Finally picked up Guitar Hero Aerosmith a couple of weeks ago. I’m not a huge Aerosmith fan, but I had a giftcard burning a hole in my pocket, so I grabed that and Rockband2 for the Wii. I haven’t cracked open Rockband yet – still kind of winding my way through Guitar Hero: World Tour.
The game looks pretty good – graphics are on par with GH3, but the onstage character animation feels great. Seems very Aerosmith. When wii little Steven Tyler starts spinning around, you almost expect to see if his package flopping around inside his spandex. Playability – exactly the same as GH3, including the f*cking stupid boss battles. The premise is kind of fun though… in each multi-song set, the first couple of songs are covers, performed by you and your band, and then you perform as Aerosmith when they headline.
But here’s the thing… Aerosmith songs aren’t that much fun to play. Probably if your’e a superfan it’s awesome, but as a fan of rock music in general, their music is… meh? There are some classic tracks, no doubt – “Sweet Emotion” is a fave, particularly when used as the title sequence for Dazed and Confused – but the rest of it I could leave.
Right now it’s $20 at Amazon. Wait till it drops to $12.