Notes can be singular, or multiple at a time, forming a chord. Unlike the Guitar Hero series, by default there is no penalty for missing notes, aside from breaking a combo, making it impossible to fail a song, although there is an option to enable this.įor guitar, players must hold specific buttons that line up with combinations of five colored notes that appear on the screen on a 'highway' when the notes hit the bottom of the highway, the player must strum to hit the notes in time with the music. Gameplay involves hitting colored in time to songs Clone Hero allows players to use any PC-compatible controller from the Guitar Hero or Rock Band franchises, as well as a keyboard or any other input device. Clone Hero, by design, features nearly identical gameplay to Guitar Hero, and uses GUI assets from Guitar Hero games.