Guitar Hero, published by RedOctane, is a rock guitar simulation game for the PlayStation2. "Ridiculously awesome... Guitar Hero exceeds my high expectations." (Rating: 4.5 out of 5)      - Official PlayStation Magazine "One of the greatest games ever made."      - G4 TV "Holy Crap! ... Without a doubt the most fun I have ever had playing any game." (Score: 10 out of 10)      - Team Fremont "Harmonix has unleashed a beast... It makes me want to jump up and down. I'm so psyched about it, I have to talk about it when I'm not playing."      - Gaming Age "The best rhythm game ever made." (Score: 10 out of 10)      - 1up.com "I am frankly astonished by how much playing this game feels like playing the guitar for real... Guitar Hero will knock you on your coal-mining ass." (Score: 90%)      - EGM "Guitar Hero leaves all other music/rhythm games in the dust." (Score: 4.5 out of 5)      - Yahoo! Games "Pure bliss... If you ever rock out this hard outside of Guitar Hero, your heart will explode. We're serious... Hell, the game is so damn fun you won't be able to put it down... Buy this. Now." (Score: 9.2 out of 10)      - IGN.com "If you don't have a big, stupid, sh*t-eating grin on your face when you do this, then we can't be friends anymore."      - Stuff Magazine "The latest rhythm action game from Harmonix kicks all kinds of ass." (Score: 9 out of 10)      - GameSpot "Guitar Hero is about rocking your f*ing face off... Harmonix knocked it out of the f*ing park."      - Penny Arcade "The most fun I've ever had with a music game."      - Game Informer "Let's be perfectly frank here; games this good come out very rarely, and when they do it feels like a gift" (Score: 9.7 out of 10)      - Worth Playing "Harmonix has crafted a game that is heads and shoulders above nearly anything that has come before." (Score: 96 out of 100)      - eToyChest "This is one of the few games I would unequivocally say is a must-own... Harmonix has taken an idea, refined it, churned it, ground it, and forged it into a force of pure rock that few men could stand against."      - Netjack "This game is just too damned amazing to pass up. Seriously, there's just no reason not to buy this game."      - TotalPlayStation "There is one game you need to buy this Christmas season. It's not the Xbox360, it's not Nintendo, it's not Sony's PSP. It's Guitar Hero... This is the greatest game ever... It triggers something completely innate and primal in me... Just run to the stores and buy this game!"      - CBS Sacramento "Guitar Hero is not only the best PlayStation 2 game of the year, but it is worth going to buy a PS2 console exclusively to play this title."      - Bullz-Eye.com "An epic rock masterpiece that may be the most purely fun game out there."      - The Onion AV Club "One of the most (if not absolutely the most) acclaimed game of the generation."      - Next Generation