I have played GH 3, Aerosmith, Metallica, World Tour, Greatest Hits, and now this and I find GH 5 the worst attempt of the series
- There is a very cheesy 'play a song when you load up the game' mechanic which is really annoying and makes the entrance into the game tacky
- The menus of the options look identical to load screens, and the load screens are also all identical with not one fact at all.
- There is no band progression in career mode. It is just a random venue with whatever character(S) you made. You unlock songs by stars, as normal.
- There are new challenges which are instrument spefic which is just silly. The game should recognise what instrument(S) are available to play and assign a random challenge to it. It is just another money-making item with no significance.
- The game feels tacky, impersonal, and has a weak setlist
- The game HUD has now changed...again. It is pretty weak and 'dusty'.
It does do some good things
- It is quick to get playing a song, and there are awesome multiplayer modes to play around with on or offline.
- There is a song for everyone in the 85 piece setlist.
- The animations and graphics are fine. Nothing groundbreaking, but the best in the series by a long shot
- The achievments are an absolute ease to unlock.
GHWorld Tour was a good game for both single and multiplayers, and focused a lot of the gameplay and the personal edge, with Metallica really stressing it. Now its just about money and 'whatever will do will do' and that attitude has made this game awful. Sorry.