Word of warning if buying for a child under 15/16 that has their proper age set in their PSN account, they currently won't be able to play any of the Guitar Hero TV section of the game because it is deemed online and they have set the parental control too high. Higher than the PEGI 12 rating on the box.

No matter what you allow on your console (I have parental set to allow everything to try and get this to work) the game ignores that and only looks at the age on the account!! As a result, half the game is missing and more than half of the trophies cannot be earned.

I have been in touch with the developers though and they have done some testing on my behalf as they were not aware of this issue. They have confirmed that reason is down to the Mature rating the game has received in Australia and it is stuck like that for the time being. They have agreed a fix with Sony and have confirmed to me that they will be rolling that out with the next update due in February.

​I think he meant check Game's temperature, as if to say they were unwell, having decent prices for games! Lol

I've always had wireless guitars as I started with Guitar Hero 3, so can't comment on wired verses wireless. I will say that the dongles for these guitars are certainly weaker than their earlier counterparts. I'm going to solve this issue with a usb extension cable that will allow me to have the dongle closer to where I play (not ideal as we should just have direct connection like the RockBand new guitars have. Does anyone with those notice any issues with drop outs over PS3 guitars. The issues could be down to PS4).

I also only want a game that is a fun guitar game. What I do want is for it to at least feel like I'm playing a guitar even if it's not really realistic (the same way using a steering wheel for a racing game is more like driving but isn't really).

I do see your point in it not feeling fun, although I enjoyed it. I wasn't looking for what I had from the old games as those have been and gone, I wanted something new and that's what we got. This is called guitar hero so although rock is what people seem to expect, guitar can be anything. If RockBand had the same set list, then I would understand the issues raised because Katy Perry certainly isn't rock!!!

Guitar Hero TV will keep the game going for as long as you're in to it. The party pass for £3.99 is what you'll want for the occasions you have a party. It's not ideal to have transactions like this over individual songs to buy, but personally I prefer this approach as I generally ended up buying songs I already own the album for or a digital copy and so it means I'm double dipping getting the same song in a new format. I think this would be a good option to add for Singstar to be honest as individual songs are just getting too expensive now.

At £40, the game is well worth it. For the original asking price then I can understand the disappointment.

True, it will divide opinion, but my feeling is that it won't ever be anything like playing a real guitar without actually using a real guitar, and it also won't ever help you to improve playing a real guitar, it's just a game and meant to provide entertainment, nothing more, the fun factor is missing a bit from the previous games for a lot of people it's no coincidence why this is plummeting in price.

As i mentioned above, i think the real issue is the extra button presses required, in conjunction with a wireless guitar, in my house i have about 4 routers, all with multiple wireless radios, and the amount of wireless devices here make for a frustrating experience, and even when it does work, i feel its a bit of a chore on harder difficulties, i can't play real guitar, and i don't want to play real guitar, i want a fun game with a good learning curve, and this ain't it.

He's not on his own, the new set up is just devisive.

As a rather amature guitarist, I must say that playing Guitar Hero Live certainly does feel more like playing an actual guitar due to the clawing of the hand now required over the old five button set up.

What would have made it even better would have been another set of buttons further up the neck of the guitar to give you the movement akin to playing guitar. My son is way better at actual guitar than I am and says the same, he really didn't get on with the old Guitar Hero set up.

I think it's good they decided to make a change. Last thing we need is yet another lazy rehash of an old game.

The lack of band mode or multiplayer career campaign is a shame. I cna see why this is missing due to the Live concert footage only being able to react to one person, otherwise they would have had to have gone down the full split screen mode (which would be really hard to do well here).

if you can get it in store at same price would recommend that, amazon and internet is full of reviews where the guitar is faulty so would be easier to return.

EDIT: can be returned in store if bought online as long as not paypal

Nah, you're very much alone here, even the guitar buttons squeak, not a patch on the old xplorer guitar, the finger movement is awkward for anyone over 15

out of stock now

yeah realised that after I posted. Though if you pay with paypal you can't return in store has to be credit card.

I wouldn't pay £30 for this horrendous reboot after owning it. Not a patch on the original concept and as for the song list...

You can return online orders to the store dude!

Gone. Hopefully Tesco will equal this price

Now 44.99 :disappointed:

Do you need xbox live for this to work? I refuse to "pay to play"

This has bombed in price quicker than Alien isolation

expired now.

Showing £89.32 for the Wii-U :-(

£44.99 now ??

I don't have my own external media centre and the lag on mine ain't that bad. You can change the settings

Coming up at £44.99 for me. Anyone else?

It's £41.99 in store

Picked it up from the store today at 41, only cost me £14 after my trade in credit so im a happy bunny :smiley:

How does the credits thing work in this game? The default track list looks absolutely awful, but the GH TV list looks great.

Cheers, ordered!

Heat Added :smile::smile::smile:

Does this come with the guitar? I think it does but just wanted to check........ Ps Heat Op

Like a few others, I'm waiting for Amazon price match.

Heat! But waiting to see if Amazon will match it. Won't spend another penny in Game. Terrible customer service.

Bought! This site is bad for your bank balance.

Strange, works great for me.

Great price, have some heat. Worth a dabble used to like the original guitar hero so why not!!

Now this is a sick deal. 40 quid for a guitar hero and a guitar! :O

Someone buy it for me please. Cheers.

Word of warning if buying for a child under 15/16 that has their proper age set in their PSN account, they currently won't be able to play any of the Guitar Hero TV section of the game because it is deemed online and they have set the parental control too high. Higher than the PEGI 12 rating on the box.

No matter what you allow on your console (I have parental set to allow everything to try and get this to work) the game ignores that and only looks at the age on the account!! As a result, half the game is missing and more than half of the trophies cannot be earned.

I have been in touch with the developers though and they have done some testing on my behalf as they were not aware of this issue. They have confirmed that reason is down to the Mature rating the game has received in Australia and it is stuck like that for the time being. They have agreed a fix with Sony and have confirmed to me that they will be rolling that out with the next update due in February.

Bought! Cheers.

Ordered!!!

£41.99 in-store it says when checking stock.

thanks for the heads up, just bought it.

Anyone know if this in store also?

Wii U version is the same price.

Got it for £44.99 at Smyths on Black Friday do the heck of it. I really enjoy it and literally bought it to play Four Year Strong (on the TV catalogue). Slowly getting better at it but I realised there's loads of good tracks to play along to on the TV section.
At £39.99 it's a steal.

i struggle with this game for some reason, could get high percentage on most songs on the previous versions on expert, but this, i miss a lot of notes, feels like the timing is out, have tried calibration to no avail, would have prefered a wired guitar i think

As for the change of buttons, i'm not a fan, the idea of guitar hero is that you can pick up and play difficult songs with a small amount of practice, this is a bit too much on the hard difficulty and i don't have the time or desire to learn it all again, it's not as fun for some reason, if i have to put in a lot of practice i'd rather just practice playing these songs on a real one

this comes with the guitar right?

Damn it I ordered it off Amazon for £49 didn't even check game I never do anymore :disappointed:. Heat from me while I cry myself to sleep.

this comes with the guitar right?

Seriously, these I'm worried somebody is trying to actually make GAME a reputable company with all these deals recently...

I got this for Xmas and I love it, can be just pick up and play for a few songs but then its also addictive enough to play all day on the TV channel mode.

Heat from me OP :smiley:

Funnily this is cheaper than buying a spare guitar on their site...

Actually its £39.99 now w/ Free Delivery

Goddamnit GAME's website is terrible. It's randomly taking £1.50 of my reward points off the order, so when I try pay with GAME Wallet it says you can't pay with GAME Wallet when using reward points and to remove the reward points from the order. But there's no ability to remove it from the order. Tried starting a fresh basket, no luck.

Update - worked ordering using my phone. £39.99 is a great price, as much as I dislike using GAME they've had a few decent deals over the past few months.

I welcome the changes, the track list won't be to everyone's exact taste but it does cater to a vastly bigger audience which is smart marketing in my opinion, than previous games.

I just sit on the GHTV channel that most suits my taste and enjoy playing the vast majority of the songs. Each to their own though, I guess :smiley:

Down to £39.99. Don't forget 3.15% TCB

good price track listings are some of the worest I have seen for a guitar hero think out of the lot might be about 10 tracks I like on this won't be picking this up. Shame as this did have me interested

It's £39.99, website is up. Change your title for scorching heat :wink:

How is it poss 39.99 plz?

Great game the new guitar actually makes the old guitar hero look like childs play.

Get rocksmith

I'm enjoying it for pick up and play.

Hardcore gh fans dislike that you can't necessarily play the same song over and over without the credits you aquire in game (or buy) to master it.

But if you just want to play songs that are on their *tv* channel you can just play along endlessly.

I'm really enjoying it and the button changes

I got it for Christmas, well worth £40 especially now they have added more songs.

Wonder if Amazon will price match? Anyone got this, what's it like? For 40 quid I'm tempted, been a long time since I played guitar hero. Seems like it'd be good to pop on for a few songs on a night.

Tempting!

​I think he meant check Game's temperature, as if to say they were unwell, having decent prices for games! Lol

Actually enjoying this at the mo, would recommend!

another game deal? somebody check their temperature.