Product ReviewsGuitar Hero: Metallica (Nintendo Wii, 2009)

Now my son gets to learn and love the same rocking tunes I would mosh and headbang to.

I grew up in the 80's and Metallica were king of heavy metal. This game rocks. Now my son gets to learn and love the same rocking tunes I would mosh and headbang to.

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If you're a Metallica Fan, Then you Have to Own This!

Anyone who has ever played any Guitar Hero title for an extended period of time will invariably come across a song that completely owns them.

I'm not talking about a Pat Benatar number, or something from the Killers or Nirvana. They're easy. No, the song that will have you staring in fear at a wall of notes while your rock meter goes into the red faster than ACC will almost certainly be metal, and extremely heavy at that. The reason you never got past hard on Guitar Hero III was because of Slayer, not Santana.

Overjoyed as we were with the news last year that Metallica would not only contribute a bunch of their songs for a band-exclusive Guitar Hero title, we were far more interested to see just how developers Neversoft would deal with the difficulty level. World Tour and Aerosmith were noticeably easier than Guitar Hero III, the former going as far as to require much more accurate tracking for hammer-ons and pull-offs, the latter - well, Aerosmith could be described in a lot of ways, but "brutally hard" would not be one of them.

Before we get to what it's like to play, it's worth noting just how inclusive this title is when it comes to Metallica lore. The band members were involved in every step of the development, with James Hetfield personally laying down the basic idea for the Career Mode storyline. This is based on a group of fans who followed Metallica around on tour in the early 1990's. It's important to realise that career progression is not done in chorological order like Aerosmith - Metallica vetoed that suggestion, and it's just as well. Imagine starting your career mode off with Motorbreath, or Pulling Teeth; you'd need carpal tunnel surgery before the second set.

Speaking of which, you'll no longer have to play gigs to progress, Metallica harks back to the original Guitar Hero set lists style, each requiring you to not only pass songs, but achieve a certain number of stars to progress. There's also no need to perform endless early songs to get to the later stuff, as in Quickplay mode, all set list songs are unlocked by default.

We've compiled a list of all the current known songs in this release on page two of this article. There's a good selection of not only Metallica classics, but songs from artists that have inspired Metallica, and those they've either performed with, or produced covers of. Some of the more notable include Bob Seger ("Turn the Page" was covered by Metallica on their 1998 Garage Inc. album), Lynyrd Skynyrd (the first album James Hetfield bought was from Lynyrd Skynyrd, paid for with his lawnmower money) and Motorhead. Motorhead is a recurring theme in Guitar Hero: Metallica, as not only is the Motorhead anthem "The Ace of Spaces" included, frontman, bassist and all-round legend Lemmy features as a playable character.

Where Aerosmith dabbled in video featurettes and location-specific gigs to immerse the player, Guitar Hero: Metallica goes way further. Not only will you have access to a comprehensive extras submenu that features unlockable venues, songs, commentary, videos and behind-the-scenes footage, you can also replay completed songs with trivia pop-ups that give information about each track. With guest artist songs, you can learn how each band is tied to Metallica, along with lyrics and history facts.

Themed Battle Modes will make an appearance too. We didn't get to sample these, but we've been reliably informed you'll be able to "fade to black" your opponents note track.Read full review...

Fun game

Shipped, quick and protected. Game has a little lag so price might be a tad steep. Happy overall though.

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My son loves it!

My son absolutely loves this game. He is not playing as many video games now. The Wii guitar hero is the best for getting him up and moving.

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Guitar Hero: Metallica Review

I've previously bought Guitar Hero World Tour game on the Nintendo Wii and found out that the songs I played and enjoyed the most was "Trapped Under Ice" from Metallica so what could I do else than buy the title when it got released?

I was really excited when they announced the making of a Metallica dedicated GH game and bought it as soon as I could.

What can I say from it?

It's a strong game with killer songs, however missing some really good songs from their albums but they have couple of strong ones that you will enjoy to play over and over without getting tired to practice them to go through harder levels. The game is well designes, well thought. You don't have to go through all the same songs that you don't like over and over to reach the harder ones and the ones that are wroth to play a lot.

You will enjoy the game at 50% of it's capacity if you're a fan of Guitar Hero and you will enjoy the game at 100% of it's capacity if you're a fan of Guitar Hero and a big fan of Metallica like I am.

Don't hesitate, buy one copy of that game, it's a piece of art, piece of good work, piece of METALLICA!!!!

Enjoy!

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Great game

I have the WII console and my kids and I really enjoy this game. It has way more metal songs than other guitar hero games.

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Guitar hero Metallica

Game is so much fun and the graphics are amazing. I would recommend this game for your die hard Metallica fan.

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ROCKIN FUN!

My son loves this game! He and his cousin jam to the best Metallica songs there are!!!

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Guitar Hero MetallicA

As an avid MetallicA fan, I have waited years for something like this. I have played drdums in a band, mostly classic rock & dance country. I have always tried to play MetallicA songs.
The Guitar Hero MetallicA allows me to be Lars or James, as I listen to one of the greatest bands of all time. The guitar riffs that the game lets you play, whether your on meduim or hard or expert( no way for me), let me imagine that I'm on stage with the guys. 1600 notes to play in a song on medium is unheard of, but thats the skill that James put you into.
Lars has so many different drum beats and combos that he can always stay ahead of any drummer that tries to play like him. Havent tried tha bass yet, but it sounds equally as impressive to play as well.
The music that MetallicA has put out is always cutting edge. Guitar Hero MetallicA lets you be on that edge along with the band.
The tracks that Metallica hand picked to accompany their music is equally impressive. The list shows the diverse influences and intrests of the band members.
Guitar Hero MetallicA, buy it, play it, LIVE it!!!

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Great Games!

Exactly what one would expect from Guitar Hero games. Fun to play.

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