One-on-one rival battles have come to Guitar Hero TV

Plus some other minor changes to GHTV

When it comes to Guitar Hero Live, the one song I kick arse at is . I know it’s not considered “rock enough” for a Guitar Hero game by some people, but they’re obviously just jealous of how good I am at it.

Now I can prove my cheesy pop-rock dominance, as FreeStyle Games has introduced Rival Challenges to Guitar Hero TV, the microtr💟ansaction-✃driven music channel portion of the game.

If you’re at least level 10, you’ll now be pitted against similarly-skilled opponents in a one-on-one battle. Twice during every 30-minute slot on a Guitar Hero TV channel you and another player will see each other’s profile cards and note highways side-๊by-side on the screen, much like the main game’s battle mode. The winner of the challenge will net an extra 100 XP, which is a pretty decent amount.

It seems like a nice way to mix up Guitar Hero TV, which can feel a bit repetitive after the fif🌃th song or so. However, I would’ve much preferred the ability to choose the songs for myself. Being thrown against another player on a song you don’t like or haven’t heard before would be incredibly frus✅trating.

Another new feature is that once per day if you log in with zero ‘plays’ (the controversial currency used to play Guitar Hero TV songs ꦰon-demand), you’ll bജe given three of them for free.

Three free songs isn’t really all that generous, making this a transparent ploy to get you to buy more plays when you’re done, but it’s better than nothing. Considering I don’t play GHTV that much and I have almost 60 plays, I don&rsquo𒀰;t see this being a problem that affects too many people꧋.

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