In Rock Band, players had access to Overdrive which basically cranked things up a notch, and Guitar Hero had Star Power. However with Guitar Hero Live, which was announced earlier this year, it seems that Activision has decided to do away with Star Power. Now before you get mad, the reason is because Activision wanted to introduce a new feature called Hero Powers instead.So what is Hero Powers? Well according to Activision, “If you remember Star Power from previous games in the franchise, Hero Powers in Guitar Hero Live are a lot like that, only much cooler. Hero Powers can be used in GHTV to give you power-ups that affect different areas of gameplay. You can activate a Hero Power to boost your score while playing solo, or to give you a competitive edge during multiplayer.”
The way gamers can activate Hero Powers is the same way they did in other guitar hero games, which is to tilt their guitar. Alternatively for those who feel that this is too big a distraction or can’t seem to channel their inner rocker, you can just press a button to activate it as well. As Activision said, Hero Powers will affect your gameplay differently.
For example there is the Clear Highway power that removes all immediate notes, a Double Multiplier for your score, Dial Down which reduces the frequency of the notes if it’s starting to feel too overwhelming, Dial Up which increase the frequency of notes to get a higher score, Score Chaser that multiplies your multiplayer score, Safety Net that keeps your multiplier and score streak, and Invincibility that temporarily hits all notes.
Guitar Hero Live is expected to be released later this year and has been pegged for a release on the 20th of October 2015.
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