Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Comments by Keza MacDonald

Can't wait for next week \o/

But seriously, this is a great buy for any Rock fan. Easy to pick up, and very fun with friends around.

My workmate is a fan of this. But personally I am a bit scared to try. By the look of some videos the of button pressing is just to much to make me enjoy this sort of game.

My main concern about the game is the tracklist. I'm not into heavy rock and I could only name less than 5 songs from the games tracklist that I could recognise. Playing the demo didn't really allay those fears either.

Whilst technically the game is very good, it still lives or falls on the accessibility of its songs. For that reason alone it will have a tough job of living up to Guitar Hero which I still enjoy playing more than Guitar Hero II.

I'm not into heavy rock

GTFO

;-)

The GH games have never really done it for me. I had the first game, but sold it to a mate for £20 (with the guitar), because as much fun as it was in theory I never particularly enjoyed playing it.

"(indeed, I'd venture that it's about as cool as pretend guitars can look)"

Hmm, i personally think that the Rock Band Strat looks about a bazillion times cooler :)

Guitar queer-o
I'll stick to the thing with six strings. Although it does look to be a good bit of fun, maybe after I finish assassins Creed then.

http://www.eurogamer.net/view_screenshot...

This is full of win.

Question is should I save my cash for Rock Band instead... ?

No complaints about the redesign of Judy Nails?

The new eurogamer scoring principle - everything is nine!

No need for innovation. No consideration of the fact that we all know rock band will be better, but they have given out too many 10's this year so will give it a 9 too, making the two apear equal.

Does the new wireless controller work ok with GH2?

it does, apparently. Also works with rock band

Is this out on the Wii as well?

I've never played a Guitar Hero game before, mainly due to being completely unimpressed by the track listings of previous versions, but this one actually looks good and I'm wondering if I should take the plunge...

I thought this review was heading for an 11 out of 10.

The killjoys ain`t Metallica, its EG !


: p

"Gone are the covers - save for One by those notorious killjoys, Metallica"

This is why i shalt waiteth for Rock Band.

I've never played Guitar Hero before; perhaps I'll have a go at this. It looks good but I have a suspicion that the game would end up the same way as my real guitar: seldom played and gathering increasing amounts of dust.

people need to stop stressing over track lists. you learn to enjoy the song through the game being fun you don't have to enjoy the song to find the game fun. Case in point Lamb of God really isn't my normally cup of tea at all but i love that song afterafter it was in GHII.

Which is worse: console wars or franchise wars?

FIFA vs PES
Football Manager vs Championship Manager
Guitar Hero vs Rock Band

I think I'll buy GHIII and enjoy it. And then buy Rock Band and enjoy it.

@ Valis

The new eurogamer scoring principle - everything is nine!

No need for innovation. No consideration of the fact that we all know rock band will be better, but they have given out too many 10's this year so will give it a 9 too, making the two apear equal.

How does anybody know Rock Band will be better? Assassins Creed was shaping up to be a classic but fell at the last hurdle. Also how many people will really fork out over £100 and then find space in their living room for a drum kit?

Also, you are quite correct. There is no need for innovation when you just add polish and extra content to an already great game.

I purchased GH2 on the x360 and debate whether to get this with or without the wireless guitar. There's only so much space wasted on "toys" missus can tolerate and Rock Band is just around the corner...

This is the only fucking game i want!! Mario and Mass Effect can fuck right of im waiting for this!!

A nice read, but what the hell do you mean by 'gone are the covers'? There's a bunch of covers in there, starting with Rock You Like a Hurricane being sung some eight octaves lower than the original.

I take issue with one thing Keza said:

"Some American reviewers have even been complaining about the difficulty, but frankly, they're wimps. For a rhythm-action game - especially one with as many skilled devotees as Guitar Hero - there is no such thing as 'too difficult' on the expert levels, and as always the game's four difficulty settings are designed so that everybody has their comfort zone."

I have played and enjoy GHII quite a lot and so does my wife. We both aren't quite done with Hard and She has done a few tiers on Expert but that's beyond me.

In GHII, the first time you transition from Medium to Hard, the transition feels brutal (I'm sure the reviewer can remember something like that countless hours of GH ago). By many accounts from people who played GHIII, the transition to Hard is more brutal this time.

I know there are GH pros out there. And I have no qualms with either making Expert harder or creating another difficulty level. But reports from players make it sound like raising the difficulty on Hard (something the reviewer would hardly notice if she is already an Expert player) has actually created a gap in the comfort zones.

I guess I'll know for sure next week. But I no longer expect the difficulty to be nicely paced. GHIII seems to have more erratic song difficulty and that Hard wall. Many people have said it's harder than GHII. and it should not be at less than the Expert level.

If you're not as good as Keza, you might need to take that into account. If you are, you probably won't even notice.

Wendelius

M-more difficult than GH2?? I'm not s-scared! B-bring it on..

@mrkeku

Good man! You show them who is boss! :)

Wendelius

No complaints about the SLOWDOWN?

This is a good example of why reviews and scores don't match. The content of the review is a 10+, yet the score is not. A good thing, I say. Make people read!

I always thought that, rather than making the game harder, Guitar Hero actually needed an additional difficulty level between Medium and Hard - that had the speed and some of the complexity of Hard but didn't yet introduce the fifth fret button. As others have said, the difficulty leap up to Hard even in the earlier games could be off-putting.

Interesting review, though. Word of mouth on this hasn't been great. This is the first fully positive review I've seen, and my interest levels are up again. I'll be getting the PS2 version though, there's only so many plastic guitars a grown man needs.

The 360 achievements and leaderboards are worse than GH2s and the boss battles are. . .of questionable merit gameplay-wise even if they are a neat idea.

It also drops frames when you activate star power which can kill you. IMO this should be patched if at all possible.

And I was "meh" over the track list as well but it grows on me much like 2's did.

When I was younger we actually played real guitars & joined real bands. ;o)

Hmmm - I can't afford guitar hero AND rock band - and I want to play drums more than guitar- Shame, if they had no competition, it would be no question, really...

I think the tracklist is great.

quick question, will the PS3 version have DLC?

To quote a recent south park episode if you master this game "you are fags"

WHAT THE HELL!!! Just seen that the 360 & PS3 versions cost £20 more then the PS2 version how the hell are they justifing that???

I am having trouble understanding those who say that GHIII has the same feel as GHII. They are two entirely different games in my book, with the latter feeling less like playing a guitar than punching keys in the right order. The good 'ol feeling is gone I'm afraid. 7/10.

wot no PS3 review?

@ Moggsy

"Also, you are quite correct. There is no need for innovation when you just add polish and extra content to an already great game. "

You are the reason Electronic Arts is the biggest video game company in the world. Congratulations, you are average.

After reading reports of the difficulty I canceled my preorder and decided to save my money for Rock Band. In my opinion GHI had good difficulty curve, and even though I completed Hard in GHII it was much less enjoyable than GHI.

It's a pity every installment of the series it seems to be geared more and more towards hard-core players. In GHI there were several songs that were just plain fun to play again and again, even though they didn't offer too much of a challenge.

There are a list of things I disagree with in this review, but the main problem I have is that you find the notecharts brilliant. IMO, they are far from that, they are inconsistent and oftentimes bear little or no relation to the music you are playing. Also, there are some great tracks on there for listening too, but things like Sabotage and Mississippi Queen are boring to play. Overall, this is still Guitar Hero and thus great, but the game has its fair share of problems which keep it from being better than the previous installments.

Ok, i do love some Metallica tracks, but if they keep acting like corporate cocks, i say games like GH should start using guys who cover their stuff.

How about using this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7c2cHA5aNc

:-)

And when will a guitar game put this in it, it's tacky, but i love it and would be awesome to play on GH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

"@ Moggsy

"Also, you are quite correct. There is no need for innovation when you just add polish and extra content to an already great game. "

You are the reason Electronic Arts is the biggest video game company in the world. Congratulations, you are average."

To be fair with quality of games and graphics these days there is alot less room for innovation, and with something like GH what is there to do really other then give people more songs to play? In story based games I know look more for a decent plot with solid game play.

Wikipedia (I know...) says 'One' is not a cover, can anyone confirm?

Since when has 'One' been a cover? Last I heard all the Metallica tracks, GH or RB, were masters. Is this just the EU version? No other review has mentioned it.

Never played GH before, but after trying the demo (with the pad,) I couldn't believe how much fun it was and pre-ordered immediately.

Is it easier with the guitar controller as I found medium a challenge with the pad ?

I don't own Guitar Hero II, but want to play this two-player on one 360. Anyone know if the guitars will be available separately?

One is not a cover.

In GHII, the first time you transition from Medium to Hard, the transition feels brutal (I'm sure the reviewer can remember something like that countless hours of GH ago). By many accounts from people who played GHIII, the transition to Hard is more brutal this time.

I know there are GH pros out there. And I have no qualms with either making Expert harder or creating another difficulty level. But reports from players make it sound like raising the difficulty on Hard (something the reviewer would hardly notice if she is already an Expert player) has actually created a gap in the comfort zones.

This.

The cliff-face learning curve between Medium and Hard, and the largely-terrible higher difficulty levels filled with tedious thrash-metal that's REALLY hard to play without being ANY fun at all really marred GH2 for me, and the reviewer blithely skipping straight over the issue didn't really help.

I'll likely still end up getting it, but I'm now a bit more worried than I was previously. Still, thanks for the info, Wendelius.

I was surprised it was glossed over too, Rodafowa.

On the subject of slowdowns, I've seen people suggest that they might occur with some of the characters and not others. Something worth experimenting with, I guess.

Wendelius