If you have been playing guitar hero without drums and a microphone you have no idea what you are missing but I am about to tell you! Why? Because having the drums and microphone amps your playing up about a thousand times! They are CRAZY INSANE FUN!
From Guitar Hero 4 ( world tour ) and up they have incorporated drums and a microphone into their series so that you can have guitar, bass, drums and vocals all in the same band… and they have done it brilliantly as far as I am concerned. Just when you think Guitar Hero can not possibly BE any more FUN!
Last night my friend bought me the Guitar Hero – Band Hero kit and while I still need to write a review on the game itself I wanted to touch just on the instruments this time around. We ( My friend and I ) booted up GH World Tour ( our favorite one to co-play so far because she hasn’t yet got the band hero ) and we managed to play for 5 hours straight! First I was guitar and she was the bass, Then? I sang and she was guitar and finally at 1 am (( oops sorry neighbors! )) I gave the drums a quick 2 song workout before realizing perhaps they were better off to be played in the daytime. LOL
My friend and I both were hysterically laughing through the entire 5 hours! Turns out with me singing we could go from 12,000 points per song to 212,000 points per song! I accept the blame, I am not yet a good guitar player and would break our streak ;) so with her playing guitar solo she ROCKED it and I am pretty good with singing so we were the perfect match.
Most hilarity ensued when I RAPPED out Beastie Boys – No sleep till Brooklyn and she jammed it out on the guitar and we got a PERFECT 100% – Later we read that people are so frustrated with this song that they are looking for cheats – apparently it is hard to sing. We felt pretty full of ourselves right until the time we played a song neither of us knew and scraped by on a wing and prayer ;) It was great though – and I am sure we will be chuckling about it and recounting it for years to come.
The drums take a bit to get used to – to remember where each color is and make your arms/hands move quickly and in unison… and the foot peddle thrown in for shits n giggles makes it a bit more challenging especially the timing ;) The drums are coated in a rubbery material and are very quiet… the only reason I quit playing is because I am in a town house where the walls are connected and thought the banging on them transferring to the floor might be too loud. I may put a piece of carpet under them to absorb the vibration for the future if I play late at night – otherwise? fantastic!
The mic is perfect really – it is your typical mic :) nicely weighted too I might add! You can control the volume and who hears you and all that jazz – well done. Also when using it you can choose what “Readout” you want to see – anything from scrolling to static to karaoke. Jump in, have fun! It is really like karaoke but without all the embarrassment plus twice the fun! You can even do it sober!
One last note to touch on, the guitar is the same as it was in GH 5 – which is a really nice, responsive guitar! It is nice to play, you do not have to abuse it to make it dance lovely notes across your screen. There is however a lot of hoopla on the net saying it is not as sturdy so be gentle children ;)
Go – get the kit and rock out – you won’t regret it! When you are a band hero look me up and we may just jam together… if you don’t mind sucking!
Game on friends, Game on!
JustJayde Games 
