{"id":260,"date":"2009-06-04T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T05:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2009-06-04T22:08:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T05:08:38","slug":"e3-09-guitar-hero-van-halen-you-really-got-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"E3 09: Guitar Hero Van Halen, You Really Got Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at a Guitar Hero 5<\/em> demo at the Activision booth Wednesday, and when asked if we had any final questions, I joked, “where’s the secret demo of Guitar Hero Van Halen<\/em>“? Totally serious, one of the Neversoft folks replied, “Over in the Sony booth with the PS3 stuff.” Stunned, I made my way over there, and sure enough, there were two stations running a demo in full-band mode. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a typical GH<\/em> demo build: 6 songs, including 4 from VH, one from Queen, and another song from some other band (whose name I forget, sorry). It was a less-than-stellar setup, with lots of lag and flaky GHWT<\/em> guitars with broken orange buttons or Star Power issues, but none of that mattered once I got to play “Panama” on guitar, which is one of those songs we’ve wanted to see since the first Guitar Hero.<\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was there with Wedge from the \u00c2\u00a0PMS clan, who’s a talented Expert player on multiple instruments herself, and the two of us blasted through all the Van Halen songs in the demo: “Panama,” “You Really Got Me,” “Jump,” and “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love.” I played Expert drums on the last three, which weren’t too tough on Expert (and I’m not a fantastic drummer). Other than obviously having a virtual Van Halen on stage, the game hasn’t really changed, which I’d say is a good thing: GH: Metallica<\/em> was a great artist-oriented release, and if GHVH<\/em> is of equal quality, I’ll be extremely happy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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