Customer Ratings & Reviews

The controller that is plugged in to the back of the Xbox does not connect and lags while playing.

One guitar didn't work, I had to return and get a new one.

Love the songs on here. Easy to use. Would recommend.

Great game for the whole family. We love this game.

Great song selections. The live channel is new and a lot of fun. The guitars buttons are less complicated. The intro and tutorial is very long!

Would be great but one guitar doesn't work well which is very frustrating!

This version of guitar hero is different from the previous versions for sure. You can pay an updated music selection in the non-touring mode. I'm not sure how I really feel yet about the new versions of the guitars. The new hand placement takes some adapting if you've ever played older versions.

It was a birthday gift for my goddaughter & she loves it! Best thing of was she can play with her little brother because it's a two pack!

I bought this after playing the demo at the store and thought it was a blast. It's a great game to play when having guest over to visit.

I really liked all the music choices on here, it is difficult to get the hang of but would be fun to entertain people with at a party

Love it. Only issue is wireless guitar will get out range to easy

It's not as good as the ones from the Xbox 360 but it's decent.

Bought this for my girlfriend and I to play. We have enjoyed it for many hours and recommend it to all of our friends!

It's an okay game. We're already kind of bored with it.

This game is really fun once you get it setup, however it's really frustrating. In the end, we ended up getting a USB extension and a USB hub to plug the dongles into. I would recommend watching the video online to setup the guitars. Overall it could be much better

It's a fun Guitar Hero game, with a revamped guitar controller, but the song list is very different than previous games in the series. There are a lot of rap songs, which is strange for a guitar game!

I will start by saying that I have been a huge Guitar Hero fan ever since the first game on PS2. I was very involved in local tournaments and played GH competitively for years. I was very excited to see the franchise get a re-boot. Out of the box I was initially disappointed to see that the wireless guitar uses a dongle for the Xbox. However, I can’t knock the game for this since it is really Microsoft not allowing them to use the Xbox’s wireless technology. But it is worth noting that you will need a USB port for the dongle. This does matter for someone like me that has an external drive and headset already using up 2 of the 3 ports on the Xbox. If I want to play 2-player then it takes some rearranging to get it setup. More on that later. Gameplay Impressions After getting through the worthless “tutorial” you get to jump into your first show. I’m not going to go into the overall cheesy presentation as that has been covered by several other reviewers. The gameplay itself is actually very fun. I love the new 6 button layout. It makes the game new and very challenging even for GH veterans. Some of the solo/hammer on sections are very satisfying to play through. However, there are several sections that just don’t seem to match the soundtrack that is being played. This gets extremely frustrating because you will start to have mystery misses that kill your note streak. Game Modes The game is divided into two game types: GH Live and GHTV. GH Live is the single player campaign. There are 42 songs on disc for this mode. Most of those songs are locked at the start, which is pretty standard for GH games. You select a setlist and play through a 3 -5 songs for each. Finishing a set will unlock those songs in quickplay. This isn’t too exciting but GH veterans will feel very comfortable in this mode. You can play these 42 songs at your will once they are unlocked. This is also where you will play the “multiplayer”. This is not like other GH games. The multiplayer consists of two players playing the same note pattern. No rhythm guitar, lead 2 guitar, nothing. This is very disappointing, especially for people like me that dropped $150 on the two guitar set. That second guitar is a great paper weight. Now we come to the part that I love and hate, GHTV. This is where I have spent the vast majority of my time with the game. You get to select from different music channels (There are 2 channels available at launch) that are running music videos 24 hours per day. You can jump in or out of the action any time that you want. This mode has 200+ songs on day one. This mode is very addictive and you might find yourself playing a channel for hours, especially if you have friends over. It’s so easy to “play one more” song. I find myself playing one more song about 10 times. Now for the bad news. You are stuck with whatever song that the channel gives you. Yes, you can select a song to play through an on demand option. However, this does have a cost built into it. In order to select a song you must have some in game currency which comes in the form of “plays”. So if there is a song that you like or a really hard solo that you want to practice you must use one of your plays every time to want to play the song. To be fair, you can earn “plays” by just playing the game normally. However, the rate at which you earn plays is nowhere near enough to really practice songs. From my experience, the rate that the game gives away plays drops dramatically as you play more. You will find yourself eating up those plays quickly if there is a particular song that you want to practice. This forces you to eventually pay real money for plays. Yes, you get to pay more money to play a game that you already paid $100 or $150 for. You can pay $6 to unlock the full game for a 24 hour period. That adds up to $180 per month to have access to a game you already paid for. This is really where I think they lost me. I would love nothing more than to play the game and have a fun time but the obvious attempts to nickel and dime their customers makes me want to return the game and move on. This is really too bad because I would love to have more time with the new controller. It is really fun. Why not have an option to buy songs? Or maybe have a monthly subscription in the $10 range. I could see something like that working but at $6 per day you can have your game back. Postives • New guitar controller is really fun • GHTV is great for parties Negatives • No practice mode • Cheesy presentation • GHTV WILL cost you money • Multiplayer is pretty much non-existent • Very low value out of the box (42 songs) • No option to buy or permanently unlock songs

I simply couldn't get the hang of the new controller it's a horrible product I ended up selling it on eBay for half the price and losing half of my money

I was looking for a game so that my brother and me could play and this is an entraining game for both of is.

I love the new button layout on the guitar it makes it harder yet simpler at the same time best game ever