Guitar Hero 5 (PS3)

Guitar Hero 5 is the latest installment of the Guitar Hero series which is great for playing with mates, either with all of the peripherals (guitar, drums, bass, microphone) or just with the guitar trying to beat your mates' scores. As with every game in this series the tracklist contains some great songs which you will enjoy playing along to, such as Smells Like Teen Spirit, Bleed American and Rock Show. Even some of the stranger selections (Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Superstition) are great to play and very enjoyable. You do get the sense of over familiarity if you have played any of the previous games but if it isn't broke there's no need to fix it and the ...  Read the complete review

Guitar Hero 5 is a musical video game which involves 1-4 players playing either a guitar, bass, drum kit or singing. It is the 5th guitar hero game (excluding metallica, aerosmith, greatest hits and van halen), and comes with some new features. Unlike in previous guitar heros, in this one you can have any number of players playing the same instrument, eg. 4 guitarists or 4 drummers etc. There is also a game mode where players can drop in and out of the gameplay whenever they want. I love musical genre games, but this one has rather left me down a bit. For starters, the song list is far too varied, with the majority of the songs being released in the last 5 ...  Read the complete review

Guitar Hero 5 (GH5) is published by Activision and is rated PG. You can play 1-4 players on one PS3 or up to 8 players online. the picture is output at 720P high definition, rather than the higher 1080P. I bought this version as the standalone game, as I already had a guitar controller (Les Paul). The idea of the game is to play along to the music tracks, pressing the correct buttons and guitar strummer in time to the music. There on-screen graphics show you the performance and the notes you have to hits scroll down the screen. Throughout the various versions, not a lot has changed. However, each new game brings a new updated track listing. The ...  Read the complete review