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First Build, 12-1-2009

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This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

On December 2, 2024, popular Guitar Hero and Rock Band streamer "A Wise Moose" announced he had purchased a disk from a former Neversoft employee that has a build of Warriors of Rock, dubbed Guitar Hero 6. 1 This build predates the final by six months and refers itself as 'Guitar Hero 6' instead of 'Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'

Band Hero 2 Leftovers#

In the Warriors of Rock (GH6) development phase, elements from the scrapped "Band Hero 2," including music tracks, costumes, and additional features, were likely utilized for testing purposes early on Some songs from "Band Hero 2" are used in this build for testing purposes. Watch on YouTube

Song Name

Artist

Status

America

Razorlight

Unused

Bubbly

Colbie Caillat

Unused

Dance, Dance

Fall Out Boy

Used (Warriors of Rock Setlist)

Fly On The Wall

Miley Cyrus

Unused

I Want You Back

Jackson 5

Unused

The Look

Roxette

Unused

Mony Mony

Billy Idol

Unused

Radio Song

Days Difference

Unused (includes special animations, lighting, and lip-sync.)

Sister Christian

Night Ranger

Used (Guitar Hero 5 DLC)

Tangled Up In Me

Skye Sweetnam

Unused

You Can't Hurry Love

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Unused

It seems that Band Hero 2 would have contained more detailed venue animations similar to The Beatles Rock Band as "Radio Song" by Days Difference contains unique animations, lip-sync, and lighting. This is the only song in this build that shows text during the song. In different parts of the song text says to "Deploy Star Power!" and "Don't Miss A Note!". These relate to the 2 challenges 'Star Power Triggered' and 'Section Accuracy'. A glimpse of what Band Hero 2 might have turned out to be.

BH2_LightStreaks#

In the costumes for the character "Clive Winston," there is an aura effect surrounding him called "BH2_LightStreaks."

Aura effect for Band Hero 2

Music Test Songs#

Song

Artist

AndyTHPSdrum Duel Proto

Andy Gentile

Army

Ben Folds Five

Beat It

Michael Jackson

Blue Angel

Chet Atkins

California Good Times

Led Zeppelin & 2Pac and Dr. Dre

Call Me The Breeze

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Cherry Bomb

Joan Jett

King Without A Crown

Matisyahu

Lady Fantasy

Camel

Rat Race

The Specials

Slave Children's Crusade (from Temple of Doom)

John Williams

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

The World Has Turned and Left Me Here

Weezer

There's No Secrets This Year

Silversun Pickups

Strung Out

Calling

Thick as a Brick

Jethro Tull

Where The Streets Have No Name

U2

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Primus

Guitar Hero 5 Leftovers#

Guitar Hero 6 was forked from Guitar Hero 5, as this is the 'First Playable' build. It contains many Guitar Hero 5 leftovers.

  1. When the Xbox 360's locale is anything other than 'United States', it shows a different splash screen. This screen uses an earlier splash than what is seen in Guitar Hero 5, suggesting that GH6 was forked before GH5 was finalized. Guitar-Hero-6-GH5-Splash.png
  2. Every GH5 song is in the files and can be accessed in the debug menu under "GH5 (Old)"
  3. Some GH5 venues are in the files and can be accessed in the debug menu. These venues are:
    • Cairo Bazaar (Z_Cairo)
    • The 13th Rail (Z_Subway)
    • Calavera Square (Z_MexicoCity), Crashes after loading.
    • Electric Honky Tonk (Z_Nashville)

Early Cutscenes#

An initial, incomplete iteration of Quest Mode is found in the prototype version.

Full Cutscenes credit: alunareclipsse

"Quest" mode (Book of Heroes) Intro storyboard

Placeholder for Judy's section of the story