Guitar Hero Live

 PlayStation 4
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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 198 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 56 out of 198
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  1. Half_Beast_333
    Oct 22, 2015
    2
    This is my first time I make a review, and I see this as public service.

    1-This game is a pay to play. 2-The new guitar is great 3-The games only comes with 42 songs. Out of those songs, you have to play some Eminem, Skrillex or Rihanna, which leaves you feeling like you are playing the keyboard part with your guitar. In fact, there must be 10 song that actually have an    This is my first time I make a review, and I see this as public service.

    1-This game is a pay to play.

    2-The new guitar is great

    3-The games only comes with 42 songs. Out of those songs, you have to play some Eminem, Skrillex or Rihanna, which leaves you feeling like you are playing the keyboard part with your guitar. In fact, there must be 10 song that actually have an interesting guitar part available.

    4-The other song are available through a a play mode where you actually have to wait for the songs you want to play to come on. The songs are organised by TV shows (The rock show, then the Pop show, then the metal show). So if you want to play the song in an order of your liking, you can't unless you pay. You want to play the metal songs? The metal show is at 8:30 tonight, well tough luck if you don't pay. And even then, you don't chose the songs, they are chosen for you.

    I used to play all song at expert in the old Guitar Hero. Me and my brother would grind Hangar 18 or free
    bird until we were beast at it. We would compare our score and practice. Now, it's not possible, it's not meant to be played that way unless you pay 5,99$ to unlock the right to chose your song for 24h.

    This is a steal, the game store won't buy my game back and I have to sell it on ebay myself.

    So in the end, if you only like 20% of the song list, don't buy, cause you'll have to pay every time you want to play your favorite song or wait for them to come up by looking at the tv show schedule.    … Expand
  2. brianbruns
    Nov 5, 2015
    0
    This game is horrible do not buy it. It is a total waste of money and a disgrace to all of the previous guitar hero games. The idea of being live on stage is cool but they totally missed their mark on this one. Every song is prerecorded so every time you play it the scene is exactly the same and trust me it gets old very fast. Also, you play in front of the most bipolar crowd I have everThis game is horrible do not buy it. It is a total waste of money and a disgrace to all of the previous guitar hero games. The idea of being live on stage is cool but they totally missed their mark on this one. Every song is prerecorded so every time you play it the scene is exactly the same and trust me it gets old very fast. Also, you play in front of the most bipolar crowd I have ever seen. One second they love you but miss a couple notes and they'll start throwing **** at you and then two seconds later when you hit a few notes they're back to jumping and screaming your name. It is so unrealistic and cheesy that you feel like a stranger on stage. The guitar is hands down the cheapest and poorly made guitar in the series to date. It feels more hollow than ever and you can hardly hear music because the strum bar is so loud. It honestly feels like a cheap third party controller. The gameplay is horrendous and notes are missed all the time either because the guitar is so ****ty or just because the game sucks, could be both. The song selection for the live mode is very scarce with very few actual rock songs or even songs with a notable guitar track. You'll find yourself playing skrillex and eminem on stage at a rock concert-it just makes no sense. Not saying that I don't like those artists because I do but I would rather play songs that actually have guitar in them. Putting these genres into the game was a good idea but it was made to be too big a part of the game. There are only 42 songs in the game and half of them don't even belong there. The guitar hero TV part is the only thing this game has going for it but you need a playstation plus account just play it and even then you have to pay to play the songs because you only have a certain amount of plays. There are some pretty good songs on this mode I'll admit but you can't even play them unless you pay or wait around for that song to be on one of the two free channels they so generously give you. If you are trying to decide whether to buy Guitar Hero Live or Rock Band 4 I beg you to buy Rock Band. It may be a bit more expensive but it will be worth it because guitar hero live is a piece of **** and the makers of this game obviously don't give two ****s about its users. Save yourself the $100+ and skip this game trust me. I find myself yelling at my tv about how much I hate this game more than I actually enjoy playing it. Congratulations Guitar Hero Live, you suck.… Expand
  3. thiago88
    Nov 5, 2015
    1
    Jogo tem um visual legal, mas as microtransações no jogo o tornaram demasiadamente chato, o obriga a tocar musicas que não gosta apenas para gerar moeda do jogo para play no GHTV. Poderiam ser comprado ou desbloqueadas as musicas apenas uma vez. Activison Anarchy
  4. norgalax
    Nov 3, 2015
    0
    No training mode. Forced to farm tokens playing crappy songs to unlock a cool song...and only for one play.
    If you like to make scores in guitar hero forget this game. You will waste your time to farm tokens and then you will waste your token trying to master a song with no possibility to slown down, pause etc.
    It cost 6 EUROS PER 24H to have unlimited access to all the songs!!! that's a shame.
  5. revisedcheese
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Every 9, 10, whatever rating you've read is a lie. The game is a mess. The guitar barely works. You need to pay extra to play more than a songlist of 30 songs, and even then you don't get anything permanently. They seem bent on destroying the guitar game genre for a second time. In short, everyone who worked on this game should be ashamed.
  6. Morjit
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I've been an avid, loyal, fan - no, advocate of Guitar Hero for the best part of a decade now. I have loved each and every iteration of the franchise. Do I love Guitar Hero Live? Absolutely not.

    Don't get me wrong - I welcome the new playstyle mechanics, with the 2-string 3-fret setup, as opposed to the 5 coloured buttons setup. It's new, intuitive, and a learning curve. Ticks all the    I've been an avid, loyal, fan - no, advocate of Guitar Hero for the best part of a decade now. I have loved each and every iteration of the franchise. Do I love Guitar Hero Live? Absolutely not.

    Don't get me wrong - I welcome the new playstyle mechanics, with the 2-string 3-fret setup, as opposed to the 5 coloured buttons setup. It's new, intuitive, and a learning curve. Ticks all the boxes for me.
    I love the live-action sets too. It adds depth and real glimpse into the life of being in a band.

    But that's where the good points end. Abruptly.

    The guitar itself feels incredibly cheap. I actually found the game nigh unplayable because 2 of my 6 fret buttons would stick and hold down after being pressed. After I tried to pull these back up, they both flew off the guitar. Not impressed.

    Then there's the connection. The bundle comes with a small wireless dongle that is plugged into the console (This is for Xbox One, not sure if it's the same for PS4/Other consoles). I don't understand? All other versions on previous console did not need this. With the Xbox One, developers actually have more access to the hardware of the console. So why hasn't this been integrated with the console? While this isn't a dealbreaker for me, the poor connection quality is. I often found I would miss entire sections of any song I was playing as the Guitar had decided it didn't want to connect to the console. Not a good impression.

    Then we come to Activision's finest talent; the Microtransaction. I've purchased many, many song packs in the past for Guitar Hero. So it firstly saddens me that I no longer have those songs available to me (Although I do understand, given the fact that the controller setup has changed). Secondly, I pre-ordered the game. That meant I have access to some exclusive content from my favourite band (Avenged Sevenfold!). This is literally the only reason I pre-ordered this game. So I fire up the game to find out I can't access it yet? I have to level up in GHTV first? Alright... I understand. Wait, I need to pay for a "Party Pass" in order to play these songs? The dealbreaker has been found.

    Overall, I'm not impressed at all by this. I have the full band set from Guitar Hero's biggest competitor, and I've had not a single issue, whatsoever. I even have access to all of the songs I have purchased over the years.

    It's safe to say my refund is currently being processed and this is being sent back.

    For anyone looking to buy this, please take heed. This game will eventually adopt the "Pay-to-win" economy, the hardware is very cheaply made, albeit the new mechanics are interesting at best.    … Expand
  7. Haube
    Oct 23, 2015
    0
    This has to be some sort of sick joke. No music game has ever made me think "this is a perfect zero" before. I managed to glean some fun, even, out of Rock Revolution. So why do I hate this so? Let me count the ways.

    1. The new guitar controller is unintuitive and painful for anyone who's either played an actual guitar or a previous game in the series (or, really, any game). They tried    This has to be some sort of sick joke. No music game has ever made me think "this is a perfect zero" before. I managed to glean some fun, even, out of Rock Revolution. So why do I hate this so? Let me count the ways.

    1. The new guitar controller is unintuitive and painful for anyone who's either played an actual guitar or a previous game in the series (or, really, any game). They tried to go closer to realism and ended up with a result that's neither realistic nor enjoyable. It always happens like this. (See: Rise Of The Six-String)
    2. The stunning lack of songlist. 42 songs in total on-disc, some of which are bizarre choices (Skrillex? Really?) and very few of which have vaguely interesting guitar parts. Those that do are completely ruined by the controls. Any decent songs are locked to GHTV which you have to pay extra per song for, and each song is only available at certain times of the day or you pay even more. It's just a soulless cash grab.
    3. The note highway is cluttered as anything, making charts unreadable even if it controlled any better and the HO/PO system is incredibly inconsistent with itself.
    4. The whole "crowd" thing feels uninspired and is distracting, if anything else.

    Overall, this is a huge middle finger to the developers of the previous Guitar Hero games, anyone who's ever played a Guitar Hero, or fans of music games in general. Do not buy this. Play any other game. At least you won't feel like you're being kicked in the face over and over.    … Expand
  8. Shingekki21
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    The thinking man's Guitar Hero... if that thinking man was thinking "I want to spend full price + new peripheral on a game that has all the decent music stuck behind microtransactions". Or maybe just "I want to hate everything about modern gaming". Absolutely unforgivable.
  9. neece35
    Apr 7, 2016
    0
    I am a complete Guitar Hero fan. I play no other game. Truly disappointed when GH fell off the market. To hear it was making a comeback, the new GH Live was all I wanted for xmas and I got a new PS4 to go with. My high expectations for this turned out to be a punch in the gut. Whomever designed the new guitar and game needs to sit and revisit the crayon box because after 5 minutes of play,I am a complete Guitar Hero fan. I play no other game. Truly disappointed when GH fell off the market. To hear it was making a comeback, the new GH Live was all I wanted for xmas and I got a new PS4 to go with. My high expectations for this turned out to be a punch in the gut. Whomever designed the new guitar and game needs to sit and revisit the crayon box because after 5 minutes of play, not only does 3 top and bottom buttons become absolutely confusing but WTH happened to the color? The game becomes completely boring and mind numbing despite the challenges of music. Like riding a magic bus without the sparkle to it. The old GH was perfect! Why not improve upon that? They really should've kept the GH signature of the Colored buttons on both the guitar and in the game and I wouldnt've be so quick to get my money back. Total let down. Yay Ebay!… Expand
  10. Enforcer122
    Dec 26, 2015
    1
    So here's a good idea... Lets make an incredibly expensive guitar hero game that completely ignores out target demographic of rock/metal fans and instead caters towards pop and indie fans. Lets make the Live mode only 2 hours long so you're forced to play the TV mode that makes you spend actual money on micro transactions to play the very few actual good songs on the game.

    Awful from    So here's a good idea... Lets make an incredibly expensive guitar hero game that completely ignores out target demographic of rock/metal fans and instead caters towards pop and indie fans. Lets make the Live mode only 2 hours long so you're forced to play the TV mode that makes you spend actual money on micro transactions to play the very few actual good songs on the game.

    Awful from Activision, truly a money hungry evil corporation.    … Expand
  11. Cykass
    Dec 25, 2015
    1
    The guitar is made from very cheap plastic, and it's very small.
    Also, the options in the game sucks. There's no freeplay, and no hyperspeed. This was a disappointment compared to the earlier versions of GH.
  12. FernandoSnes90
    Jul 24, 2017
    1
    This is my setlist band for a next GH
    1- Saxon
    2- Eric Clapton
    3-ACDC
    4-Billy Idol
    5-Steve Ray Vaughan
    6-Iron Maiden
    7-Maniac
    8-Accept
    9-Judas Priest
    10-Savatage
    11-The Rods
    12-Running Wild
    13- BB.King
    14- Satriani
    15- Malmesteen
    Stop to put trash on the game, ACTIVISION.
  13. Kaneris
    Jun 14, 2017
    1
    I used to play all the previous GH and when this one came, I was exciting about it.
    Then, EA and those greedy bast***s took control over the company:
    I don't have any complain about the new guitar, is more balance. My actual problem is with the music; all the crappy composers and no actual metal... Skryllex and others... Where is Rammstein? Where is Muse? And the most hated part of    I used to play all the previous GH and when this one came, I was exciting about it.
    Then, EA and those greedy bast***s took control over the company:
    I don't have any complain about the new guitar, is more balance.
    My actual problem is with the music; all the crappy composers and no actual metal... Skryllex and others...
    Where is Rammstein? Where is Muse?

    And the most hated part of all, is the Online mode.
    It's basically a demo, in wich you can only play 10 songs at the beggining, and then IT BECOMES A DLC!!!
    Everytime you wanna play it, you have to buy tokens (WITH REAL MONEY!) to play...    … Expand
  14. SimonD00
    Sep 11, 2017
    2
    This is sooo bad, it's a guitar hero game with no rock songs unless you want to pay money for them, there is also no training mode for specific sections. This game fails because it doesn't make you feel like a guitar hero, since 70 % of the songs in this game is pretty easy to play on an actuall guitar. I'm sorry but this is painfully bad.
  15. fuyuyuki
    Sep 7, 2020
    4
    while the new controller had a lot of potential for fun and fresh gameplay, the potential is completely ruined by a lack of features, and a pay to play business model.
  16. Gosticouilles
    Jul 26, 2022
    2
    I've been playing guitar for 15 years, playing every Guitar Hero at the hardest difficulty and this one is near unplayable. It feels way out of sync, you can't hear the parts you have to play (especialy the leads), half of the songs barely have guitar in them and the "live footage" is so cringe I sometimes feel embarrassed to be playing. Huge fail, don't buy this overpriced sh**.

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#62 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 69
  3. Negative: 0 out of 69
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    75
    GHL is a great game if you’re playing it alone. I appreciate all the new ideas but I’m really disappointed that it is no longer a party game. [13/2015, p.62]
  2. Games Master UK
    Jan 3, 2016
    82
    GH Live brings plenty of fresh ideas, but a few annoyances stop it short of achieving true greatness. [Christmas 2015, p.]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 16, 2015
    90
    One of 2015's biggest surprises. [Christmas 2015, p.74]
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