First impressions

**achat** · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Long Beach

I know there were quite a few mixed feelings about the covered songs in GH1, but what does everyone think of the SOUND of the covers in GH2? I'm not talking about songs with added or skipped notes, I would simply like to know what everyone thinks of the quality of the voices, distortions, etc.

By the way, no extensive criticism of Killing in the Name, Heart-Shaped Box, or Sweet Child 'o Mine, please. It's extremely obvious that the vocals on those songs blow badly, so let's try to limit that.

**PriestMLH** · Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 1958 Location: Evansville, IN

Uhh honestly I have no problem with any of the songs...and I thought Sweet Child O' Mine was pretty well done...

My only problems are the some of the songs themselves ;)...just ridiculous how some songs made the game...but that's another story.

I'd guess my biggest problem is Beast and the Harlot...I'm a huge Avenged Sevenfold fan...and the singer is a little whiny for the song...but it's hard to mimic M.Shadows voice..since he's had surgical deals with it...but meh...I stil love the song and I love playing it...

So thumbs up anyway

EDIT: Actually scratch that...Woman...not good. It's the same guy that did Killer Queen haha...anyway...he just doesn't fit the Wolfmother voice...except he kinda looks like a wolf?
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**achat** · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Long Beach

I guess I forgot to throw my opinions in there. My bad. I actually think that the other 37 licensed tracks were done pretty well. I agree that the A7X vocals are a bit lacking, but I think that songs like Last Child and Message in a Bottle were covered damn well.

**emptyset** · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: First impressions

**Spoon333** · Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 442 Location: VA

**LucidFaia** · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 52 Location: Columbus, OH

Crazy On You is definitely one of the best covers, if you ask me. I love that intro.
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**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

I wish they'd got the Dethlok guy to do vocals for "Laid to rest"

I'm not crazy about the vocals on "War Pigs" either - it sounds too much like a karoake singer trying to do Ozzy - still - on the whole I'm pretty happy with everything else...

**Fireblade** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 31

I don't think the Message in a Bottle singer sounds right at all. Weird that several people put it at the top of the list.

The Crazy on You singer, though, sounds perfect. Maybe it's just what you're more familiar with.

**kungfumidget** · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 97

Honestly, when I play I almost never notice the vocal tracks, I'm so wrapped up in the guitar parts. I still don't know any of the words to most of the songs in GH I. But I do notice KitN is very off - but partly because that's one of my favorite songs. Apart from that, they all sound at least acceptable to me.

**SixStringSlut** · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 244 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

**Metalmuppet** · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

Guys, the game's called "Guitar Hero" not "Vocal Hero". If there was bad language in GHII, the game would be rated M.

**Anthony** · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 659 Location: Cali

The drums aren't in the mix enough on a lot of the songs, can't even hear it on a few of them. The guitar sounds good on most of the songs but for some reason the tone just feels really wrong on Jessica.
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**TheFreak** · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:12 am Post subject:

In my opinion, the musicianship in all of the covers is excellent. Even the improv stuff (Like the guitar solo in "Woman" that doesn't normally exist) seem to fit right in with the song perfectly.

But, alas, most of the vocals stink.

They should hire me in at Harmonix, I can do a mean Axl Rose

**DevilMayAsian** · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 1380

Sweet Child's guitar tone was screaming Slash. It was pretty impressive to hear that they got that women tone down.

And I'll agree with almost everyone's opinion about Message in a Bottle. The vocals are crazy awesome.

I haven't spent much time with the game to really have a good grasp on the entire game, but so far, it's alright.
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