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Is the fifth main title in the series of, released worldwide in September 2009 for the, and and consoles. In the game, players use special instrument controllers to simulate the playing of and, and for and other songs. Players are awarded points by performing specific actions on the controllers to match notes that scroll on screen that correspond with the appropriate instrument. Successfully hitting notes increases the player's scoring and performance meter, while missing too many notes will lower the performance meter and may cause the song to end prematurely. Songs can be played either by oneself, competitively with other players in several game modes, or cooperative with up to three other players in their own virtual band.
Although traditionally a four-player band can have one player on each instrument, Guitar Hero 5 allows any four-player combination of these instruments to be used, such as a band composed of four drummers. Guitar Hero 5 is considered by its developers to be an expansion of the series into more 'social play', featuring modes such as Party Play, which allows players to drop in and out and change difficulty in the middle of a song without worrying about failing or losing points. Guitar Hero 5 is distributed with 85 songs on-disc, many being from artists that have yet to have their music featured in a rhythm video game, and more than half having been published in the last decade. The setlist was considered the weakest part of the game; although it was praised for its diversity, critics believed that the widely varying genres represented would mean that players would not enjoy every song in the game. Guitar Hero 5 is the first game in the series to reuse content from previous Guitar Hero games.
Most of the existing for can be reused in Guitar Hero 5 without additional cost, while for a small fee, players can import a selection of songs from Guitar Hero World Tour and into Guitar Hero 5. Such content is incorporated into the main game modes. Critics praised the ability to reuse content from older games, but felt that more songs should have been transferable when the game was launched. Activision no longer provides new for Guitar Hero 5 since the release of in September 2010.
Contents. Main setlist Excluding its, Guitar Hero 5 features 85 songs, all based on or live performances, from 83 musicians. Tracks from 30 artists represent their 'music-rhythm video game debut'. Game director Brian Bright has called the track list 'fresh'; 25% of the songs were released in the last 18 months, and more than 50% from the current decade.
Unlike previous versions of the Guitar Hero series, in which players must work through a career mode to unlock all the songs in the game, all songs in Guitar Hero 5 are unlocked and are playable in any mode from the start. However, a Career mode is presented in the game, similar to, in which players acquire a number of stars from their performances in earlier venues to unlock new venues. The song order within the venues remains the same regardless of the number of players or the instruments played.
Venues are generally ordered by overall song difficulty; songs become more difficult in later venues. Also, 69 of the songs are importable into Band Hero for a nominal fee. Critics appreciated many of Guitar Hero 5 's features, but found the soundtrack to be the weakest feature of the game. Matt Helgeson of called the track list 'extremely diverse', and Arthur Gies of felt that the song selection was based on 'careful consideration for the most part', to avoid songs with short-lived appeal.
However, the variety of songs was found to also work against the game. Reviewers noted that players would find songs they liked, but at the same time, would find songs they loathed. Erik Brudvig of noted that while 'the goal was to include a bit of everything', the range of songs on the track list 'ensures that nobody will like everything on the disc'.
The soundtrack's diversity also affected the Career progression; while the guitar difficulty progression in the Career mode was considered better than in previous games, it left the vocals and drummer progression 'all over the place'. The songs in Guitar Hero 5's track list are listed below, including the year of the song's recording, song title, artist, venue where the song is played in the Career progression, and whether or not the track is exportable for, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock or other future games.
Year Song Artist Career Venue Genre Exportable 1984 ' 12. The Golden Gate Metal No 1973 ' 8. Neon Oasis Glam Rock Yes 1969 ' 14.
Hypersphere Prog Rock Yes 2008 ' 8. Neon Oasis Surf Rock Yes 1967 ' 1. The 13th Rail Blues Rock No 2006 'All The Pretty Faces' 7. Guitarhenge Alternative Yes 1976 ' 12. The Golden Gate Classic Rock No 2009 ' 11.
Cairo Bazaar Hard Rock Yes 2001 ' 6. The Aqueduct Pop Rock Yes 2008 'Blue Day' 2. Club Boson Indie Rock Yes 2005 ' 2. Club Boson Blues Rock Yes 2007 ' 12. The Golden Gate Alternative Yes 2009 ' featuring 8. Neon Oasis Hip Hop Yes 1995 ' 9.
Electric Honky Tonk Alternative Yes 2007 'Cigarettes, Wedding Bands' 3. Sideshow Southern Rock Yes 1994 ' 4. Angel's Crypt Grunge Yes 1982 ' 4.
Angel's Crypt New Wave No 2002 'Deadbolt' 12. The Golden Gate Alternative Yes 2007 'Demon(s)' 13. Fjord of Swords Death Metal Yes 1995 ' 9.
Electric Honky Tonk Pop Punk Yes 2008 'Done with Everything, Die for Nothing' 13. Fjord of Swords Death Metal Yes 1976 ' 13. Fjord of Swords Classic Rock Yes 1997 ' 8.
Neon Oasis Industrial No 2000 ' 3. Sideshow Pop Rock Yes 1975 ' 3. Sideshow Classic Rock No 2005 ' 1. The 13th Rail Hip Hop No 2008 ' 1. The 13th Rail Alternative Yes 1992 ' 2. Club Boson Hip Hop Yes 1982 ' 6.
The Aqueduct New Wave Yes 1982 ' 2. Club Boson Rock Yes 2006 'Incinerate' 10. Calavera Square Alternative No 2002 ' 1. The 13th Rail Pop Rock Yes 2007 ' 5. O'Connell's Corner Alternative Yes 1976 ' 6. The Aqueduct Hard Rock Yes 2000 ' Perfect Circle 12.
The Golden Gate Alternative Yes 2000 ' 4. Angel's Crypt Southern Rock Yes 2000 'L.A.' O'Connell's Corner Indie Rock Yes 1992 ' 7.
Guitarhenge Grunge Yes 1981 ' 7. Guitarhenge Rock Yes 1983 ' 6. The Aqueduct Metal Yes 1993 ' (Live) 13. Fjord of Swords Punk Yes 2008 'Maiden, Mother & Crone' 10.
Calavera Square Hard Rock Yes 2007 ' 5. O'Connell's Corner Blues Rock Yes 2009 ' 11. Cairo Bazaar Rock Yes 2008 'Mirror People' 4.
Angel's Crypt Alternative Yes 1992 ' 7. Guitarhenge Grunge No 2008 ' 4. Angel's Crypt Indie Rock Yes 1993 ' 10. Calavera Square Classic Rock Yes 2003 ' 9.
Electric Honky Tonk Indie Rock Yes 1995 ' 2. Club Boson Pop Rock Yes 1976 ' 3.
Sideshow Funk No 2001 ' 5. O'Connell's Corner Alternative No 1963 ' 9.
Electric Honky Tonk Country Yes 2001 ' 6. The Aqueduct Pop Punk Yes 1989 ' 10. Calavera Square Rock No 1973 ' 11. Cairo Bazaar Classic Rock Yes 2008 'Scatterbrain' 13. Fjord of Swords Prog Rock Yes 2008 'Send a Little Love Token' 4. Angel's Crypt Alternative Yes 1994 'Seven' 8.
Neon Oasis Alternative Yes 2008 ' 3. Sideshow Rock No 1976 ' 4. Angel's Crypt Classic Rock Yes 2008 'Six Days a Week' 12. The Golden Gate Punk Yes 1991 ' 7. Guitarhenge Grunge Yes 2008 'Sneak Out' 11.
Cairo Bazaar Blues Rock Yes 1978 ' 10. Calavera Square Rock Yes 1997 ' 1. The 13th Rail Alternative No 2006 ' 2. Club Boson Indie Rock Yes 1980 ' (Live) 13. Fjord of Swords Prog Rock Yes 2006 ' 2.
Club Boson Blues Rock Yes 2006 'Streamline Woman' 11. Cairo Bazaar Southern Rock Yes 1978 ' 5.
O'Connell's Corner Classic Rock Yes 1972 ' 5. O'Connell's Corner Funk Yes 1992 ' 13. Fjord of Swords Metal Yes 1968 ' 1. The 13th Rail Blues Rock Yes 2008 ' 1. The 13th Rail Hard Rock Yes 1982 ' and 3. Sideshow Rock No 2008 ' 7.
Guitarhenge Alternative Yes 1973 ' 9. Electric Honky Tonk Classic Rock Yes 1996 ' 8. Neon Oasis Surf Rock Yes 1996 'Why Bother?'
The Aqueduct Pop Punk No 2006 ' 10. Calavera Square Alternative Yes 1999 'Woman From Tokyo' ('99 Remix) 3. Sideshow Hard Rock Yes 2008 'You and Me' 5. O'Connell's Corner Pop Rock Yes 1986 ' 5.
O'Connell's Corner Hard Rock Yes 1998 'Younk Funk' 11. Cairo Bazaar Funk Yes Song does not contain parts for one or more instruments Song contains both a single and double bass drums chart.
Importable content. See also:, and On release of Guitar Hero 5, 35 of the songs from World Tour and 21 from Smash Hits are importable into Guitar Hero 5 for a small fee (approximately 0.10 per song), and are treated as downloadable content for the game playable in all game modes; the World Tour export was available on release, while the Smash Hits export was available a few days afterwards. Furthermore, 61 of the 65 tracks from are importable into Guitar Hero 5. All transferred songs are also playable in. However, Guitar Hero 5 is not backwards-compatible with World Tour. The transfer process requires the player to enter a unique code from the World Tour or Smash Hits manual to be able to redownload available songs in a pack (on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3) or individual songs (on the Wii) that have been updated to include the new features. Players on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 can delete individual songs after downloading the pack.
Some songs are not transferable because of licensing issues—not technical issues—according to Bright. Tim Riley, the head of music licensing at Activision, stated that the company will continue to seek licenses for more songs from previous games and downloadable content to be exported into Guitar Hero 5, but cannot guarantee that these songs will be licensed for future Guitar Hero games. While reviewers appreciated Activision's efforts to allow the importing of songs from previous games, they felt that the small number of tracks that were available at launch was at odds with the impression that Activision had made of the process before the game's release. On September 28, 2010, 39 songs from were also made available to import.
These were the last downloadable songs made available for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero before the move to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock ended the flow of DLC for those games. Downloadable content. See also: Guitar Hero 5 supports; the first songs were made available shortly after the game's release. In addition, 152 of the 158 available downloadable songs for are forward-compatible with Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero; the existing content is automatically upgraded to include all features new to these games and was immediately available to players upon release of Guitar Hero 5. Downloaded songs can be used in all game modes, provided all players have the song, including in the game's Career mode when players are given the option to select any song to play. The entire Guitar Hero 5 DLC library is also available in Band Hero, and vice versa, so both games embrace the same DLC library.
September 7, 2010 saw the release of the last track pack for Guitar Hero 5; All existing Guitar Hero 5 downloadable content is forward-compatible with Warriors of Rock, however, Warriors of Rock add-on content is not backward-compatible with Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. Year Song title Artist Pack name Genre Release date 1969 'Prodigal Son' (Live) Rolling Stones Track Pack Rock September 3, 2009 1969 ' (Live) Rolling Stones Track Pack Rock September 3, 2009 1969 ' (Live) Rolling Stones Track Pack Rock September 3, 2009 1969 ' (Live) Rolling Stones Track Pack Rock September 3, 2009 1969 ' (Live) Rolling Stones Track Pack Rock September 3, 2009 2009 '100 Little Curses' Street Sweeper Social Club Track Pack Rock September 10, 2009 2009 'Fight!.
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