[Multiplatform] Guitar Hero III

A MUSE track?! A FUCKING MUSE TRACK!?!?! <3~

I'll probably get this for Xbox 360 since I plan on having one later on this year as well. Can't wait until they unveil more tracks.

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I've been watching gameplay videos over the past couple of days and I gotta say one thing... I don't really like the new "look" too much. It's like Neversoft (who, I only yesterday found out was at the helm of this, as opposed to Red Octane) wanted to clean up and smooth out every bit of its predecessors and um, you know, that was kind of part of the charm of the series, if not one of its largest parts.

There are now reportedly "story mode" cutscenes just to eliminate the crude hand-drawn map of GHII in between venues, and while I'm all for making the game look crisp and polished, even the awesome little effects I fell in love with in the first two games, like the vector flames that appear when you're wailing on note streaks have now been replaced by more realistic-looking ones. This is all great, but I'm going to miss a lot of those little details.

Also, there's still no Zeppelin track in this game. This is greatly disturbing.


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Of all A.F.I. songs, why the fuck would they pick Miss Murder?

Then again... I was never able to rationalize why, of all of Aerosmith's songs, they chose Last Child as an encore in GH2.

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

Minor update here, since new tracks have been announced.

"Minus Celsius" by Backyard Babies
"Hier Kommt Alex" by Die Toten Hosen
"In the Belly of a Shark" by Gallows
"I'm in the Band" by The Hellacopters
"Avalancha" by Heroes Del Silencio (?)
"Take This Life" by In Flames
"Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs
"Closer" by Lacuna Coil
"Generation Rock" by Revolverheld
"Mauvais Garcon" by NAAST
"Radio Song" by Superbus

Not sure which are master tracks but I think I'm not alone here when I say that I'm INCREDIBLY surprised that a Spanish rock track has been included this time around. Heroes Del Silencio are an old-school rock band who broke up in the mid-90's. They were VERY popular during the 90's though and their guitar work was pretty furious shit. Even though I never really got into them, I'm glad to see the series branching out into other languages.

Only a matter of time before they put in a Kaizers Orchestra track. <3

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Originally Posted by GoldfishX

Sorry to say, but given the choice between my favorite bands and another group of no-names like in GH2 with about 3 songs between them I'd listen to IRL (and one of them being "Jordan" with BH not exactly being a no-namer)...I'm pulling for the big label guys here to fill out the tracklist. The best thing about GH is playing songs you actually want to hear IRL (and finding new ones at that...Wolfmother = <3)...

Shit... The fuck do you know about music? Some of the best tracks in Guitar Hero II were the bonus tracks by the so-called "no name bands". (Bang Camaro, The Last Vegas, All That Remains, Honest Bob & The Factory To Dealer Incentives, The Acro-bats, The Amazing Crowns, Vagiant, Freezepop, etc.) In the first game my favorite song in the game is still one of the bonus tracks. (Shaimus - All Of This) My complaint about them has nothing to do with the choice of music but the fact that you get no cash for playing live gigs with those songs. Point is: The bonus tracks add to an already awesome set list as well as introduce people to new bands.

Having said that, I am rooting for more indie labels to drop some tracks in this game even though I know that it's not really likely to happen as much, since Neversoft has already announced that even some well-known bands that have been announced for this installment won't have a spot in the setlist and will instead be relegated to the Bonus Tracks.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

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.

You know, that track wasn't all THAT bad but godDAMNIT was it boring as fuck to play on Medium. You have to play that thing on Expert if you want to get more than a few hundred strums at the guitar and I agree; it IS the worst song in the game. They had a better selection in the first game though (Farewell Myth) so at least we know the band itself isn't a total waste of vinyl space.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Fuck yeah it'd be fun as fuck to play! I mean, shit... I STILL hate Guns 'N Roses, but I'll be damned if Sweet Child 'O Mine isn't one of my favorite tracks to play in GHII~

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Just pre-ordered my copy and I'm picking it up at GayStop this coming Saturday. <3

I should also take this time to point out that I'm still bitterly disappointed that no Zeppelin track made it onto the game.

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Originally Posted by The_Griffin

And pull-offs on any note, confirm deny y/n?

Pretty much. I noticed that the hammer ons/pull offs were infinitely easier this time around. Even my cousin, who could never so much as do Carry Me Home in GHII was all of a sudden pulling out 100% on songs like Lay Down in this game. THey are RIDICULOUSLY easy but I guess that's a welcome change.

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Originally Posted by Slash

Neversoft totally dropped the ball...had I known this game would have been full of suck I would have saved my 90 bucks for rockband or something

Dude... We get it. You hate the game. The last three pages have had randomly placed posts with you expressing your anger for the game. Take it back to Gamestop and be done with it already.

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