Guitar Hero Live

Critic reviews

• ASArcade Sushi

  Luke Brown · Oct 29, 2015

  9.0

  Guitar Hero Live brings Activision's former fan-favorite franchise back to the fold in new and impressive ways. Handing over the reigns to the DJ Hero team was probably the best decision the publisher made in the rhythm game department since agreeing to publish the very first Guitar Hero a decade ago.

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• GGamezebo

  Jim Squires · Oct 29, 2015

  9.0

  Taking to the stage is an absolute blast, and there’s something to be said for the unique MTV-style approach of GHTV. The new guitar is tougher to use, but maybe a new challenge is exactly what old pros need.

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• CCOGconnected

  Sidd Masand · Oct 28, 2015

  5.5

  GH Live’s iOS guitar bundle retails for the same price as its console counterparts ($100 USD). If you don’t want the guitar bundle you can choose to pay $59.99 which lets you play the game using finger tapping. Both options present a steep barrier to entry considering its console counterparts are much better. Do yourself a favour and play GH Live PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, before touching the IOS version.

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• VGVideo Gamer

  Steven Burns · Oct 28, 2015

  8.0

  Chords are now more accurate given the split frets as well, and the whole thing is immensely satisfying, being both more and less difficult yet somehow a great reinterpretation of the form. Your mileage may vary on the tracklist, but there's enough classics in it for me, and the note charting is rarely poor. So, somehow, against the odds, Guitar Hero: Live has given life back to a series thought long dead.

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• NWNintendo World Report

  Neal Ronaghan · Oct 28, 2015

  8.0

  Even with the disappointing Live mode, Guitar Hero Live is a refreshing take on controller-based rhythm games. The streaming focus in GHTV works extremely well despite some technical hiccups, and as long Activision keeps rolling out new songs to the library, this is the kind of game I’ll be regularly playing for a long time. This is a fantastic start to a new era of Guitar Hero games.

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• TATouch Arcade

  Nathan Reinauer · Oct 27, 2015

  9.0

  Heck, you don't have to pay anything if you don't want to, as the damn thing is free if you just want to try it out first. And you should, because it really is Guitar Hero on iOS, and that's pretty awesome.

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