Buy Band Hero - Super Bundle (Xbox 360)Band Hero - Super Bundle (Xbox 360) Product Description:
Product Description
Includes Band Hero, guitar controller, drum kit and microphone.
- Supports all Guitar Hero instrument controllers within the same gaming platform, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers
- Play with any combination of instruments you want, even with four lead singers
- In Party Play mode, you can jump in/jump out of a song at any time with the click of a button, while Sing Along Mode lets you singe any song you choose
- Expand your music collection by import your favorite Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero downloadable content straight into Band Hero
- Enjoy 2-4 player local multiplayer support in co-op and competive modes and 2-8 player support online
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By Mr. A. T. Whitaker
Just over a year ago, to compete with Rock Band - Game Only (Xbox 360), which introduced a drum and vocal track to the bass and lead guitar familiar to Guitar Hero players, we ended up getting Guitar Hero World Tour - Game Only (Xbox 360), which followed that path (albeit with a five-pad wireless drumkit instead of Rock Band's four-pad one.Now here we are with Band Hero: Super Bundle, and first off, the instruments (comprising of a wired microphone, a wireless guitar controller and a new-style wireless drumkit controller.The guitar itself is pretty much the same as the one with World Tour and GH5, only this time they've made the tap-strum bar a bit more user-friendly, and have even put coloured dots on the sides of the neck so that you can tell where to put your finger even if you're looking downwards onto the guitar. The strummer itself also seems sturdier and less clicky than the World Tour one.The mic is -- well, a wired USB microphone. Nothing much to write home about there.The biggest news is of course the new drumkit. Instead of the triangular hihat and cymbal of the World Tour drumkit, this time we have circular ones (more akin to real ones). The three remaining drum pads have been improved in terms of sensitivity (there were far fewer times where I missed a note simply because I didn't hit it close enough to the centre of the pad). Thanks to the lower brace between the legs, the kick pedal can now rest on this via three large grooves -- a big improvement over the World Tour pedal, which simply rested on the floor and slipped about if your floor wasn't rough enough! Another plus is that the drumsticks, which simply rested on retractable hooks on the World Tour drumkit (and could easily be broken off if you didn't remember to fold them down while using the drums!) now simply slot out of the way in a conveniently-positioned hole on the right-hand side of the kit. Nice!The only two problems I have with this drumkit are (a) sometimes the yellow hihat cap in particular had a habit of unscrewing itself, thus loosening the pad itself, although it still worked even if it was loose; and (b) the pads are noticeably noisier when you hit them than the World Tour ones were. Not MUCH noisier, but still noisier, especially the hihat and cymbal. This is a little distracting and is a reminder that you are playing a game, so you can't lose yourself in your drumming performance in quite the same way as you could with the muted thuds of the previous drumkit.The game itself is pretty much the same as GH5 (party play, online modes and even the ability to have any combination of instruments is still present), although it focuses less on songs that have snazzy guitar parts and thinks of all four parts (voice, guitar, bass and drums) working together as an ensemble. The disc contains 65 mainstream pop songs, all taken from the original masters, save for live performances. As in the earlier games, some existing real-life celebrities appear. If 65 songs isn't enough then (provided you have enough Microsoft Points to pay export fees) you can use codes from manuals from GH:World Tour, GH:Greatest Hits and GH5 to export songs from those, the existing GH5 downloadable songs are also compatible, as are most of the World Tour downloadable songs, which would also be updated to take advantage of newer features. (As a side-note, it is also possible to export 61 of Band Hero's songs to play in GH5).But is it worth getting the game if you already have GH5? Hmmm -- probably not. At least, not at its current full price. BH has fewer songs than GH5 (which was the same price) and, while you may know or like a lot of the songs on BH, they're not especially fun to play. Also, another bugbear about some songs in GH5 rears its ugly head again in BH: some of the songs have had their lyrics censored (not by the BBFC, mind -- these lyrics were pre-cut before the BBFC even saw this game to classify it). This makes such songs more awkward to sing as where there should be a word there is suddenly either no word or the very start of the word then the rest of the word muted out. This can be really distracting, especially as one of the songs is a very well-known classic.I have also observed some lag in multiplayer (something that was equally a problem in GH5). The number of times I was certain that I'd hit notes on cue only to find I was slightly missing each one by a fraction of a second (even offline). While you can calibrate settings, as before, here what works fine in single-player seems to be slightly off when there are three or four people jamming along. I don't know whether this is due to the fact that the graphics are more detailed than in Rock Band 1 or 2, but I think the comparative crudity of the graphics in those was in its favour as it meant there were far fewer lag issues when in multiplayer.If you're really desperate for the instruments, then - and only then - should you consider this if you already have GH5, because the game itself is just a redressed version of that with pop songs instead of guitar-heavy rock/metal ones (in fact, quite a few of BH's songs don't really feature guitar at all, so you feel like an idiot playing some of them if you're a guitarist). Some have accused the GH franchise of "selling out" after GH3, but if any of this series do, this one certainly comes the closest, and the makers really need to come up with something somewhat more engaging to revitalise the GH franchise, especially as this still isn't a patch on Rock Band 2 - Game Only (Xbox 360), which has a far more extensive list of DLC, more of which you will know, and overall more fun to play. The DLC for the GH franchise still needs work, and is still quite poor or features too many acts that few people will have heard of.Rated PG by the BBFC due to occasional mild language and drugs references in song lyrics.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By love reading
My family and friends have just spent New Year playing this constantly and it is brilliant fun. It kept our parties going for hours. Everyone was able to join in too. We had battle of the bands and we were all trying to outdo each other. It really is great fun and everyone loved it. The choice of songs is good with a good mixture for different age groups and tastes. We are going to download more songs when we get XBox Live.I definitely recommend this as fun for all the family and it will be enjoyed at any party.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By flo0o
If you're looking for high quality guitars and drums this is it.The game itself is more pop than rock. I personally didn't like it too much. So the high rating is simply due to the hardware which is really great.
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