Guitar Hero 2005

Is it still worth playing?

Harmonix's 2005 rhythm game for the PlayStation 2, played on a guitar shaped controller, a three quarter scale Gibson SG replica, or on a standard controller. You press fret buttons and strum in time with notes scrolling down the screen. Scoring rewards keeping it up: points come from notes, chords and sustains, and consecutive hits raise a score multiplier. Star Power, built by hitting glowing notes and using the whammy bar on sustains, doubles that multiplier. Missed notes drop a Rock Meter, and if it falls too low the song ends in failure. Around the songs sit Career Mode, Quick Play and a two player dueling mode, each song with four difficulty levels. It launched the Guitar Hero series. A guitar in your hands and four difficulties for every song still let anyone find their level today.