Guitar Hero 5 Review

Another year, another Guitar Hero. What started off as a very inventive and fun new type of party game, has become one of the most over milked franchises in the industry. Guitar Hero 5 is the latest in the series and has some nice new features such integration of the XBOX 360’s Avatar into the game.

When a Guitar Hero game comes out we know what to expect, so in this review, I’ll simply cover the new features in the HOT and NOT segments. This only covers the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 platforms.

HOT

360 ONLY – Avatar Integration
Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of this game are similar, so similar that they are identical. However, the 360 does have one exclusive stand out feature, avatar integration. The ability to place your avatar on stage is cool and adds a personal touch to the game, after all, the avatars are modeled after the player. From the instruments to the clothing of your avatar, everything can be bought and unlocked within the game or purchased on the Avatar Marketplace.

IMG_0096

Gameplay
Just like past Guitar Hero titles, there’s a career mode. The game features 14 unique venues and each venue is unlocked by completing different set lists. Each song you play has a bonus challenge that you can do to unlock extra goodies to use with your character or avatar such as instruments and clothing.

Importing tracks from Guitar Hero World Tour is be done by acquiring the ID that you have in World Tour. An update can also be downloaded within the game and this will be required if you want to import songs from your collection in World Tour. If you have World Tour, this is a great feature!

GH Studio
Guitar Hero Studio is included in Guitar Hero 5. Guitar Hero Studio gives the player the opportunity to create you’re their own tracks, import them, and play them online. With GH Tunes, you can publish it online and allow others to download and play it as well.

NOT

Same game but new songs…
Guitar Hero 5 is similar to the past Guitar Hero games in which it’s essentially the same game but with new songs and minor graphical enhancements. The use of party mode is fun but you will feel repetitiveness as you keep on playing them and I easily got bored with it.

Feels like Rock Band…
Being able to use a microphone and drums is awesome, it’s so awesome in fact that it was completely lifted from another game. Up to four people can play in a band using each one of the different instruments. You can go to XBOX Live or Playstation Network to compete with other people.

IMG_0099

Pay to Download Music
No shocker here, extra music costs extra money. Just like with past games, there will be a weekly update that players can download for a small fee. You can download them individually, or in track packs. I don’t think I really need to explain this any further.

OVERALL

Overall, Guitar Hero 5 is the same  as Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band except on the XBOX 360, you can use the Avatar as your character. The GH Studio, Weekly DLC, and the ability to use four instruments are already in World Tour, but the new songs is what keeps people coming back for more.

I can’t honestly recommend this title for anyone who isn’t a hardcore fan. If you love Guitar Hero and you want to rock out with the new songs or create your own play list, this is a must get but for me, I was disappointed.

[Editor’s Note: Guitar Hero 5 was reviewed on a Xbox 360 platform.]

16 thoughts on “Guitar Hero 5 Review

  1. this review sucks, i dont think you even play guitar hero by the sounds of things, besides rock band kinda ripped off guitar hero but at the same time its done by harminox so who cares? also you didnt mention any of the new features such as the ability to use all of the same instruments with 4 people or to jump in and out of playing a song with friends. duh of course you have to pay for DLC most games are like that. you didnt mention the great features that the wii has either so its obvious that your just a xbox gamer, which is fine but if your going to write a review, you may as well give it a open mind. sounds like you dont even like the series in the first place so you didnt really go into much depth with this review. oh well.

  2. You write like a nine-year-old. I want back the five minutes I spent reading this retard scrabble. We get it: you’ve played Rock Band. Congratulations.

  3. Yeah, I’m not so sure you actually played this game. And if you did, then I guess you’re just a horrible reviewer. Why would you make it a point to discuss the updates from Guitar Hero World Tour (“Being able to use a microphone and drums is awesome…”) and ignore the ones that are specific to Guitar Hero 5 (like the ability to have multiple people playing the same instrument)?

    There’s the new Party mode. There are those Band Moment challenges.

    Seriously, dude. You didn’t play this game. Even your screenshots are just Menus.

    How are you alright with lying to everybody?

  4. This is one of the poorest review of this game i’ve ever seen. GH 5 add much much new multiplayers functions to this great game. Seriously, don’t do reviews anymore….

  5. bad, bad, review, but anyway i think guitar hero 5 sucks balls very hard, they just add a blur effect so you think that the grafics were better and sold it like a new game, they add interesting multiplayer features but they are worthless with such a lame game, the worst of all and the main atraction is the track list, personally i think its the worst track list of all music games.

  6. Why don’t you actually tell us about the new features?! Seriously!

    “…Being able to use a microphone and drums is awesome…” – WELL, DUH!

    “…use of party mode is fun but you will feel repetitiveness as you keep on playing them and I easily got bored with it …” – DID YOU THINK ABOUT CHANGING THE LIST? THERE’S 85 TRACKS IN THE WHOLE GAME DUMBO!

    “…extra music costs extra money…” – AND THEN YOU WENT ON ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER 2 SENTENCES! TELL US SOMETHING THAT HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SAID IN PREVIOUS GHWT REVIEWS!

    “…Feels like Rock Band…” – FEELS LIKE ROCK BAND?! WHO CARES?! I FEEL LIKE I’M READING A ROCK BAND REVIEW! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? ANY MUSIC GAME THAT INCLUDES PLASTIC INSTRUMENTS IS GOING TO “FEEL LIKE ROCK BAND”. HAVE A VISIT TO THE BRAIN SHOP WHY DON’T YA.

    “…it’s essentially the same game but with new songs and minor graphical enhancements…” – DUDE, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT??? INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE!!!
    AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE? I THINK THEY DID GREAT WITH INCLUDING ALL THE NEW FEATURES LIKE PARTY PLAY AND ROCKFEST (didn’t mention that did ya?). WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO CHANGE? GET MARIO TO COME IN AND BOUNCE ON AXEL STEEL’S HEAD? PA-LEASE.

    This is the worst review ever and for such a popular game! I’m, only 12 and even I spotted out all this! You’re giving a bad reputation to your website cause I’m not coming back here again!

  7. wow this was a terrible review.
    it doesnt even seem like you played the game. ive only seen youtube nideos about this game and i could give a waaaaaaaaaay more in depth review.
    this review=SUCKS GIANT MONKEY MANLADY BALLS!!

  8. This is such a poor review. You’re supposed to tell about ALL the great new features this game has… not everything we already know. There are plenty other review sites that can write more than 2 pages for their reviews.. You should actually try playing most of the game and utilizing all of the features before you write reviews.

Comments are closed.