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Guitar Hero World Tour for PlayStation 3
Guitar Hero World Tour for PlayStation 3 expands the coloured note highway into a full band. Guitar and bass use five frets and a strum bar, drums follow coloured pads and bass pedal, and vocals measure pitch through a USB microphone. Each instrument has its own career; Band Career lets up to four participants play locally at once. Difficulty is chosen per player, so a group need not share the same skill level.
This product page describes the game disc only. Guitar, drum kit, microphone, wireless receivers and USB hub are not automatically included. A complete local band requires compatible PlayStation 3 instruments and enough connections. The original online and download features are not promised as currently available; the songs and local careers are on the disc.
This product page describes only the game disc. Guitar, drum kit, microphone, wireless receivers and USB hub are not automatically included. A full local band needs compatible PlayStation 3 instruments and enough connections; always check the receiver for wireless equipment. A solo player can choose a supported instrument, but ordinary DualShock control does not replace specialised input for every part. Progress and custom songs are stored locally on a memory card.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Guitar Hero World Tour for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Guitar Hero World Tour
Neversoft developed Guitar Hero World Tour and Activision released it in Europe in November 2008; Budcat Creations handled the PlayStation 3 version. After guitar-focused earlier entries, World Tour answered full-band games by adding drums and vocals beside guitar and bass. A new kit with cymbals and a guitar with touch-sensitive neck appeared in historical bundles, but not with every separate disc.
The 86 songs used master recordings and were divided among solo and band careers. Music Studio was another major expansion: players could program, edit and locally save instrumental compositions. On newer consoles GHTunes added sharing, but that online service was absent on PlayStation 3. The older hardware therefore retained creation, but not distribution, of custom songs.
World Tour became the foundation for later full-band entries such as Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. The PlayStation 3 release remained technically more limited than PS3 and Xbox 360, chiefly through missing network and download functions. Yet it contains the core transition: separate careers per instrument, local four-part play and a music editor beside the traditional rhythm highways.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Guitar Hero II focuses on lead, bass and rhythm guitar with one or two guitar controllers. World Tour adds drums, microphone, four-player play and Music Studio. Guitar Hero II has a more compact guitar career and needs fewer accessories; World Tour offers full-band arrangements and separate careers per instrument.
Guitar Hero III revolves around guitar, boss battles and a cooperative guitar career. World Tour retains five fret lanes but replaces duels as its main innovation with vocals, drums and bands. III stands out through Slash and Tom Morello; World Tour through 86 master tracks, complete local bands and custom compositions.
Rock Band also combines guitar, bass, drums and microphone and centres cooperation in one band. World Tour uses a drum layout with cymbals and adds Music Studio. Both need several accessories; Rock Band has its own world-tour structure, while World Tour offers individual instrument careers alongside Band Career.
Guitar Hero 5 refines full bands with freer instrument combinations and immediate joining and leaving. World Tour uses the series' first band setup, with fixed roles and separate careers. Guitar Hero 5 is more flexible for changing groups; World Tour records the original transition from guitar game to band game.
SingStar Rocks! judges two singers through microphones and shows music videos, without playable guitar or drum parts. World Tour makes vocals one of four instrument roles and uses note highways for the others. SingStar is more focused on karaoke; World Tour on coordinated band play and instrumental scores.
