Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (PlayStation 2)

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Description

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is an incremental title in the Guitar Hero series, using the features and gameplay from Guitar Hero II but with a completely new batch of songs. The game's theme is the eighties, reflected by the characters and their clothing, the venues and of course the songs themselves. It is the last title in the series developed by the original creators Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.

As in the previous games, in the single-player mode the player works his way through a setlist unlocking increasingly difficult songs, divided over 4 main difficulties. By performing well, new songs and venues become available, but there are less unlockables compared to the previous titles. Notable bands in this edition include A Flock of Seagulls, The Police, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Asia, Dio and Anthrax. Unlike the previous games, there are no bonus tracks.

The game is played through the guitar controller introduced for this series. The multi-player modes include Co-op, Face-off and Pro Face-off, identical to the previous game.

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Alternate Titles

• "Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s" -- European title

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Simulation - Music
• Guitar Hero series
• Hero music games

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Aug 30, 2007	A	100
Futuregamez.net	Aug 07, 2007	74 out of 100	74
Pro-G	Aug 20, 2007	7 out of 10	70
4Players.de	Aug 14, 2007	70 out of 100	70
GameSpot	Jul 23, 2007	7 out of 10	70
FOK!games	Aug 29, 2007	69 out of 100	69
AusGamers	Oct 05, 2007	6.5 out of 10	65
Gamer.nl	Aug 29, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Aug 02, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Super Play (Sweden)	Aug, 2007	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Lawsuit

On 20th November 2007 Activision Publishing, Harmonix and RedOctane were sued by members of the rock band The Romantics. They claim the version of the track "What I Like About You" by cover group Wavegroup Sound, included in the game, sounds too much like their original song, making it "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version". One month later, on 20th December 2007, a federal judge in Detroit denied The Romantics' request to stop the use of the song.

Related Web Sites

• Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (Information about Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s at Wikipedia)