HCG Review: Guitar Praise (PC)

I was nervous when I read about Guitar Praise from Digital Praise (DP).  DP’s history of games has been touted heavily to the Christian youth market with games like Dance Praise (Dance Dance Revolution for Christians), Adventures in Odyssey and various VeggieTales games.  Naturally as a self-proclaimed hardcore gamer I thought that I probably would find no enjoyment in one of their titles.  I was, however, wrong.

The beauty of Guitar Praise is its simplicity.  In spirit it’s Guitar Hero but digging deeper it’s much more.  As a Christian, the content alone should be enough for hardcore gamers and casuals to enjoy.  The songs are all by Christian bands like Switchfoot, Skillet, Flyleaf or Chris Tomlin.  The game allows for 2 players to play against each other (if they both have a guitar) and the lyrics are displayed as the song plays so that others watching can sing along.

In essence the game is perfect for any youth group event but fun enough that it can be enjoyed by any music game enthusiast.  It truly is refreshing to play guitar to positive uplifting music and parents should be fast on the ball to buy this game.  The game requirements for the PC are also pretty minimal so you shouldn’t have much problem setting it up on your computer.

I plan on taking Guitar Praise to my next youth group event with my laptop to give the kids something to enjoy before we start our lesson.  This game is very, no, highly recommended for gamers of all ages and preferences.  If you are involved with the youth in any way with your church and you want to give them an alternative to an already awesome genre of video games than Guitar Praise is for you.

The game comes with a guitar similarly crafted to the Rock Band guitar but hey it’s wireless!  The major difference with the game play is instead of circles or rectangles dropping down the note bar there are triangles and some of them spin.  If you play the note on the exact timing spin you get a bonus.

Not all of the songs are available at the start either, you must work your way up the ladder to earn newer and harder songs.  I am not much of a Guitar Hero professional but I did find some of the songs pretty easy to play on the Hard difficulty.

Overall this game is a MUST BUY, it’s a wonderful rendition of a game from a Christian perspective and with this community it sure is a welcomed asset.  Thank you Digital Praise!

Buy/Rent/Skip:  MUST BUY!