List of songs in Guitar Hero II

"Guitar Hero II" is a music video game developed by Harmonix and distributed by RedOctane, and is a sequel to "Guitar Hero". The game was released first to PlayStation 2 in vgy|2006, but later released for the Xbox 360 in vgy|2007. "Guitar Hero II" challenges players to recreate the lead guitar portions of many rock music songs using a specially designed guitar-shaped controller (based on either a Gibson SG for the PlayStation 2 version, or a Gibson X-Plorer for the Xbox 360 version, or alternative a standard console controller.) As notes scroll down the screen towards the player, the player must hit both the fret buttons on the guitar controller and the strum bar at the same time in order to successfully hit the notes. Successfully hitting notes improves the player's performance in the game and also raises their score, while missing notes will reduce the player's performance, and a poor performance may end the song prematurely. Each song can be played at one of four difficulty levels, Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert, that reflect the number of fret buttons used and the number and frequency of the notes to be performed.cite book | title = Guitar Hero II Instruction Manual (Xbox 360 version) | publisher = RedOctane | date = 2007 ]

There are 64 songs total in the PlayStation 2 version while there are 74 songs total for the later Xbox 360 version. The Xbox 360 version adds an additional 24 downloadable songs via Xbox Live Marketplace (bringing the total to 98 songs). [cite web| author=Roper, Chris|date=2006-10-09|title = IGN: "Guitar Hero II" Final Tracklist Revealed | url = http://ps2.ign.com/articles/737/737921p1.html|publisher=IGN|accessdate=2008-07-24] [cite web| title = "Guitar Hero II" IGN Set List | url = http://faqs.ign.com/articles/737/737833p1.html|publisher=IGN|date= 2006-10-16|accessdate=2008-07-24]

Game disc songs

Main setlist

There are 40 songs in the main Career mode for the PlayStation 2 version, and 48 songs in the Xbox 360 version.cite web | url = http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3156249 | title = Guitar Hero II 360's New Tracks Revealed | publisher = 1UP | date= 2007-01-08 | accessdate= 2008-04-06 | first = Patrick | last = Klepek ] Songs are organized by tiers that are related to the song's difficulty and there are differences between the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 ordering due to the extra songs. Each tier at a given difficulty is unlocked in order, and a tier is completed once three to five songs (depending on the difficulty level) and the tier's encore song are successfully completed.cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69974 | title = Guitar Hero 2 | publisher = Eurogamer | date = 2006-11-14 | accessdate = 2008-04-06 | first = Keza | last = MacDonald] Once a song is unlocked in a tier at any difficulty, it is available for the quick play, competitive, and co-operative modes.

Most songs in the game are covers of the original songs performed by WaveGroup Sound, but there are some master recordings as indicated below. [cite web | url = http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/777/777444p1.html | title = Guitar Hero II Review | publisher = IGN | date = 2007-03-30 | accessdate= 2008-04-06 | first = Erik | last = Brudvig] Each song has a lead guitar track and either a bass or rhythm guitar track that can be played in practice or cooperative modes.

ent|a|aSong has a rhythm guitar track instead of a bass guitar co-operative play track.ent|b|bSong is exclusive to the Xbox 360 version.

Downloadable content

The Xbox 360 version of the game allows for the use of downloadable content available through Xbox Live Marketplace. These are typically released as packs of three, or as single song.cite web| title = "Guitar Hero II" Downloadable Song Credits (Xbox 360)| url = http://www.redoctanegames.com/2_products/viewer.asp?screen=songs-gh2360-dlc.html | publisher = RedOctane | date = 2007-10-16 | accessdate = 2008-07-24 ] These packs include songs from the original "Guitar Hero" for the PlayStation 2.cite web | url = http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/11/guitar-hero-ii-song-packs-now-live-pricey/ | title =Guitar Hero II song packs now Live, pricey | publisher = Joystiq | date = 2007-04-11 | accessdate = 2008-04-06 | first = Justin | last = McElroy ] Additional packs consist of songs that have not been featured in "Guitar Hero" before, and are both masters and covers.

References

External links

* [http://www.guitarherogame.com/gh2/ Official site]