Evolution of Guitar Hero Games (2005-2018)

Guitar Hero was one of the biggest Franchises of the Mid to Later 2000's. But the Rise and Fall of Guitar Hero were equally quick. Why did Guitar Hero die? What happened to Guitar Hero? Guitar Hero Games were released from 2005-2015, but how exactly did Guitar Hero die? Looking back at the History of Guitar Hero.
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#GuitarHero

[@appleleptiker]

Clone Hero is The only Thing Keeping GH alive

[@SwiftyStardust]

Pretty much

[@Starcadin]

@@SwiftyStardust true that but it's working

[@HieronymousLex]

It’s actually reviving and growing the scene. It takes care of all shortcomings of Guitar Hero by letting the community do whatever they want. No need for core gh games anymore. They gave us the format but we can take it anywhere

[@zachblack9174]

I was playing it when i was watching this haha

[@Natei]

thats just not true, its helping it grow, but the gh comminuty was very much alive before it

[@MrElias760]

I'm surprised they haven't released a Guitar Hero Collection for current gen, including a bunch of songs from each of the previous GH games.

[@MikeVoss]

Well we all know how Activision treats their IP's, right? Not to mention that would be a licensing nightmare.

[@lucas-jo1zv]

just play rb4 and buy those songs

[@lucas-jo1zv]

clone hero is for wanks whos broke

[@lucas-jo1zv]

then its the equipment thats expensive, not the game.

[@MasonMillerKingofCaturday]

@@lucas-jo1zv name one guitar hero game that costs more than ten dollars, with the exemption of newer games on ps2

[@AdamG1983]

Forgot to mention.. GH Rocks the 80s GH Smash Hits Rock Band AC/DC

[@yoshikidmcluigi9705]

Not going to lie, those three are my jams, alongside others of course

[@hadifelani]

Extreme vol.5

[@thebobbyshow9447]

Those are expansion packs for guitar hero Or He was talking about the main tittles not the side tittles

[@eroticfrankfurt8777]

And greatest hits

[@mberflames4563]

Rock Band AC/DC was the best

[@konorkaotic9657]

I feel like guitar hero could come back if they made an HD remake of Legends of Rock with better sound, nothing else changed

[@WolvesRockXD]

Konor Kaotic YES

[@ashkhol]

Let’s do itttt

[@two2mass]

@@ashkhol get clone hero

[@finkko_5853]

Nah bc clone hero is taking over, has online, it's free, can download songs from any guitar hero, rock band or any song charted.

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Yeah give them 20000 dollars to buy every song again

[@davidcerrato9299]

Clone Hero...over 5000 songs in my library, including every song from every Guitar Hero and Rock Band game ever made + DLC...for free...it's a no-brainer.

[@juanponce6284]

David Cerrato where is that game available?

[@bhoppy_9708]

Don't forget the many meme songs

[@kirkprospector4958]

@MoosieHD should be a warning "caution, shitty meme charts ahead"

[@davidcerrato9299]

@@kirkprospector4958 If you go out of your way to go find the "shitty meme charts" then that's what you'll find. I downloaded 5000+ songs of setlists and literally have only come across maybe 50 meme charts. The vast majority of the charts are actual songs that never made it into the official game despite being very popular, or the opposite, obscure but cool to play.

[@Hex-Trinity]

@@davidcerrato9299 Got a link to download them? :D

[@churchc1ty233]

It’s kinda sad that Guitar Hero Warriors Of Rock didn’t sell so good cuz the game is really good

[@tivionte961]

Yea its my second favorite

[@christopherregan1654]

It was so much better than GH5!

[@sleazyyeezy2238]

Not as good as gh3 but yeah great gh game

[@fluffyduffyspirit9783]

The Game play was fun imo

[@ncrtrooper2856]

@@christopherregan1654 Yeah the songs in that game were garbage

[@travisiswin]

When Guitar Hero first launched and people scoffed at it, I think everyone underestimated just how many people secretly wanted to be rockstars but lacked the actual talent to do so in reality. It was absolutely insane how popular this franchise got for what it was.

[@stonedpanda6903]

Who else still play guitar hero in 2019 I know I do

[@ricoshaneyfelt7239]

Deadlysplice 29 I own all of em

[@MrSiltan]

Got GH3 and all after that. Metallica is by far the game I have played the most AND still to this day I play it. Every dream came tru that day I got it. And Live hade soooo much good music ofc talking about the TV part. If anyone know a link to a 5 button edition of those songs to Clone Hero plz let me know. Or any full album of any Melodic Metal or Metalcore, Falling in Reverse any song and 2 last albums from Buller for My Valentine still ofc to Clone Hero

[@peytonwatson8747]

Devo420Wrx 710 same

[@tsgcinematographer4151]

Stefan Siltberg 4 months late but google “clone hero chorus” a website should pop up you can search for charts on

[@mranderson2215]

A lot of people still play Gh3 online

[@FoxyGrandpa1]

My go to games back in the day were Guitar Hero, Halo and COD. I miss those days. Also, I have to say that Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Smash Hits were two of the heaviest Guitar Hero soundtracks ever put out. I loved them.

[@MikeVoss]

Not even gonna mention Guitar Hero Metallica?

[@MikeVoss]

Smash Hits wasn't all that heavy, but decent soundtrack. Although some of those re-charts aren't nearly as good as the originals. Warriors of rock had a really great soundtrack, but the gameplay wasn't as good. Alot of those songs are overcharted just for the sake of being stupid hard. Those Megadeth songs and Fury of The Storm really put Through The Fire and Flames to shame.

[@FoxyGrandpa1]

Mike Voss didn’t mention it cause it’s Metallica, of course it’s gonna be heavy lol

[@markreyes7454]

@@MikeVoss I know right? What a disgrace.

[@kuharrr]

Glad I grew up with those not Fortnite

[@fanamatakecick97]

What’s sad: Warriors of Rock was the 2nd best Guitar Hero games (imo) and it was the least profitable

[@NicolasPL_]

WoR was my first GH, and my favorite

[@tbone8358]

Yes WoR was excellent. It was like Guitar Hero III : 2

[@NicolasPL_]

@@tbone8358 exactly, I like all the songs and that game introduced me to rock and all its subgenres

[@adriel68]

The majority of people didn’t like it bc the songs were pretty heavy. Lots and lots of metal

[@NicolasPL_]

@@adriel68 that's the reason I liked it xD

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

“Everyone has a guitar hero controller laying around” Me: *Looks over to see the Guitar Hero Controller I’ve had for 10 years in my closet*

[@randybobandy9828]

Me too. I have 2 guitar hero controllers and the drums. I really wish I could find my drums because clone hero now supports drums!!

[@em5345-]

*Play Guitar Hero 3 NOW*

[@ShockWarp]

get clone hero now

[@stuartroweofficial]

get clone hero and that bad boy back out!!!

[@Slytherin5150]

Our jailbroke wii currently only plays Guitar Hero World Tour no matter what game you click on the hard drive or in the disc slot

[@frankiesaupp9971]

I remember guitar hero was the first time I heard "one" by Metallica. I was thinking why it was one of the last songs, as it wasn't that hard. Then the double bass kicked in and I was eh not too bad. Then the solo hit and I proceeded to jump out of my window and try to comprehend wtf was going on. Good times. Now I love metallica

[@ejumper_0987]

Lolll. GH Metallica is the best GH imo

[@elile8games611]

It was actually the last one

[@dylpickle0192]

I feel ya on that. Spend like 6-7 minutes playing just to immediately get crushed by the solo in less than 2 seconds lol

[@ronaldraygun6304]

I am sad to say I abandoned guitar hero after world tour however I do owe a lot to guitar hero. After completing most of the games on expert and craving more of a challenge I picked up a real guitar and have now been a guitar player for over a decade. If it weren’t for guitar hero I’d have never found my passion

[@ryanmenozzi3338]

Same

[@squodge]

Similar story here... I got real good on Rock Band expert pro drums, so I ditched the games (including the band versions of Guitar Hero), and took up the drums.

[@UncleJoey]

Same as well, guitars and drums for me. By far the best thing guitar hero did was get sooo many people interested in playing real instruments! The games will always hold a special place in my heart for that

[@tristanmarsh1760]

I will never give up guitar hero ever that was my childhood

[@ngarcia2017]

Tristan Marsh sammmeeeeee

[@DrGru]

Greed kill the franchise... And yet,more developers follow this kind of evil trend.

[@soppingwetburgers6493]

All games are created out of greed. Rushing games kills franchise.

[@gabito2647]

@@soppingwetburgers6493 not all games, but most

[@randybobandy9828]

No developers, publishers are the ones who get greedy.

[@daisysabashed9661]

Not developers, they always get blamed for the stupid shit the publishers do, the developers dont control those decisions lol

[@silentrecroom8394]

Friday night funkin

[@sethgarza4855]

Okay so hear me out, guitar hero remastered😳

[@nevermindgaming6848]

No

[@sethgarza4855]

NeverMind Gaming yes

[@redgh]

Clone hero

[@EemeliK1]

@@redgh it doesn't work on me. Custom songs doesn't load and there's no drums available although I downloaded public test build. Not in profile settings or in the where you choose instrument. The stock songs works and runs well, but no drums :( And my computer is gaming laptop so I'm wondering why it doesnt work. That's why I stick with Phase Shift

[@WhyDoesYoutubeWantToBeTwitter]

@@EemeliK1 Did you "scan songs" in the general settings menu in clone hero?

[@Skarfar90]

As a PC-player, our options for Guitar Hero was pretty limited, and it was a real shame that it didn't release on the platform earlier. The only games that got officialy released for PC were, GH3, GH: Aerosmith and GH WT. Fortunately, today we got Clone Hero, and it's ever growing library of custom songs.

[@dontwaste111]

Hell I charted a song that I really liked the other day cause it's really not that hard, it's free, and it didn't take super long. And I can send it to my favorite streamers and they'll say my name :D

[@adammccormick95]

The community did some pretty good work making GH3 on PC great with customs and features from newer games (eg. taps and open notes). But Clone Hero is definitely the best option nowadays.

[@SkrebMasters]

Rock Band 4 still release weekly DLC to this day, so I'm glad at least it's still plodding along.

[@MDGtv]

I think Rocksmith should get a mention. It took the whole idea of real guitar hero and made it actually real.

[@GazingSkies]

To be fair, DJ Hero 2 is still one of my favorite rhythm games hands down

[@PrototypeXt3]

It was soooo good.

[@OhioanGhost]

2007 was a good time for guitar hero

[@christopherregan1654]

It was the pinnacle!

[@Master_Viccc]

If Activision didn't want to make more guitar hero's they should release a Guitar Hero Trilogy collection for 1 2 3 for current console's and upcoming one's

[@MasonMillerKingofCaturday]

The licencing problems would be horrible, just buy a ps2 and play em lel

[@yieschu]

Just get Clone Hero

[@GrimNoir1986]

Maybe you should ask Nintendo, they're going on a remake spree with the Legend of Zelda, ever since the Nintendo Wii, just like Twilight Princess for the Wii after it's been on GameCube, Wind Waker for the Wii U after it's been on the GameCube, they remade Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask for the N64 and put it on the 3DS, and there's a few other remakes...

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Mmm no just bc download a mod

[@TooCooFoYou]

GRIMREAPER GAMING_G71 You mean the WiiU? Zelda for the Wii was a port.

[@levelmake7758]

Here’s an interesting fact, Guitar Hero Live is the most expensive game to ever exist. With all dlc included it would be worth thousands of dollars. I think like 19,000 USD in total or something.

[@WolfAeterni]

Don't forget Skylanders lmao

[@RickyBobby-ld1fe]

Elaborate on “most expensive to ever exist”?

[@staringcorgi6475]

@@WolfAeterni but at least the figures aren't worth that much unless you include the valuable ones like ro bow, most light and dark skylanders and echo any charecters from the first 2 ain't worth that much without including varients

[@meowmasterL346]

...boi what. Game had about 500 extra songs (assuming they're priced around $1 each like most dlc) that amounts to literally $500 plus the base game/guitar. Which ass are you pulling $19k from lmao

[@ahparis5916]

it's funny that right now, the concept of rock band on pc has actually been done on ROBLOX of all games, there's a game there called robeats where the community does maps and gets licenses to those songs (best of all, there was no crowdfunding)

[@Haktuar]

I was a huge Guitar Hero fan in middle school, got into it during the heyday of Guitar Hero III. Those games will always have a special place in my heart. They truly cemented my taste in music and made me a rock and metalhead to this day. Later, playing Rock Band inspired me to get a real drumset. I still have my PS2 set up with GH2, 3, Metallica, and fire them up whenever I get the itch.

[@kaleygoodwin7791]

Guitar hero 3 is so nostalgic for me I love it so much 🥴

[@1Huzo6]

Why girl plays these games

[@kaleygoodwin7791]

AwesomeGaming girls can play any game that a guy plays lmao i love guitar hero

[@ThySheepie]

Kaley Goodwin FACTS! Thank you!! And HEY, that’s sick!! I’m so glad to see people who still play GH or CH! Sorry for not having a profile picture, if that inclined you to not respond, fellow Comrade😤😤😎

[@morowu8595]

@@1Huzo6 sexist

[@1Huzo6]

@@kaleygoodwin7791 okay

[@cherrysdesigns]

I used to play GH2 on PS2. And I just bought a guitar and GH 5 and 6 and also Rockband 2 and 3. Can't wait to play it all again! Was really difficult to find a guitar with the USB dongle and not too expensive...

[@VanillaMidgetSSBM]

You know you've played too much Guitar Hero when at 1:55 I could recognize the chart as "Cowboys from Hell" by Pantera

[@heathens3098]

Omg dude same

[@Loris_Pisy]

Yes, but Unfortunately in gh1 it was so complicated to hit the hammer on and pull off.

[@heathens3098]

@@Loris_Pisy same with gh metallica (atleast for me)

[@captainknuckles875]

Hahaha I thought the same thing, when I saw the chart repeat I was like that’s cowboys from hell

[@phoenixphonkhouse451]

U didn't talk about the the guitar hero McDonald's toys

[@GabbieTheFox]

Or the arcade game for that matter. Yep. There's a Guitar hero arcade game.

[@hickorymccay2994]

@@GabbieTheFox I PLAYED THAT! It's what got me into Guitar Hero.

[@lonttugamer2939]

Nostalgia, I still have that laying around somewhere.

[@LonnyH]

@@GabbieTheFox saw one at Dave n Busters and after a few drinks, I played several games on expert. Muscle memory picked up and I was doing really well. A little crowed gathered to watch me play the harder songs. I start talking a little shit on the side, asking anyone to challenge me. Dude that worked for the place comes up all quietly and asks to play once, he scans his employee card so that the game was free. He tells me to pick, so I pick the song I was best at as a kid - literally played this song hundreds of times, had it down pat. He fucking 100%'s the song first try without a hiccup and like doubles my score by star powering at all the right places. Cut me a slice of humble pie real fucking quick lol

[@konorkaotic9657]

I was at an arcade playing it and I wrecked a seventeen year old on Miss Murder

[@Mickelraven]

It's really sad that Warriors Of Rock failed miserably, because that's the best Guitar Hero game ever! (Right behind GH3)

[@hound122100]

IKR

[@christopherregan1654]

Its even better than GH5!

[@ncrtrooper2856]

Don't forget Smash Hits 😉

[@Cobalt985]

Agree. So good. Has 2112 and Fury of the Storm, just iconic.

[@brandongordon4019]

This was a really great video. I was expecting a generic random gameplay clips in a timeline type video, but was pleasantly surprised.

[@sampiter8056]

Congrats for the vid man, just one thing: you forgot to mention one guitar hero: guitar hero smash hits, which has launched for ps3 and xbox 360 and promised to have the best guitar hero 1,2 and 3 songs. It's more a Guitar Hero World Tour dlc, but I like to play guitar hero 1 and 2 songs on it, because I only have ps3, so I like to play Cowboys from hell, Bark at the moon and more GH 1 and 2 classics on it.

[@sariusmonk]

My favourite was always Rock Band 2. Was in my 2nd year of University, going round my girlfriends house with her housemates, all playing the different instruments, all getting good enough so at least someone could do one instrument on expert. Downloading loads of songs, customizing the band. I really had fun with Guitar Hero 3 as well but there's something extra about the "band" experience. I dusted off my old copy of Rock Band 2 recently to take round my friends for their kids to play and to them it's all new stuff, they're loving it. The games are still extremely fun, it is a shame they got crazily over saturated and died off. I would love a new Rock Band or Guitar Hero with the full band to come out that just had hundreds of songs already included, revisit those classics. Some fantastic memories with those games.

[@shelbyntil1046]

i still have my ps2 and all the guitar hero games (up until guitar hero 3) still plays perfectly and it’s so addicting once again. i’m so glad we never got rid of all the games like so many people did. the nostalgia is real.

[@ViolaTer112]

Worth noting that with the release of Rivals for Rock Band 4, the game is still doing well. Yes a lot of people have stopped playing rhythm games however if you jump onto Rock Band 4 you will see there are almost weekly song releases and a pretty well populated Rivals mode where you join a band with other players and score points based on how you and your band play songs. At the moment there are over 200 competing bands in Rivals. The industry may not have millions of active players anymore but it is most certainly not dead.

[@Cobalt985]

Rhythm gaming will never actually die. There will always be insane people such as myself who will build DDR pads from scratch and mod GH guitars to revive them back from the dead. We are too dedicated for it to die.

[@jacksonpowers3947]

Seeing those cutscenes and videos from legends of rock were so nostalgic and really brought me back to my younger days when I would play the shit out of it for hours on end

[@AriGrande]

They need to remake one of the original 3 Guitar Hero's...

[@CommonG]

Hopelazz clone hero..

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@CommonG Clone Hero is not a remake of GH 1-3, so, it doesn't count towards the statement they made and it's only for PC, right.

[@Lynk713]

@@TheClassicWorld dont get it either, playing on clone hero is like 10 times easier than console and especially the earlier ones. N8t the same feeling either

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@Lynk713 Can't beat the feeling of the classic GH2 on PS2 or the GH3 guitar on PS3/Xbox 360. So great. Personally, I mostly play GH3 on Xbox 360 now. Though I do own about 15 GH/RB games in total and 7 guitars (from PS2 to Wii, and the Beatles guitar, as well, which feels great and different). I think Guitar Hero 2 is one of my most played video games of all time. Loved it ever since I first got into it around 2007 or whatever. I even love the DS version (from around the same time), though it is pretty easy and gets boring if you're inside -- may as well play console. It was great with friends and when outside. Still, love the series, for sure, and would never trade it for Clone Hero or anything. Nice to see a classic console-user here. :)

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@Lynk713 Also, yeah, GH 1 and 2 on PS2 are pretty hard compared to some of the later stuff, for sure.

[@TheNameIsGon]

1:49 "Guitar Heroowow"

[@BluCoolKnux]

5w1p3r No Swiping 1:50 * (Lenny face)

[@whobitmyname]

His tongue was all twisted from the strain of attempting to pronounce "peripheral."

[@mikebuck421]

whobitmyname “perifyal”

[@cryptical6403]

Remaster guitar hero legends of rocks n people will come back that game was so good

[@ILeszPlayer]

Clone hero

[@TheDefton87]

Actually, today I played with my friends World Tour for a while, which is my fav GH. I haven´t stopped playing GH since it's release and I will play it as long as I have access to the instruments. Off course Clone Hero is a huge contribution to the gaming too. I have tons of songs and I sometimes sync the original video clips to the song, which is waaaaay too cool to play it like that. I´m a die hard fan of this games and I don´t see myself quitting any time soon

[@dirtyasswhiteboi]

Yessir world tour is the best metallica one is fun to tho hope u still enjoying this jem

[@michaelmodaffari3624]

Rock band 2 and 3 had the best online multiplayer. I still play rock band 3 on xbox 360.

[@medievalshadows2836]

Wanna play sometime?

[@MikeVoss]

Do you have Rock Band 4?

[@stormamoeba]

If you down to play, add me on 360. Kravza. I have 800+ DLC songs

[@aBaltimoreRaven]

I have 900 dlc and decent at guitar/bass add me if you have dlc too please. Hard ro find people to plsy with. Gt: boamb

[@michaelmodaffari3624]

My gamertag is "Demon Dover". 900 dlc songs. Expert drums.

[@DylanKartWii]

I liked guitar hero live, I got it soon after it came out and enjoyed the fresh guitar setup. It was a new challenge that I appreciated especially since half a decade earlier I was playing gh3 on expert as an elementary schooler. I didn’t mind playing the radio songs to get points to pick the songs I played. The main things I didn’t like were the controllers whose strum bars always broke and the fact that there was no practice mode. Many years later I’ve picked up clone hero and it’s better than any guitar hero game I’ve played in the past, which was all of them by the way.

[@thegiron8730]

Of it wasn't for guitar hero i would've never tried to play guitar at 9 years old, this game will always be in my memories for giving me one of the best hobbies ever

[@halo3gamefuel]

Same! got me into actually playing guitar!

[@Pdmplaythroughs]

Loved guitar hero 3, still remember my old band name, grey scarf. It was called that because I was wearing... a grey scarf lol

[@charlottestreet3301]

I enjoyed playing guitar hero to my band was called wolfblood

[@SwiftyStardust]

My favourite Guitar Hero was a tie between Guitar Hero 3 and Warriors of Rock, and my favourite Rock Band was Rock Band 3.

[@itzjussliyaa2906]

Honestly they could have thrived with 1 2 3 and 6 cause those were the best ones

[@Zero_did_nothing_wrong]

Your channel is underrated and deserves more subscribers

[@bigbastard_lol]

Thanks for the video. I played Guitar Hero 2, 3, and World Tour so much. Still love "Freya" by the Sword from GH2, one of the few non covers on that particular game

[@ryanjackson7387]

Still got Guitar Hero 2&3 with Guitar ditto for Rock Band and all 3 game , I also have 2 DJ hero Turn Table with DJ hero 1&2. I loved these back in the day and they will be fun to go back and use again over the years as funny time capsules.

[@ElmetiYT]

They should just make a remastered version of GuitarHero 1 2 & 3 For present day hardware :)

[@annabrooks6040]

I had guitar hero 3 while my brothers and cousins had the original and GT2 and I remember coming home for lunch in elementary just to play it and practise through the fire and flames lmfao good times

[@Fraustega]

4 years after this video uploaded I am here to say, Clone hero grew a lot and now lots of these guitars, specifically xbox360 and xbox one versions, are expensive everywhere. Drums too

[@thelordflygon6169]

I’d dreaded clicking on this video because I thought it was literally just gonna be a slideshow of guitar hero gameplay, but this was actually really cool. Gj.

[@BlackParadeMarcher1]

GH3 was my first guitar hero game, LOVED it, World Tour was awesome and I went nuts customizing characters, and I really liked Warriors of Rock because you gotta love those character tf's. I got Live, and while I liked the realism, those controls, man.. not the same

[@jfashion04]

BROO SAME

[@lamaranderson77]

I really want to see one more guitar hero game for the current generation (or next). Just one more, back to original controls. I’d be happy with that.

[@redgh]

Lamar Anderson you should download clone hero

[@dirtbikerplay11]

I have guitar hero Van Helen and still play it to this day

[@JustMe-vk5be]

Still play to this day.. I've been playing since I was about 7 and have all the games idrk how my playstation is still working after a good 10 years but I'm glad it still does, I love it

[@Deltarii]

The recent World Tour mod has made me get into GH again, shits fun. Even with the ridiculous shit you can do like adding Luigi from Mario and making him sing Bohemian Rhapsody has breathed some nice fresh air into the game, at least for me.

[@TheDantedarkdemon201]

I think you forgot to mention guitar hero encore rocks the 80s. Either way still a good video

[@EddieIsFromSF]

I remember growing up with gh3 it honestly made me fall in love with the franchise

[@El.F0Z094]

Great video man

[@hkr11128]

I think one of the things that made GHL fail so hard was pushing the background visuals. I guess they didn't realize that people usually care more about the gameplay, and not for what's happening in the back. Hence a lot of people just disabled them through mods and external configs (and also to get rid of the 60 fps lock).

[@noratheemoyt]

I was born way too late.. god i wish i was born in the 90s and not 2006. it seemed fun to live during this era. I still play guitar hero III on the PS2 today. I raised myself well.

[@rigbonet4272]

Born 06 as well still have my ride or dies over to play this on 360

[@KeybladeScar]

Legit i remember when Guitar Hero first came out my dad got it randomly on PS2 and man we both spent hours and hours playing I played more than my dad cause I was still a yougin at the time but when Guitar Hero II came out that’s when I dedicated my life to playing this and Rock Band lol man I miss these days tho this is what really brought me and my friends together sadly we don’t talk anymore but man I just miss these days being a teen in this era was the best 💜

[@Thenattypoo]

What's crazy is Warriors of Rock is still my favorite Guitar Hero game to this day... It was like a love letter to the dedicated fans

[@saroushen]

You missed Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s. That was a demo-type game on the GH2 engine.

[@darkydan3705]

I believe it was on GH1 engine, as the HOPO's were a lot more strict than GH2. And it was released quickly due to the purchase of RedOctane, so Harmonix had to get it out before they were separated to Rock Band franchise.

[@MaxVulpes]

Guitar hero got me interested in playing a real guitar, so what i did to get myself motivated to practice the guitar was RockSmith, and its actually real fun, much more than GH

[@Quest4astro]

honestly rock band 1 was my favourite. I loved everything about it, including the campaign mode and saving up dollars for crazy looking outfits and instruments.

[@darknid158]

The console transition during this time really helped guitar hero be fine tuned with its gameplay but the bigger transition mark had to be the switch from cover songs to master recordings.

[@Meliwitchi]

*I love guitar hero and rockband back in the day and i was really excited in 2015 for the guitar hero live realease and rock band 4 i buy the gh live but* It wasnt what i expected just it wasnt that funny it was cool at the begining but i get tired very quickly of the game

[@MrGdai101]

Guitar hero live killed the franchise

[@RecountDaFox1]

Holly shit that game was bad

[@hollogyny]

It was already dead

[@cryptidairsoft3905]

No guitar hero live spit on the grave

[@nevermindgaming6848]

@@RecountDaFox1 no its not lol

[@meta_7145]

Activision did

[@PIIT0II]

My brother was obsessed with these games and I had no idea why cause I was kinda young when this happened so I was really bad at it but now I’ve gotten a better understanding of music

[@olivia8977]

LEGO rock band it was the only one I played as a kid and just holds a ton of nostalgia

[@chrisfletcher7598]

Now fortnite is keeping the spirit alive. 😂

[@matchboxcody]

Activision milking a franchise of all its worth while simultaneously killing it? Never would’ve guessed.

[@lgeagle8225]

World tour introduced me to so much music I never related to the older rock songs so i love it

[@anthonyschutz7201]

*cries in can't find guitars at goodwill anymore*

[@crispysaladwizard]

A video on how one of the best games of our childhood went sideways

[@izzy926]

i remember my brother had this game and one where you play the drums??? is that a thing?? but yeah, i played his game a couple times and it’s hella nostalgic.

[@DizJakeOG]

Just now getting into these games. Love it, enjoying them and getting them for so cheap!

[@erikmercado5819]

Also just found a redoctane ps2 guitar at goodwill a couple of weeks ago and have been absolutely ripping Clone Hero since. They're keeping my inner child alive.

[@patriciapimenta9641]

I'll tell you what happened to Guitar Hero. It was initially targeting an older, heavier base. Black Sabbath, Slayer, etc. When Activision purchased it, they had this bright idea of aiming to younger, mainstream bases, compare the setlists from GH1-2-3 and the following, GH5, Band Hero, GH Live, these last ones have lighter and more "pop-ish" songs that don't call to the consolidated fandom of GH, BRO KATY PERRY IS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY ON A GUITAR FFS, WE PLAY ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ON A GUITAR. When Activision realized that they have bet on the wrong horse, they did the same crap they did to Singstar, close the servers that enabled people to have the chance to play the songs they were actually hoping to get, and kill the game. Now, people like me that played GH from the first game until the Guitar control/Controller allowed, can't even play it, or can barely do it because they are no longer fabricated, leaving us it secondhanded options that rarely function, and that makes me very sad because I really loved the game...

[@mauriciom5555]

Guitar Hero Warriors Of Rock is my favorite for much, I still playing it!!

[@Hi7M4n]

That makes 2 of us

[@avengedpeanut1339]

I just started playing it after a few years. It was my favorite of all GH games, I even preferred it over RB. I was happy when I found out they were gonna make a new GH but then got sad when it was GH live. It just wasn't the same. They could have just ported over the same graphics from WoR but added new songs. That would have been okay for me.

[@carson2687]

I don’t have the old guitar hero games anymore but I do play rock band 4 all the time on Xbox one. It’s pretty solid. They have a ton of songs you can get on top of what is included with the base game, by paying of course, but they release new songs all the time, new songs from 2020 as well as some of those classic ones like “carry on my wayward son” etc

[@aidandoesgaming4418]

Bro you cant lie lego guitar hero goes fire i was just playing it on my wii and i had it for like 8 or 9 years

[@oekfoh8684]

I have guitar hero III installed on my PC still, just like GTA San Andreas. They're not the best games but they are perfect in what they provided If they remade GTA San Andreas with the current graphics and GHIII with like all the songs you can think off, I'd really buy that

[@redgh]

Oek Foh clone hero is basically that for free. You do need to look up tutorials on how to add songs because because it only has a couple built-in songs. But if you want easy way to add some songs I’ll just say a small tutorial. First go to the clone hero spreadsheet (I’ll post a link to it when I get to a computer) you can download a lot of songs off of it, and you can download different setlists with most of the guitar hero Games songs available to download. Then you just need to put the Files in the songs folder. That is in the clone hero folder when you download it. One of the main downsides of clone hero that turned away some people is that there aren’t background graphics but if you just want to Play a good guitar hero game, you should download clone hero. Make sure to look up tutorials to figure out how to set up the game. I hope you see this.

[@Djenx-]

lol guess you got the definitive edition?

[@oekfoh8684]

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[@notaname8140]

Man, I really wish they would bring back GH, if they did it right it could still be successful, they just tried too hard to innovate with Live

[@dylpickle0192]

Good God, this franchise was one of my favorites back in its prime. Me and my friends would ritualistically play after we got home from school. Starting on Easy, working your way up to Expert, trying to beat Jordan, then eventually 5-starring it took me forever. Then GH3 brought TtFaF as well as TDWDtG and that was a whole summer vacation of practicing. Got to the point where I won a local tournament here at our fairgrounds, was so excited lol I’d say after GH3/WT and RB2 was when the hype for us started to die out. If you played the two you’d get a lot of repeat songs with (to me at least) divisive charting. And since DLC and micro-transactions were on the rise it just became too expensive to keep up with it all. Really, REALLY didn’t help switching from a CRT TV to HD as well and I feel like that alone was a big contribution to its downfall, though aggressively releasing “new” games every year or two didn’t help with that as well. Still, the GH/RB franchise will always be a classic to me back in the golden days of gaming. Everyone played too which amazed me (parents, cousins, basically everyone in my class). Early mid-late 2000’s for games were something else.

[@godish_tv8623]

the xplorer controller for 360 is goated still using mine after nearly 17 or 18 years at this point and still going strong only thing that broke was the whammy a couple years ago but that was an easy fix with a small piece of metal and hot glue

[@LonnyH]

Not to mention the guitar that came with GH2 was the best on ever released. Kept it through the entirety of my "career", bought half a dozen more in between and none were as good as that one. Also, impulse was the best song ever put on any guitar hero, change my mind.

[@adamdouglass4113]

An endless Sporadic. That song is reason to be.

[@denverbasshead]

I bought so much music because of GH3. Slipknot, DragonForce, Metallica etc

[@angelissaemotional1069]

I feel like 2022 is the perfect year to start up music rhythm games again! like I hear just about everywhere “where did these types of music games go?? like I miss this kind of stuff now a days”

[@bryslife2064]

My fav guitar hero was guitar hero 3, nights of cydonia, one, when u were young etc. I’m just glad I got to play almost all of them

[@TheChosenOne66501]

Why is Acai the only Clone Hero KZbinr you mentioned?

[@cirava]

Randy, UKOG, Jason (not anymore, but), and many more.

[@MasonMillerKingofCaturday]

@@cirava Jason will be back just you wait and see

[@yieschu]

And don't forget about darkly, the absolute madman that FCd Soulless 2 and Soulless 4

[@Lvng_Kvlt]

Yeah he should’ve mentioned I’m ukogmonkey Jason paradise and more

[@luckyxtension700]

@@Lvng_Kvlt ExiLord....? He play Clone Hero and make The Soulless

[@ripsimps]

I think it started to get over-saturated for me when they started reusing the same songs just with "updated" charts to the songs Thank god for clone hero !

[@christopherregan1654]

So basically around the time that Smash Hits was released.

[@notmakingcontent]

I only remember playing the original trilogy of Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades for the DS, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero On Tour for the DS, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Green Day Rock Band, The Beatles Rock Band and Band Hero for the DS

[@Derr1976]

I miss this game, I really want it back 😭

[@byron3718]

Unpopular opinion: Warriors of Rock is the best guitar hero game. It has Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Uprising by Muse along with probably having the best interface and graphic style. Plus it has all 4 instruments and each of them work as smooth as ever.

[@MintormentGaming]

Agreed. I think it plays the best out of all the official games, the setlist was awesome (especially with the import DLC from other games), the quest mode was cool, online was better than before, you could play two or more of the same instrument on co-op, etc.

[@christopherregan1654]

For me, the top three are Legends Of Rock, GH5 and Warriors Of Rock. They had the most polished mechanics, the most content, and the best graphics and character models!

[@stevenlogan531]

Roses are red Violets are blue I like Guitar Hero So will you!

[@asilva5021]

Guitar hero 5 was the first guitar hero game I owned. I had so much fun with it, and it got me to borrow the previous games in the series from my local library Also DJ Hero 2 was my jam

[@iBenjamin1000]

I had rock band mobile on my ipod touch years ago, whenever that was the most recent toy from apple. It was a lot of fun, and it was a nice gateway to rock like foo fighters. The perfect meeting of "I like this music" and easy to play. Every once in a while I find myself wishing I could play a game like that again. Since I don't have the app. But I don't think one exists. Guitar hero/rock band, while I could technically play them on the ds or wii, they have tedious game peripherals that make the game more challenging than just pushing buttons. And on the subject of music, I've found that none of these games would satisfy me for the kind of music I'm looking for anyway. I guess it makes sense that they'd have to get licenses to include songs and they'd want to go with what has the most widespread appeal. But the music I'm looking for is somewhere in the area of alt rock, punk rock, maybe even staring curiously down the path of metal. I just know I'm looking for a slightly more specific set of rock music. And I just don't think there's any game that has that kind of music.