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Not too much different then GH3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Its not too much of a big jump, although its more entertaining because it actually has sort of a "storyline" to it, the menus have changed, and they have different achievements then GH3 like for example if u get a 100 note streak on the second song of career you get a gamerscore achievement called cheescake, and trust me, thats not the end of the weird names of the achievments

P.S. I was the first reviewer of this version of this game HA!! BEAT THAT!!

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my girlfriend. She and I have been playing each other for a while now, I think since Guitar Hero II came out, and this one just adds to the fun! We Can't Put It Down!

Great songs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Sure, the overall concept and feel of Aerosmith GH isn't any different than GH3, but the new songs on here are a welcomed relief from all those crappy heavy metal songs found on GH3. The Aerosmith songs are a blast to play, but all the other classic rock songs (The Clash has multiple songs which are all sweet to play). For anyone who has become a little bored of the GH3 songs and wants some fresh classic rock songs to entertain themselves with, Aerosmith GH is well worth it.

Fun... Albeit Short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As a "classic rock" fan in my mid-twenties, Aerosmith has always been an iconic band with so many great hits. Therefore, when I heard about this project, I was immediately excited.

I had spoken to a few of my fellow XBox fans before getting the game and the common theme I heard was, "Yeah, it will be cool, but there aren't many songs." With that in mind, I still wanted the game.

Last night, I beat the game on Medium (I've been "graduating" myself up to the Hard level for about a week and a half, now.) in one evening and have to agree, the game is fun, but all too short.

While many of the songs are quite iconic ("Love in an Elevator, "Sweet Emotion", "Walk this Way", "Rag Doll") there are also some very obscure ones that I would have rather omitted in favor of "Dude Looks Like a Lady", "Cryin'", "Angel", or any of their good songs off of their "Nine Lives" Album ("Pink" is the only song available from it.).

The "Opening Band" idea was also very nice, with a good selection of songs that were fun to play and also served to "cleanse the palate" between Aerosmith sets.

Achievements are relatively easy to get as well (provided you play on Medium or higher). After getting the "Gold Star" on the very first song, I had five or six of the achievements.

Noticeably absent is the Co-Op Career mode. One of the best things about the Guitar Hero franchise is the ability to team up with a friend and play through the game. With a band like Aerosmith and the talents of Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, and Tom Hamilton, I would have really enjoyed the chance to play with a friend through a career rather than settle for the "Quickplay" options.

I gave the game four stars because it is a good time and, if you're a Guitar Hero fan, you will get plenty of enjoyment out of it. As far as value goes, though, the lack of Co-Op Career and a smaller song bank than any of its predecessors make it one to buy "used" (or wait for the price to drop) or simply rent.

Aerosmith flavored Guitar Hero that doesn't offer much

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Since Activision and Neversoft took control of the Guitar Hero franchise, we've been getting a steady stream of sequels and spin-off's, with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith being the latest game in the series. Featuring a pretty good collection of songs spanning Aerosmith's long career, you'll find that besides adding the Aerosmith-themed presentation, the game itself is basically identical to Guitar Hero III. This isn't really a bad thing, but considering this is a full-priced game, it would have been nice if there would have been a little more overall variations. The track list here is quite good though, with even some bonus tracks from Joe Perry's Joe Perry Project to find and play too, along with some bonus interviews with the band. Where the game falters however is that there isn't going to be any downloadable content, meaning that once you get through the game, there isn't much reason to go back to it. Getting through the game isn't that much of a challenge either if you're a Guitar Hero veteran, as the game proves to be not all that difficult compared to previous Guitar Hero games. It should also go without saying that if you aren't a fan of Aerosmith, this probably isn't for you. All in all, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is an enjoyable diversion that fans of the band will get a lot of enjoyment out of for a while, but in the end, the game doesn't offer enough bang for your buck.

A SOLID RENTAL...AN OWNER ONLY FOR HARDCORE FANS

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is probably a 5-star game if you're a huge fan!

I'm not, so I rented the game and enjoyed it enough to give it 3-stars. It's essentially the same game (with same tutorial) as Guitar Hero 3. The key differences are: 1) the song selection is much shorter, 2) the song difficulty is much easier...maybe Joe Perry's not the axe-master I always thought he was.

The graphics are fun, they got Steven Tyler's mouth and wardrobe changes down perfectly. During load time there's interviews with the entire band that gives some fun insights into the progression of their career. However, I was shocked that some key Aerosmith hits like "Angel", "Dude Looks Like a Lady", "Janie's Got a Gun", and "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" weren't on the play list. I know some people might comment that they're ballads or too slow and easy to play. Who cares! I'd rather have some easy songs and have the full run of Aerosmith hits than to have 40 songs in total (especially for those paying $60). When you make a game based on a rock group...give us as much of their collection as possible! The game should at least cover the "greatest hits".

A minor annoyance with the entire GH series is dealing with the achievements on the Xbox 360. In Guitar Hero 3 a majority of the achievements are so impossibly hard to get you'd need to be Yngwie Malmsteen to even come close. However, in GH:A I managed to unlock 5 all on one song (when I wasn't even trying). Not sure if the game makers are treating achievements like a joke or what, but I know many gamers use these as a goal to work towards. So for future games it would be nice if some form of balance can be struck and an achievement can manage to be both challenging and obtainable all at the same time.

I still want to give props to the GH franchise for doing a band-centric game. Heck, any game that opens with Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" can't be bad! Hopefully the Young Brothers will open up the AC/DC catalog for a future version. Actually, I'm surprised that the money-making franchise formerly known as "Gene Simmons" doesn't already have a KISS game in the pipes.

Oh well, if you're jonesing for some guitar playing fun then GH:A should keep you entertained for at least 3-7 days. But a full purchase is probably not necessary.

Try it before you buy it!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Rent the game first, and see for yourself. I was very disappointed. The vault, was almost bare! Too few songs, and Walk This Way had the two versions. With as few songs as there was on the game, there should not have been a duplicate, with or with out the slight variation. There are so many amazing songs that could have been put on this game! I played for two hours, got tired and went back to Guitar Hero 3.

But, the Steven Tyler graphics were great! I loved watching the band while others played!

Aerosmith fans only

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If your not an Aerosmith fan it is probably notfor you. I've only completed about 50% on medium, but some of the other band songs are boring and not very good choices(Mott the Hoople?New York Dolls?) The aerosmith songs are good so far.
This game is MUCH easier than GH3. If you've played before don't even bother with easy. I'm no expert player(haven't even come close to completing hard on GH3) but even the medium level is pretty much a breeze. Overall I'm a little dissapointed so far.

Nothing but an expansion pack

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game a couple of days ago and the title says it all; Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is nothing but an expansion pack. I believe it would have made more sense (to the consumer anyway) to have all the songs as DLC for Guitar Hero III rather than charging full price for virtually a half of a game. It is clear that Neversoft wants to milk as much money out of its customers as it can with the least amount of effort and GH:Aerosmith proves this fact.

As you already know this latest edition of Guitar Hero features Aerosmith songs. However contrary to what I originally thought; all the songs are NOT Aerosmith. Out of the 31 songs in the game only 20 or so of them are Aerosmith tracks. In career mode you have to play two Non-Aerosmith songs to be able to play Aerosmith. This goes on for every venue and it gets rather repetitive and boring. Though it's JUST like GHIII it's just not as fun. There is nothing different between this and GHIII except for a couple of new animations and the venues. All the characters are the same, expect you can unlock the right to play with Aerosmith members or DMC from RUN-DMC. But honestly after playing through this game one time and beating it, I haven't picked it up again and have no desire to keep playing just to get the new characters.

The difficulty is no where as near as hard as GHIII and I was able to beat all but one song on Expect on my first try. Instead of wasting my rental time trying to beat that one last song, I went back and beat it on hard just so I can get finished with it and in one day I beat it. There is one boss battle in this game, but its no where near as ridiculous and cheap as Lou is on GHIII.

While I have also beaten GHIII and Rock Band, I still go back and play them regularly, however after beating GH:Aerosmith I have no desire to play it anymore.

I must reiterate that this game is nothing but an expansion pack and Neversoft has a lot of nerve charging full price for it. It only has a little over half the songs as GHIII so I am thinking it should be just a little over HALF the price, but no its the same price as GHIII. Unless you are a HUGE, die hard guitar Hero fan that absolutely must have every single Guitar hero game that ever came out, including Rock the 80's which was also full price from what I can remember, then this game is only rental worthy. Do not waste your money on this half of a game. Rent it, beat it, and save 50 or so bucks to use towards a full game.

You better love Aerosmith or Guitar Hero to buy this one

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is ok. But not worth 60 bucks unless you love Aerosmith or are a Guitar Hero Diehard. I beat it in like 3 hours (on hard im not an expert monster) and no future downloadable content for this game? Comeon!

There are some good Aerosmith songs:

Mama Kin
Back in the Saddle
Dream On
Love in a Elevator
Walk This Way (with Run DMC)
Pink (Vault song you can buy)

you can buy with money you earn in game songs from the vault but mostly crap songs....Who the hell wants to play Joe Perry solo songs?

WAY to many Obscure Aerosmith Songs which takes up the majority of the Aerosmith Setlists in the beginning..

Some of the opening band tracks you can already find on Rockband

Hard to Handle
Stone Temple Pilots I believe Sex Type Thing
Thats how memorable I cant even remember the name of the song..

Train Kept a rollin is on both Guitar Hero 3 and Rockband already. Can someone say "tired of playing this song" It was the grand finale on Hard...

You do have a guitar battle with Joe Perry and you unlock him afterwards which you can buy with money you earned in game or other members of Aerosmith...

Anyways I dont have a desire to go back and play the songs like I do with Guitar Hero 2 and 3 or even Rockband.

You really gotta love Aerosmith to buy this one. Its a rent to be honest unless your diehard Guitar Hero Fans..

There are some cool guitars and basses you can buy but not sure if you can use when you play the aerosmith songs.

Whenever you play an Aerosmith song its Aerosmith on stage.

All the opening band tracks are played by the usual Guitar Hero Characters..

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