Guitar Hero: Metallica
About the Game
Guitar Hero: Metallica is the second game in the Guitar Hero series to focus on specific band, following the release of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith . This title largely borrows from the novelties introduced in Guitar Hero: World Tour , with band career modes for single or multiple players with a storyline drawn as a cartoon, competitive modes online, and the possibility to play with different instruments such as a regular guitar, a bass guitar, drums, and doing the vocals.
Story & Setting
The storyline describes how a band wants to follow in the footsteps of the Metallica and become a leading act on their tour.
Gameplay & Core Systems
This edition adds an Expert+ difficulty mode where players need to drum using a second bass pedal to mimic the playing style of Lars Ulrich, the drummer of the band. A new Drum Mode offers the possibility to play the drums without an existing drum track to create new rhythms, and the Battle mode (from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ), has been updated with Metallica influences for the power-ups, with names like Fade To Black, Under The Ice and Ride The Lightning.
Standout Features
- Bonus features include various videos and trivia about the songs.
- Performances are rated with stars and a certain amount is needed to progress and unlock a new set.
- GHTunes: The game also includes the GHTunes from World Tour where new songs can be created and shared.
- Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather Kyuss - Demon Cleaner Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone Machine Head - Beautiful Mourning Mastodon - Blood and Thunder Mercyful Fate - Evil Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready Motörhead - Ace of Spades Queen - Stone Cold Crazy Samhain - Mother of Mercy Slayer - War Ensemble Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster (Live) Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head System of a Down - Toxicity The Sword - The Black River Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town
Modes & Ways to Play
Progress is made by completing sets of songs, rather than a series of gigs as in Guitar Hero: World Tour , set in venues that were in important in the band's career.
Player support includes Co-Op and Team.
Presentation & Atmosphere
The music selection consists of 28 master recordings and 21 additional songs by others selected by the band.
Display support includes HDTV 720p. Audio support includes Dolby Pro Logic II.
