Guitar Hero Live's free version on iOS is a perfectly capable version of a type game you've mostly seen before. iOS: Guitar Hero Live on the iPad and iPhone Here's the craziest part: No matter what screen you look at when you want to rock out, Guitar Hero Live works really, surprisingly, kind of incredibly well. We've played Guitar Hero Live on PS4 and each of Apple's devices. Your save game information syncs and your songs are unlocked across all devices using your Apple Game Center account.
And that's a benefit to players because Guitar Hero Live doesn't care if you're playing on an Apple TV, an iPad or an iPhone. Using Apple's technology, the game syncs saves in the cloud. It's is nearly indistinguishable from the PS4 version.Įven better for those who fill their world with Apple devices, Guitar Hero Live is built on iCloud's back end. Guitar Hero Live is also available on the new Apple TV.
Pair it with your iPad or iPhone, and Guitar Hero Live transforms into the full version of the game.
It was a lot more difficult to see Guitar Hero's new thing: If you buy a plastic guitar designed for iOS, the game metamorphosizes.Ī $99 bundle available at electronics stores and even mobile phone carriers like T-Mobile includes a Bluetooth-enabled plastic guitar indistinguishable from its console cousins. It's business as usual, really, and it was easy to see coming. And why wouldn't it? If you have a relatively new iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, you can download Guitar Hero Live from the iOS App Store and get to tapping along to the songs that appear on its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts. In one sense, that remains almost exactly the same in 2015.