I have been a gigantic fan of Guitar Hero from the state, I own almost every single edition and have spent countless hours playing. I recently saw a commercial for the new Guitar Hero Live and was VERY interested!
Guitar Hero Live is the newest edition in the Guitar Hero serious. It is developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision. It was released in October to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
There have been some MAJOR revamps to the same since the release of past games including a revamped guitar controller that features a 6 fret layout, and a complete revamp of the in game experience. It now utilizes full motion video to simulate a real-world concert setting from the perspective of the guitarist. The revamped guitar controlled has caused some changes in the game, instead of colors that appear on the screen, The frets are represented by three scrolling lanes on-screen, containing either black or white notes representing the two rows. Lower difficulty levels use one row of buttons, while higher difficulties may include “chords” that use a combination of buttons from both rows. Depending on how well you do on each song, the crowd will actually boo at you. The playlist is loaded with some GREAT songs but you can also download songs via Guitar Hero TV.
Guitar Hero TV also has a great feature that allows you to play along in real time with other people, and challenge friends around the world.
The set list of songs include:
– 36 Crazyfists – “Also Am I”
– A Day To Remember – “Right Back At It Again”
– AFI – “Girl’s Not Grey”
– Alice In Chains – “Stone”
– alt-J – “Left Hand Free”
– Alter Bridge – “Cry of Achilles”
– American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
– Angus & Julia Stone – “A Heartbreak”
– Anthrax – “Got The Time”
– Architects – “Gravedigger”
– Asking Alexandria – “The Final Episode”
– Audioslave – “Cochise”
– Avenged Sevenfold – “Shepherd of Fire”
– Avenged Sevenfold – “Buried Alive”
– Avenged Sevenfold – “Nightmare”
– Band of Skulls – “Asleep at the Wheel”
– Beartooth – “I Have a Problem”
– Biffy Clyro – “Sounds Like Balloons”
– The Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling”
– Black Veil Brides – “In the End”
– Blitz Kids – “Sometimes”
– Boston – “More Than a Feeling”
– Bring Me the Horizon – “Shadow Moses”
– Broken Bells – “Leave It Alone”
– Bullet For My Valentine – “Temper Temper”
– Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
– Catfish and the Bottlemen – “Kathleen
– Charlie XCX – “Famous”
– Chevelle – “The Clincher”
– Cypress Hill ft. Tom Morello – “Rise Up”
– Deap Vally – “Lies”
– Deftones – “Diamond Eyes”
– Disturbed – “Down With the Sickness”
– Dream Theater – “The Looking Glass”
– Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
– Ed Sheeran – “Sing”
– Faith No More – “Epic”
– Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
– Foster The People – “Coming of Age”
– Gary Clark Jr. – “Don’t Owe You a Thang”
– The Gaslight Anthem – “45”
– Gerard Way – “No Shows”
– Green Day – “Nuclear Family”
– Green Day – “Oh Love”
– Haim – “The Wire”
– Halestorm – “Love Bites (So Do I)”
– Incubus – “Drive”
– In Flames – “Deliver Us
– Jake Bugg – “What Doesn’t Kill You”
– James Bay – “Hold Back The River”
– Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law”
– Kasabian – “Club Foot”
– The Killers – “When You Were Young”
– Killswitch Engage – “In Due Time”
– Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire”
– Lamb of God – “Ghost Walking”
– Living Colour – “Cult Of Personality”
– The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
– Marilyn Manson – “Disposable Teens”
– Marmozets – “Move Shake Hide”
– Mastodon – “High Road”
– Megadeth – “Hangar 18”
– MGMT – “Time to Pretend”
– My Chemical Romance – “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)”
– Of Mice & Men – “Bones Exposed”
– Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
– Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live)”
– The Mowgli’s – “San Francisco”
– Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
– New Politics – “Harlem”
– OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
– Orianthi – “According to You”
– Panic! At the Disco – “Girls Girls Boys”
– Pantera – “Cowboys from Hell”
– Paramore – “Now”
– Passenger – “Let Her Go”
– Passion Pit – “Take a Walk”
– Pearl Jam – “Mind Your Manners”
– Pearl Jam – “Sirens”
– Pierce The Veil – “King for a Day”
– The Police – “Message in a Bottle”
– The Pretty Reckless – “Going to Hell”
– Queen – “We Are The Champions”
– Rage Against the Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”
– Ratt – “Round and Round”
– Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Higher Ground”
– Rise Against – “Tragedy + Time”
– The Rolling Stones – “Paint it Black”
– Royal Blood – “Come on Over”
– Royal Blood – “Little Monster”
– Rush – “Limelight”
– Skrillex – “Bangarang”
– Sleigh Bells – “Bitter Rivals”
– Slipknot – “Before I Forget”
– Surfer Blood – “Demon Dance”
– Soundgarden – “Been Away Too Long”
– Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
– System of a Down – “Chop Suey!”
– Tenacious D – “Tribute”
– Tonight Live – “The Ocean”
– Trivium – “Strife”
– TV On The Radio – “Lazerray”
– The Vines – “Metal Zone”
– Vista Chino – “Sweet Remain”
– The War on Drugs – “Under the Pressure”
– Warrant – “Cherry Pie”
– Wavves – “Demon To Lean On”
– Wolf Alice – “Moaning Lisa Smile”
– Wolfmother – “Sundial”
– Weezer – “Buddy Holly”
– You Me At Six – “Lived a Lie”
Review:
The game requires you to have 8 GB to play the game and comes with two CDS, one install and one play disc. When you first set up the game, it brings you through a tutorial and then into game play. I really love the great selection of songs and prefer this game over the last Guitar Hero games I have played. This is already a huge hit with my family. I have no complaints.
Guitar Hero Live currently sells for $99