Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Overview

Guitar Hero Smash Hits (titled Guitar Hero Greatest Hits in Europe and Australia) is a 2009 rhythm game developed by Beenox

and published by Activision. It is the eighth installment in the Guitar Hero series. The game features 48 songs originally featured in five previous games in the series: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith: redesigning the songs to be based on master recordings and to include support for full band play first introduced to the series in Guitar Hero World Tour (2008). The game was released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 systems worldwide in June 2009.

The game reuses many elements from previous titles in the series, including Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica. Beenox designed the game around playing the greatest songs of the series at venues located in the greatest places on Earth, and created venues based on various Wonders of the World for the game. While the game's soundtrack and expansion into a four-player band were well received by reviewers, the game was highly criticized for being a full-cost standalone title instead of being downloadable content for existing games in the series.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Music

Developer

Beenox

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

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

T

PEGI

12

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies51

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

10

Bronze

38

Total

51

Points

1350

• Complete!
• The Greatest Journey In History Complete a song in every venue.
• You Cannot Beat Me Win an online Pro Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more.
• Jaw Dropper Win an online Face-Off match by 25,000 points or more.
• You Should Be Afraid Win an online Face-Off match.
• One For All Complete a song in a Band (4 players).
• Rocker's Guide To Godhood Complete the Career Tutorial.
• The Greatest Crew Complete a song with all Band members on Expert (4 player Band).
• Golden Fingers Perform as the Guitarist.
• Play With Me Play 20 online matches.
• Low-Pitched King Complete the Career as the Bassist.
• Thunder Kissing Trigger Star Power simultaneously (4 player Band).
• Craving For More Download a song from GHTunes(SM).
• I Wanna Rock Complete a song with any instrument on any difficulty in local Quickplay or Career.
• Rock Legends
• Promising Diva Perform as the Vocalist.
• Cowboys From Hell
• Band Leader Score the highest individual score in a 4 players Band.
• Unyielding Complete the Career as the Drummer.
• Wondrous Strummer Complete the Career as the Guitarist.
• Bark At The Moon Complete the Career as the Vocalist.
• Unnoticed Presence Perform as the Bassist.
• The One Man Band
• War Apparatus Complete a song on Expert + (Drums only).
• Master Craftsman Create a new custom instrument.
• Artist On The Rise Create a new custom Band logo.
• Masterpiece Create a new custom rocker.
• Mooned Perform as the Drummer.
• There's Hope! Recover from a poor performance.
• Clash Of The Titans Win a Band vs. Band match (8 players).
• Ink And Blood Create a custom tattoo.
• Glory to the Daring Play a song in the Atlantis venue.
• Face To Face Win an online Pro Face-Off match.
• Killing In The Name
• Cyborg
• Rock Veteran Play 150 songs throughout your entire Career.
• Inhuman
• Amazing Rockstar
• Golden Voice
• Lightning Speed!
• That was Close!
• 8th Wonder
• Bloody Feet
• Open Minded Strummer
• Rising Star
• You Play It Well
• Smoking!!! Complete the song Smoke On The Water as a Vocalist.
• Deadzone Fail a song with available Star Power in single player.
• Raining Notes
• Hail The Reverend
• Free As A Band

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Beenox

Released

2009-06-16

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 5.1 hours