[Multiplatform] Guitar Hero III

That's the best part. It has already been confirmed that the guitar gor GHIII WILL be wireless.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

More tracks announced. Here's an updated tracklist.

Bolded songs are MASTER TRACKS

"3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Barracuda" – Heart
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Go That Far" – Bret Michaels Band
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange" – ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"Miss Murder" – AFI
"Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
"My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
"One" – Metallica
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
"Raining Blood" – Slayer
"Reptilia" – The Strokes "Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Bangs The Drums" – The Stone Roses
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison
"Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses

There's nowhere I can't reach.

"...Neversoft has already announced that even some well-known bands that have been announced for this installment ..."

You mean like DragonForce

Also the international tracks that will appear in Europe's career mode, will be bonus tracks on the american game. There had better be Ramstein *shakes fist*

Lastly the only shitty bonus song in GHII is ("Yes We Can" kill ourselves after listening to this) which I refuse to buy and is the only thing keeping me from the all songs unlocked achievement. But yes the rest rock. Light that Blinds, Jordan, Push Push, Thunderhorse, Trogdor, ... all ROCK!!!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Either way, due to the amount of time it takes to make a game (about 1 year) and since Rock/Metal is already a proven money maker I don't think you'll see a specific blues/roch Guitar Hero, but hey, you never know what songs are going to be announced next for the core series.

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You could list a million. However the problem isn't a lack of songs, it all depends on how cooperative music labels are in giving the rights to Activision to let them use their songs.

I was speaking idiomatically.

For thoes interested. You can either download via BitTorrent or copy someone else's GH3 demo disc of the GH3 demo for the 360 (either the Tony Hawk: Proving ground, or OXM's December issue's disc). That's right. You can play a burnt copy of the demo without having to actually mod your console. How cool is that?

So what are you waiting for? Go find a means to download this hot piece of free content.

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Too bad Black Cats torrents is a closed community. Any chance of someone else uploading it?

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Mininova has one with about 12 seeders and 32 leachers. Estimated download time of 20hrs. Don't know if it's legit or not, but it seems alright, no obvious signs that it's not the real deal at least.

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Meh, GH2 was great and all. But there were WAAAAAAAAAY too many songs that people have never heard of before. I know some poeple like that, but on a personal note I found GH2 to be the better one to play, but GH1 still has the best songs in my book.

Therefore I can't wait for GH3 with so many songs that defined the sound of modern rock (ie. One, Welcome to the Jungle, Paint it Black, etc.), and then modern rock that is some of the best material to date (The Metal, Through Fire and Flames [I still like Fury of the Storm better, but this'll do], etc.) all the while with an even tighter hammer-on system then that of GH2.

However, and excuse my language here, the lead male vocalist in the game is fuck ugly. I think they were going for some Mick Jagger unspired look or something cause this dude SERIOUSLY scares me.

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Yeah, that's true. In co-op instead of the boss battles it has exclusive encores instead.

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Yeah, I was going to pre-order the game a couple days ago but EB stopped taking pre-orders, not knowing how many copies of each version they're getting.

That's fine, I'll just have to go to FutureShop an hour before open and wait to get it. Not likely to be a line, and if so only one or two people. And even at that I'm getting the PS3 version so I think my odds are pretty good for Sunday.

For thoes who are also getting the game on the PS3 it is CONFIRMED that the guitar will not allow you to play GH1,2 or 80's on the PS3 too. So keep your old PS2 around and perhaps invest in an official wireless guitar for it cause you're not going to be playing them on a newer console any time soon. This and other facts of interest can all be found HERE

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Man, I downloaded the PS2 version and it's not too bad. It still suffersfrom the odd technical stutter if you're playing in 16:9 and Progressive Scan. Also the load times are looooooong (no longer then the other PS2 ones). Not that you really notice while you're playing, but the PS2 graphics suck a LOT, especially after playing next-gen games for so long, as well as the 360 demo for GH3.

I haven't been trying my hardest to get too far in GH3 yet, want to save the surprises for when I get my PS3 copy. However right now I'm stuck on Barracuda -Expert. Probably all for the better anyhow.

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I'm not trying to outdue anyone but listen to my state here.

I bought GH1 for the PS2 when it came out, they only sold it in bundles so I bought 2 bundles so that I would have 2 guitars. Then GH2 came out which was fine so I just bought the software.

Then GH2-X360 came out so I picked that up with the intention of getting Rock Band later on to make for a second controller.

After the announcement that RB for the X360 would not be wireless I switched my pre-order to the PS3 version.

I then decided that I'm now going to get GH3 for the PS3 on sunday so that I'll have 2 guitars for Rock Band.

Lastly, my PS2 guitars are pretty worn, and after hearing that the GH3 guitar for the PS3 will not support the PS2 games I then purchased a PS2 official Wireless guitar.

So let's add all that up shall we.

PS2 -> 3
X-360 1
PS3 -> 1 + Rock Band in November making it 2

Yeah, that's a shit load of stuff sitting around my room. I think I'm going to make a wall rack or something.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The tracklist is a mixed bag for me. The tracks were definately selected to keep people interested in the series, however I find that GH3 is easier then 2. Sure there are songs that are perhaps harder then that of 2, but overall I find it easier.

Therefore it's hard for me to hate the game since it has more songs that I like to play then any other one, but the songs that I'll play over and over again are probably less then that of 2.

But hey, it's all a personal preforance.

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I can't play this PS2 version any more. I'm going to ruin the surprises for myself if I keep this up. (Completed set 4). But really, I can't stand the graphics anymore. The harsh colours and lighting are making my head hurt. The PS2 version took a HUGE hit when being transfered from the PS3/360 version. Like, I mean I think this one looks even worse then GH2.

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Post a mini-review of what it's like to pkay it on the Wii. I know it has vibration to the beat and stuff, but how much it adds to the game I'm not sure. Best feature is probably the screw-up sound that comes from the indicidual guitars so you know what person is actually messing up.

But yeah let us know how it is. Though I still dought I'd trade the graphics and online functionality of the PS3 version for the poor visual beat-down they did to the PS2 and Wii versions. It's your job to convince me otherwise ok?

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I know this is a bit off topic, but...

Does anyone else have the PS3 version? If so, let's ROCK!

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No the PS3 guitar does not allow for PS2 GH games to be played on the PS3. It sucks I know. So you have to keep your PS2 around still if you want to play thoes again.

But if you're ever going to want to play GH4 when it comes out in a year or two you're going to need a next-gen guitar anyways. So whether you buy it now or then, you're going to have to get one sooner or later.

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Yeah. It's great to see them supporting the game so strongly. Hope they keep it up for a good while. However you can definately tell that the 360 game is the favouriate son.

Co-op patch
Boss Battle Patch
Free Halo song

That's why I'm selling my PS3 GH3 and have already picked up the software of GH3 for the 360 (already own GH2 for it).

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You can do pull-offs on any note, doesn't have to be the lit up ones. You just have to plan the finguring correctly.

As for hammer-ons, you're right that you can only do them for the lit up notes as long as you sucessfully hit the note prior to it.

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Pull-offs are just as relevant in this game as any. Thing is unlike hammer-ons where they show you where to use them. Pull-offs are left to the creativity of the player.

Example, whenever tou see two notes that switch back and forth. Let's say R & Y. Instead of moving your fingures to hit R then Y then R then Y... you can instead hold R and just push Y and then release and then press again. But like I said though, the player has to intergrate this themselves. They don't do it for you.

Also some will use Pull-offs more then others.

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