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I bought this game for my roomate i dont know why he likes it ,it gives me a headache ,you have to you have to line up the buttons on the game in order to keep playing the music if you miss a button you screwed up and have to start all over again , and the music is loud and annoying some of the songs are nice but that's about it after a while it gets to ya ,in my opinion it's a pointless waste of money.
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My friends and I have now spent a few hours playing the PS2 version of this, and my overall take is: don't spend money on it. While there are some really good songs in the lineup (Black Magic Woman, La Grange, Holiday In Cambodia), overall the sound is mushy, making it often very difficult to follow the music.
I've only played a handful of the tunes on Hard so far, but several of the Medium-difficulty guitar and bass parts don't match the rhythm of the music well at all (the mushy sound could be a factor here).
That's pretty much the worst of it: low-fi sound and poorly-synced guitar parts. But in general, this feels like even more of a toss-off than the "Rocks The 80's" version did.
Somewhat less importantly, the avatar and venue animations are goofy (Midori... GACK), and feel cheap and sloppy compared to previous versions, which is a low bar to begin with. The biggest lose here is that the hammer-ons and pull-offs are for some reason SUPER BRIGHT compared to the other notes on the fretboard, which confused me at first.
It might be just that the PS2 port is crappy, possibly deliberately so. Another clue here is that GHIII takes at least twice as long to do an auto-save than any of the previous versions, and its memory footprint is about the same, so it's not like it's doing any more. I know that the gaming world is even more aggressive about forced obsolescence than the PC or consumer electronics worlds, but this seems like killing the golden goose, especially considering the unprecedented appeal of this game outside of the typical gameboy demographic.
Sadly, the suckage doesn't end there. The Bonus tunes, rather than being chosen by a contest, or the personal friendships and/or quirky tastes of the developers, are transparently driven by promotional considerations alone, which turns out about as you'd expect. In prior versions, I've really enjoyed discovering songs I liked from unknown acts like Shaimus, Brian Kahanek, and Bang Camaro. There's nothing like that in GHIII. All of the bonus songs I listened to were bland and forgettable ("Hey! These guys sound just like Nickelback!").
The development team clearly threw a lot of time and effort into the new "Battle" mode, but it's just not any fun to play. I watched a friend take multiple stabs at beating Tom Morello, but I couldn't really even comprehend the game, let alone devise a strategy for winning it.
Overall, it feels like they added a bunch of dumb, useless features; screwed up the ones that made the game fun in the first place; and somehow also managed to punish me for not buying a new console. I've spent $50 before now on something I enjoyed less, certainly, but I won't be buying any more Neversoft GH games. Since they're most likely abandoning the PS2 platform from here out anyway, it may be moot.
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It wasn't a terrible game, just not quite as good as GH1 or 2. I beat it in about a day. The difficulty has gone up a bit, some songs I had to replay because I failed them even though I can get five stars on almost any song on GH2 on the same difficulty level. After every other song set you have to battle a boss. That parts actually pretty fun but you can't go back and replay them after you've beaten the game. The songs were okay... some were great, some really shouldn't have been on the game. In my opinion, the not so good songs outweigh the great songs making GH3 just an okay with a limited desire of re-playability. I played GH2 for quite a long time after I had beaten it, but with GH3 I just feel that's going to be the case.
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This latest installment of Guitar Hero tries too hard to outdo the previous versions. The interface is hard to read (meter, multiplier, etc...). They pop distracting balloons right over incoming notes after you hit so many notes in a row, and sometimes that's enough to make me fail a note. Some songs are so-so, were overplayed on the radio or don't sound like I expected them to. It's like the RIAA chose the songs.
Finally it plays quite differently from previous versions of GH with the introduction of "boss song battles" to unlock the next group of songs. You have to "attack" the character playing against you by tilting the guitar. Unappealing and Lame. I'm not a 12-year old. Booo! Buy the others, avoid this one.
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When it comes to the game systems from the last generation, the Playstation 2 has really delivered to hard core gamers young and old alike. Surprisingly, though one of the best video game franchises might have seen its final light for the PS2. With the success of Guitar Hero, many gamers have been able to really rock out loud into the night and the heart of the day. But, the last rendidition, Guitar Hero Encore: Rock's the 80's, it really didn't do the job at enticing die hard fans of the game series. Still, many gamers have been eagerly awaiting the so-called 3rd installment for the Playstation 2 and the final version for this great system of Guitar Hero. Now it is here, and here it will rock you.
Guitar Hero III for the Playstation 2 is the latest game in the successful music game franchise. The gameplay brings in some new tricks from boss battles, and some new great tracks that make you wanna rock out like the Beastie Boys rap classic Sabatoge, Heart's standard classic Barracuda, and the classic Kiss party anthem Rock N' Roll All Night. The graphics are really great and the gameplay still remains as addictive to where Guitar Hero II really did leave off. The game is fun and addictive to new gamers, and die hard fans alike. Still, there are a few disadvantages to the game. One them is that I wish there could've been more boss battles than just 3. Although it is a great addition, it just could've had more. There are a few add-ons though that make up for it, including online gaming, where you now battle against your foes through the PS2 online, and new venues to rock out loud too.
All in all, Guitar Hero III is a great game for new gamers for the Playstation 2. Sadly, with the end of the PS2 era, this might be the last time gamers will be able to rock on this great system, and have to get the PS3 for the next rendition of Guitar Hero IV. I still think it is a great game though, but gamers could've had more to rock with.
Graphics: B
Sound: B+
Price: B
Fun & Enjoyment: B- for solo play; B+ for multiplayer action
Overall: B-
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