Wii Warm Up: GHWT vs. Rock Band

i just cant stand the play and feel of guitar hero. the clicking of strumming and just the overall feel that im playing with a toy (i know rock band is a toy too, but it just feels much more natural and realistic.)

wat the.... rock band 1? y the ehck would u compare that.... i think most people would agree that i wana see a guitar hero world tour vs rock band 2, if ur gun do rock band 1 make it a fair fight against guitar hero 3 then...

You guys talk about these music games way too much.

Let's ignore the apathy the entire genre is suffering from at the moment (Guitar Hero down 19% compared to last year, EA layoffs following Rock Band failure at retail, Wii Music considered a flop, that Konami game nobody knows exists), just continue talking about these games. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

i'm more partial to the GH instruments, but since RB2 is fully-featured and promises 500+ songs for DLC soon, i'm picking RB2 as my favorite software, but RB peripherals just suck balls, i'm going to stick with my GHWT set of instruments, and i may get the yearly rock band game

Hmm... both good games, and GH generally has better included music, but RB has much better DLC. So unless I wouldn't be able to ever download more music, I would pick Rock Band.

Plus, the ability to transfer songs from the first game is a huge plus, not to mention that any previously downloaded songs transfer over automatically. So really, it's almost no competition when you take that into account. When I get Rock Band 2, I'll already have well over 100 songs to play. :) Of course, I'm speaking in the 360 sense, as I know that platform doesn't get jipped by music games.

Guitar Hero has been pretty much dead to me since Harmonix left. I've been a fan of Harmonix ever since the days of FreQuency and Amplitude. When they left GH to go make something bigger--Rock Band--I was all for it. Sure, it was more expensive, but there was a lot more to it. In my opinion, Guitar Hero was all about guitar and the fact that World Tour is the exact same band setup as Rock Band rubs me the wrong way, because it's obviously just ripping off Rock Band because they see how popular it is. I'd rather want a game developed by actual musicians; I don't want to play Tony Hawk's Pro Guitarist.

Rock Band is way too easy.

Rock Band. Why? Better songs, better style, more fun gameplay.

I actually like Guitar Hero more. It was actually the FIRST game which involves notes scrolling down the screen and playing those notes with a plastic instrument to classic rock songs. And for some reason I become way more addicted to Guitar Hero than I do Rock Band. I get very bored with Rock Band's single player, but you can't beat Rock Band's multiplayer.

Well, Rock Band 2 all the way. BUT. IF we're comparing the wii version of rock band 1 to World tour, thats retarded. I think you guys should change the picture to Rock Band 2!!

Rock Band 2. Which setlist is better is a matter of opinion (personally, I give RB2's a slight edge), but there's no question that Harmonix's game has the better DLC catalog. For me the quality of the gameplay is pretty much a non-issue. Whichever one I pick I'll get accustomed to, and that will be that. So if it's all about the music, Rock Band 2 wins.

Rock Banddd. :D

RB2 > GHWT ~ GHIII > RB1

Now, I'm sure this equation would be different if the RB1 I had played was a more capable version.

As far as instruments go, definitely prefer the GH guitars but have yet to try their drum set.

i prefer the rock band series over world tour. i like the look of rock band during in game. it uses bars while guitar hero uses ovals for the buttons. to me, rock band feels more polished while gh is messy looking.

also, i prefer the songs in rock band over world tour. who wouldnt want to play timmy and the lords of the underworld? =D

just got ghwt yesterday and it's not very fun...
does anyone know if you can return it to best buy even though you've already opened it? or at least exchange it for rock band 2???

i got a moded wii

so my kudos go to all the customs guitar hero which gave me hour and hour of guitar toy

Harmonix waited a full year to release Rock Band in Australia.
T_T

GH:WT wins hands down on instrument quality. They feel substantial and aren't brittle like the RB ones, especially the drum kit.

As far as gameplay that is almost identical except for singing which i give to RB. I'm not sure how they managed to screw it up but GH:WT singing mechanism sucks. It doesn't register well and the way they choose to display the lyrics sucks, as well as having the hardest to read font I've ever seen.

In terms of songs, RB also has a slight edge here. They just have a better overall selection and more downloadable content worth having... of course this can change easily.

So on those three counts I'd say RB is probably the winner. I personally own GH:WT and since I can use those same quality instruments with RB I do plan on buying the game version when it is out. Thank you RB for making that an option and not making me clutter up my living room anymore than it is.

I have only played the 360 versions of each, but I must say I am split between the two.

The Guitar Hero instruments are much better in my opinion. The RB guitar has a very weak feeling strum bar, and without the click I can't do anywhere near as good as I can with the GH guitar. The slider isn't exactly useful, but it's more than the RB guitar has (and you think an effects switch IS useful?). As for the drums, Guitar Hero's drums are awesome, the raised cymbals, velocity sensitivity, and sturdy feel are great, and it has 5 individual pads rather than 4.

The only reason I would consider giving Rock Band the win here is that RB has more songs (and by that I mean more GOOD songs). I liked GH2 and GH3's set lists, but World Tour's is nowhere near as good. It has a bunch of no-name songs, too many slow songs, and not as many classic, popular tracks. Rock Band, on the other hand, has all the songs from RB1 and 2, tons of DLC, etc.

I like Guitar Hero better than RB in every way but the songs, the RB songs are much better.

I ordered RB2 for Wii today. I already own GH:WT, Les Paul controller and some generic mic.

Honestly I like both series and I think each one has their pros and cons. (I've played RB2 on 360 before) To pick a favorite... I'll have to wait for RB2 to arrive to decide. But for now I'll say:

RB2 pros:
+ Cleaner look
+ Bigger DLC library available
+ Multiplayer is more teamwork focused

GHWT pros:
+ Over-the-top look allows for crazy scenarios that wouldn't make sense in RB.
+ Better character creation
+ Star Power
+ GH instruments feel better
+ Soundtrack is smaller but more varied.

I'll wait for RB2 to arrive to give a better opinion.

Take advantage of Rock Band's compatibility features! Buy GH:WT (the full bundle), but then buy Rock Band (game only), and download its DLC.

GH instruments and game features >>> RB instruments
RB songs + DLC >>> GH songs + DLC

I always liked how silly guitar hero was. Turn it up to 11, insane stages, things of that manner. I mean how serious do you think you are hitting a plastic toy? I don't like harmonix considering "We thought the Wii's popularity would die out" incident. Although considering my oppinion may be bias considering i always loved guitar hero and own world tour.

I really enjoy my self while playing with Guitar hero world tour.
http://spudmobile.co.uk/guitar-hero-world-tour.aspx

Picked up the GHWT band set on thursday and rock band 2 stand-alone disc, as this provided the best compatibility. Been playing both games all weekend with my buddies and every time we try GHWT out for a few songs, we look at each other and decide to go back to RB2. Overall its way more fun to play with other people, and thats where the fun is for me with the band games. If I just wanted to play by myself I'm happy with GHIII. Haven't given GHWT single player a shot yet. Getting used to the GHWT drums in rock band was a bit weird at first, but only takes a couple of songs. Harmonix did a great thing by making the GH instruments compatible. Even the non-used orange symbol registers when you hit it. You can hit that instead of blue and it will be a cymbal instead of the drum. If you do orange + green together it does a crash. Very cool. Just get both games, and get all your DLC on RB2. GHWT presentation doesn't look nearly as nice as RB2, also the status bar in RB2 is way better. When singing I like that it says "Awesome" "Strong" etc. you don't get that in GHWT. GHWT songs seem to be a bit more challenging tho.

Getting away from the debate, can anyone confirm if and how the download of all the RB1 tracks as DLC into RB2 works in the Wii version? Is it also possible to do the same thing with those two "track pack" discs?

Rock Band is my favorite. Guitar Hero on wii just has terrible graphics and no JIMMY HENDIX for Wii owners. but still when where is the rb store already.

Guitar Hero: World Tour is the better game for sure. The drums are amazing, the click in the strum bar is absolutely necessary and is what makes it better than Rock Band's. Ask any player at a high level, they use the Guitar Hero's controller just for that click (Among other things). Hell, Ben Heck modded his RB guitar so it WOULD click.

The track list in World Tour is good, but there is a lot of wasted space. Complete crap like Good God, Scream, Aim, Fire, Aggro, Antisocial, Love Removal Machine are mixed with some foreign language songs that have only been placed once because well, who the hell wants to sing in Spanish? The DLC has delivered so far, The Killers and Smashing Pumpkins releases were great and I can't wait for the Travis Barker pack.

Ovals are, and will forever be better than crappy rectangles that Rock Band uses, there is absolutely no contest. The only thing that Rock Band does do better than WT is the fact that one person failing at a harder part doesn't end the entire song. I can't tell you how many times songs have been ruined because people I introduce to the game fail on medium 75% of the way through. I don't see why a "no-fail" mode had to be taken out of simple band quickplay, but it really bothers me.

I thought about buying RB2 for Wii now that it is compatible, but honestly all the disc swapping just to play a couple of different songs would get old to me and I wouldn't want to be spending money to get DLC on both.