Guitar Hero III - Page 3

GoddamnElectric · 29th August 2007, 5:17pm

That's generally a pretty decent list, but I'll add my voice to the call of this game being a total waste of time with Rock Band lurking in the aisles. Oh, and "Take This Life" - In Flames? Of all the tracks they've done, why this one? Nonsense. Should have been Pinball Map or Moonshield or something.

System_Star · 29th August 2007, 5:55pm

Eeee, I am excited! I need to get back in practise

**PapaZeb** · 29th August 2007, 6:42pm

The number of master tracks versus cover tracks is pretty solid, but after hearing my mates come back from PAX this week and do nothing but holler about how freaking awesome Rock Band is...GH3 doesn't seem to be up for much.

`Annihilator · 7th September 2007, 6:32pm

Holy cunting christ on a bike, this'll be another Guitar Hero game that i can't play all the songs on Expert, then.

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20711

**PapaZeb** · 4th November 2007, 5:08pm

Thanks to an early xmas present from my mum, I've got GH3 and a 360 yesterday (and Rock Band in 2 weeks!)...from folks that have already played it, something's a bit off regarding the times to strum and hammer-ons/pull-offs but the song-list is pretty tight so I should be having a blast.

Heh, I knew I spent the last two weeks finishing GH2 on Expert for a reason - practice!

**PapaZeb** · 5th November 2007, 8:24am

And completed my first run-through on Medium.

Notes:
There appears to be either a bug with the controller or with the game that when I'm holding a long note and I tilt the guitar to turn on my "super power" or whatever, even though I have a firm grasp of that single long note it still discontinues being played for no reason I can discern.
Could be either wireless controller or the game, unsure.

Metallica - One: Freaking painful to play on Medium...nothing wrong with playing it, it just gives you a good 4-finger workout

AFI - Miss Murder: Absolutely great fun

The Killers - When You Were Young: Also great fun

The unlockable songs are nothing to write home about, but the main-game songs are a fantastic selection.

The boss battles feel a bit awkward at first, and by the time you're facing down the final boss you're far too freaking busy just trying to play the notes right that you don't give a toss about beating the other guy.

Overall, I feel this was a load of stuff that could have come out as downloadable content for GH2 - nothing really new, the hammer-ons and pull-offs warbled between songs. In some the timing was a lot more "loose", in others I needed to be spot-on perfect (even on second or third run-throughs of the same song to 5* it)...now I'm just hungry for Rock Band.

weenie beenie · 5th November 2007, 1:08pm

is it out now??? I thought it had been put back to the end of November?

**PapaZeb** · 5th November 2007, 1:55pm

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Originally Posted by weenie beenie

is it out now??? I thought it had been put back to the end of November?

I live in the US. GH3 came out in the US last week. We also get Rock Band in 2 weeks.

SqueeTDM · 5th November 2007, 2:02pm

Im excited for this, hope the timing thing isnt too annoying when playing.
Rock Band is goign to be amazing, any news of a UK release?

**PapaZeb** · 5th November 2007, 2:07pm

Rock Band EU - "1st Quarter, 2008"

GH3 EU - November 23, 2007

baz bowski · 5th November 2007, 3:17pm

aye its out in a few weeks, time to get the carry out in and get a few days off work.

last time my mate called 7 played it for about 3 deays straight which caused him to have a fit

poor bastard

McLeary · 5th November 2007, 8:35pm

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Originally Posted by PapaZeb

And completed my first run-through on Medium.

You claim that you can complete GHII on Expert, yet your first run through of GHIII is on Medium? Gaaaaaaaayyyyy.

I'm hyped for this, because the wireless guitar is a big boon for me, since I love spazzing around like I'm in the Dillinger Escape Plan, and FUCK SAKE Rock Band is going to cost a bomb because of all the peripherals. Not so bad if you split the cost between a group of yer mates, but as I live 100miles away from all my friends that's not really a viable option, so it'll get a miss for the time being.

**PapaZeb** · 5th November 2007, 9:15pm

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and FUCK SAKE Rock Band is going to cost a bomb because of all the peripherals.

So-so, from the sounds of it they're actually going to get round to releasing the game solo without peripherals on release day, with GH3/GH2 guitars being fully compatible so if you just want to snake up the game and worry about getting bits piecemeal later on it's doable.

I do runs on Medium just to run through it, see how the songs play, and five-star 'em/100% em to unlock the things that 100% and five-star all songs unlocks on medium. Start on Hard later on today, and then I'll get around to expert.

Though really...Number of the Beast fucking DESTROYED me on medium (ditto One - but that was more an exercise in repetitive motions)

McLeary · 6th November 2007, 12:44am

I hear One is heavy on the upstrums, which is a bummer since I'm not exactly grand champ at those. Still, nothing to fear compared to this:

YouTube - Guitar Hero III : Through The Fire And...

baz bowski · 6th November 2007, 12:50am

thats fuckin awsome dude