It shares the same Fender Stratocaster outline as the Rock Band 4 guitar, but its neck is completely flat with painted frets rather than molded ones, the pegs on the top are flat, black plastic instead of attractive and rounded, chrome-finished plastic. Unfortunately, the controller itself feels a bit cheaper than the competition's. That's a new take that makes the Guitar Hero formula feel a bit fresher. Now the game shows three columns of notes, each displaying a black or white gem (or both) to hit, instead of a single gem of a specific color across five columns. The left set is black, and the right set is white. Instead of using the same five-color controls as previous Guitar Hero games, and all Rock Band games, Guitar Hero Live uses a controller with two sets of three buttons each. The series' famous guitar controller has gotten a design update, though it's not necessarily for the best. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. Unfortunately, in adding so many new ideas, Guitar Hero Live threw out one of the most important old ones: letting players choose their own songs. It even adds a really interesting music video feature where you could play an endless stream of music. This $99.99 game for the Xbox One ($200.00 at eBay) (Opens in a new window), PlayStation 4, and Wii U ($998.98 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) ($149.99 with two guitars) features a redesigned button layout and a high-definition first-person video perspective. Activision and FreeStyleGames' new Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero Live, on the other hand, is a huge departure from past games, yet it still holds true to the plastic guitar idea. The same look, the same feel, the same songs, and even the same instruments. Harmonix's new Rock Band, Rock Band 4, is almost indistinguishable from the old Rock Band. After years of their plastic guitars collecting dust, both Rock Band and Guitar Hero decided to make a comeback in 2015. Let me tell you a tale of two music games.
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