Guitar Hero: Metallica

Overview

Guitar Hero: Metallica is a 2009 rhythm game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the seventh installment in the Guitar Hero series and the second to focus on the career and songs of one rock band, Metallica, following Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008). The game was released in North America on the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 on March 29, 2009, and on PlayStation 2 on April 14, 2009, with an Australian and European release in May 2009.

The game is based on Guitar Hero World Tour (2008), with support for lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals. The game has many of the same features from World Tour, including single-player and band Career modes, online competitive modes, and the ability to create and share songs through "GHTunes". In addition to the normal difficulty levels presented in Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero: Metallica provides an "Expert+" difficulty for drums that allows the use of a second bass drum pedal to match the drumming style of Metallica's Lars Ulrich. The game features 28 master recordings spanning Metallica's career and an additional 21 songs selected by members of Metallica. The band performed extensive motion capture for the game for their in-game avatars and performances. The game includes several extras including behind-the-scenes videos of the motion capture sessions, tour and concert videos of the band, and Pop-Up Video-like facts for many of the songs on the game disc.

Guitar Hero: Metallica received positive reviews, with critics stating it to be a strong tribute to the band and Neversoft's best work on the Guitar Hero series to date. The difficulty throughout the game was praised, found to be more enjoyable to players of all skill levels than the more-difficult Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Reviewers noted the lack of additional downloadable content, save for the pre-existing Death Magnetic songs, the cartoonish storyline for the Career mode, and the overall value of the game as some of the negatives to the experience.

Official trailer

Launch Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Music

Developer

Neversoft Entertainment

Publisher

Activision

Series

Guitar Hero

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

PEGI

12

ESRB

T

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies51

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

12

Bronze

37

Total

51

Points

1305

• Platinum Artist
• The More I See Complete the Tutorials
• Metallica
• James Hetfield Complete the career as the vocalist
• Lars Ulrich Complete the career as the drummer
• Kirk Hammett Complete the career as the guitarist
• Robert Trujillo Complete the career as the bassist
• Holier Than Thou
• One Complete a song with any instrument on Hard or Expert in local Quickplay or Career
• ...And Justice for All
• The Ecstacy of Gold
• Damage Inc.
• Motorbreath
• Invisible Kid
• Some Kind of Monster
• Ride the Lightning All band members trigger star power simultaneously (4 player band)
• 2 X 4 Earn a band Hot Streak (4 player band)
• Metal Militia
• Master of Puppets
• The Struggle Within Complete a song in a band in Quickplay or Career (4 players)
• The Four Horsemen Complete a song with all band members on expert in Quickplay or Career (4 player band)
• Nothing Else Matters
• Black
• Better Than You Win an online Pro Face-Off match
• Blitzkrieg Win an online Band v Band match (8 players)
• Seek & Destroy Play 20 online matches
• The Unforgiven Win an online Face-Off match
• The Unforgiven II
• The Unforgiven III
• Reload Download a song from GHTunes
• Cure
• Green Hell
• Disposable Heroes
• Blackened
• Eye of the Beholder
• Fixxxer
• Hero of the Day Complete a song on Expert + in Quickplay or Career (drums only)
• The House Jack Built
• Wherever I May Roam Complete a song in every venue
• Trapped Under Ice
• Stone Dead Forever
• King Diamond
• Lemmy
• The Memory Remains View a Metallifacts video
• Creeping Death
• Dyer's Eve
• Fight Fire with Fire
• Stone Cold Crazy
• Enter Sandman
• Battery
• Astronomy

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Neversoft Entertainment

Released

2009-03-29

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7.2 hours