There are also drums notes that one must hit with above average force to gain maximum points, taking advantage of the velocity sensitive drum pads. Drums are also be able to activate starpower by hitting both cymbals at the same time at any point during a song. Drums have 'sustained' cymbal notes, which act as cymbal rolls without the precision required of drums rolls. Like a bass pedal kick, this is signified on-screen by a horizontal line across the fretboard. For the bass guitar there is a new open strum note, effectively a 'sixth button' to make bass more interesting. There are several new gameplay addition new to Guitar Hero (and to full band games in general). Gameplay Guitar Hero: World Tour instruments This mode removes the necessity to worry about hitting the correct fret or drum pad and instead just focuses on having the player strum or hit a pad at the right rhythm. To encourage families playing together a new 'Easy Rhythm' difficulty has been added so that parents can play with their kids. It also allows players to complete the single-player career mode as any of the four instruments.

It supports online play for many of its modes such as band career mode, where the player can recruit friends to form a band and play online or on the same console and fight other bands in a new Battle of the Bands mode. The game also has a music studio mode where players can construct new tracks. Unlike previous Guitar Hero games, there are no cover songs in the game-every track is from the original artist. Guitar Hero: World Tour's soundtrack includes songs from Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles, Sublime, Lenny Kravitz, and more. However, unlike in Rock Band, you cannot use a headset to sing vocals. Both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 version have basic compatibility with Rock Band instruments.

The Guitar Hero drum set features three pad-based triggers, two raised cymbal-like triggers, and one kick pedal trigger. World Tour adds drums and vocals to the game, the former featuring a drum kit constructed specifically for use with this new release. Previous Guitar Hero games have allowed players to play lead guitar and bass. All current generation consoles share the same features, with the Wii version sharing the downloadable content of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, a first for the series.

It was developed by Neversoft, with Vicarious Visions handling the Wii version and Budcat porting to PS2. Guitar Hero: World Tour is the fourth 'main entry' Guitar Hero game in the series, and is the true follow-up to Guitar Hero 3. Overview Guitar Hero World Tour, Rebel Yell

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