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Guitar Hero 5 (X360)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Simulation/Musical Instrument/Band Simulation

RELEASE DATE

01/SEP/09

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Neversoft Entertainment

PUBLISHER

Activision, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 3, Mobile, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 2

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Guitar Hero 5 continues Activision's music rhythm series with an expanded lineup of 85 songs from 83 artists. While the basic format is identical to 2008's Guitar Hero: World Tour, with each song supporting a singer, drummer, lead guitar, and bass, a number of changes have been added to enhance its pick-up-and-play appeal. The "Party Play" option lets would-be musicians create a set list and drop in or out at any time while it plays, without having to restart a song. Friends and onlookers can also join in at any point, simply by pressing a button on one of the peripherals, and none of the songs can be failed.

You'll also be able to use any combination of instruments, allowing you to play a song as four drummers, four lead singers, and so forth. In a first for the series, the game's entire song lineup is immediately available to drum, hum, or strum from the start. Career Mode now includes bonus challenges for each song, such as scoring a specific number of points while in Star Power. Each challenge offers three levels of progression, which will unlock bonuses such as characters, outfits, venues, and instruments. Two to eight players can participate in battle modes designed to test one's prowess with a particular instrument, and the song-creating Guitar Hero Studio is back with improved audio quality and a more streamlined interface.

Guitar Hero 5's diverse selection of artists include Tom Petty, Sonic Youth, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Coldplay, the White Stripes, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Peter Frampton, Johnny Cash, Public Enemy, Wolfmother, and Elton John. Among the songs featured are "All Along the Watchtower," "Runnin' Down a Dream," "No One to Depend On," "Ring of Fire," "Sympathy for the Devil," "All the Pretty Faces," "A-Punk," and "the Rock Show." All downloaded songs and instruments from Guitar Hero: World Tour will be also be playable in Guitar Hero 5. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Guitar Hero 5 (X360)

GENRE/STYLE:

Simulation/Musical Instrument/Band Simulation
RELEASE DATE:

01/SEP/09
TOP TRAITS:

Musical, guitarist, Music
DESCRIPTION:

Guitar Hero 5 continues Activision's music rhythm series with an expanded lineup of 85 songs from 83 artists. While t... more

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hmmm by: acompanhantescuritiba

“I found a lot of fun ”

created 24/SEP/2011

UnSafeReality played Guitar Hero 5 on 27/JUN/11

created 28/JUN/2011

Rush 2112 coming to Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock !?! by: rawkr

“I know the game is ripping off Brutal Legend, but check this out: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/21/guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock-geddy-ing-a-dose-of-rushs-2112/”

created 22/JUL/2010

rawkr was the last to comment - about 1 year ago... show previous hide previous

“This just in, Rush 2112 coming to Rock Band next week... : \”

Trailer - Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock - Setlist Part 1 by: rawkr

“http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/08/bang-your-head-to-the-guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock-act-1-set”

created 09/JUL/2010

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Looks promising so far. Nothing gag inducing yet, at least not for me.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“you know I recently went to the local Gamestop near here, they had an entire RACK dedicated solely to Guitar Hero games. Hell they even had a two for one deal with GH II and GH: Aerosmith wrapped up in one package.

I don't want to sound harsh. but there's more than just rock when it comes to Guitar-inspired/themed games.

I'm honestly waiting for something fresh, like, Blues.

I can honestly see the tag line for it too:

Why be a Hero.....When you can be a Legend?

Blues Legend. in stores December 2019.

I'd buy that. ”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@wastelander75 I agree with you, but even if it ever did come out, it would probably not be until at LEAST 2019. If that early... I don't know if there is a large enough base for it. Look at Beatles Rock Band. Largest installed fan base on the planet and it only moved three million.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“yes but that's because they didn't release much (if any) DLC like they do with the other GH titles. I was amazed they even got what they could out of the Beatles soundtrack list to make a full on game. ”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Hey, the Beatles had plenty. Their stuff is more complicated than it sounds.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“Then again so is much of the blues. But blues being somewhat out of the mainstream as a genre itself, i dont see any of the major companies (except MAYBE Harmonix) doing it. But with Rock Band being the juggernaut that it is it would be better to just throw it into the grab bag that is their music store. Rock comes from the blues, but how much actual blues do you hear on the radio anymore? That is where the market is for this stuff, unfortunately.”

GH, RB, and Lips deals this week!!! by: rawkr

“If you have been looking to add some tracks to your music game libraries, this is a good week to do it. Read on for details:...”

created 08/JUL/2010

Video: Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock - "Sudden Death" By Megadeth by: rawkr

“Despite the weirdness of the concept this time around, if the disc is full of music like this. It will be difficult for my metal head brain to resist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i50jKW1b8HM”

created 03/JUL/2010

Trailer - Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock...WTF? by: rawkr

“WoW, I really don't know how I feel about this: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/04/guitar-hero-warriors-of-rock-unveiled-with-trailer/ Update: And here are the controller...”

created 07/JUN/2010

Mishy was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“*headdeak*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*”

Torinir was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Mishy The *other* headbanging. :p”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Every positive I can think about this has a glaringly obvious counterpoint:
90 tracks: Thats a lot of music! But it will probably be at least 50% filler trash...
The controller prototypes I have seen are sans slide bar, which I could take or leave anyway.
The transformations...*facepalm*... one of them looked so much like an undead from WoW, the other a @#$% pig in armor... then there is the Brutal Legend plot ripoff, and Axel Steel and Eddie Riggs look nearly identical anyway (but Axel came first). I can ignore the beast wars morphing since I will be focusing on the songs anyway, but...man. really?

Does anyone remember that Bard class in WoW they joked about a few April Fool's days ago? Looks like their design team didn't realize it was a joke. Being the Guitar Hero/Rock Band nut that I am I know I will end up playing it too. But...really? ”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Updated: Now includes a link to the controller concept renderings...yeah...I know...XD”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“There's way too many Guitar Hero games...”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@EarthboundX Agreed, but I can always get another one if it has a decent set list. Everything else be damned.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@EarthboundX Hate to burst your bubble pal.But seriously what did you expect from activision.all they do is sell CODs and GHs.And price starcraft 2 a whole lot more.Last dime they gained from me was MW2.Did you know they talked about MW3 at MW2 launch?”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR Talking about a sequel at launch is...typical for activision. On the other hand, you KNOW it is coming anyway. It is CoD afterall. With the Infinity Ward debacle who knows what the next MW will look like. Black Ops looks cool though. It used to be that you wondered IF they were going to make a sequel. With the reliance on tested franchises now it is more a question of WHEN, and WHAT is being added, changed, etc.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr the problem is though that many franchises (halo,GOW,COD,GH) only add some bells and whistles that could be DLC or expansion packs.Why the hell bring out a new full-price game with a new setlist while you can pay 15euros for the new list and download it onto the game.Another example is halo;Reach.Jetpack and Borderless maps (orly? these have been around since 2001.talk about innovation and moneymaking)”

Mishy was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR add the Reach stuff into Halo 3 would not work.

Maps in Halo 3 aren't fully rendered (bye bye borderless map love), Jetpacks would become over powered (no fall damage) not to mention the games engine is different and if it isn't the amount of work required to change the game in general for balance and whatnot would cost well over 15 euros and closer to a full game cost knowing companys.

Sometimes you need to make a new game to make it different.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@Mishy I suppose you are right.!But i find it sad it works.Companies need to do more stuff for the sequels or else make them expansions.Maybe that's the industry DOES and CAN work....”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR The problem with releasing DLC for everything is that the consumer is still very much rooted in the packaged merchandise mentality, at least here in the states. They like to have something to see, touch, take home with them. As hard to believe as it may be, there are still people that do not like the idea of paying for DLC, but they will buy a brand new disc. Rock Band has proven that the DLC model can work to, but Acti just has their heads up their asses when it comes to that kind of strategy. They would rather keep making discs and get sixty bucks a pop. Not everybody buys every game so there is the issue of branding and buying rights to transfer everything, blah blah blah. It is a legal clusterfuck, which it wouldn't be if they went the Rock Band route but Activision was built on releasing known franchises yearly (even quarterly in the case of GH).
Like @Mishy said, the Reach engine has been changed quite a bit from Halo 3 so it wouldn't work to release the map pack. And as a company why charge 15EUR if you can get 45? Or in USD, why charge 20 if people will pay 60? They do it this way because they want to brand a new experience, and by releasing another game they can do that. The engine tweaks they bring with these new entries are not so easy to patch as they are to just package as a new product. As stated before, the packaged product has more sales potential than the digital one because there are still quite a few technophobes out there.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr well i guess that's how it works.Also in greece there is the packaged mentality.I prefer to buy a retail version to a digital one.I don't know they charge you 60 for a GH game PLUS the peripheral and then a new one comes out with (sometimes) ANOTHER peripheral.I am extremely tempted to buy a GH game but with them coming out every 6 months or whatever I don't want to.....(btw how much does dj hero cost with the turntable?)”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“A hundred”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Getting GH with controller is 100 USD, DJ Hero was 120 USD with turntable. Not sure if it is still that or less. THe old GH peripherals work with the new games though so as long as I can find my 20 dollar explorer controller I am good.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr thanks for the info sry for the delay.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR NP, FYI though, the WT controllers are crap. The buttons on the neck are reliable, but the strum bars are pretty flimsy. I'ce already broken one. My GH3 controller survived GH3, WT, and Metallica before it finally broke on me. Too bad they dont sell the gibson ones anymore they were pretty good.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“The explorer controller lasted me from GH2 (360) to GHWT, and all the way through WT, with all iterations in between.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“When they are new the game and guitar are 100 bucks, it varies once they are older. I saw a guitar controller on gamestop.com that was 50 bucks. It is the WT controller, but at 50 it is less of a ripoff than the original price of 80 bucks just for the controller. The used ones are cheap but you never know what you are getting with those.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr you seam to be the expert on the subject!I might look for a good offer but now im broke.(Demon's Souls Black Phantom Edition,Peace Walker,Soulcalibur IV and Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles drained my cash pool)”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR Haha. Yeah that'll happen. Yes I have been playing Guitar Hero since the first entry to the series, back before it was acquired by the life-sucking force known as Activision. They have milked the cash cow dry and the quality of the games have gotten progressively worse. Aerosmith was crap, WT and Metallica were good, then 5 and Van Halen were "meh" at best.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Granted that the games haven't changed all that much, it is still a bunch of gems on a strike line with guitar-like mechanics, but the set lists just keep getting more and more bland. In order to keep their track numbers high they dip into a lot of obscure garbage and radio hits from bands that have been around for two seconds. There was a time when looking at the setlist for a Guitar Hero game excited me, but I must be getting old because I find myself recognizing fewer and fewer songs with each entry to the series.”

SoloSnakeGR was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr sry for the delay i was on vacation.I feel you man!I don't know any of those songs.and i am 16 years old so you dont have to feel old.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@SoloSnakeGR I just hate how the level of filler seems to rise with each entry to a once-great series. But if you check out my latest posting there is a link to a vid for the new Megadeth track recorded specially for GHWoR. It looks difficult and awesome.”

dhaikage was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr GH was only good when Harmonix was behind it. Everyone know Activision is a soulless machine.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@dhaikage Hey, check the hatred at the door. Guitar Hero 3 was handled by Activision and Neversoft and was still a great title with a solid setlist. GH:Metallica was also phenomenal. Where they have gone beyond that point...I will agree with you. Just remember Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s? Do you? It was a pile of shit with a decent setlist, but was developed by HMX, or was a bad cut and paste job of a failed expansion. I think to say that it was ONLY good under Harmonix is an over generalization.

GH1, 2 ,3 = great
GH Metallica: Great, although I disagree with the exclusion of Cliff Burton. The setlist was solid, the extras were cool, and the support acts made sense.
GHWT = Mediocre at best, due to too much filler and foreign crap. I do not want to sing songs in a language I do not understand. period.
GH5, Aerosmith, Van Halen = Terrible
GH Smash Hits = Although it was a clear money grab it was nice to be able to play the old songs in a more functional engine with added instruments. These songs were guitar-only the first time around.”

dhaikage was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr Don't get me wrong, I love Neversoft and Treyarch. They've done excellent work previously, but Activision has decided that they should be B-Teams and clean-up crews, doling out annual iterations of their biggest franchises while disallowing creativity to flow from them, all in the glorious name of annualization. Think about it: when it the last time you can recall a new IP from Treyarch or Neversoft? So, no. I can't "check my hatred at the door" when I see a company poised to destroy two great developers for their profit margin. It's like a farm. Do you know what happens if you plant the same thing in the same field year after year?”

dhaikage was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr And while Harmonix may seem the same, they are given pretty free range. They are trying to make a perfect instrument game and are still exploring new titles. See Dance Central.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@dhaikage Yeah they have been gimping Treyarch by shackling it to the CoD and Spider-man mold for all of these years. I definitely agree there. I was only saying that GH hasn't been ALL bad since Activision has gotten a hold of it. Mostly, but not all. This new iteration is conceptually weird, but a strong set list would make it worth a purchase for me. And they have slowed down slightly from the production of GH titles, I don't have to remind you of the quarterly releases that were happening, but seem to have slowed down. This is of course after Acti has sensed that the cash cow is nearly milked dry. Harmonix do treat their music franchises with a level of respect I wish Acti would follow. If I recall the case with Infinity Ward was over a similar issue, was it not? I mean the royalties issue was valid as well, but there was one of creative differences too, correct?”

dhaikage was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr HA! Activision slow down?
There are currently 5 CoD titles scheduled to hit within the next 18 months.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“Great, save it for a CoD or Fuck Activision thread, this is about Guitar Hero which has seen fewer releases of late. Stick to the subject.”

dhaikage was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@rawkr It ties to my point of Activision killing creativity by wanting franchise sequels instead of IP. If for some reason GH explodes again, do you doubt that Activision will flood the market once more?

REally? Stick to the subject? From my observations, threads tend to meander quite a bit on this site. ”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“@dhaikage Lol, yeah they really do.”

rawkr was the last to comment - over 2 years ago... show previous hide previous

“You know, the more I see of the game, the less I am against it. Especially with the setlist being pretty stellar and Rock Band 3's being good but not exactly amazing. I am going to have to save up quite a bit to re-invest in RB3. But I know it will be worth it.”

rawkr earned achievements in Guitar Hero 5 on 30/APR/10

“Decided to get some exercise and play drums for an hour or so. The GH set has this huge problem with the kick pedal registering double hits. Made it difficult to earn any kind of streak.”

created 01/MAY/2010

rawkr played Guitar Hero 5 on 16/MAR/10

“Tried Scatterbrain on Expert, and didn't play anymore after that. I'm a bit scatterbrained myself after the monumental failure.”

created 17/MAR/2010

Star Power!

“Me demonstrating some Star Power...”

Added by: PrioHuq
Date: 30/DEC/2009
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created 30/DEC/2009

gogogamer earned achievements in Guitar Hero 5 on 20/DEC/09

“I'd say i'm one of the best ^^.... if you'ed like to play me, just send me a Email.”

created 21/DEC/2009

going to be on today by: britishdrummer

“ this is what i am going to be playing today moder warfare 2 ”

created 18/DEC/2009

Cat rockin' out in Guitar Hero

“hahaha..yes. totally captures the mood. :DDD”

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Date: 07/DEC/2009
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created 07/DEC/2009

Keep Out: Guitar Hero at Play

“Poster I just had to buy =p”

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Date: 14/NOV/2009
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created 14/NOV/2009

Guitar Hero 5 (X360) by: dig81

“Bought it at my wife's request, but really couldn't get into it. Guess it would be a great game if you like this genre.”

created 07/JUN/2010

rawkr was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Even if you like the genre, the playlist is all over the place. I am a fan since the beginning of the series, back when Harmonix had control over it, and this was an epic letdown. Sure it looked very clean, and the mechanics were solid, but the music didn't back it up.”