Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Kit + Smash Hits + Metallica PS2

Review Scores: 90/100 at Gaming Trend, 9/10 at Game Daily

Living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero®5. The entire set list is at players’ finger tips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Vampire Weekend. Players take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows gamers to personalize and customize how they experience music by being able to play with any in-game instrument combination -- multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, in any game mode.

With the game’s all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier. Players can now jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, without interrupting their jam session. Elevating the Guitar Hero®series to new heights with unmatched social gameplay, an enhanced style, new in-game artists and more rock legends, Guitar Hero 5 features new surprises and challenges that will fire-up long-time fret board fanatics and create a new generation of addicts.

Assemble Your Band and Rock Any Way You Want

Guitar Hero 5 allows fans to play alone, as a full band or, for the first time, with any combination of multiple guitarists, bassists, drummers or vocalists, to customize their musical experience. Players now have the control to rock any way they want whether it is with two guitars and two drummers, four guitarists, or three guitarists and a vocalist, any combination is possible. This freedom is available in all modes of play: online, Party Play, Quickplay, RockFest and even career.

The Definitive Rock ‘n’ Roll Set List

Experience furious finger fretting, intense drumming, and lyrics that will challenge even the best vocal chops with songs from some of the hottest bands of today to all-time favorite classic anthems including; Tom Petty, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes, Santana, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan. Featuring 85 master tracks, the breadth of rock-centric styles ensures that every Guitar Hero fan will find their favorite tracks and discover new ones.

Join The Party!

It has never been easier to rip it up and rock out with friends than it is in Guitar Hero 5. The brand new Party Play Mode puts players straight into the action with the press of a button and allows them to jump in or drop out, or switch difficulty level at any time without interrupting the jam session.

Become the Best. Shred the Rest!

In Guitar Hero 5 players can test their skills against others with four-player local and up to eight-player online battles in the all-new competitive RockFest Mode. Within RockFest Mode, players can choose from various head-to-head gameplay types including:

• Momentum: Songs get more difficult or easier on the fly depending on player performance.
• Perfectionist: Rewards players with the highest percentage at the end of each song section.
• Elimination: Players are eliminated throughout a song based on their performance in each segment and the last man standing wins!
• Do-or-Die: Missing any three notes for a song section temporarily knocks players out of the game and keeps them from scoring.
• Streakers: Players are awarded points for each note streak in multiples of 10.
• Pro Face Off: Head-to-head battle where players all play the same song on the same difficulty with the same instrument.

Limitless Jams

Guitar Hero 5 delivers hours of endless entertainment, as fans will be able to play Guitar Hero®World Tour downloadable content in the game, experiencing all of the upgrades and new features in Guitar Hero 5.

The Band that Plays Togetherc

Bands can earn bonus multipliers by hitting new special note streams in unison, creating an even greater sense of excitement and accomplishment for players that can rock songs together.

Make and Share Music

Guitar Hero 5 features the innovative GHMusic Studio and GHTunes first introduced in Guitar Hero World Tour. Produce hits in the redesigned Music Studio with improved editing tools for easy use, new guitar samples and mix patterns and share them online with GHTunes to create what could be the next breakout hit.

Guitar Hero Smash Hits

Turn down the lights, crank up the amps and prepare to command center stage as some of the most famous AND infamous tracks from Guitar Hero®, Guitar Hero®II, Guitar Hero®Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero®III: Legends of Rock step into the spotlight in the most epic, full band jam session to-date - Guitar Hero Smash Hits. The #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2008 presents the best of the best to music video game aficionados so they can join together with controllers for guitar, bass, drums and vocals and rock to master tracks of their favorite Guitar Hero music.

Featuring 48 master recordings, Guitar Hero Smash Hits delivers exciting online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online. Players’ rock n’ roll fantasies turn to realities as they create their rocker, compose their music and share it with the world through the innovative Music Studio, GHTunesSM and robust Rock Star Creator gameplay modes first introduced in Guitar Hero®World Tour.

Guitar Hero’s Fan-Favorite Tracks

Play alone or as a full band and rock out to 48 of some of the hottest fan-favorite tracks from Guitar Hero’s original guitar-centric games: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

I’m With the Band

Video game fanatics can expand to full band and for the first time ever strum, drum and belt out some of their favorite Guitar Hero songs as master tracks on all gaming systems as they jam along to updated note tracks and all-new gameplay for the drum kit controller and microphone.

A Setlist Featuring the Greatest Hits of Guitar Hero

Features the most memorable songs from Guitar Hero games together in one epic setlist, comprised of all master recordings including, Queen’s “Killer Queen,” “Them Bones” by Alice in Chains, “Nothin’ But A Good Time” by Poison, Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” “I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock N Roll,” Heart’s “Barracuda” and Guitar Hero III favorite DragonForce’s “Through the Fire and Flames.”

Discover the Spirit of Rock, All Around the World

Rock through fantastic locations with Guitar Hero favorites and play at eight new venues based on wonders of the world, including the Amazon, Polar Ice Caps and the Grand Canyon.

Create, Customize and Share

Guitar Hero Smash Hits features the Music Studio, GHTunes and the Rock Star Creator first made famous in Guitar Hero World Tour. Create your own hits in Music Studio, share them online with GHTunes and watch your created superstar shred and drum to your soon-to-be breakout hit. With difficulty levels ranging from “Beginner” mode, introduced in Guitar Hero World Tour to the difficult-to-master “Expert+” mode first seen in Guitar Hero®Metallica®, Guitar Hero Smash Hits is accessible for all players.

Guitar Hero Metallica

Get ready to thrash with the definitive collection of Metallica's music and over 20 other rocking bands on guitar, drums, vocals and bass. Featuring guest acts chosen by Metallica ranging from rock to metal such as Queen, Alice in Chains, Judas Priest and the Foo Fighters.

Experience full-on Metallica by playing as the band with their actual motion captured moves and likeness, representing the FULL presence and intensity of James, Lars, Kirk and Robert. Take the stage in some of the world’s most amazing and epic venues featuring famous Metallica stages and iconic imagery. Of course, all tracks and content are “Metallica Approved”, so you know they rock.

Over 20 Superstar Guest Acts

Featuring over 20 bands personally chosen by Metallica... including Queen, Alice in Chains, Slayer, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Foo Fighters, Guitar Hero Metallica lets you jam to a wide variety of high-energy rock for Guitar Hero. Go beyond the music of Metallica to bands they have collaborated with, as well as, the music that inspires them.

Full Guitar Hero®World Tour Feature Set

Up to 4 players can join together and rock locally, or battle other bands online with up to 8 players. Guitar Hero Metallica includes the “Rock Star Creator,” playing with friends online, the full Music Studio and the user-created music sharing service, GHTunesSM. Finally play the Death Magnetic downloadable content as Metallica themselves.*

New Content and Gameplay

For the first time ever, the game supports TWO kick pedals, and in a new “Expert +” mode, there are two separate pedals signals, letting you play like Lars on double bass drums. Go deeper into Metallica, with guerilla-style videos straight from their concerts and the option to test your Metallica know-how on any song you beat with facts from the band’s history, as well as, how the guest acts are tied to Metallica. The whole game is true to Metallica, from the updated attacks in Battle Mode to the new samples in the Music Studio.