Post by George on Aug 7, 2009 19:02:42 GMT
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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Platform: Playstation 2
Rated T for Teens.
Released 2008
Published by Activision
Guitar Hero III continued the growing Guitar Hero series. Unlike the usual 30 or less songs each game offers for career (may differ depending on difficulty), this game spat out over 40 songs for you to play, over 70 total. You can battle famous guitarist Slash (Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver) and many others. You also get to watch short snippets of cut scenes between each gig.
Variety
The variety of music offered was great. Almost every gig had a classic, from Rock You Like a Hurricane (Scorpions) to Paranoid (Black Sabbath) to Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughn). More modern songs are included too, such as When We Were Young (The Killers). Where Rock the 80s only had some 80's music, this game 9 rocking songs from the 80s and 11 hits from the 70s. Now if that wouldn't attract a Classic Rock fan (such like myself), then I don't know what would!
Variety: 9/10. There weren't enough songs from the 60s and not enough classic rock songs from the 70s and 80s. Otherwise a plentiful amount of songs was given.
Story
It was simple, you played in a band of 3, and their story was shown in small, 30 second cutscenes between the gigs. Going from live gigs in America all the way to famous hot spots in Japan, and tricked into a hellish place where you must battle the boss of the game, Lou, and then you can proudly say you beat the game. Going from a hometown band performing at local stores to an international hit, all in a few days. How does that make you feel?
Story: 8/10. I know this wasn't a game where you get control over a character, but it just felt like something was missing. Oh yea, why your character was never shown in the cutscenes.
Controls
The above from left to right are: GH, GHII, GHIII controllers.
What could be easier? Strumming notes that get to a certain point on the screen while hitting the corresponding button. It sounds hard, but isn't. There are 5 difficulties:
Beginner- Strum bar
Easy- Green, Red, Yellow
Medium- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue
Hard- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange
Expert- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange. Faster paced.
Now there are countless ways to hold these buttons. You only have 4 fingers, unless you somehow use your thumb... so figuring out how to hold the guitar so you can use the buttons is half the fight. You also have a whammy bar, which you use on long notes to get more points.
Controls: 8/10. The standing factor is the Start Button and its location. Plus, when you go back to playing, and are in the middle of a song, you have almost no time to get your bearings straight, which makes it hard to get back to playing a song.
Graphics
Whats my motto?
'When in doubt, go Moo.'
No! My other motto!
'Graphics aren't everything?'
Yes! Graphics don't make a standing factor on my thoughts of a game, unless they are so bad you can't see anything. In this game, the characters are very nicely shown. Another huge impact is the guitars and clothes they were. Some designs are just outstanding!
Graphics: 9/10. The crowd going in perfect unison and looping could have been fixed.
Overall
This game has extraordinary aspects, including the variety of songs all the way to the boss battles. But, there are some downsides, such as too many non-rock songs.
Overall: 9/10. No game is perfect in every way.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Platform: Playstation 2
Rated T for Teens.
Released 2008
Published by Activision
Guitar Hero III continued the growing Guitar Hero series. Unlike the usual 30 or less songs each game offers for career (may differ depending on difficulty), this game spat out over 40 songs for you to play, over 70 total. You can battle famous guitarist Slash (Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver) and many others. You also get to watch short snippets of cut scenes between each gig.
Variety
The variety of music offered was great. Almost every gig had a classic, from Rock You Like a Hurricane (Scorpions) to Paranoid (Black Sabbath) to Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughn). More modern songs are included too, such as When We Were Young (The Killers). Where Rock the 80s only had some 80's music, this game 9 rocking songs from the 80s and 11 hits from the 70s. Now if that wouldn't attract a Classic Rock fan (such like myself), then I don't know what would!
Variety: 9/10. There weren't enough songs from the 60s and not enough classic rock songs from the 70s and 80s. Otherwise a plentiful amount of songs was given.
Story
It was simple, you played in a band of 3, and their story was shown in small, 30 second cutscenes between the gigs. Going from live gigs in America all the way to famous hot spots in Japan, and tricked into a hellish place where you must battle the boss of the game, Lou, and then you can proudly say you beat the game. Going from a hometown band performing at local stores to an international hit, all in a few days. How does that make you feel?
Story: 8/10. I know this wasn't a game where you get control over a character, but it just felt like something was missing. Oh yea, why your character was never shown in the cutscenes.
Controls
The above from left to right are: GH, GHII, GHIII controllers.
What could be easier? Strumming notes that get to a certain point on the screen while hitting the corresponding button. It sounds hard, but isn't. There are 5 difficulties:
Beginner- Strum bar
Easy- Green, Red, Yellow
Medium- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue
Hard- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange
Expert- Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange. Faster paced.
Now there are countless ways to hold these buttons. You only have 4 fingers, unless you somehow use your thumb... so figuring out how to hold the guitar so you can use the buttons is half the fight. You also have a whammy bar, which you use on long notes to get more points.
Controls: 8/10. The standing factor is the Start Button and its location. Plus, when you go back to playing, and are in the middle of a song, you have almost no time to get your bearings straight, which makes it hard to get back to playing a song.
Graphics
Whats my motto?
'When in doubt, go Moo.'
No! My other motto!
'Graphics aren't everything?'
Yes! Graphics don't make a standing factor on my thoughts of a game, unless they are so bad you can't see anything. In this game, the characters are very nicely shown. Another huge impact is the guitars and clothes they were. Some designs are just outstanding!
Graphics: 9/10. The crowd going in perfect unison and looping could have been fixed.
Overall
This game has extraordinary aspects, including the variety of songs all the way to the boss battles. But, there are some downsides, such as too many non-rock songs.
Overall: 9/10. No game is perfect in every way.
