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Posted by nestlekwik - Mon 10/05 2009 - 10:12 PM - 940 Views

As a note, I returned home today to find my Guitar Hero: Van Halen had been delivered to my home. For those waiting, I mailed my offer out on Saturday, Sept. 5 and received it today (Monday, Oct. 5), meaning it took a full month to receive my title. I'm not sure how the mailings have been handled, but if you have not received yours yet, you might be able to expect your copy soon.

The package arrived in a plain, manila sleeve and contains the game disc in a cardboard sleeve (you do not receive a full, plastic retail package), a note thanking you for your interest in the Guitar Hero franchise as well as promotional pamphlets for Guitar Hero: Smash Hits and the upcoming Band Hero. Even though you don't receive a retail package, there is a Web address you can go to in order to print the title's instruction booklet.

I'll have a review for the title in the near future, but right now you can take a look at the full tracklist if you haven't been exposed to it yet (* indicates an Expert+ difficulty for drums):

Van Halen
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
"And the Cradle Will Rock ..."*
"Atomic Punk"
"Beautiful Girls"
"Cathedral"
"Dance the Night Away"
"Eruption"
"Everybody Wants Some!!"
"Feel Your Love Tonight"
"Hang 'Em High"*
"Hear About it Later"*
"Hot for Teacher"*
"Ice Cream Man"
"I'm the One"*
"Intruder/(Oh) Pretty Woman"
"Jamie's Cryin'"
"Jump"
"Little Guitars"
"Loss of Control"*
"Mean Street"
"Panama"
"Romeo Delight"
"Runnin' With the Devil"
"So This is Love?"
"Somebody Get Me a Doctor"
"Spanish Fly"
"Unchained"
"You Really Got Me"

Guest Artists
"Best of You" - Foo Fighters
"Come to Life" - Alter Bridge*
"Dope Nose" - Weezer
"Double Vision" - Foreigner*
"The End of Heartache" - Killswitch Engage*
"First Date" - Blink 182
"I Want it All" - Queen
"Master Exploder" - Tenacious D
"Pain" - Jimmy Eat World
"Painkiller - Judas Priest*
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" - The Offspring
"Rock and Roll is Dead" - Lenny Kravitz
"Safe European Home" - The Clash
"Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
"Sick, Sick, Sick" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Space Truckin'" - Deep Purple
"Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne
"The Takedown" - Yellowcard
"White Wedding (Part 1) - Billy Idol

Rating: 1 Positive | 2 Negative

Comments

Posted by GERARDAMO - Mon 10/05 2009 - 10:33 PM [ quote ]

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE! What the hell, Harmonix? Get on that already, because FoW are the greatest band ever :( I don't wanna have to buy Guitar Hero.

Posted by xzeldax3 - Tue 10/06 2009 - 12:29 AM [ quote ]

i totally agree with the fountains of wayne.
i wanna sing stacys mom!!

"we can hang around by the p-p-p-poOOOool (hang by the pool)"

and mexican wine and someone to love

but usually harmonix gets every song activision has so its all good

Posted by MadDogBV - Tue 10/06 2009 - 12:49 AM [ quote ]

"Space Truckin'" - Deep Purple

Space Truckin's drum chart is a real game-seller, but the fact that Harmonix got to it first might be a drawback. Unless this is the Made In Japan live version, in which case... epic beyond words.

Posted by The Deep Striker - Tue 10/06 2009 - 02:35 AM [ quote ]

Quote:

"Eruption"

Posted by MagixMan - Tue 10/06 2009 - 05:04 AM [ quote ]

The guest-track list looks interesting :)

Posted by kruton6 - Tue 10/06 2009 - 10:22 AM [ quote ]

Semi-charmed life was interesting. A few edits ("doin crystal meth will lift you up until you break" was removed), full song not radio edit and some different notes for the singer (Stephan Jenkins) than the original album version. Wish I knew if it was a re-record with GH or if there was a single version that was released.

Playing Stacy's Mom was awesome btw :D
Interesting Yellowcard song it was nice to play some of the b-sides on weezer, and blink 182 and yellowcard.
It took some time but for some reason it wouldn't recognize my lips wireless mic at first. It worked after we played a quick play song and went back in to career mode.

It's built just like Metallica was cept with the Ghtunes music store and whatnot. A great freebie for buying GH5 on day 1 :D

Posted by MarsPhoenix - Wed 10/07 2009 - 01:16 AM [ quote ]

I've seen some of the charts, and I'm actually pretty disappointed. Shoulda stuck with Smash Hits guys.

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