Guitar Hero II is the second game in the Guitar Hero series. The PlayStation 2 version was released on November 7, 2006. The basic gameplay has been changed a great deal from its predecessor, Guitar Hero.
Guitar Hero II for PlayStation 2 received a Greatest Hits reprint on 2006 in North America, and was also reprinted in a bundle pack with the first game on October 31, 2007 in North America and July 3, 2008 in Australia.
Soundtrack[]
- Main article: Setlist in Guitar Hero II
The PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero II features 64 playable songs. Most of the songs featured are cover versions, with the exception of "Stop", "John the Fisherman", and the unlockable bonus songs like "Trogdor". Cover songs are credited on screen with the phrase "as made famous by" (e.g. "Surrender, as made famous by Cheap Trick"), while the original songs are credited with "as performed by" (e.g. "John the Fisherman, as performed by Primus").
Not all songs in the main set list are available from the start. When working through Career Mode at a specific difficulty level, each set is unlocked once the requirements for the previous set (3, 4, or 5 songs depending on difficulty) is completed. Additionally, the encore song is only made available for that set once the set requirements are completed; the player is given the option of playing the encore for an additional cash bonus. Once a song is unlocked within Career Mode, or by purchasing it in the Store, it becomes available for both Practice, and Quick Play modes. Bonus songs purchased at the store are available for all bands you create and require only a single purchase to be available in all modes. While playing in Easy during Career Mode, nether encore songs, access to the store, nor the 8th set is available.
Trivia[]
- Guitar Hero II has a strum limit of around 16.6 notes per second (NPS) in the PAL version. This means any strums beyond the limit will be nulled out and kept at the limit. The NTSC versions have a lower strum limit of around 15 NPS, meaning that the solo of Trogdor is humanly impossible to FC.
- However, on March 20, 2021, it was announced that GenericMadScientist had figured out how to remove this strum limit. It was this that lead to the development and release of Guitar Hero II Deluxe, which removed the strum limit entirely.
- The quote "They don't want you to play Free Bird they're just heckling you" from the first Guitar Hero is a reference to the song that is featured in this game as the final song of the main setlist.
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