

One highlight of Quest Mode's story involves finding the Demigod's guitar in a cave this part of the story is set to match the lyrics of Rush's 7-part epic, " 2112", with Rush members Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, and Alex Lifeson narrating the story. That character will then join in the fight against the Beast, and the opportunity to recruit other characters become available. After achieving the required number of stars, the character transforms into a more powerful character, and the player must complete one more song (the "encore") to recruit the character.

For each character, the player must earn a number of stars on a selection of songs tied to each character that represented the genre the character personifies for example, the mohawk-wearing Johnny Napalm has songs primarily from the punk genre. Warriors of Rock 's primary gameplay mode is "Quest Mode", a story-driven campaign in which players recruit eight fictional characters to help rescue the Demigod of Rock from imprisonment by The Beast the story is narrated by Gene Simmons.
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Bright noted that "there's still range and still a lot of variety in this game" to avoid too much alienating of long-time fans of the series in general. The game's on-disc setlist is also claimed to be more difficult than previous games, as Activision found most players would quickly progress to the highest difficulty, Expert, shortly after each game's release. The game features songs primarily from the punk, alternative, and classic rock genres, and with heavy focus on lead guitar portions as this was found to be the most popular instrument to players. Recent games in the Guitar Hero series were found to have soundtracks that attempted to please several types of players, leading to dilution of the experience Warriors of Rock was designed to follow the success of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with a soundtrack that was more focused on the rock 'n roll genre, according to project director Brian Bright. There are 93 songs by 85 artists on-disc for Warriors of Rock. Players can opt to play songs on one of six difficulty levels, from Beginner to Expert (Expert+ on drums), that alter the number of notes and scrolling speed.

Players are awarded star ratings based on their performance in Warriors of Rock, the typical limit of five stars can easily be surpassed through gameplay-changing powers possessed by the eight in-game characters when they are used. Īs with previous games in the series, Warriors of Rock challenges one to four local or online players to use special instrument controllers based on guitar, bass, drums, and vocals to simulate the playing of rock music, matching notes as they scroll on-screen with specific actions of the controller to score points and successfully complete songs that are available on-disc, through imports of other Guitar Hero games, or purchasable as downloadable content. It was initially announced that Vicarious Visions would take over future game development of the Guitar Hero series, however due to declining music game sales, all further development of the Guitar Hero series was cancelled, until 2015 when Guitar Hero Live was released. Both studios' respective Guitar Hero divisions were closed once the game was complete, with key personnel brought into Activision directly for future games. Warriors of Rock represents the final game developed by RedOctane and Neversoft. Following a decline in sales of music games in 2009, partially due to the large number of music games released that year, Activision scaled back their efforts in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Activision's subsidiary studios RedOctane, Neversoft, and Vicarious Visions the latter provided support for additional features in the Wii version of the game. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is the sixth main game in the Guitar Hero series, released by Activision to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii consoles in September 2010. The person on the right is using the new design of the Guitar Hero controller created specifically for the game. Two people playing Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock at a trade show.
