Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Live the life of Aerosmith.

The ultimate rock package for Guitar Hero and Aerosmith fans has arrived. I have to admit that when Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was first announced I poo-pooed the cash-in idea of releasing a game of just Aerosmith songs. There are just so many other bands I consider to have a higher rock caliber and that would be better suited for playing Guitar Hero's five-button riffs.

The venues get flashier with every new Guitar hero.

The venues get flashier with every new Guitar hero.

The Greatest American Rock Band

That's not the case, however, with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Immediately after the completion of Guitar Hero III, Neversoft began work on the ambitious Aerosmith project that proves to be so much more than just an add-on pack. Players will fill the shoes of Joe Perry as lead guitarist in the single-player mode, living out Aerosmith's 38-yearlong career from their first gig at Nipmuc High School in 1970 to the Orpheum Theater in 1973 where they opened for Mott the Hoople. And that's only the beginning.

The set list consists of approximately 40 songs split between Aerosmith master tracks and opening bands. We were able to see the first three venues in the game, which consisted of two opening bands and concluded with three Aerosmith tracks. When playing the concert-style opening band tracks the mainstay GH band takes the stage, but when Aerosmith comes on players will notice something oddly realistic never seen before in the GH series. Lead singer Steven Tyler motion captured each song in its entirety. That means there are no looped animations. Neversoft told us Steven loved being mo-capped so much he even offered to come in on Sundays. Players will also notice Tyler and Perry actually interact together by hanging on each other and playing different instruments such as Perry's airbag and Tyler's morocco's.

Interspersed as bonus content, in traditional Neversoft style, there are live-action interviews with Steven Tyler in between venues where Tyler talks about the history of the band and the songs they played at that specific event. Technically, tweaks have been made to hammer-ons and pull-offs, which were too easy in GHIII, and the framerate looked buttery smooth.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is going to be sold as a complete retail package, not available for digital download. Rest assured, Neversoft still plans to provide downloadable content for GHIII. That is until the next Guitar Hero, which you can read all about in GamePro's upcoming August issue.

The First Three Concerts

Set List 1: Nipmuc High School
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (cover)
Cheap Trick - The Dream Police
Aerosmith - Make It
Aerosmith - Uncle Salty
Aerosmith - Draw the Line

Set List 2: Max's Kansas City
Joan Jett - I Hate Myself for Loving You
The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night (cover)
Aerosmith - Movin' Out
Aerosmith - No Surprize
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

Set List 3: The Orpheum
The Clash - Complete Control
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (cover)
Aerosmith - Livin' on the Edge
Aerosmith - Ragdoll
Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator

The band's flashy wardrobe changes depending on the song.

The band's flashy wardrobe changes depending on the song.

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Toneman

Hope you get to unlock that Armagedon song!!!! *head explodes from sarcasm*

TravisMoses

"I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep" while playing Guitar Hero.

method0123

Umm... I really tried to stay on liking GH but it looks like they are running out of innovation and ideas over there at smellovision. Did EA buy them or something?

Wired22

eh... a graphical update and story doen't cover the fact that this is just another GH rehash. I wouldn't say that about rock band due to the new things it brings to the stage.

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