Everyone that loves Guitar Hero... have you played Rockband? I loved Guitar Hero as much as the next guy (played through 1-3 on Hard) but once I got Rockband I simply can't go back to Guitar Hero, I mean I tried to but was simply disgusted. And yes, Rockband is best when played with 2-4 people, but heck, I would have bought it just for the single player Guitar mode. Here are three reasons why even if you only play single player, Rockband is better than Guitar Hero
1) Characters are fully customizable, and when I say fully I mean fully. Do you want a filipino whore as your bass player? Done. Want to have a topless guy wearing with a mullet and then put a giant tatoo of a peanut on his face? Done.
2) THE SONGS ARE ACTUALLY DONE BY THE BANDS THEY ARE KNOWN BY. This seems trivial and call me silly but when I hear "Killer Queen" I want to hear the version I grew up listening to, not some stupid cover on the song because Guitar Hero was to cheap to actually, you know, pay for the full rights to the song.
3) The songs are actually songs I enjoy, and songs I recognize. Guitar Hero 1 had some great classics and Guitar Hero two had a few good ones, but when playing Guitar Hero 3 I would unlock 5 new songs and be like "Uh... okay I think I might recognize this one out of the five.... nope never mind, never heard it before". Meanwhile Rockband has a selection of oldies rock songs that most people know along with tons of modern songs that, unless your living in a cave, you have heard on the radio.
Blink 182 - All the Small Things
Jet - Are you Gonna Be My Girl
All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
Then I go back to playing Guitar Hero with it's eight or ten non customizable players and play badly done covers of songs I rarely have heard of. Bleh.
