As I had predicted and imagined, Guitar Hero 2, does, in fact, rock. However, video game rocking is not as easy as it might sound…despite how stupid it may look.
We jumped the gun and made our Christmas video game purchase with Guitar Hero 2. As hyped, the controller is an actual guitar - well, not a real guitar, but a small plastic copy of a Gibson with fret buttons and a strum button - including whammy bar.
After rocking out most of the day, it was made evident very quickly that I am too out of shape to rock. Playing the guitar controller takes a lot more effort than you might think. You press fret buttons with your left hand and strum with your right. And much like a real guitar, you press your fret and strum when needed (or not needed).
Maybe I just played too long, but my left hand was aching badly after a few hours. My wrist was killing me from the “odd” position with which you have to hold the guitar. The songs in the game are pretty good - from Cheap Trick to Guns N Roses to some metal gods like Anthrax.
Frankly, the heavy metal songs are not my favorite. I really enjoy the classic rock songs that I am familiar with and lend themselves to some serious rocking out.
So, since I don’t have my Wii yet, and probably won’t for a while, rocking out with this “alternative” control game will just have to do. And now I have to go backwards and find Guitar Hero 1 and then I’ll have plenty of songs to last until I get my Wii.
