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Best of Show! Editor's Choice!














D.I.C.E. Awards

  • Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
  • Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
  • Family Game of the Year
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
  • Guitar Hero™, the hit rock ‘n roll guitar video game for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, was honored by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) at the 9th annual D.I.C.E. Summit's Interactive Achievement Awards in Las Vegas



    GamerDad
    Family Game of the Year
    "Guitar Hero is good for kids over 6, but perfect for kids over 10. And a must for aging rock fogies who want to get the band back together!"




    Official PlayStation magazine
    Rating: 4.5 out of 5
    “When it really comes down to it, what this game's about is no-frills rocking. And no-frills rocking is something it does very, very well. More, please.”




    Gamespot
    Rating: 9.0
    “With its extremely smart approach to difficulty, its great guitar controller, and its killer song selection, Guitar Hero might just be the best rhythm game ever made.”




    IGN.com
    Rating: 9.2
    ”Guitar Hero is pure bliss, on a stick even. It's got a fantastic soundtrack that's blended incredibly well into the game, a great peripheral in the SG guitar controller and well, that's really what it's all about. The game is just fun. Pure, unadulterated fun, and that's all there is to it. Buy this. Now.”




    Yahoo Games
    Rating:
    “All your dreams of being a rock star will come true with one of the greatest music games of all time.”




    1UP
    Rating: 10.0
    “Truth be told, 1UP recently held a group "review" session that lasted late into the night. After a few beers, some leaps off the couch, about 8 renditions of Boston, countless moments of faux-rockstar posturing, and actually stomping so hard that we broke the disc during the thundering finale of "Take Me Out," everyone seemed to agree on a score for Guitar Hero.

    But our scale only goes up to 10.”




    Electronic Gaming Monthly
    Rating: 9.0
    “The overall style is pitch-perfect as well, with cool concert-poster menus, a roadie-taught tutorial, and a sound level that goes to 11. But here's the question, man: Does it rawk ? In the words of David Lee Roth, ‘F*** yeah!’”






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