Band Hero is, essentially, Guitar Hero 5 with a different track list and a very slightly different aesthetic. It’s clear that the track list is aimed at a different market to Guitar Hero – it’s a game for people that enjoy top 40 pop-rock music, but other than this the game hasn’t been changed much at all, and can’t be said to be even a minor evolution in the genre. Of course, playing plastic instruments with friends is still lots of fun, there’s no denying that, but you should really consider Band Hero to be an expansion disc of 65 new songs (most of which you can export into Guitar Hero) and not a new game in its own right.

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