Band Hero

Overview

Band Hero is a 2009 rhythm game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the second spin-off of the Guitar Hero series, following DJ Hero (2009). The game was released on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles. The game is structurally similar to Guitar Hero 5 (2009), and supports full band play (lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals) including the drop-in/drop-out and in-song instrument and difficulty change menus, and additional multiplayer modes as Guitar Hero 5. The console versions use instrument-shaped game controllers, while the DS version uses either the "Guitar Grip" introduced with the Guitar Hero: On Tour series or a new Drum Skin that comes with the game. Like previous games, who feature virtual avatars of musical artists, Taylor Swift, Adam Levine, and the band No Doubt are presented in the game.

Band Hero received mixed reviews from journalists. Some considered the game to be an appropriately flavored version of Guitar Hero 5 for the "Top 40" pop rock hits, while others felt the game was strictly aimed at teenagers or children. They also contested the cost of the full game, featuring only 65 songs compared with 85 songs in Guitar Hero 5, and considered if the content would have been better in downloadable form. A day after the game's release, the band No Doubt sued Activision, citing similar misuse of their avatars to the Kurt Cobain avatar in Guitar Hero 5.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Music

Developer

Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions

Publisher

Activision

Series

Guitar Hero

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

E10+

USK

0

ACB

G

PEGI

12

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Trophies

Trophies49

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

8

Bronze

38

Total

49

Points

1290

• Platinum Trophy
• Welcome to Band Hero Complete all of the tutorials
• Rise to Fame Complete 25% of the gigs in Career
• Nation's Star
• World Known
• Glimmer Earn 111 Stars in Career
• Sparkle
• Shine
• Platinum Blonde Earn Platinum level on a Career Challenge
• Iced Out Earn Diamond level on a Career Challenge
• My First Gig Complete a Career gig on any difficulty
• Road Most Traveled
• The Long Road Ahead
• M.C. Host an online Career game and play a song
• Face to Face Complete 25 online Pro Face-Off matches, win or lose
• Till Death Do Us Part Play an online Do or Die game
• Nice to Meet You
• A New Challenge Awaits
• Testing the Waters
• In the Moment Successfully complete a Band Moment
• Star Light, Star Bright Score over 10,000 points while in a single Star Power deployment in Career or Quickplay
• A Cool Mill Score over 1,000,000 points as a band in any single song in Career or Quickplay
• Studio Time Create a GH™Studio song
• Fevered Pitch 100% a song as a vocalist
• Jack of All Trades Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better
• There's no 'I' in 'Band Hero' Complete a song with 4 players without any members failing on expert in Career or Quickplay
• Four of a Kind Complete a song as 4 of the same instrument on any difficulty in Quickplay or Career
• Star Powered Earn an 11x multiplier
• Picture Perfect Streak through an entire song without missing a note on medium or harder difficulty
• Treasure Hunt
• Secret Notes 1 Hint: *e*** *c******y
• Secret Notes 2 Hint: **n** ***k***
• Secret Notes 3 Hint: *** *ol**** ****e*
• Secret Notes 4 Hint: **l* *ll**
• Secret Notes 5 Hint: A** * A*
• Secret Notes 6 Hint: ***o*n 5
• Secret Notes 7 Hint: **v** *o***
• Secret Notes 8 Hint: *v***s***c*
• Secret Notes 9 Hint: H*****
• Secret Notes 10 Hint: *a* B****a*
• Secret Notes 11 Hint: *o ***b*
• Secret Notes 12 Hint: ***v** **y*
• Secret Notes 13 Hint: **i** *i***
• Secret Notes 14 Hint: **ll*** ****l*
• Secret Notes 15 Hint: **l*** **ff
• Secret Notes 16 Hint: *e***w***d
• Secret Notes 17 Hint: *h* *ll-**e***** **j****
• Secret Notes 18 Hint: **y O******
• Secret Notes 19 Hint: **r* **u****

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions

Released

2009-11-03

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.1 hours