Foreigner, Blind Melon, R.E.M. among Guitar Hero World Tour launch DLC
by Justin McElroy 
{ Oct 9th 2008 at 2:00PM }
First up is the Classic Rock Track Pack with "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston, "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner and "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield. That will be joined by Blind Melon's "No Rain" and (exclusive to 360 for two weeks) a trio of new R.E.M. tunes: "Horse to Water," "Man-Sized Wreath" and "Supernatural Superserious."
All of the packed tunes will be available separately and we still don't know how much any of this will cost us. Can we hope for "as cheap or cheaper than Rock Band"? Please?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Deeznuts420 @ Oct 9th 2008 2:05PM
cot damn that picture creeps me out
Saria the Cat @ Oct 9th 2008 7:18PM
You're not alone.
mietha CAG @ Oct 9th 2008 2:07PM
You can hope for it all you want. Won't happen. If anything, it will be MORE expensive than the GHII/III tracks.
A_M @ Oct 9th 2008 2:08PM
Whoa Blind Mellon...
It's getting harder and harder to root for Rock Band
T @ Oct 9th 2008 2:14PM
You mean to tell me that you like Blind Melon (or at least "No Rain") so much that you'd be willing to go buy GHWT just for that one song?
Comparred to the 250+ songs released as DLC for Rock Band in the last year?
One song? Really?
Jakka @ Oct 9th 2008 2:32PM
Ah the immortal Straw Man fallacy.He never said he's buying GHWT just for this one song.
Kizzle @ Oct 9th 2008 3:26PM
Not really, since Blind Melon was a one-hit wonder, and that "one-hit" sucked. Now put on your bee costume and run along.
Shagittarius @ Oct 9th 2008 5:16PM
You really should listen to the whole album. Blind Melon was a great band.
doug @ Oct 15th 2008 2:16PM
I have to whole-heartedly agree. Blind Melon was far from a one-hit-wonder. That one song was quite different than the rest of the album and far different than the rest of their future songs. You'll be doing yourself a huge favor to listen to the whole CD, then move on to the other CDs, and then sadly discover you've been missing out on these amazing songs all these years. But it's not too late! They are back with an amazing singer and no one who has been to a show - die hard fan or hard core skeptic - has been disappointed.
SecretAgentHam @ Oct 9th 2008 2:14PM
in my book it will take a whole lot for this game to surpass what the rock band franchise has become... wont stop me from buying this strictly for the hendrix tracks! cant wait for this to hit shelves!... hopefully we get a better guitar design with this one... my orange button on the les paul is already acting funny.
T @ Oct 9th 2008 3:20PM
"All of the packed tunes will be available separately..."
Oh thank GOD. I was getting worried that Activision hadn't learned a thing from RB when it came to the popularity of ala carte DLC.
Pricing information will be handy, and I want to demo it first... (I saw a kiosk at a local Best Buy, but it wasn't working)
And yes, this isn't "the same as playing RB" due to the different guitar dynamics, as well as the potential "Guitar Hero Difficulty Curve".
Tiptup300 @ Oct 9th 2008 2:14PM
That sucks, I hope they aren't exclusive, cuz I'm not buying that game.
Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrected on a... thursday?!) @ Oct 9th 2008 2:28PM
Well, Rock N' Roll Band is already DLC for Rock Band (along with 5 other Boston tracks) - imo, Hitch a Ride and More than a Feeling blow it out of the water.
Tiptup300 @ Oct 9th 2008 2:39PM
I meant the other songs. I already have like 90% of the RB DLC.
Colin @ Oct 9th 2008 2:19PM
I definately prefer the Rock Band series to what Guitar Hero has become. But the fact is, while the game itself isn't as good, Red Octane still knows what they're doing when it comes to the controllers. Whenever I play guitar on Rock Band, I always use the GH3 controller. And I'll bet that GH:WT's drums will be better than Rock Bands. So it's the full set for me.
Raikage (Mr. ESC? Mr. ESC? MR. ESSSSSSCCCCCC!) @ Oct 9th 2008 2:27PM
I agree, he has neither RB or GH:WT (duh) so I think the best course is buying GH:WT with the full set, then buying the RB2 disc, and renting/borrowing the RB1 disc :D
I'll probably do the same, pretty glad I waited :D
jsn @ Oct 9th 2008 3:45PM
you must not have used the rb2 strat yet then. It's the best controller to date from either franchise. The auto calibration feature is biggest innovation to either franchise since hopo's started working.
and there's plenty of early reports out there of the GHWT drums being flimsy with frequently broken cymbals. You'd also think they would have learned something from harmonix going with an all plastic bass pedal..
VaultICEE @ Oct 9th 2008 7:06PM
Adding onto that, the drum set up they had at PAX a while back were reported to keep breaking as well.
But eh, I don't really care for either. I barely play the drums anyway so I can't input on which is better.
Raikage (Mr. ESC? Mr. ESC? MR. ESSSSSSCCCCCC!) @ Oct 10th 2008 1:16PM
Oh, yes, I have played the RB2 Strat, It has minor improvements (strum bar feels better), but it's still the (2nd, 1st is the RB1 Strat) worst guitar I've played on, I can beat 75% of the songs on expert in GH3 but fail out way too often in RB... that guitar is awful...
Too bad it's the best looking one out there. And I'll believe the drums breaking rumor when the game actually comes out. Trade shows don't count if you know what I mean.
Colin @ Oct 11th 2008 10:47AM
Yeah, I agree completely. The Rock Band guitar looked great, but plays terribly. And I doubt the Red Octane drums will be worse than Harmonix. Especially since I just broke my drum pedal last night :P
copa @ Oct 9th 2008 2:20PM
"Activision will be heaping a dizzying amount new downloadable tracks on consumers in the game's first week of release."
Holy shit. 7 songs? That is a DIZZYING amount of content. They are PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS for a Guitar Hero LAUNCH EXTRAVAGANZA. I'm surprised I can still stand on my own TWO FEET after seeing this.
7 songs? That's like, almost a regular week of Rock Band DLC.
tr1cky tpr @ Oct 10th 2008 4:36PM
When Rock Band came out, around 15 tracks (some in packs, some as singles) came out on the day. Clearly, Activision haven't even tried, or the music industry is ditching them in favour of Rock Band.
Personally, i think it's both.
uskali @ Oct 9th 2008 2:21PM
I think that's really abusing the DLC model. If you have a ton of DLC ready to go on launch it should just be in the game. Were already gonna be paying $180 bucks, and then they want us to pay how much more for extra tracks lying around at launch. I can understand having more and more tracks later to supplement, but goddamn this pisses me off.
Raikage (Mr. ESC? Mr. ESC? MR. ESSSSSSCCCCCC!) @ Oct 9th 2008 2:23PM
I agree to an extent... but there are already 80+ songs on the disc...
Plus, I only know two of those songs...
Vcize @ Oct 9th 2008 2:26PM
You realize that RB also released DLC on the same week as RB2, right? Not to mention the hundreds of tracks already sitting out there as DLC that were compatible with RB2, on the day it launched, but still cost money...
uskali @ Oct 9th 2008 2:28PM
I didn't say rock band didn't do it too..
FSK405K @ Oct 9th 2008 2:27PM
If they can do this every week, they might have something there. Otherwise, it's Activision pretending to be useful, as usual.
Jack Tretton @ Oct 9th 2008 2:29PM
Oh, how wonderful... We've entered the era of timed-exclusive Guitar Hero tracks. Could this industry get any more stupid?
fco. @ Oct 9th 2008 2:30PM
"Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm"
McElroy ignoring the Wii. How surprising.
Shagittarius @ Oct 9th 2008 2:41PM
Check yo-self foo!
ScottG13 @ Oct 9th 2008 2:31PM
I'm sticking with Rock Band. I've got to much invested. I hope Activision puts together a good product. Competition and all. They really need to do weekly DLC. That's the standard set by Harmonix. Or... even beat it.
that guy @ Oct 9th 2008 2:33PM
No group in the world bitches more than gamers.
I'm muchly looking forward to World Tour. My guess is the DLC will be priced the same as Rock Band. They won't price it above because then people will say they're getting ripped off (actually they'll do that no matter what) and they won't price it below because, well, they want more money. So the logical answer is equal to RB.
Bakkster @ Oct 9th 2008 2:49PM
Death Magnetic was $18 for 10 songs, and you can not purchase tracks individually. The album is also playable in GH:WT.
Screaming for Vengeance was released for RB, with 10 songs for $15. You could also purchase any song individually for $2.
They're already more expensive, with fewer options, even when it was just guitar tracks. It's silly to assume that they will change that trend now.
Kizzle @ Oct 9th 2008 3:26PM
"No group in the world bitches more than gamers."
Democrats.
Truckondo @ Oct 9th 2008 4:03PM
GH3 DLC has been a rip off from the start. To think that Activision would lower the price or even keep it on the same level as GH3 is funny. Now with the extra hard work adding vocals and drums, they will jack up the price. I still prefer the GH3 guitar though.
OldKingCole @ Oct 9th 2008 7:35PM
AC/DC Live is $40 for 18 songs and you can't buy individual songs. What's your point?
Kellydude025 @ Oct 9th 2008 9:45PM
ACDC is a band that rarely gives their songs rights away...if you dont like ACDC, then dont buy the tracks...
I am not a huge ACDC fan, but i do enjoy playing and hearing their hits...As far as i can tell, this is a band that will make a lot of people say "Wow...GHWT doesn't have ACDC? thats harsh...i'm going with rock band."
imo, thats why they are charging $40 for the pack...
Oh and by the way...how many songs does guitar hero have available for DLC anyways? 68ish? compared to rockbands over 500 tracks by 2009?
Guitar hero's DLC cant even COMPETE with rock bands.
And yes...gamers do complain...a lot
Comet @ Oct 9th 2008 2:35PM
If their gonna steal from Rock Band please give me Bikini Kill and "Still alive"
T @ Oct 9th 2008 3:22PM
Pardon me. Not buy...but the statement that: "It's getting harder and harder to root for Rock Band" due to one song vs. 250 is still ludicrous.
T @ Oct 9th 2008 3:23PM
Stupid commenting system...that should've been a reply to Jakka higher up.
jsn @ Oct 9th 2008 3:48PM
those REM tracks are instant classics I'm sure... that's one lackluster "launch" dlc lineup...
AwesomeTown @ Oct 9th 2008 4:12PM
Actually, I'm excited. Those are really good tracks from one of their best albums in a while, IMO anyway. Still, they are perfect and be really fun to play in WT (hopefully also Rock Band in the future). Though, I wish Living Well is the Best Revenge was one of the tracks.
Anyway, it's DLC, the more variety the better.
VaultICEE @ Oct 9th 2008 7:10PM
I actually think its a pretty horrible lineup.
What did we get last year for Rock Band's launch week? Classic Metallica? Queens of the Stonage? The Police? On top of that we had 6 singles.
Guitar Hero's DLC is ALREADY looking bad, and it hasn't even come out yet...
Truckondo @ Oct 9th 2008 4:03PM
GH3 DLC has been a rip off from the start. To think that Activision would lower the price or even keep it on the same level as GH3 is funny. Now with the extra hard work adding vocals and drums, they will jack up the price. I still prefer the GH3 guitar though.
DCBlack @ Oct 9th 2008 4:30PM
Well, I for one won't be buying any of those tracks. And I do plan on buying the game, though maybe not right away. I'm also annoyed by the 360 exclusivity, even though I understand it.
Ghoti @ Oct 9th 2008 5:38PM
I'll pick up the game, not sure whether I'd do any DLC. I would have to have some reassurance that any DLC I buy for GH:WT would be playable in GH:WT2 and later games.
My dream would be for cross-compatibility for all DLC between games, but I know that's a pipe dream.
Foetoid @ Oct 9th 2008 6:43PM
Why doesnt this article have a 'Nintendo Wii' tag as well. I guess it'll take some time to realise that the Wii version will also have DLC but come on!
JoeTheBlow @ Oct 10th 2008 5:28AM
"(exclusive to 360 for two weeks)"
Whats the fucking point of that?!?!
Do Microsoft really think that we'd have such an urgent need to play R.E.M that we'd trade in all our PS3 shit to get an Xbox instead of waiting 2 weeks.
What a waste of everyones time.