Guitar Hero ($2.99)
Version – 0.1.0
Review – “Free the aspiring guitarist within you!”
With all of the music apps like this one already available in the App Store, Guitar Hero has been a long time coming! Just a few days ago, during the keynote at WWDC where the new iPhone 4 was announced, Activision unveiled their latest app that puts you in the shoes of a true Guitar Hero!
Traditionally Guitar Hero games have used guitar-shaped controllers to allow you to play along with all
kinds of different music. Guitar Hero for iPhone takes a little bit approach and is much more like Tap Tap Revenge with a twist. To play the songs in this game you’ll need to touch the dots as they move across the bottom of the screen.
When you open up Guitar Hero you’ll see a brief splash screen and then be taken to the main menu. Getting started is as easy as touching the “Play” button just above the menu at the bottom of the screen. The top half of the menu screen shows a 3D rendering of what your character currently looks like with his features, clothes and instrument!
Before you jump in and start playing, you’ll find several other menu options at the bottom of the screen in the menu. The first one allows you to go “Backstage” and access things like your appearance and game stats. Not only can you change the clothes of
your character, but you can change his/her sex and a variety of different things from head shape to skin and eye color!
The next two options of the main menu are “Challenges” and “Community”. These allow you to track your progress through the game, and find out what songs you need to work on. The Community feature also allows you to easily share your high scores on Facebook, or just take a look at what they are via the “Leaderboards.”
Once you actually get ready to play you’ll first need to select a song to play. 
Guitar Hero comes preloaded with 6 different songs, and the ability to add more via in-app purchases! Once you pick a song you’ll start to hear it play in the background while you decide what instrument and difficulty you want to saet everything. There are four difficulties ranging from “Easy” all the way up to “Expert”!
Gameplay is fast-paced and adds several concepts to the traditional tapping of notes. You’ll notice groups arrows sometimes coming down the guitar neck. When you see the arrows, instead of just touching them, you’ll have to swipe them in the direction that they are pointing! Another unique type of note are tied notes. When you see notes 
that are tied together by lines that means that you don’t have to lift your finger and touch each individual note, but instead you can drag your finger between them!
One thing that I did find a little bit irritating with this app is that there is no way to set sound effect volume and music volume independently. Unless you turn up the music pretty loud I found it a little difficult to hear over the louder sound effects, especially if you are not using a headset to play. I also experienced a little bit of lag occasionally while playing some of the levels on Hard and Expert. While this is not a huge deal, it did make it kind of difficult when trying to play something fast!
Overall this game is a bargain when you compare it to similar apps in its genre. While this game is not necessarily groundbreaking, it is obvious that Activision spent a great deal of time trying to make sure that they got it right the first time with this app. It offers just enough variety in gameplay and difficulty to keep you playing for hours. That combined with the fact that Guitar Hero is only $2.99 make it a winner in my book! But don’t just take my word for it, head to the App Store and download your copy today!
- David H.
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Developer – Activision Publishing, Inc.
URL: http://www.hub.guitar hero.com/games/ghiphone
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