characters go on tour with the existing Guitar Hero cast: The 50's throwback hardrocker?? Eddie Knox; the beautiful heart-breaker?? Casey Lynch; and the intimidating Norwegian-born metal force?? Lars Umlaut.
Guitar Hero II expands" electric guitar gaming experience by allowing players to play different guitar tracks per song: lead?? bass or rhythm guitar?? depending on the song.
Guitar Hero II follows up on Guitar Hero's award-winning track list?? with over 70 tracks (combined disc and download) including songs as made famous by Van Halen?? Aerosmith?? Guns 'N Roses?? Avenged Sevenfold and others.
New multiplayer modes include: local co-op mode for two-player fun?? Pro Face-off where Players can now play head-to-head with full lead guitar tracks and Face-Off?? The classic versus mode from Guitar Hero is back.
Any Guitar Hero worth their weight in guitar picks knows it takes practice to become a guitar god. With the all-new Practice Mode?? wannabe guitar heroes can now pick any song and practice specific sections and even slow it down.

Product Description

Guitar Hero 2 X360

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RedOctane's follow-up to the critically acclaimed rhythm game?? Guitar Hero II comes to Xbox 360 and features a huge track list?? more venues and new play modes than in the original game?? and a goal to rock longer and harder than its predecessor. In this new release RedOctane has once again teamed up with veteran music game developer Harmonix for the sequel?? and is using famed recording studio WaveGroup for its music production?? who also recorded the covers for the licensed tracks in the original Guitar Hero.

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The Next Chapter in the Guitar Hero Experience
Rock the rhythm?? lead?? and bass guitar tracks in the follow-up sequel to Guitar Hero?? now on Xbox 360. Form your guitar duo and shred riffs cooperatively or go head-to-head in all new multiplayer modes. With over 70 tracks to rock out to?? you'll go from Guitar Hero to Guitar god in one press of a fret button. Choose from multiple rock characters and jam at concert venues that grow in size as your rock career progresses. You'll start your rock career playing small clubs and bars?? but if you play well you'll work your way up to stadiums and arenas.

Punk rock playable character sneering in Guitar Hero II
Classic Guitar Hero note highway action comes to Xbox 360.
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Multiplayer action in Guitar Hero II
Challenging single and multiplayer options.
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Character customization in Guitar Hero II
Deep character customization.
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Diverse characters on stage side by side in Guitar Hero II
Diverse playable characters.
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In-game concert venue seen from the crowds view in Guitar Hero II
Live out your rock & roll dreams through a huge song list and range of venues.
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Play Modes
Guitar Hero II comes complete with multiplayer modes like: cooperative?? Pro Face-Off?? and Face-Off?? letting two Guitar Heroes conduct their own symphonies of destruction; and an all new practice mode?? that allows even Guitar Zeroes to become Guitar Heroes with enough practice.

Your GH2 Set List
Since the Guitar Hero experience is all about the music?? Guitar Hero II sets up the tone with a rocking assortment of tunes from different eras that you know and love?? as well as others that may be new to you. The complete set list available to players on the Xbox 360 platform includes:

"Shout at the Devil" - M?tley Cr?e "Mother" - Danzig
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick "Woman" - Wolfmother
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap "Strutter" - KISS
"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
"Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
"Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine "John the Fisherman" - Primus
"Freya" - The Sword "Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
"Last Child" - Aerosmith "Crazy on You" - Heart
"Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band "Stop!" - Jane's Addiction
"Madhouse" - Anthrax "Carry Me Home" - The Living End
"Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
"YYZ" - Rush "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
"Hangar 18" - Megadeth "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Arterial Black" - Drist "Collide" - Anarchy Club
"Elephant Bones" - That Handsome Devil "Fall of Pangea" - Valient Thorr
"FTK" - Vagiant "Gemini" - Brian Kahanek
"Jordan" - Buckethead "Laughtrack" - The Acro-brats
"Less Talk More Rokk" - Freezepop "The Light that Blinds" - Shadows Fall
"Mr. Fix-it" - The Amazing Royal Crowns "The New Black" - Every Time I Die
"Parasite" - The Neighborhoods "Push Push (Lady Lightning)" - Bang Camaro
"Radium Eyes" - Count Zero "Raw Dog" - The Last Vegas
"Red Lottery" - Megasus "Six" - All That Remains
"Soy Bomb" - Honest Bob and the F-to-D Incentives "Thunderhorse" - Dethklok
"Trogdor" - Strong Bad "X-Stream" - Voivod
"Yes We Can" - Made in Mexico "One for the Road" - Breaking Wheel
"Hush" - Deep Purple "Dead!" - My Chemical Romance
"Billion Dollar Babies" - Alice Cooper "Salvation" - Rancid
"Possum Kingdom" - Toadies "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" - Rick Derringer
"Life Wasted" - Pearl Jam "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"Drink Up" - Ounce of Self "Kicked to the Curb" - Noble Rot

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