Should you want to, you can do things like play a drum loop but kill specific parts - like omitting a cymbal crash or cutting off a snare hit. You can keep things simple by just selecting a tempo (measured in beats per minute), some instrument-specific pre-recorded riffs, and a few drum loops. It functions like a console version of Apple's Garage Band players use the New Song Wizard to create custom tracks. The most distinct new feature in World Tour is its full-fledged music studio.
These personal tweaks also extend to drums (you can change a kit's finish, skins, and sticks) as well as microphones (if you grow tired of the default stand you can swap it out for a more stylish one). Even the background of the default fret highway can be changed.
You can use the Axe Smith feature to create a custom guitar complete with a unique finish, intricate fret inlays, and your favorite set of strings (these don't affect gameplay). Personalizing touches extend beyond your own rocker. The developer teased a create-your-own-graphics feature - used for making things like custom face paints and album covers - but did not go into detail about how users would utilize this feature. There's also a sizable selection of clothes, which you can purchase with money you earn from playing gigs. For instance, not only can you pick a head shape, but you can customize the jaw line, the shape of the chin, the size of the cheekbones, and even add face paint. Character creation functions like an art studio. The Rock Star Creator allows you to tailor everything about your rocker - from gender to height and everything in-between. Not forgetting its Tony Hawk days, Neversoft has amped up its customization department. To make bass playing feel like a not-so-dumbed-down version of guitar playing, Neversoft has added what they term the "open strum." Instead of open bass notes corresponding to a fret button, players strum without pushing down a fret - it simulates picking an open string on a bass. Like past games, this guitar does double duty and can serve as a bass. You can tap on slide - this allows you to tap out each individual note instead of using the strum bar you can add sustain by pressing down on the Touch Slide for an extended period of time and you can simulate a slide guitar by running your fingers from one end of the bar to the other. It opens up the way you play in quite a few new ways. Players will also notice a new black bar below the iconic, jewel-colored fret buttons. This time around, the scale of the familiar 6-string is slightly larger. Older Guitar Hero guitars will still work with World Tour, but Neversoft is adding quite a few new features to entice players to shell out for the latest model. Now, it wouldn't be a Guitar Hero game without a new guitar, and World Tour is no exception. Also, the pads are made of silicone and velocity sensitive, allowing them to react to how much force you use this is denoted during gameplay by the shape of drum notes on the screen - some notes have a more raised shape, signaling the player to be more brutal with their hits. This makes them a more comfortable fit for actual drummers. One key feature of the drum kit (modeled after Roland V-Drums) makes them stand out: the crash and ride cymbals are elevated from the pads. While this vocal addition seems to simply be playing catch-up with Rock Band, the drums flip the tables. The microphone is licensed by the peripheral company Logitech and used in a way similar to Rock Band - the singer matches the scrolling lyrics displayed on the top of the screen. The most obvious addition to this iteration of Guitar Hero is the inclusion of a wired microphone and a wireless drum kit. It seems the developer is determined to not only match Rock Band feature-for-feature, but also one-up its competitor in a few key areas - the first being instruments. Neversoft isn't taking all this lying down. Sure, guitar players get noticed the most in bands, but there's that key word - "band." The Rock Band development team just paid better attention to their source material - the average band has drums, bass, a singer, and of course, a guitar player.
Nor is it hard to understand why the instrument bias from Guitar Hero (please, just guitar and bass) was eschewed by Rock Band in favor of a full-on instrumental assault. JIt's not a wild assertion to say Rock Band stole a lot of Guitar Hero's thunder.
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