Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle

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The third game from the Guitar Hero series is here, and ready to rock your face off. Channel your inner guitar god as you thrash your way through all sorts of venues, In addition to standard Guitar Hero features you know and adore, this game features all kinds of killer new options, such as the new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues. The expanded online multiplayer game modes will also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status. Best of all, check out the new songs! Fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a set list from many of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. Featured hits include: Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss) School's Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper) Cult of Personality (by Living Colour) Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)
This game comes bundled with the all-new wireless Gibson Les Paul guitar controller, available for each platform for the very first time. The exclusive Gibson guitars will include innovative features such as removable faceplates that will allow fans to later personalize their guitars and make it their own, and a new button color design that will be integrated for an even greater authentic feel and rock experience. With Guitar Hero 3, you've got more than a game - it's a one-of-a-kind hard rock experience. New Les Paul customizable wireless guitar controller Thrash and burn through new venues and varying levels of difficulty New playlist with awesome new songs and unlockable content Multiplayer action mode Grueling boss battles Online multiplayer mode lets you battle other rockers worldwide For use on the Nintendo Wii Game System

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1 out of 5 stars

Shoddy, defective port... November 20, 2007
259 out of 357 found this review helpful

I'm used to somewhat lackluster ports for Nintendo consoles, as a one time GameCube-only owner. It's nothing new. This one, however, has turned out to be _particularly_ bad.

First, though, I'll talk about Guitar Hero 3 itself. Great game. If you liked 2, it's likely you'll more than enjoy 3. They've eased up the timing required on the notes, while at the same time seemingly ramped up the complexity on later songs. Not sure how I feel about that, but it's not too bad. You can still turn on a "precision" mode too, to tighten up the timing window...but you'd best have robotic hands before trying it!

The setlist is good. There were only about 3 or 4 songs that I didn't particularly enjoy, and a couple of those were still fun to play (just lackluster musically). It's not hard to track down a full list, I'll leave it to you to decide how you feel.

I'm not a fan of the boss battle system. I'll not go into detail, I'll just say that in general it's not particularly fun. Battle mode against another human is a bit more interesting, but against he AI it just doesn't do it for me. Fortunately, with the exception of (I believe) the final battle with Lou you can simply wuss out...lose three times and they'll let you move on regardless.

Okay, now on to Wii-specific issues. First, two minor ones. The graphics are horrid; it appears, at least to me, to be a straight PS2 port even though the Wii can do better. Not a huge deal, though, since I don't play this for the graphics...plus, I've heard of some sporadic slowdown issues on the 360/PS3 versions, and on a rhythm game a solid framerate is _much_ more important than how it looks. The only other minor issue is paying essentially the same for a guitar that is actually a "shell." No transmitter. At first I thought the Wii version was $10 less because of this, but then I remembered that PS3/360 games MSRP for $10 more in general ($60 over $50). So I guess we'll see if/when the standalone guitars come out for Wii. I hope they don't think they can charge the same as the "fully functional" wireless ones for other systems.

Now, the major ones. First up, and a huge one: no stereo sound. The in-game music/sound is mono-only. It says Dolby Surround on the box,and apparently one of the intro videos is (the rest are not), but when you're playing, it's a flashback to the 1930's with brilliant single-channel audio. The developers have yet to acknowledge the existence of this problem, let alone announce any plans to fix it; write them, and they'll give you the runaround trying to get you to fiddle with your amplifier/decoder settings or Wii audio settings. As I know perfectly well what I'm doing in this regard, I had already tried all of this...it appears that their goal is to get you to output this mono channel through both speakers, which is good enough to fool at least some people. It's still mono, put on headphones and you will be able to tell _easily_. Pay attention to the music and you can tell without headphones.

So, considering that music has been released in stereo for decades and consoles have been in stereo for decades as well (since SNES/Genesis), and that the audio on all three other consoles is stereo/surround as well (including PS2), this is pretty unforgivable. Lying and attempting to deceive the customer by trying to get them to set their audio up in a way that might fool them is as well. Failing to simply acknowledge the problem, announce a plan to fix it, and make it happen is pretty bad as well. In short, this version (Wii) is defective, and if you own any other console I'd avoid it. Even if you don't, I'd hold off until the problem is acknowledged and fixed.

The only other major problem on the Wii is the lack of downloadable content. Could be due to limited storage space, I don't know. But the point is that the Wii (along with the PS2) versions leave you with the songs included on the disc...you're not getting any more. I noted somebody in another review (and it's a common one) complaining that the boss battle songs were only playable in battle mode; well, on PS3 and 360 this has been fixed, and those songs have been released for normal play as downloadable content. Regardless of the reason this wasn't done for the Wii, it does somewhat cripple the game compared to the other "online" consoles.

Overall, if you're a huge Guitar Hero fan and only own a Wii (or perhaps want to play online and only own a Wii/PS2) I guess this is the version you're stuck with. I'd _highly_ recommend waiting, however, until there is some official word on the sound issue. I can't imagine they won't fix it (especially since it claims surround on the box...false advertising and all) at some point, and I'd hope they'd replace existing copies. However, the former could be solved by removing the surround logo, and even if they do fix it the latter is not guaranteed.

Seriously, hold off on buying this.

EDIT: As of this edit, both DLC for Wii and (finally!) the intent to fix the issue and replace discs have been announced by Activision. I will do a complete re-write of this review shortly.

5 out of 5 stars

Rocks So Hard It May Hurt Itself!! October 28, 2007
91 out of 105 found this review helpful

I've never played the previous games in this series but this game is addictive! The Wii remote is easy to tuck into the guitar and the tutorial is pretty easy. Instead of strings you have a bar you push corresponding to how fast the notes move. I've never strummed guitar, my husband has. And I'm thrashing him at this game!

You work you're way up from a garage band, earning money along the way that you can spend in the games store for goodies like new outfits, real songs from around the world, and extra characters.Your current playlist is good with songs everybody knows even if their a poptart. You may even get asked to do an encore! My one gripe is their aren't that many chick songs, at least not on the levels I've played.

If you can find a second guitar remote you can rock head to head, which I plan to do with the spouse. I'll need to find a pink faceplate though. The makers said they'd have alternate fronts, so here's hoping. The guitar/remote is about the size of a eukalalie but still manages to make you feel very boss and you'll suddenly find yourself moving with attitude to the rhythm.

Stop reading and go play one!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Some flaws, but overall a great game November 11, 2007
73 out of 81 found this review helpful

I come to Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii having played Guitar Hero 2 on the PS2 at Expert difficulty. Sometimes formula can be a bad thing, other times it's not. This is one of those "not" times.

The game plays basically the same as its predecessor, and on top of that it's got a better set list. After reaching 5-star level on nearly all the songs at Expert difficulty in Guitar Hero 2, I found that the list of songs that I actually just enjoyed playing was very short. That's not so much the case with Guitar Hero 3, which has a larger collection of songs that are both fun to play and to listen to.

There are flaws, though. It seems to me that the new developers decided that they needed to tweak the Hammer On/Pull Off controls a little, and the result of this tweaking was that there were many times throughout the game where I instinctively didn't strum because two notes were close together, but one of the notes inexplicably required you to strum. Although this increases the difficulty, it feels awkward and forced (you could, after all, just do away with HOPOs altogether rather than making them unworkable at seemingly random times).

I'm not a big fan of the boss battles, either. The battle mode seems a good idea for balancing multiplayer Guitar Hero, because Guitar Hero 2 suffered significantly from the fact that an Expert player could hardly help beating anyone playing on Medium in the Face-off mode, at least not without putting down the guitar, which isn't exactly fun. However, the battle mode really has no place in the single-player career mode, where all I'm looking to do is play some songs.

It doesn't help that the boss battles are not very well executed. The final boss battle had me stuck for quite some time, simply because the battle power-ups that I was getting weren't very useful against the opponent. When I finally got the right power-up, defeating him was trivially easy. That means the battle was far too dependent on randomness, which isn't really fun in a game that's good precisely because it depends completely on skill.

Add on top of this the fact that, for no obvious reason, the songs that you play in the boss battles can't be accessed away from those battles. That means there's no way to just play these songs. You've always got to be worried about defeating an opponent who's messing up your ability to play. Along the same lines, certain songs are only unlockable by playing multiplayer mode. I wouldn't call that a good idea in any case, but it's especially annoying on the Wii version, because there currently is no guitar available for separate purchase, which means you must find someone else who owns both a Wii and Guitar Hero 3, and most people I know who have the game have it for PS2 or XBox 360.

The game is still lots of fun even with these flaws. There are some good new features to balance things out, such as the ability to play the game online (though again it seems that more often than not when I go looking for an online game, there aren't any available). I think I like the Wii guitar controller better than the PS2 controllers for Guitar Hero 2, in part because they seem more responsive. A number of times when using the PS2 controller and strumming very rapidly while attempting to deploy Star Power, I have had the controller frustratingly not register my movement despite holding the controller vertically. I haven't noticed such problems on the Wii.

As far as difficulty goes, if you played Guitar Hero 2 on Expert, then it won't take you long to get through Guitar Hero 3 on Expert, either. Some of the songs are still difficult (and some will cramp your hand), but because the gameplay mechanics are the same (and that is a good thing), if you're good at Guitar Hero you're good at Guitar Hero. You won't have too much trouble with the vast majority of the songs in the game.

All in all, if you liked Guitar Hero 2, you'll probably like Guitar Hero 3. If you didn't, why are you reading this?

5 out of 5 stars

GH III totally rocks on the Wii!!!!!! October 28, 2007
21 out of 28 found this review helpful

I won't bore you with a long, drawn-out review. Guitar Hero III for the Wii is AMAZING! The rumbling guitar is awesome. Haven't tried online game play, but I'm sure that'll be sweet, too. Glad I reserved this game and got it on the day it came out!!! Highly recommended for Wii owners!! And I can't wait for the additional controllers to come out!! Rock on Wii Nation!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Actually a 4.5 because two-player gameplay is tough to come by October 31, 2007
19 out of 21 found this review helpful

I love the Wii version of GH III. I love the PS2 version, too! (I have both.) "Why?" you may be asking.

I love the Wii version because of the cool, new, wireless guitar controller. It's so shiny and pristine white and works well with no glitches in play no matter what direction I am pointing. I love the online function.

What I don't like is that it's tough (right now at least) to find a good online partner (or stranger) to play. I am the only person I know who has the Wii version. Wii guitar controllers only come in the GH III bundle, and reports are that these solo controllers won't be available until early 2008. (Are you kidding me???)

So I have to play co-op and battle mode with my PS2... which is fine, but that means I have to complete the levels twice on two different systems. I'm a GH nut, so I don't mind doing that...

All in all, I love the Wii version. It's just so fresh and new with the new controller and the online play. But it's still untapped fun (until we can buy a second controller and can download other songs online).

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