Guitar Hero 3

[Sam]

I bought it for the 360 today. Sick game, not so sick controller... I'll start with the game.

The basic layout of this game is completely different than past GH games. Most notable is probably the co-op career mode, which much like regular career mode, is necessary to complete to unlock all co-op songs. Also new in the game are boss battles. The bosses appear three times throughout career mode at the end of each set before the encore. The first boss is Tom Morrello, the second is Slash, the third is Lou the Devil. Upon defeating each boss they'll play an encore with you. The way to win a boss battle is to make your opponent fail by hitting them with power-ups obtained by note combos (just like star power). Power-ups include broken string, amp overload, lefty/righty flip, difficulty up, whammy bar, death drain, double notes, and steal power. Also, defeated bosses become playable characters.

The song selection is pretty good this time around like Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy", "La Grange" by ZZ Top, "Same Old Song and Dance" by Aerosmith, and a lot of other good ones.

Now... the guitar controller. It looks sick. It's an entirely black Les Paul (interchangable face plates are available). It's finally wireless too. What's supposed to be a nice new addition to the controller is the detachable neck which is supposed to make the guitar easier to pack up. However, this feature basically ruins the usability of the controller. Problems with the attachment make it sometimes impossible to hit particular buttons. I've looked it up on Google and a shit load of people have been having the same problem. Some buttons just won't respond until you disconnect and reconnect the neck or will otherwise hit random notes. Obviously, hitting the right buttons on time is a big part of the game, so until something is done about it, the controller is virtually unusable.

It's a great game, but make sure that if you're using the PS3 version or 360 version, you also have a wired controller. No one's really reported a problem with the Wii one.

["pimpinthebox"]

I haven't had any problems with my wireless controller. The neck is a little loose where it connects, but I also have the X-Plorer controller from ghII. The game seems harder this time. On ghII, I was able to beat the career on hard and get about half-way through expert. On ghIII I'm stuck at the final tier on hard. I can't beat Raining Blood by Slayer. The Mosh 1 section kills me every time.

All in all, though, it's a great game.

[Rated R]

i got it yesterday for wii. its amazing, kickass song selection, by far best out of all the guitar hero games.

[_Fox_]

I was with a friend the other day, and witnessed him almost complete, Dragonforce. Shit was intense.

[Corey]

Originally Posted by _Fox_

I was with a friend the other day, and witnessed him almost complete, Dragonforce. Shit was intense.

I beat it on hard yesterday...expert though...no fucking way.

[Sam]

The difficulty level of this game compared to the last two is insane. It's like they just said, "Okay, let's make easy medium, medium hard, hard expert, and expert ridiculously insane."

[Jason]

Yeah I noticed the difficulty level go up a notch too in this game,I mean I usually just stick with easy or medium but I even have trouble with certain songs on medium and I don't even want to imagine trying it on hard or expert.

I know I sound like a wuss but I refuse to play on hard or expert,playing on those is just doesn't make it fun and makes it more frustrating...just takes the fun out of the game for me if I play on those.

Nonetheless it's still a great game with a great set of songs and I don't regret buying it at all.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Jason

Yeah I noticed the difficulty level go up a notch too in this game,I mean I usually just stick with easy or medium but I even have trouble with certain songs on medium and I don't even want to imagine trying it on hard or expert.

I know I sound like a wuss but I refuse to play on hard or expert,playing on those is just doesn't make it fun and makes it more frustrating...just takes the fun out of the game for me if I play on those.

Nonetheless it's still a great game with a great set of songs and I don't regret buying it at all.

You'll find that it's actually a lot more fun to play the songs on hard or expert once you get the hang of it. Just practice on hard and you'll eventually get it down pat. Trust me, I used to only play on medium, but it's so much more fun playing on hard or expert.

[Kool Aid Man]

Id rather play air guitar..........................or Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare.

[_Fox_]

I just beat the allt he easy songs, so now its on to medium.

[Corey]

Originally Posted by Jason

Yeah I noticed the difficulty level go up a notch too in this game,I mean I usually just stick with easy or medium but I even have trouble with certain songs on medium and I don't even want to imagine trying it on hard or expert.

I know I sound like a wuss but I refuse to play on hard or expert,playing on those is just doesn't make it fun and makes it more frustrating...just takes the fun out of the game for me if I play on those.

Nonetheless it's still a great game with a great set of songs and I don't regret buying it at all.

You may think that when you first start playing hard but your ability rises and you start playing the songs as if you were playing medium or easy. When I started playing guitar hero one I played one song on easy and went straight to medium. Aftere a little while I went to hard and eventually I beat every song on expert...just takes some time.

[BOSTON]

Lol...last night's South Park pwned Guitar Hero and the parody game Heroine Hero was classic.

[Rated R]

i used to be the absolute worst at these games, but once you get the hang of it and get better, its much more fun to play on a harder difficulty, trust me.

[Dick Biggs]

the game is hard as fuck.... It's easier to pick up a real guitar....