Guitar Hero Live Makes You Feel Like A Rock Star On Stage

Looks like that Guitar Hero is making a comeback tour this year, but it’s not the typical Guitar Hero we’ve come to know over the years. Revealed today as Guitar Hero Live, the game attempts to allow players to immerse themselves in the feeling of being on stage live never before, as the game does away with rendered graphics in favor of live-action sequences that play out in real-time with your gameplay.

The first-person point of view places you in the shoes of a member of fictitious Broken Tide as you play in front of a real crowd that reacts to how well or poorly you’re performing. The Guitar Hero series has used the same 5-button layout since the first Guitar Hero. With Guitar Hero Live, an entirely redesigned plastic guitar that features 6 buttons split into two rows to better represent guitar like chords within the songs. Activision hopes this will reduce the difficulty for those who struggled with reaching the orange button on previous Guitar Hero controllers, while providing a new layer of challenge for expert players. No specific songs or setlist has been announced yet but artists that are said to be apart of the soundtrack include The Black Keys, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Rolling Stones, Gary Clark, Jr., Green Day, Ed Sheeran, The War On Drugs, The Killers, Skrillex, The Lumineers and Pierce the Veil. Activision has also stated that many more bands will be revealed in coming months. The game also introduces GHTV, a new 24-hour playable music video 

network that continually updates with new releases and classic songs. Players are able to jump on whenever they want to compete with friends and other global players as they play along to the growing library of songs. FreeStyleGames, the studio responsible for the DJ Hero franchise, will be developing for Guitar Hero Live.  Guitar Hero Live is set to launch this fall on PlayStation 4,PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U. You’ll need the new plastic guitar to play the game, Which is available for $99.99. How do you feel about Guitar Hero coming back ? Is this what you expected ? Can this compete with Rock Band 4 ? How do you feel about buying another plastic instrument ?