Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s Specifications

By Alex Navarro on 27/07/2007

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The good:

Soundtrack consists of mostly great '80s tunes that are quite fun to play
Multiplayer and practice modes are intact.

The bad:

Thirty songs for $50 is a lousy value any way you slice it
A few real C- and D-list song choices
Presentation is a cheap '80s dress-up of Guitar Hero II.

The bottomline:

There are certainly some bona fide '80s showstoppers on this expansion, but all told, this is Guitar Hero II with a coat of neon paint and half as much content.

Buying choices:

Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2 | $42

Editors' rating:

7/10

Users' rating:

7/10

General

Rating
PG

Console
PS2

Genre
Puzzle

Players (offline)
2

Players (online)
NA

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