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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
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
GameLemon |
Oct 08, 2007 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
Fragland.net |
Sep 14, 2007 |
72.5 out of 100 |
72 |
Gamer 2.0 |
Jul 27, 2007 |
7.1 out of 10 |
71 |
Meristation |
Aug 21, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
GameSpy |
Jul 24, 2007 |
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70 |
GameSpot |
Jul 23, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
FOK!games |
Aug 29, 2007 |
69 out of 100 |
69 |
Gamers.at |
Aug 12, 2007 |
67 out of 100 |
67 |
Game Positive |
Aug 07, 2007 |
6.6 out of 10 |
66 |
Game Revolution |
Jul 30, 2007 |
C- |
42 |
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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.
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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (PlayStation 2) on Jul 24, 2007