

Celebrity Charactersįollowing the footsteps of Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5 features celebrity musicians joining the default cast of characters for players to choose from. UK gamers also got a pre-order bonus, but could only receive a copy of the older Guitar Hero World Tour, not the newer Van Halen game. To boost sales of Guitar Hero 5 before its release, Activision offered a free copy of the then-yet-to-be-released Guitar Hero: Van Halen as a pre-order bonus to US customers. Digital slider touch-pad has been completely revamped.The strum button has been made quieter.The microphone and drum set are the same as those who launched with Guitar Hero World Tour, nothing was improved with this guitar but there was a improved guitar controller has been slightly improved which was a Guitar Hero 5 Pro-Order exclusive and was only sold in bundles for the game the improvements made are: Guitar Hero 5 is sold separately, with a guitar and in a full-band package containing one guitar, a drum set and a microphone. It is now also possible to change difficulty level on the fly without having to restart the song.Īll these new features combined, arguably makes Guitar hero 5 into the most party-friendly Guitar Hero game.The game has a new "party mode" where the game plays the entire setlist of songs, and players are able to drop in and out as they please.Own two drum-sets and want to use both? That is now possible, and nobody is forced to sing. The most recognizable new feature, is the ability to play which ever instrument you want.The game follows the classic Guitar Hero gameplay with the new addition of "band moments" which are small passages in a song that provides bonus points if no band member misses a note. Like its predecessor, Guitar Hero 5 also features full-band game play and is compatible with all instrument controllers from previous Guitar Hero and Rock Band games with the inclusion of the secondary foot-pedal for the drum-set introduced in Guitar Hero: Metallica, which are only available in the "Expert Plus" drum-exclusive difficulty. Guitar Hero 5 is the sequel to Guitar Hero World Tour with an improved engine, new songs, characters and features.

Overview The classic Guitar Hero gameplay in action.
