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Playstation 2 Guitar Hero Wireless Guitar Review (continued)
More User Submitted Playstation 2 Guitar Hero Wireless Guitar Reviews
Date: 2008-01-25
i'm a rock star
a fun way to play a video game...a lot like DDR where you are prompted to take an action based on screen cues...like all games, just a matter of developing your skills to work the controller (guitar) until you're an expert! a nice change from using a regular controller. Guitar works great.
Date: 2008-01-14
Guitar Hero Wireless Guitar
My daughter suggested that a 2nd guitar to go with her guitar hero game might be a nice idea. I had no idea what I was looking for, but this wireless one and ordered it for her. It is wonderful! She loved it and stated she didn't even realize there were wireless guitars. We had a great time over Christmas playing doubles. She's taken it back to college with her and is looking forward to game night with her roomies.
Date: 2008-01-07
Touchy but, OK controller
I picked up this item in a store for $59.00. In comparison to the black Kramer controller that comes w/GHIII bundle, I don't like it quite as much. Good: I like the position of the start and select buttons - they're out of the way and don't accidentally get pressed when using the whammy bar. I also like the shape and weight of the controller. The strap is better quality and easier to put on than the Kramer's. Bad: the fret keys are very sensitive so you have to be very precise in how much pressure to apply and when to press/release the keys. Also, I noticed in co-op career play that the controller seems even less responsive at times. It seems as if the two competing wireless signals scramble the weaker one and affects the gameplay. I don't know if this is what happened, but it's my theory.
Bottom line: I learned to play on the Kramer and I can rock harder and be more heavy handed and the gameplay is more forgiving. For the $49, free shipping, and no tax, I think this controller as a second one is a fair deal. If you're wanting 2 or more guitars, I recommend searching for a bundle with a game and 2 of the Kramer controllers.
Date: 2007-12-27
Good looking game... wish I could play it!
I was the recipient of this gift for Christmas from my older brother. He must have realized that I liked DDR so much, that it would probably have carried over to guitar hero. Well, he was right, I was ecstatic to play and experience guitar hero.
Upon first opening it, on Christmas day, we played for a good 30-45 minutes flawlessly (truly impressed with the wireless). Then later in the day I went to a friends house and brought the system and guitar hero controller, well, the base unit wouldn't even light up! No communication at all! It was like I was just watching the game at the arcade and not being able to play because I didn't have enough tokens/quarters! It was so frustrating!
Well, not to be one who is quick to decide, I simply went back to the retail store the day after Christmas and exchanged straight up for a new wireless controller, the same exact design. (Maybe the first one was just a dud, right?) Brought it home, and played flawlessly for maybe... oh say, 3 songs (roughly 10 minutes?), and then the connection would be dropped regularly. I'd have to shut off the controller and turn it back on in order to re-establish the connection. By then, I would have failed the song! I tried all of the suggested troubleshooting tips, but they did not help one bit.
Now, it is two days after Christmas, I am going to go back to the retail store, return this guitar, and just get the store credit and wait for the wired guitars to come in from being back ordered (these wired guitars must work if they're backordered to February 2008). I am beginning to realize that there is a reason why these specific wireless guitars are always on the shelf in every gaming store I go to. They are just a wasteful product and makes for more frustration than fun!
Date: 2007-12-27
Embarassing gift... piece of junk
I got this guitar along with Guitar Hero I and II for my little brother for Christmas. I was really excited and he was SUPER excited... until we plug it in and it wouldn't work. Turns out the base station was broken - it wouldn't link up to the guitar. We tried everything. We turned off our cell phones, we disconnected our wireless router... We followed all of the instructions.
We returned it to get a new one and THAT ONE BROKE!! We had it for about two hours... and then the second guitar's connection wouldn't link up to the base station.
The concept is cool - wireless controller - but Activision clearly does not have the technical competency to make it work.
This is the most awful gift I've ever given. I feel bad about giving this piece of junk to my brother: He was so excited to play this game... and his heart has been broken. He's been sad and frustrated.
This was supposed to be a gift!
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