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| Guitar Hero: Live brings the series back with a bang |
LIKE all much-loved music greats from days gone by Guitar Hero has come around for a reunion tour.
It looked like Guitar Hero had struck its final note in 2010 with its last release, but Activision have got the band back together for Guitar Hero: Live.
Armed with a much-loved back catalogue of hits and features, Guitar Hero is ready to rock you living room once again.But unlike the Stone Roses, The Who or... Steps, Guitar Hero: Live is back with a barrage of new hits.Available to buy with one or two guitar controllers, the 2015 version of Guitar Hero really makes the most of the power and capabilities of the PlayStation 4.The tried and tested system of strumming along to the notes as they travel down the road remains but the controller has been redesigned. And it's changed the game. Gone are the five coloured buttons and in comes two rows of three. I'm not pretending to be Slash but I can play a little bit and the redesign of the controller is getting somewhere close to the real thing. You can now play chords, power chords individual notes and scales - which not only adds realism to the game but brings increased difficulty. This version has fixed a number of issues that plagues older editions and can be bought with one or two guitar controllers. There's the classic 'career' mode where you play a number of stages at festivals to unlock new songs but there's the sparkling new Guitar Hero TV (GHTV). The career mode has been completely revamped. Starting in a dingy club you work your way up to the big time. But it's not all plain sailing. Improved AI sees your interactive audience, band members and even roadies singing along as you play in perfect harmony. Play badly and they'll be baying for blood.While you spend most of the time fixated on the road to see the next notes, if you take the time to look around you notice the little things that make you want to be out on that stage for real.
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| Guitar Hero: Live is out now |
The adulation of the fans, the respect of your peers and the terror of messing up.The career mode is relatively short and acts more as an introduction to GHTV. One of the biggest problems with old Guitar hero games was the limited number of tunes available to master. But with GHTV you have access to hundreds of new and old songs from a huge spectrum of artists and performers. There's two live channels that cater to slightly different tastes - one more rocky, the other is more mainstream - and you can strum along as the songs roll along for as long as you like.
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| Messing up can lead to some serious booing |
There's an on-demand section which means you can pick and choose. While these cost tokens you pick up replacements as you unlock rewards and level up. All in all it's undoubtedly an advance on the last edition and in theory you can lose hours rocking out to different tunes or testing yourself against the increasing levels of difficulty. It is fun on your own but comes alive when played in a group. Looks like Guitar Hero's comeback tour will rock on for a while longer yet. Mew tracks now playable in GHTV:
- Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
- Amaranthe – Drop Dead Cynical
- Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
- Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
- Chevelle – Face To The Floor
- Rage Against the Machine – Killing In The Name
- Godsmack – 1000hp
- Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
- Sleeping With Sirens – If You Can’t Hang
- Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
- Walk The Moon – Shut Up And Dance
- Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts – Modzilla
- Audioslave – Like A Stone
- Five Finger Death Punch – The House of the Rising Sun
- Heart – What About Love?
- Huey Lewis and the News – Heart and Soul
- Great White – Rock Me
- The Outfield – Your Love
- Cinderella – Shake Me
- Lower Than Atlantis – Here We Go
- Neon Trees – I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)
- Rush – Fly By Night
- Sammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive 55
- The Amazing Snakeheads – Here It Comes Again
- Jake Bugg – Slumville Sunrise
- Kings of Leon – Supersoaker
- R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
- The Glitch Mob – Can’t Kill Us
New Premium Show Tracks:
Dance Meets Rock
Zedd – Stache
The Prodigy – Nasty
Knife Party – Centipede
On Tour 2015:
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