Now that all the fake-instrument dust has settled, it's still pretty much a toss-up between the two heavyweights of the rhythm game genre as to which deserves your time in 2014. What Guitar Hero lacked in innovation after the first three titles, it tended to make up for with incredible song choices and a slightly better interface (even though as you can see above, by the end they were so close it bordering on a lawsuit coming in). However with Rock Band the catalogue of tracks on offer is unmatched. Whereas original developer Harmonix would jump-ship to create a full band experience in that title, takeover-team Neversoft drove the Guitar Hero name into the ground with multiple titles within extremely short release windows. You'll have to fork out some extra cash to obtain the likes of a Metallica Pack for Rock Band, but it has to be said that the song-selections on-disc are still incredible, and provoke a sense of communal sing-a-longs that Guitar Hero would never truly emulate, despite ripping off the idea of multiple instruments wholesale with Band Hero. Replay it specifically for: The sheer unmatched fun of grabbing the guitar-controller and wailing your way through something as iconic as Livin' On A Prayer. If you can grab a bunch of friends for an old school Rock Band session, it remains one of the finest experiences of multiplayer gaming known to man.
