More on Guitar Hero Van Halen: achievements reveal first details
From Destructoid.com:
Although it’s not been officially announced, we’ve heard of this game called Guitar Hero Van Halen. We can’t be sure it exists, but rumors, retail listings, and German ratings boards seem to indicate that it does. As do the handful of rumored achievements for the Xbox 360 version of the game that Destructoid exclusively got its hands on today.
If they are legitimate (and we have every reason to believe they are), they reveal quite a bit about a game which we previously only knew the name of. Three Van Halen tracks that will be playable are mentioned by name — “Little Guitars,” “Cathedral,” “Spanish Fly,” and the instrumental guitar-gymnastics classic “Eruption.” Real-world locations like West Hollywood, Dallas, London, The Netherlands, Los Angeles, and Rome are also revealed.
In terms of features, it appears the game will be full-band experience, as expected. “Expert+” mode on drums will be making a comeback from Guitar Hero Metallica, as well. One Achievement (”Ouch!”) hints at what we believe could be a new option in the game’s create-a-character, custom tattoos. And finally, Eddie Van Halen’s famous “Frankenstein” guitar (picture above) will be unlockable.
The full list of achievements (minus the secret achievements) can be found after the jump. It’s interesting to note the names of them, which could hint at other playable in-game tracks (i.e. “Running With the Devil,” “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”). Feel free to speculate away.
We contacted Activision to verify the validity of the achievements and game details, but were told they “don’t comment on rumor and speculation.”
Have You Seen His Grades? 5 GP (Complete a tutorial level)
It’s Alive 5 GP (Unlock Eddie’s Frankenstein guitar)
Ouch! 5 GP (Create a custom tattoo)
Intruder 10 GP (Complete the career intro)
Van Halen 10 GP (Complete a career on Beginner, Band or Solo)
Every Band Wants Some! 10 GP (Complete a song with the full band, 4 player band)
They Ran With The Devil 10 GP (All band members get a 50 note streak at the same time)
Somebody Get Them a Doctor 10 GP (Hit 100% of the notes in a song as a band)
Atomic Power Punk 10 GP (All band members activate star power at the same time)
Hung High 10 GP (All band members earn 8x multiplier at the same time)
EVH 10 GP (Unlock all of the Van Halen instruments)
The Broken Combs 15 GP (Complete a gig in West Hollywood)
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dallas 15 GP (Complete a gig in Dallas)
Far Away Lands 15 GP (Complete gigs in London and The Netherlands)
The Space Brothers 15 GP (Complete gigs in Los Angeles and Rome)
Van Halen II 15 GP (Complete a career on Easy)
Jump 15 GP (Complete all Van Halen songs)
Rock Out Big Cities 20 GP (Complete gigs in Berlin and New York City)
Unchained 20 GP (Unlock all Van Halen characters)
Women and Children First 25 (Complete a career on Medium)
Fair Warning 35 (Complete a career on Hard)
The Tour is Ending 35 GP (Complete a majority of the gigs)
Diver Down 45 GP (Complete a career on Expert)
1984 55 GP (complete a career on Expert+)
The Wood Shed 60 GP (5 star guitar for ‘Little Guitars,’ ‘Cathedral,’ ‘Spanish Fly,’ and ‘Eruption’ on Expert)
316 65 GP (5 Star all Van Halen songs on Bass Career)
Diamond in the Rough (5 Star all Van Halen songs on Vocal Career on Expert)
Double Bass Master 75 (5 Star all Van Halen songs on Drum Career)
Guitar God 100 GP (5 Star all Van Halen songs on Guitar Career) expert
5150 100 GP (Complete all Van Halen songs on every instrument)[The rest are "secret" achievements]
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May 4th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I bet this game only has DLR tunes in it. If this is the case then once again Ed will show his true colors. I myself will probably buy this for my son. Without Van Hagar songs the game will be incomplete. However it would be cool to get somethin new from VH these days.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Whatever Rodney, my very young apprentice. Don’t you mean, without Hagar songs, the game is MORE ROCKING? Why would people want to play Dreams on Guitar Hero?
May 4th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Maybe I’m getting old but anything guitar hero orientated does NOT excite me at all.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll has left the building…
May 4th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I don’t get guitar hero at all, especially being a guitarist myself. I understand the marketing behind it, however it seems absurd to spend so much time playing a game simulating guitar playing, when the real thing is so much more fun. And the chicks dig it, though maybe all the girls are more impressed with Guitar Hero chops now, if so I give up.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Or how’bout Why can’t this be love or Can’t stop lovin’ you .Lame gutiar Hero songs
May 4th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Hey Rodney without Van Hagar songs this Game is complete . Long live Dave !!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I will most likley buy the game but it will be a dissapointment if there is not an assortment of songs from all 3 gens of VH.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
This info suggests that there will be no mention of Hagar era VH anywhere. Which is a shame because some of Ed’s best work was from that era. But that’s Eddie for you.
Seriously, why in the hell would you not want to provide as much VH content as possible on a game? Whether you like Hagar era or not, the game will lose its luster much quicker with so much less content. The Hagar haters can just not do the Hagar era songs but most fans would appreciate more content in a game I’m guessing.
I’m also guessing there will be no mention of Michael Anthony. Once again, zero regard for VH fans and once again, Eddie cuts off his nose to spite his face. It’s getting so predictable it’s truly sad.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Personally, for my family and i, this game has had a big influence. It has inspired my 4 and 7 year old nephews, plus their 30something dad to pick up real guitars for the first time! And I’m sure they’re enjoying learning real guitar more than playing the game.
And for the guitarist’s that don’t “get” the game, it’s really more a game about rhythmic patterns, than actually emulating a guitar. Once you’ve played it enough you’ll realize it’s actually easier to play some riffs on a real guitar for certain songs. It’s the best video game to come along since Diablo.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Everyone is missing the big picture:It will bring van halen to a new generation one that would really appreciate the sweet riffs that ed has laid down no matter who was singing
May 4th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Possible guitar hero tunes:
Human Beings
Good enough
Finish what ya started
Poundcake
Cabo Wabo
Mine all mine
Without you
After shock
Pleasure dome
Baluchiterium
That would be 2nd part (Non DLR era tunes)
May 4th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Eddie Van Halen,
Please stop marketing the band that you, Alex, Michael Anthony, & DLR fought so hard to create. Yeah, it’s cool to see your sneakers available, and maybe some effects too.. But dude,, gather Wolfie from daycare & Dave from the topless club, & do something… As, Sammy & Mike are making you look like ‘fools’…(Wasn’t that a Dave era song ??)
May 4th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I don´t wanna buy this game…But i´m happy to know there is NO ONE Van Hagar tune on this!!
Van Halen = Rock / Van Hagar = Pop (Keyboards + love songs)
Sorry Sammy, you aren´t rock enough to this…
Hey Rodney, you are right! This is a game for BOYS, GUYS!!
If someday this company release a Sammy Hagar “guitar hero”, you can buy for your daughther or another little girl…
Hail to Mighty Van Halen!!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I might have missed it, but anybody know when Guitar Hero: Joe Satriani is going to be released?
Karl? Rodney? Other anti-Eddie fanbois?
What are the chances “Me Wise Magic” and the other “Best of Both Worlds” new songs will be on here?
Speaking of rampant self-marketing and promotion, I’d be shocked if Chickenfoot doesn’t figure out a way to somehow slip a video of themselves acting like fools onto the VH Guitar Hero game.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Like I said a couple of posts ago…You can’t say anything about Ed that might even be construed as an attack without his internet security force coming to the rescue. Unlike a dictatorship - ( Van Halen ) people in America have a right to their opinion. But what do i know ? I like all incarnations of Van Halen and Sammy Hagar.As far as self promotion both bands have a fair share of it.
And in case anyone has forgotten - When You Snooze You Lose.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I played Rock band with my 40 year old brother in law and while he LOVES it, I didn’t really get into it that much, I’m in my 30’s.
But I hear that alot of kids are being exposed to REAL rock because of these video games. God knows there’s nothing resembling real rock on the radio these days.
So I’m gonna try out this game maybe I’ll like it, maybe it’ll leave me cold I don’t know.
BUT if it helps alert kids to what REAL rock music is about, that’s ALL to the good.
I played Gimme Shelter and a Nirvana song on Rock band and it felt like I was painting by numbers.
No real feel to it. But that’s maybe just me.
I’ll give GH VH a try.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Hey Kazer, there will be alot of VH content and the more space available the more you would have to fill it with Dave content (for the above mentioned reasons…more rockin’ and fun). So we are not looking at a lack of VH content, we are looking at a lack of Van Hagar content, which is a good thing.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Rodney, do you seriously think VH3 songs should be on this? Seriously? You GO GIRL!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
very cool
May 4th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I have never played Guitar Hero before so I have no idea what the titles followed by; 5GP, 10GP and so on mean. I’ll find out though as I am sure I will get the VH version when it comes out.
I’m sure that it will be fun if there are only Dave era songs on it, but it would be cool for me at least to play some Sammy era stuff like; 5150, Summer Nights, Cabo Wabo and Poundcake at least. If it’s Ed’s music, I wana play it even if they throw in “Beat It” for the solo!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Aftershock: Anti Eddie? You need to read my posts again. You need to read what’s actually written, not what you wish was written…
May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Oh, and for all those saying “Well at least a new generation will be exposed to ‘real’ rock music, blah, blah…” No. A generation is going to think that ‘real’ rock music is nothing but the disposable background musak to a video game.
As I said, Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll has left the building…
May 5th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Look the game is for fun - that’s it, just to have fun! It’s a great way to expose great tunes to a new bunch of kids who without this game, may never experience the awesome catalog of the mighty VH! Today’s rock music sucks (too bad all you nickelback geeks) hopefully this exposure will inspire kids to say “Wow, who are these guys”? “We want more”!!! Maybe games like this will be a great influence for the future of mind blowing, in your face, down and dirty ass kickin rock n roll!!! C’mon everybody wants some!!!!
May 5th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Skutch!! I never said songs in the plural sense.
I included cherone cause I didnt want to leave his fans out LOL I still think Without You was a cool tune. Year to the day was pretty bad ass on guitar too.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Everyone seems to have selective memory of the mighty VH.
Omit the Van Hagar, Cherone years….Hard to remember them when ya have alzheimers. Maybe they will have a rehab achievement….how about dissappear from sight for 10 years achievement. How about skip yer own hall of fame induction acheievement. Mehhhh!!! One member has prevented this band from creating new music. One member will also prevent the younger generation from hearing the band’s history.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Some of you are missing the point. It is a game honoring the worlds greated band. Embrace it, if you don’t like playing a game then don’t play it, simple. It’s not a real guitar, drums, or bass ITS A GAME.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Sorry, Karl. Your inclusion was unfair. Mainly I just wanted to see if I could type “fanbois” into a post without laughing.
I couldn’t.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I looked at pictures of the Guitar Hero guitar/controller and saw the 5 buttons for what I guess would be “fretting” notes and chords. Does anyone think that they may add another button or two to the VH controller around the 12th fret area for tapping?
Anyway, I posted list night that I will most likley get this game when it comes out and still will. It may be fun for a little while but its hard to belive that the game could be more fun than coping Eddies licks for real with my crappy home made Kramer 5150.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
So, will this come with a keyboard so you can actually play the songs as they were played on the albums?????
May 5th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
SCAR,
I agree. Nickelback is one of the worst “rock” bands that I’ve ever heard. The F-ing SUCK!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Van Hagar is similar to Nickelback. Same type of singing.
May 7th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Erick, there’s something wrong with your ears, man.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
JBH doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The first albums had none to minimal keyboards. That’s like saying the Metallica version needs a PRO tools download patch.
May 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
5 Star songs on expert? Not going to be easy.