Guitar Hero: Van Halen is a music developed by Neversoft Entertainment, released 22 December 2009 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
What Guitar Hero: Van Halen is
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is a music game developed by Neversoft Entertainment and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Guitar Hero: Van Halen lets you stand in the shoes of this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band as you perform 25 epic Van Halen tracks, three signature Eddie Van Halen solos and 19 guest act tracks. Get the crowd roaring with your arena rock stylings on Van Halen hits like Jump, Hot for Teacher, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love and Dance the Night Away, as well as songs like Billy Idol's White Wedding, Foo Fighters' Best of You and Blink-182's First Date. Experience the excitement of playing as this ultimate party band as you rock out to dozens of enduring hits and prove you have the talent and the style to live up to the Van Halen legend.
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Guitar Hero: Van Halen holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Guitar Hero: Van Halen launched on 22 December 2009, within three weeks of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Final Fantasy XIII. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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