I also found out how much I enjoy playing guitar while singing "La Bamba," which I recommend you try if you own a microphone stand.Īnd speaking of discovering new music, that's the tantalizing appeal of World Tour's song-sharing feature, called "GH Tunes." Players can create music and upload it to Activision's servers, where anyone can download their work, meaning that Guitar Hero's track list is now basically infinite. In World Tour, it's the live, unplugged version of Nirvana's "About a Girl" that's got me hooked. One of the biggest appeals of Rock Band for me has been discovering, through playing them, that I really like certain songs that I otherwise wouldn't have bothered with. But Activision's game has its own selection of exclusive hits from Michael Jackson, Wings, Jimi Hendrix and more. Yes, some of the tracks, from hugely popular songs like "Livin' on a Prayer" to less obvious cuts like Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way," are in both World Tour and Rock Band 2. The company has, naturally, changed its tune after the wild success of the Rock Band formula, aping its design with World Tour.įor the most part, the designers have aped it well the gameplay feels just the same, so Rock Band fans will want to pick this up for the new songs. as a videogame I didn't really like it too much." "Personally, I think karaoke is lame," said a Red Octane vice president last year. Guitar Hero's maker pooh-poohed drums and singing when the original Rock Band came out.