Guitar Hero 5 is a continuation of the music game, in which the developers have made many improvements. Now the guitar simulator looks stylish, and has become simpler thanks to an understandable interface. Here you can hear new songs in different genres performed by Death Metal, Blink, Carlos Santana and Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, Shirley Manson and Matt Bellamy. Party Play mode offers to join the performer, playing along on various available musical instruments, and leave at any time.In the Campaign mode, the accrual of stars has changed:
- 1-5 stars - awarded for completing, depending on the number of missed or incorrectly played notes.
- 6 stars - this is a 100% performance.
- 1 - for completing the gold challenge.
- 2 - a successful performance at the platinum challenge.
- 3 - success in the diamond challenge.
The maximum number of stars that can be obtained for a song is 9; in the guitar simulator, money is no longer awarded, the analogue is stars. Here, various challenges have also appeared that diversify the gameplay. The goals vary, for example, to play a given number of notes by plucking the string up, to perform a song in alto stramming, plucking the strings up and down, also to play long notes in a given song, to collect a separate number of points or star power. Tasks are also related to instruments, for example, you have to play a melody using only a drum, a microphone or in a group of 2 people.