This game does what Guitar Hero I & II did not much has changed in this version. I like the Guitar Hero franchise, so this game was fun to play. It is probably only worth a rental because most of the songs do not stick as well as the ones in GH I & II. If you are a 80's music fan or just looking for something to pass the time, i would strongly suggest picking this game up!

The game is great but lacks the songs (only 30 songs) and it costs way too much just for that amount of money

Eighties music wasn't the best, but this game makes it fun. Rock the 80s is pretty much the same game as it's prequel, Guitar Hero II, but with an eighties look. Gameplay is just as good and it's still a great buy.

This was a great concept for a guitar hero game but it fell a little short. First off there is a smaller roster as far as characters. Not to mention extras. Sure you can go to the store on the game and buy new guitars,skins,and ONE unlockable character(Grim). But what about all the extra songs? However the track list is pretty sweet. That is if you listen to such a wide variety of music.All in all its the same great game we all have come to love. Just a little less.

Sure it's another GH, but its pretty much GH2 with some 80s songs that get boring after 2 days...sorry guys...but this wasn't your best

Guitar Hero rocks the 80's is a great game, packed with all the songs your parent's listended too about 20 years ago. The song list is smaller this time around, and it's a bit over priced, but it still has a punch of fun in it. The characters all received 80's tetro make overs. The only one they messed up was Johnny Naplam, too much emo :( But the songs are awesome like Holy Diver, I wanna Rock, Synchronizity II. Guitar Hero ERTH 80's, is a great game, but has some flaws, thats why it gets a 4.25 out of 5

Well i like this game a lot for its very unique songs and characters but i don't like the feeling that is to much like guitar hero 2 even though its an expansion pack or so I`ve been told i still think that they should of made it a little different from guitar hero 2 instead of just changing all the colors and songs but i try to look past that and except the fact that the songs arn`t just stupid songs from the 80`s good songs like what i like about you,play with me ,holy diver and so on but i don't like the fact that stone hedge is not in the game no extra songs no bonus content just guitars guitar skins and1 new character so i give it a 3.5

I rented this a few days ago and I really dont like 80's songs that much. Police Truck is good but I'm just not a fan of the rest. Also it's fifty dollars for a watered down version of Guitar Hero 2 which is full price so that kinda sucks. In my opinion I would rather rent this game than buy it.

Well since it's still Guitar Hero it can't be that bad. The main problem is the price ($49.99) Heres the list of all the songs it has: Caught in a Mosh (as made famous by Anthrax) Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept) Electric Eye (by Judas Priest) Los Angeles (as made famous by X) Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys) We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go's) (I Think I'm) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors) Seventeen (as made famous by Winger) Because, it's Midnite (by Limozeen) Hold On Loosely (as made famous by .38 Special) No One Like You (as made famous by Scorpions) Only a Lad (as made famous by Oingo Boingo) Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus) The Warrior (by Scandal) What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics) Wrath Child (as made famous by Iron Maiden) I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister) I Ran (by Flock of Seagulls) Round and Round (as made famous by Ratt) Metal Health (as made famous by Quiet Riot) Holy Diver (as made famous by Dio) Heat Of The Moment (as made famous by Asia) Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion) 18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row) Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat) Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier) Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison) Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme) Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money) Synchronicity II (as made famous by The Police) Fun game :) Bad Price :(

Seeing all of the advertising for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s really makes me mad. I'm not necessarily mad at just Activision for delivering what is the most expensive expansion disc ever sold-- but I'm also mad at myself for caving into the hype and shelling out $50 for what amounted to about three hours of play. Let's clear this up early: Guitar Hero Encore is not a full game. It may be priced as one. It may be packaged as one. It isn't, though. The game's setlist contains less than half of the tracks that Guitar Hero II offered (30 tracks, to be exact) and offers sparse unlockables, which puts a serious dent in the single-player campaign. What Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s does is offer more guitar-playing goodness, even if the 80s theme may not be universally understood or endorsed by the series' fanbase. There are certainly some good tracks here, and even a couple of challenging ones... but many of the songs of the 80s didn't have the types of guitar riffs and solos that series veterans have come to expect. Unfortunately, the quality of the covers (performed once again by Wavegroup) is inconsistent. I dare you to listen to the original version of Asia's "Heat of the Moment" and then listen to the cover in this game. It's not even close. What's worse, the vocal work can be painful... play Winger's "Seventeen" for an example. Ugh. This is not to say that all of Wavegroup's work is bad here; there's a pretty convincing version of Billy Squier's "Lonely is the Night" and a decent workup of Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" . There are some master tracks here as well, including "I Ran" by A Flock of Seagulls and a later-recorded version of Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock". On a lame note, there's also an inclusion of a master track by Limozeen called "Because, It's Midnite" that is in there as a laugher only. Why waste one of 30 precious tracks on this tripe? Once you've played through all of the songs, earned your cash, and beaten the game... that's really about it. There are no songs to unlock here, and there's only one character to buy. There aren't any alternative outfits for any of the characters, either. Basically, you'll use your money to buy a showroom's worth of different guitars. Yay. What's the point of that? They don't sound any different. The rest of the game, aesthetically speaking, is Guitar Hero II in 80s clothing. Some of the outfits are a laugh to look it, and there are a few subtle changes for each of the venues-- although Stonehenge is strangely absent. The animations are as good as ever, and the varying camera angles give the visuals that live performance feel. There's really nothing wrong here, although there's nothing really new, either. Many fans of the Guitar Hero series, like me, have already made the decision to buy this game and are scratching our heads now. I've even seen some used copies on shelves already. Now Guitar Hero III is in the hands of Neversoft, while Harmonix sets out on a new venture with Rock Band. Expectations are high for both games, but this game has left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth and I'm left to wonder if Activision will allow another game of lesser quality to hit stores.