Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2)

...of you have read my Guitar Hero 2 review and hopefully enjoyed it, well here it is, the new and improved version GUITAR HERO 3.. I wanted this game since it came out, I brought the second one back in September but without the guitar and found that to be alright, but a couple of weeks ago I got a call from my mum asking if I wanted Guitar Hero 3, she had managed to find it in Tesco's for £25 instead of £50. I of course said yes and the shop had made ...
...this case it's a wireless guitar you get a 4 foot long box to carry everything in. With that you get the body of the guitar, the neck and stickers to make your guitar more unique. You also get batteries included and a thing to put in the front of your play station where your controllers usually go. ===Wireless Guitar=== This bit is a bit different to my other review. Before I played the game with just the controllers, this makes the game about £20 ...

DixieChick10 28.12.2007 · Read full review
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...third installment in the prolific Guitar Hero needed to be good in order to match its rival Rock Band, and it doesn't disappoint. Activision has produced the best in the series so far, and the rival games will have to step up to match this one. The aim of Guitar Hero 3 - Legends of Rock retains the same gameplay as the previous two. Using a special guitar-shaped controller, the players aim is to hit notes as they scroll towards the bottom of the ...
...to the reality of the guitar experience, the game also simulates hammer-ons and a whammy bar, which makes it all the more realistic and believable. There are 4 difficulty levels - EASY, which uses only three of the frets, MEDIUM, which uses four of the frets, HARD, which utilizes all five frets, and EXPERT, which adds to the number of notes and the complexity of the patterns. To cater for all the Guitar Hero enthusiasts out there, EXPERT will seem ...

midpikyrozziy 11.11.2008 · Read full review
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...games console of all time. Guitar Hero III ‘Legends of Rock’ masterfully exploits both anomolies. Guitar Hero is available on a number of formats – including Nintendo DS, Xbox, PC and PS3 HOWEVER the humble PS2 is still in the frame and capable of providing if not endless hours of entertainment, at the very least, a distraction during a wet Bank Holiday weekend. It’s entirely possible to play the PS2 version using the standard controller – although ...
...basic form of an electric guitar – on the fretboard are six coloured buttons, these correspond directly to the right hand controls on a standard PS2 controller, indeed this can still be used as an alternative. Where you’d strum the strings is a broad switch, a tremolo arm and a couple of pushbutton switches where the volume and tone pots are usually positioned complete the illusion. Two versions of the guitar are available – a ‘cabled’ one – which ...

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...controllers from the two previous guitar hero games are compatible with this one.. The game is sold in many high street stores, such as HMV and Game Station and can also be easily found on the internet. The controller for the game is a small plastic wireless guitar. It has 5 couloured fret buttons, a stummer and a whammy bar. No previous knowledge of guitars is necessary and the tutorials can teach you everything you need to know to start playing. ...
...list you get encore's and guitar battles. There is also a co-op career option where you can play with a friend. The game has a quickplay option which I find good for parties and such where everyone wants to have a go. This allows to to choose any song to play that you have so far unlocked on the game. The game has four difficulty levels, easy, medium, hard and expert. Easy uses only three of the fret buttons, medium uses four and hard and expert ...

ntg13 26.03.2008 (27.03.2008) · Read full review
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I'm a Guitar Hero addict. This series of rhythm based guitar playing has completely restored my faith in gaming. After a particularly bland spot through the early 00's of story based games I found myself buying SNES and Megadrive games on Ebay to satisfy my need for good old fashioned pick up and play enjoyment. Guitar Hero is the first game to really capture that spirit again, in my humble opinion. For those out there unfamiliar with the series, ...
...is a Gibson SG shaped guitar controller, with five coloured 'fret' buttons on the neck of the guitar, a strumming bar (where you would strum the strings) and a whammy bar. This is your instrument, and as coloured dots descend down your tv screen towards you your task is to hold the right note and strum at the right time, thus playing the note in the song. Simple premise. Unbelievably satisfying, addictive, challenging and fun. So Guitar Hero 3. ...

DDRShaolin 23.01.2008 · Read full review
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...house and the stupid plastic guitar was sitting in front of the tv inviting me to push all the right buttons. I thought 'what the hey' there was nobody there to laugh at me when I did bad and if I did suck at it nobody would know I ever even considered picking up the guitar. Now, when I tried it I was finding it really awkward for some reason although I didn't start off too badly. I'm left handed so I put it down to that, until I was flicking through ...
...again and found this much easier. Using this option it moved the buttons to the opposite side of the screen, which would be confusing if you were used to the other way! Anyway I got into the quickplay songs and found I was doing quite well and decided to start a 'career', which earns you money the better you play a song. Moving down the list I thought my play was deteriorating and put it down to a sore hand! But then I realised the songs get marginally ...

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...controller you get is a guitar which is fantastic fun to use. There are 5 coloured buttons on the neck of the guitar and there is a plucking button on the body of the guitar which you have to strum as you play a note, like a real guitar. This controller even has a WAHWAH stick on it for the longer notes in the game. Now, the object of the game is to complete songs without getting booed off the stage and the further you get the harder the songs get. ...
...head to head with a guitar hero. In this game you battle against Slash and Tom Morello(I think that's his name). Anyway! You can play the game on either Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. There are tutorials to help you if you struggle with the game and there are even pratice runs that you can do in the more difficult songs where the game will slow down the notes for you so that you can get a hang of the song before you play it in full speed. As well ...

hawkinsgal 11.03.2008 (14.03.2008) · Read full review
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...battle mode and now has guitar boss battles. Most songs are master tracks. Has downloadable content; new songs and quite a few are free. Online mode with battle mode and versus mode. Has a co-op set list. Cons: Inferior to Guitar Hero 2 in almost every way. Let me explain... The Hammer-On, Pull-Off system is much easier, making songs quite a bit more dull. It's hard to describe but it feels like you are playing the song as timing for hitting notes ...
...highly addictive. If you love Guitar Hero and have them all and want some more songs, on you go. I say get it. Just don't expect much. You will probably end up going back to the previous games rather than this. If you don't have any Guitar Hero. Get the second. It's better. Easily. That has memorable songs on the bonus tracks and in every tier and the HO-PO system just feels better. ...

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I found the guitar hero: 3 game a very fun and enjoyable game, that can be played with family and friends at all gaming levels. A wide veriaty of songs allows most users to play meny songs they enjoy in 4 levels: easy, mediam, hard, and expert. This means that no matter what standard you are playing at, you can enjoy it without getting bored of failing a cirtain level. The games graphics are not particularly good, but the sound quality of the game ...
...helpful, as you can break down the songs and the full song, or chunks of a song at a veriaty of speeds, this is a very good feature of the game, because you can get your fingers used to it before you play it in cerrer mode. All of my family and friends have it, and they all find it a very good game to play, with the carrer mode, practice mode, training mode and quick-play mode to build your standards to the extreme. I recommend this product to ...

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I love guitar hero, im addicted to it. I was slighlty let down by guitar hero 2...but I have to say they certainly made up for it in Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock! So whats better? The songs, there is a great variety, some more classics that we totally forgot about in the other 2 games and some other entertaining ones (try doing dragonforce and say its easy!). The fact that the songs are actually performed by the actual bands, because lets face ...
...and second games! I love the fact that you can battle the likes of Tom Morello (RATM) and Slash. I have to warn you however that the childfriendly lyrics have dissapeared and songs are now as they should be, so if you have small children playing this games you might want to shield their ears on some songs. The co-op mode is absoulutely fantastic and good fun. I highly recommed this game, its great fun for those who love rock or for those that love ...

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...you must stop the opponent's guitar from working, so instead of star power, you're awarded weapons (my favourites being Broken String and Amp Overload) to throw at your opponent's fretboard. Slash (Guns 'N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is pretty similar to Tom Morello in the way of the battle, but his challenge theme is obviously different and it would seem Slash is a little sneakier (or maybe I was a bit slower; while Morello didn't get any weapons on ...
...Incidentally, there is another boss, but with the game being as difficult as it is and my hands as tired as they are, I can't be bothered having a look. After battling these "legends", you play an encore with them (Slash's encore is Welcome To The Jungle). That is, assuming you beat them. Also, that annoying fretboard shake when you miss a note or hit a wrong note etc is gone! No more distracting "YOU IDIOT!" type shaking! This definitely makes ...

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...to the previous incarnations of Guitar Hero, meaning that the bulk of the action isn't set around a gripping and provocative storyline, instead centering around the gameplay aspect of hitting 5 coloured buttons as fast as you can whilst trying to keep in time with the blazing rock music streaming from your television. This ultimately results in you murdering your favourite song by intermittently adding irritating 'plinky plonky' noises where you ...
...with your below par fake guitar skills. Now don't get me wrong, this is a great game, and many hours have i spent in front of my TV, trying desperately to complete the songs. The songs themselves are now the real-deal, no more cheesy covers by old and faded pop groups, but the playstation lacks the option to download songs, thus meaning you can no longer shred along to your favourite songs pretending to be some sort of rock god. But this is nothing ...

Lemon_biskit 09.09.2008 · Read full review
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...all time! I first played guitar hero 2 at my boyfriends house and i became as addicted to it as he was. I knew i just had to have it, so within three months i'd saved up enough money to buy the game and guitar. I was looking around on the internet when i search for it on amazon, but as i scrolled down i found guitar hero 3 was due to be released just one week before my birthday. The only problem was i didnt have enough money for it. The solution, ...
...was playing my very own guitar hero 3! The playlist has a few more up to date songs on that i know the words to, so now i can sing along and rock on. The sound is perfect and my mums often telling me to turn it down, the picture is amazing and this is actually the first time i've been on the computer for over a month because i've spent all my spare time playing guitar hero 3 with my friends. I'd recomend this to anyone, even if they dont usually ...

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It is so much fun. Here I am a mom of 4 and I love playing this game with my kids. And I have to say that I am pretty goood. It is fun trying to mess up your opponents in the battle mode. I have to say this one is better then the other two. I highly recomend it. ...

kkcmariposa 20.01.2008
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...you any better at REAL guitar you know!" yeah, we know. But it's a hell of a lot easier, as we all tried to play guitar, and then gave up when our fingertips starting bleeding. However, I digress, the game. It has a large number of very cool songs on it, my favourites including "black magic woman", "Cliffs of Dover" and the hilarious "Heir Kommt Alex" which we realised that if you sing along with in a loud and rowdy sort of way sounds a lot like ...

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