History VideoGame / GuitarHeroLive

* FullMotionVideo: Instead of the pre-rendered stages and the custom characters, the game has the player take the role of a real life guitarist and take the first person view of the entire audience alongside their band, with them reacting accordingly if the player is good or bad.

** HarderThanHard: A lot more challenging for the veterans of the series, having them use chord progressions between the two rows of buttons

* RevisitingTheRoots: Played straight at first, as it returns to the core-Guitar gameplay from the first 5 installments of Guitar Hero (1 to Aerosmith). Subverted with the announcement of the microphone returning from later installments, although [[TruthInTelevision a guitarist, lead or rhythm, usually has a microphone to act up as backup or lead vocals during a performance]]

* ComebackMechanic: Star Power (rebranded as Hero Power in this game) makes a return, and features different varieties depending on what fits you correctly
** Clear Highway: Removes all immediate notes in the note highway, each counting as hits, adding to the score and multiplier
** Double Multiplier: The classic Star Power, doubles the score multiplier for its duration
** Dial Down: Lowers the frequency of notes as the power is in effect. Useful for complex sections
** Dial Up: Increases the frequency of notes as the power is in effect. Useful for getting more points
** Score Chaser: Maximum score multiplier is doubled for the power's duration
** Safety Net: Holds the multiplier and score streak at the same level, regardless of missing or hitting notes
** Invincibility: Hits all of the notes for the power's duration, and missed notes do not affect the score or multiplier

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** The game will also feature a new mode called GHTV, which will serve as the multiplayer and quickplay mode of the game. The mode, instead of using the first person visuals of a crowd, will instead use music videos as backgrounds, and will also have background matchmaking, and will also introduce new music to the game via channels specialized in genres and groups. Activision developer Tyler Michaud stated in an interview regarding GHTV that "more than 100 songs will be available at launch on GHTV on day 1 alone," and will also be constantly updating.

* MultiPlatform: Unlike its competition ''Rock Band 4'', which will be primarily for the Xbox One and PS4, ''Guitar Hero Live'' will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, and select mobile devices.

* CurseCutShort: Currently averted as seen in some prerelease videos. (Most notable is the "the thought of you is so fucking fun" lyric from "King For a Day" by ''Music/PierceTheVeil'')

On April 14, 2015, Activision unveiled a reboot of the franchise, ''Guitar Hero Live'', which will duel with the upcoming ''Rock Band 4'' in late 2015. Developed by ''DJ Hero'' studio [=FreeStyleGames=], the game will utilize a new six-button guitar (not six in a row, however; six in two rows of three.), and replace the classic 3D rendered stages with a first-person perspective of the guitarist using FullMotionVideo.

* RevisitingTheRoots: Returns to the core-Guitar gameplay from the first 5 installments of Guitar Hero (1 to Aerosmith)

* ContinuityReboot

** HarderThanHard: a lot more challenging for the veterans of the series, having them use chord progressions between the two rows of buttons
* FullMotionVideo
* HesBack: After the low sales of ''Warriors of Rock'' in 2010, ''Live'' intends to bring Guitar Hero back with a bang, and how do Activision and FreeStyle Games catch peoples eyes during the global reveal, they have [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]] and [[Music/MyChemicalRomance Gerard Way]] play the game with their signature songs on it, "My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark", and "Na Na Na", the former being a showing of the "live" career mode, the latter being a Guitar Battle between Gerard and Jamie Jackson. Gerard beats Jamie by a slim margin.
* MultiPlatform: Unlike it's competition ''Rock Band 4'', which will be primarily for the Xbox One and PS4, ''Guitar Hero Live'' will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, and select mobile devices.

* PropRecycling: Since it is a series reboot, the game will feature songs that were featured in prior installments. [[Music/{{Pantera}} Cowboys from Hell]], [[Music/TheKillers When You Were Young]], [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Higher Ground]], [[Music/TheRollingStones Paint It Black]], and [[Music/ThePolice Message in a Bottle]] are some examples of the announced returning tracks.

* EasierThanEasy: FreeStyle Games Developer Jamie Jackson stated that a goal of the game with its new layout of buttons on the guitar controller is to be made accessible for beginners of the game, requiring only three keys of the first row, but also designed it to be...

* PropRecycling: Since it is a series reboot, the game will feature songs that were featured in prior installments. [[Music/{{Pantera}} Cowboys from Hell]] and [[Music/ThePolice Message in a Bottle]] are some examples of the returning tracks.

* EasierThanEasy: FreeStyle Games Developer Jamie Jackson states that a goal of the game with its new layout of buttons on the guitar controller is to be made accessible for beginners of the game, requiring only three keys of the first row, but also designed it to be...

* ContinuityReboot:

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