Unplugged: Air Guitar

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  • Summary: Play air guitar and write rock history in VR! Unplugged lets you rock out to some of the biggest and most insanely cool songs from world-famous rock bands, including The Offspring, Weezer & Ozzy Osbourne. Become a rock legend with Steel Panther’s inimitable frontman Satchel as your mentor.Play air guitar and write rock history in VR! Unplugged lets you rock out to some of the biggest and most insanely cool songs from world-famous rock bands, including The Offspring, Weezer & Ozzy Osbourne. Become a rock legend with Steel Panther’s inimitable frontman Satchel as your mentor. Produced by the lead guitarist of Guitar Hero, playing air guitar has never felt this real. Pick up your virtual guitar, select a song, match your controller to the chords, strum the strings at the right time and engage the crowd! Unlock venues, guitars, and more on your way to rock stardom and compete with the world’s best air guitarists on the leaderboards.

    • Go on an epic journey celebrating 5 decades of rock
    • Unlock venues, songs and gear on your rise to fame
    • Jam out to 45+ rock hits in 4 difficulty modes
    • Become a rock legend on the global leaderboards    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Areajugones
    Feb 28, 2023
    90
    Unplugged for PS VR2 is the most addictive music game on the platform. A formula that works perfectly, that is addictive, that can "sting" the most demanding players and that at the same time manages to have fun both being alone and having a game session with friends. A real discovery, a game that I would not have tried if it weren't for this review and which I am now grateful for both having and having enjoyed.
  2. PlayStation Universe
    Feb 28, 2023
    80
    Unplugged: Air Guitar may not sell the PSVR2 hardware on its own, but it needs to be played by every PSVR2 owner. With a fun track list and immersive gameplay, Unplugged beautifully fills that void left by Guitar Hero. Issues aside, Unplugged is more than worth the cost of admission.
  3. Push Square
    Mar 13, 2023
    80
    The game subscribes to the “easy to play but difficult to master” cliché, and offers enough replay value thanks to its varied track list that it's worth sticking with over many sessions.
  4. GamingTrend
    Mar 16, 2023
    75
    Unplugged: Air Guitar is a great concept that works quite well despite using only Sense Controllers to mimic playing a guitar rather than requiring an unwieldy accessory but falls short due to limitations on the type of chord progressions and notes that the PSVR2 is capable of reproducing without hand tracking. A good song list will ensure that most players will remain entertained for a few hours, but despite the developer’s best attempts to ensure the game remains challenging by adding new techniques throughout and multiple difficulty levels, it still becomes rather repetitive.
  5. PlaySense
    Apr 7, 2023
    75
    Playing air guitar to familiar songs in virtual reality is a gift we didn't know we needed. It's a pretty fun game to experience which is partly due to the good tracklist, the different difficulty levels and the immersion. One downside: the explanations are somewhat random, which can make it confusing if you're just starting out. It is also a pity that there is no progression system in the game, which makes it more of a game for in between when you have nothing to do.
  6. Video Chums
    Mar 20, 2023
    72
    Unplugged - Air Guitar is a lot of fun for the duration that it lasts but after the repetition and lack of visual variety starts to sinks in, you'll gladly put your axe down, take off your headset, and re-enter the real world.
  7. GameSpew
    Mar 1, 2023
    70
    In many ways, Unplugged: Air Guitar feels like the modern-day equivalent of Guitar Hero, without the need for a fake, plastic guitar. Easy to pick up but hard to master, it’s an experience that really can make you feel like you’re playing an instrument if you put in the time and effort to learn its intricacies. And with its impressive setlist of songs, anyone fond of having a good strum should probably pick it up if they have a PSVR 2 and machinations of becoming a rock god.

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#99 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023