Guitar Hero Is Back

Guitar Hero Is Back

Its been almost 5 years now since the last Guitar Hero game has come out. The market at that time was massively proliferated with music games, like Rock Band, that not only did what Guitar Hero did but did it better or changed up the game entirely. Because of the enormous selection and the almost annual release of these games customer interest wore thin and the war that was Guitar Hero vs Rock Band died.

Jump to 2015 and the war has started up again.  Time has passed and now the demand for another music focused game has swelled. Now both Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live have been announced. Not a lot of information has been released regarding Rock Band 4 but Activision has come out of the gate swinging with copious details about what Guitar Hero Live is and why you'll want to play it.

Change is a big reason why gamers always came back to music games. Whether it was to play a new song from a band you really love or to try out a new instrument or controller that came out for the game. The new Guitar Hero has changed a few things up and I think they are for the better. The biggest change by far is the new guitar controller. Instead of having the five key in-line fret buttons they have switched it up to two rows of three keys stacked on top of each other at the top of the fret. Fans of Guitar Hero are now going to have to completely re-learn how to play the game. It sounds bad but it's actually not. I remember picking up Guitar Hero for the first time when it came to PS2 and playing it for hours on end learning all the songs. That was part of what made the Guitar Hero experience so awesome was learning how to play and now we'll get to do that all over again.

The other huge thing that the game is doing differently is completely ditching the cartoonish look of the previous games. Instead it will be trying to do as the title implies and make you feel like you are actually live on stage with a real band. That includes a new first person perspective from the point of view of the band's lead guitarist. What you are looking at in-game is actual live footage as well. Activision painstakingly shot hours of footage of not only the bands playing but the audience members as well. They will react dynamically as well to how you are playing. Miss a lot of notes in a row and they will start booing and yelling but get back on a roll and they will start cheering and yelling "I love you!" It isn't really any different than the concepts of previous games it's the fact that they are actual people that makes it so much more immersive. Just check out the new trailer below and you'll know.



Guitar Hero Live is aiming for a fall 2015 release. Hit up the comments with what songs you want to be in the game.

-Demo