We are just weeks away from the release of Guitar Hero: Metallica.  Many people are excited about this, since it brings in lot’s of heavy songs, plus adds an expert-plus mode (with double-bass drum) for drummers.  But, let’s look at the game for the value.

Figure it will cost you $50 – $60.  Guitar Hero: Metallica features 49 songs, 28 being by Metallica, and the other 21 songs being bands that are “their personal favorites and influences from over the years”.  So, at more than $1.00 per song…each track is about the price of 1/2 a song from DLC.

As a concern with all these music games, how many duplicate songs are there?  Unfortunately, I’m afraid there are more dupes than I’d like.  Let’s take a look at the set list and mark the duplicates.

• “All Nightmare Long” – Metallica
• “Battery” – Metallica – Rock Band 2
• “Broken Beat & Scarred” – Metallica
• “Creeping Death” – Metallica
• “Cyanide” – Metallica
• “Disposable Heroes” – Metallica
• “Dyers Eve” – Metallica
• “Enter Sandman” – Metallica – Rock Band
• “Fade To Black” – Metallica
• “Fight Fire With Fire” – Metallica
• “For Whom The Bell Tolls” – Metallica
• “Frantic” – Metallica
• “Fuel” – Metallica
• “Hit The Lights” – Metallica
• “King Nothing” – Metallica
• “Master of Puppets” – Metallica
• “Mercyful Fate” (Medley) – Metallica
• “My Apocalypse” – Metallica
• “No Leaf Clover” – Metallica
• “Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica
• “One” – Metallica
• “Orion” – Metallica
• “Sad But True” – Metallica
• “Seek & Destroy” – Metallica
• “The Memory Remains” – Metallica
• “The Shortest Straw” – Metallica
• “The Thing That Should Not Be” – Metallica
• “The Unforgiven” – Metallica
• “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” – Metallica
• “Wherever I May Roam” – Metallica
• “Whiplash” – Metallica

Other Artists

• “No Excuses” – Alice In Chains
• “Turn The Page” – Bob Seger
• “Albatross” – Corrosion of Conformity
• “Am I Evil?” – Diamond Head
• “Stacked Actors” – Foo Fighters
• “Hell Bent For Leather” – Judas Priest
• “Demon Cleaner” – Kyuss
• “Tuesdays Gone” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Beautiful Mourning” – Machine Head
• “Blood And Thunder” – Mastodon
• “Evil” – Mercyful Fate
• “Armed and Ready” – Michael Schenker Group
• “Ace of Spades” – Motorhead – Rock Band 2
• “Stone Cold Crazy” – Queen
• “Mother of Mercy” – Samhain
• “War Ensemble” – Slayer
• “Mommy’s Little Monster” – Social Distortion
• “War Inside My Head” – Suicidal Tendencies
• “Toxicity” – System of a Down – Rock Band DLC
• “Black River” – The Sword
• “The Boys Are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy – Rock Band DLC

If I took it further and compared it to the older Guitar Hero library, there would be more dupes.  So, 44 original songs (not available for Rock Band 1, 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour).  Is this worth $50-60  to you?