Guitar Hero II for the Sony PlayStation 2 is a music rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by Activision. Part of the wildly popular Guitar Hero franchise, players use a guitar-shaped controller to simulate playing rock and other genres of music as they match colored fret buttons and strum in time with notes that scroll on-screen. Gamers rock out to a diverse tracklist, master lead, bass, and rhythm guitar parts in their quest for stardom, solo or in multiplayer face-offs. This sequel amps up the challenge and variety, cementing its legacy as a PS2 classic.