Guitar Hero 5 for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

Saw one and two were great movies. They were well written and had you on the edge waiting to see what came next. Then three and four came along. By now the gimmick was waning but still kinda cool. Now at six i could really care less and the series needs to stop. It and those money hungry cash cow makers who created it should be locked in a room with nothing but a noose and a radio playing "Pass the Dutchie" on repeat for life. Well that little story can pretty much add up my feeling for the latest GH game.
Once more Activision hopes and prays that people will fall for their little money traps and buy another installment of this series. They gave us World Tour with its dismal DLC and forgetful line up (French songs....really!!). So instead of working to get better songs, they simply forgot about it and came out with another almost exact formula game, with just about as bad a line up....and I am not even going to hope for better DLC, because as of today...the content for WT still sucks.
Except for some snazzy little features that really add nothing groundbreaking or majorly affecting the game-play whatsoever, this is the same lame that we have already seen in the other 80 GH games Activision has shelled out...leading me to believe that they are more interested in taking your money than actually sticking to a good formula and making it last by adding more DLC.
Rockband has 3 games.....three...and the formula is great...so what did they do? Add a buttload of DLC so that we can enjoy more songs (even full albums) without having to dish out another 65 bucks for another game. That, to me, is product longevity and interest for the benefit of the customer.
My conclusion is that if you have yet to play any of these games, you should pass this up and get RB2 with its plethora of DLC, because I can already smell GH:VI in the works

First off let me say that I am a Rock Band fan. I own RB2 and a bunch of DLC for it, and own none of the GH games (although I've played them all since GH1). Having said that: I did not like Guitar Hero 5 very much.

The gameplay is solid, and there are some very nice features added. The graphics are better, but as a Rock Band player they were jarring, and the note highway is still hideous ;) But, it's mostly about the song library right? There are a few good songs here, but not very many. If you are importing your other GH games and will be able to carry these songs forward, then you could view GH5 as a patch with some DLC. Otherwise, I don't think it stands on its own very well, and I don't think it's going to win many converts.

Basically: If you are into the GH franchise, check it out. Otherwise, probably skip it.