Guitar Hero Live - New Guitar Hero Game (360/X1/PS3/PS4/WiiU + Mobile)

**MSH-Hitman** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 4481 Location: Florida

I hate how limited the demo is location wise. I really need to actually play the game. I'm almost completely against it, but finding out if I like the new gameplay could completely turn it around. The song listing is pretty butts, but if it turns out the gameplay is entertaining and not very good looking UI actually turns out to be good, I'll be very happy cause I can pick this up no problem compared to RB4 which would require a PS4.

**singemfrc** · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4407 Location: California

**Vertiggo** · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:19 pm Post subject:

Played Guitar Hero: Live today at the only Best Buy in North Carolina that had the demo. Took forever for the game to be put up, but it was well worth the wait. I brought my DSLR in hopes of taking HD video of all three note charts. Unfortunately, I was told I wasn't allowed to record video of the game.

Hands down this looks to be the most challenging Guitar Hero for veterans while also being the most accessible to new players. King for a Day was some of the most fun I've had with a rhythm game in years.

The new guitar is much smaller and more lightweight than I was expecting. The game felt foreign enough to be a challenging experience while being familiar enough to feel welcoming. Here's a picture of me with the guitar to give you an idea: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKyG9LoWEAAGk4r.jpg

The TV the game was on was absolutely impossible to calibrate. Hopefully the game has more calibration options at release. Currently you only have a cowbell that you move on a slider to match it to a pulsing tone.

Funny side note: ended up running in to Jprez while at the store. Rhythm gaming is a small world.
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**PiemanLK** · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 4711 Location: /export/home

So I played the game Friday and overall I had a lot of fun. I was the only one there and I got there right for 3 and stayed for about an hour. A couple other employees came over and played but that was it. Like other people it took a while to get the lag calibrated correctly and the guy working the demo didn't really get it perfect, but it took a half an hour just to get it from playable to unplayable so I settled for good enough. Anyways, once everything was all set up right, I was able to get about 70-80% on songs on Expert which I thought was pretty decent for a first try. King for a Day is actually a pretty fun song and there's a part near the end that mixes in open notes, black notes, white notes, and black+white notes and it's pretty challenging. I think the game has a less steep learning curve than I anticipated but some of the sections with more complex colour changes will take some practice. The guitar looks and feels great and I have no complaints there and the game is quite polished. I dunno if I'd go out of my way to buy an Xbone for it but I do find myself wanting to play it more.
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[quote=''Otend'']Id come up with a long post, but Pieman said what we are all thinking, as usual[/quote]
[quote=''youhas'']EDIT TO ADD: Hey, post #3000! Neat! I will eagerly anticipate my set of ScoreHero-branded steak knives within six to eight weeks.[/quote]

**ricecake** · Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:08 am Post subject:

So sabowski and I went to the Best Buy in Glen Burnie, MD. We walked around the store for a little while looking for the GH Live setup but didn't see it, but we did see the screens showing Pixels stuff. We approached the Sony guy there and asked him about it, and he asked us where we heard about it. I showed him the Web page saying that it was supposed to be there, and he took a screenshot to show his superiors because on his company version of the site, pretty much every location except Glen Burnie was on his list. He said they never sent him the guitars, but he was prepared enough to give us Guitar Hero Live pins and Pixels tshirts. He also said the event was a bit of a cluster because they were telling people that it was canceled at some locations when it really wasn't. All in all, we left disappointed, so we went back to my house and played some RB3 for a few hours in consolation.
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