#GUITAR HERO METALLICA XBOX ONE SERIES#

It's all very simple and long-time fans will feel right at home, while newcomers are helped with a series of tutorials that have unfortunately been recycled from World Tour, which is a shame because it would have been nice to get singing lessons from James Hetfield, or drumming tips from Lars Ulrich. The aim of the game is to play the correctly coloured notes as they make their way towards the bottom of the computer screen, while vocalists must match the pitch and length of the words that appear either statically or scrolling at the top of the screen. Once again there is the option to play guitar, drums and vocals individually, or together with other players as a complete band. In terms of gameplay the core mechanic remains the same as Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band. With this is mind, it's nice to see that with Metallica's game, Neversoft has really pushed the boat out and added new features and touches to make this feel like less of a spinoff and more of a genuine offering to the series. Aerosmith's title was a bit short, missing many contemporary numbers and making no improvements to a slightly stale formula, while AC/DC's Rock Band offering played like a dream but had no frills or extras and came off like a glorified download.

Unfortunately, the standard of these band-specific offerings has so far been pretty poor. Aerosmith have their own Guitar Hero title, AC/DC had a go on Rock Band and The Beatles and Van Halen are among the bands soon to be immortalised with their own rhythm action games. It was inevitable from the moment real songs and real bands began to appear in titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band that we'd end up with games like Guitar Hero: Metallica.

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