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| #1 Posted on 28.10.07 0154.17 Reposted on: 28.10.14 0154.28 | Well, Rock Band hits next month, but it's the Guitar Hero franchise that fires first. Before we go into what I think of the game, here's the song list one more time:
3's and 7's Queens of the Stone Age Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols Barracuda Heart Before I Forget Slipknot Black Magic Woman Santana Black Sunshine White Zombie Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll Blue Oyster Cult Cliffs of Dover Eric Johnson Cult of Personality Living Colour Even Flow Pearl Jam Helicopter Bloc Party Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat Benatar Holiday in Cambodia The Dead Kennedys Knights of Cydonia Muse Kool Thing Sonic Youth La Grange ZZ Top Lay Down Priestess The Metal Tenacious D Miss Murder AFI Mississippi Queen Mountain Monsters Matchbook Romance My Name is Jonas Weezer The Number of the Beast Iron Maiden One Metallica Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones Paranoid Black Sabbath Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughn Raining Blood Slayer Reptilia The Strokes Rock and Roll All Nite Kiss Rock You Like a Hurricane The Scorpions Sabotage The Beastie Boys Same Old Song and Dance Aerosmith School's Out Alice Cooper The Seeker The Who Slow Ride Foghat Story of My Life Social Distortion Stricken Disturbed Suck My Kiss The Red Hot Chili Peppers Talk Dirty To Me Poison Welcome to the Jungle Guns 'N Roses When You Were Young The Killers
BONUS SONGS (PURCHASE FROM IN-GAME STORE) Avalancha Heroes del Silencio Generation Rock Revolverhead Go That Far Bret Michaels Band Hier Kommt Alex Die Toten Hosen I'm in the Band The Hellacopters In the Belly of a Shark Gallows Marvais Garcon Naast Minus Celsius Backyard Babies Prayer of the Refugee Rise Against Radio Song Superbus Ruby The Kaiser Chiefs She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses Take This Life In Flames Through Fire and Flames DragonForce
As for the game, it's definitely got the same feel. And considering it's Neversoft's first official crack at the franchise, they deserve a lot of credit for managing to re-create the experience. The song list, in my opinion, is superior to the previous game. And hell, if you're calling it "Legends of Rock", then you'd better have Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Guns 'N Roses, Aerosmith, et. al. in this game.
The boss battles are a nice diversion from what's otherwise the exact same Career mode format. There are now little cutscenes after each Encore song, which are silly, but ultimately harmless. Online multiplayer (for Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 owners) is a great addition, though the Battle mode needs a few tweaks. It's a great concept and all, but it's almost impossible to put away an opponent who's playing on Easy difficulty.
In terms of difficulty, it definitely feels more even across the board. Easy is easy and medium is actually medium, unlike the second game which handed you your ass in certain songs on medium difficulty. And of course, Hard and Expert certainly live up to their billing. Ultimately, though, no matter what difficulty you go with, the songs are all fun to play, with the exception of a few duds (Social Distortion, I'm looking at YOU!). Also, minus points for making the in-store songs not really worth playing for. Nothing fun like Trogdor in II. But otherwise, it's great stuff and worth the price of admission.
Highly recommended, especially if you haven't played any of the games in the series yet.
Note: DragonForce's "Through Fire and Flames" WILL drive you insane, even at Easy! It'll have so-called Guitar Hero experts sucking their thumbs in a fetal position. I guarantee it!
360 Owners, there's an Achievement in it for you if you can complete this song on Expert. It's appropriately titled "The Inhuman Achievement".
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| #2 Posted on 28.10.07 0222.24 Reposted on: 28.10.14 0222.24 | Boner Worthy: Heart - Barracuda Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Hey, That's A Really Good Song: QOTSA - 3's And 7's Priestess - Lay Down Weezer - My Name Is Jonas Metallica - One The Strokes - Reptilia The Rolling Stone - Paint It Black Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Everything else is either songs I have not heard of, or okay songs. I mean, it's Guitar Hero; either you care about songs that you love the shit out of, or you care about it in a Madden/Smackdown way (new songs/players/stats).
That said, Jeff needs Rock Band. Jeff needs Rock Band bad. | JayJayDean
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| #3 Posted on 29.10.07 0826.08 Reposted on: 29.10.14 0826.22 | I think with the new presentation and the little vignettes between each level and the battles to unlock the characters that it's likely if you bought GH3 and liked it so you decided to go buy GH2, you woukd be kind of disappointed in GH2.
Otherwise, I'd say I almost completely agree with It's False. | Teapot
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| #4 Posted on 29.10.07 0937.03 Reposted on: 29.10.14 0937.27 | My only problem so far is that there are some songs that are only available to play in co-op mode. This is a departure from past installments. I was really looking forward to playing Sabotage and Suck My Kiss.
Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult Helicopter - Bloc Party Monsters - Matchbook Romance Reptilia - The Strokes Sabotage - Beastie Boys Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I didn't think the Dragonforce song was that bad on the Easy level. I just wish it hadn't been over the end credits; I would have liked to have read those.
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| #5 Posted on 29.10.07 1223.34 Reposted on: 29.10.14 1224.11 | I dropped the dough for the Wii version yesterday after being BOMBARDED by ads for the game in my Sunday flyers. I just couldn't resist, I guess.
I am by no means a hardcore GH player. I've only tried a handful of tracks on the previous versions. And I haven't set foot out of Easy mode yet.
That said, I freakin' LOVE IT. The Wii version of the controller has some good weight to it, so you feel like you've got a real guitar over your shoulder. Everything plays nice and smooth. And even though I'm just baby-stepping though Easy, there's still enough of a challenge to keep me occupied. (I always want to jump to medium, but every time I do, I manage to pick a song that kicks my ass. Plus, I just want to get through Easy so I can unlock all the songs.) The boss levels are cool too. I like trying to mess up Tom Morello. It's oddly satisfying.
Yeah, some songs being co-op only is a drag, especially since you can't buy a stand-alone second controller for the Wii right now, but I'm betting there are some codes to unlock them out there somewhere. | Tribal Prophet
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| #6 Posted on 29.10.07 1521.04 Reposted on: 29.10.14 1521.09 | Originally posted by SchippeWreck Yeah, some songs being co-op only is a drag, especially since you can't buy a stand-alone second controller for the Wii right now, but I'm betting there are some codes to unlock them out there somewhere.
Ask and ye shall recieve: Hit these colors while "entering new cheat" and make sure to strum for them to count. YO RB RO GB RY YO RY RB GY GY YB YB YO YO YB Y R RY R Y O You gotta be quick though, but you should see "all songs unlocked" afterwards.
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| #7 Posted on 29.10.07 1544.03 Reposted on: 29.10.14 1546.31 | Originally posted by Tribal Prophet
Originally posted by SchippeWreck Yeah, some songs being co-op only is a drag, especially since you can't buy a stand-alone second controller for the Wii right now, but I'm betting there are some codes to unlock them out there somewhere.
Ask and ye shall recieve: Hit these colors while "entering new cheat" and make sure to strum for them to count. YO RB RO GB RY YO RY RB GY GY YB YB YO YO YB Y R RY R Y O You gotta be quick though, but you should see "all songs unlocked" afterwards.
Tribal Prophet
Thanks!
Though...YIKES! It looks like I may have to brush up on my skills just to be able to enter the cheat! :) | FLRockAndLaw
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| #8 Posted on 31.10.07 0055.23 Reposted on: 31.10.14 0055.27 | I swear, it amazes me how ignorant I am of pop music that I always discover another good song or two just by playing Guitar Hero. This time around? The Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia", and I'm hardly a punk/alternative fan. Though I swear, I tried Expert between stabs at Career Mode, and I lasted maybe seven seconds before failing miserably. How are people scoring 400,000+ points on Expert on that song and not irreparably breaking their fingers and wrists???
Slash's guitar battles seems to be the toughest of the three battles in there. And it's like he's immune to anything you do. Of course, you can't practice the licks for the guitar battles in training mode. Sigh....
Finally noodled around online tonight, too. Anyone Wii owners who might be interested in playing me, look for the account of VinnieVanHalen. Just check out my Wii # here to track me down or to send me a message. | Spaceman Spiff
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| #9 Posted on 31.10.07 0959.10 Reposted on: 31.10.14 0959.58 | Slash's guitar battles seems to be the toughest of the three battles in there.
I've beaten Slash so far on easy & medium the 1st time I've faced him. Tom Morello, however, took me a few tries. (Tried Lou a few times on easy, but haven't beaten him yet.)
The best way to win the battles, it seems, is to save up 3 attacks for the very end when the boss is trying to put you away.
Slayer's "Raining Blood" on easy is giving me fits. Best I can muster so far is 78%. I'm a GH noob, but I was able to plow through the easy career beating every song the 1st time. I've decided to give up for now in favor of going through the medium career path.
This time around? The Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia", and I'm hardly a punk/alternative fan.
Speaking of this song, I got a big kick out of all the prisoners jumping up & down in unison pumping their fists during this song.
(edited by Spaceman Spiff on 31.10.07 1118) | The King of Keith
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| #10 Posted on 31.10.07 1010.51 Reposted on: 31.10.14 1010.54 | Medium seems harder this time, and Hard seems easier. Either that, or I got a lot better playing Medium and I can now handle Hard.
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| #11 Posted on 31.10.07 1053.07 Reposted on: 31.10.14 1053.10 | I've only played the demo and based on that, I'm holding off on this one. In GH2, I'm in the middle of the Hard set list, but I hadn't played for a while so I did medium in the demo. I got 99% on each song, which seems too easy to me.
Another complaint is that in GH2 it felt like each level of difficulty build on the previous one. Like, if I played Heart Shaped Box on medium, the hard one was similar to medium, but obviously with some more stuff added. The demo for GH3 didn't feel like that to me. I played Even Flow in medium and it was a cake walk, so I tried it on hard and it felt like not only way harder but also like I wasn't even playing the same song.
Is this how the actual game is or did I get the wrong impression from the demo? | JayJayDean
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| #12 Posted on 31.10.07 1215.00 Reposted on: 31.10.14 1215.10 | I bought GH2 first, then GH, then the 80s. One both GH and the 80s I was able to run through the Easy and Medium levels pretty much in one run, getting five stars on every song. I just finished the Medium level on GH3 and only failed to get five stars the first time out on "Pride and Joy" because I'd played for like five hours and was losing focus, and "Raining Blood" because it is damn hard. It took me three tries to get five stars on "Raining Blood", and I needed two tries to beat Lou on Medium.
Having said all that, I think it is very comparable to the earlier games. The difficulty level goes up as you get deeper into career mode (I thank God that I've always liked "Cliffs of Dover") and the only reason I did so well on the last few songs is because I know most of them so well.
Once we are done with trick-or-treaters tonight I'm trying out the Hard level. I did think it was a BIG step up from Easy to Medium. | KJames199
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| #13 Posted on 31.10.07 2153.15 Reposted on: 31.10.14 2154.17 | Originally posted by Tribal Prophet
Originally posted by SchippeWreck Yeah, some songs being co-op only is a drag, especially since you can't buy a stand-alone second controller for the Wii right now, but I'm betting there are some codes to unlock them out there somewhere.
Ask and ye shall recieve: Hit these colors while "entering new cheat" and make sure to strum for them to count. YO RB RO GB RY YO RY RB GY GY YB YB YO YO YB Y R RY R Y O You gotta be quick though, but you should see "all songs unlocked" afterwards.
That will unlock all the songs in the store, but it doesn't seem to unlock the coop-only songs. Does anyone know if those songs are unlocked for single-player if you beat them in coop mode? | The King of Keith
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| #14 Posted on 31.10.07 2338.47 Reposted on: 31.10.14 2339.00 | It unlocked the co-op songs for me. What system are you playing on? I've got it for the 360. | FLRockAndLaw
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| #15 Posted on 1.11.07 0138.58 Reposted on: 1.11.14 0139.31 | (points back up to Caliban's post to refer to it, rather than just quoting the whole damn thing)
As far as GH3, with the exception of maybe two songs and the final battle, I ended up getting five stars on each song the first time through Medium difficulty. (Bear in mind, I also have GH1, GH2, and finally bought GH Rocks the 80s a few weeks ago to "warm up" for GH3. Also, I'm a "former" musician with experience playing drums, percussion, piano/keyboards, and even a little bit of guitar. Did I also mention I occasionally play DDR, too?) Hard definitely jacks up the difficult from Medium. But if you go through songs at each level, you'll see a build-up on notes - maybe closer to how GH1 was than GH2 was, but it's there. I'd compare your Evenflow situation to something like Cowboys from Hell in GH1 from Medium to Hard... or maybe even Bark at the Moon.
But I prefer it the way it's presented in GH3. To me, GH2 seemed way too difficult, even with the practice modes and the improved hammer-on and pull-off techniques. It's great that they have so many master recordings and not lame covers like they had in GH2. And being able to compete on-line is fun, too. I've already had at least face-off matches that were literally scoring races that came down to the wire. (I do agree with the previous poster about the difficulty in finishing off opponents in Battle mode on Medium or Easy difficulty. A good chunk of the time, I end up going to sudden death on battles.)
Progress update - finally took out Slash in his guitar battle on Hard. I've almost cleared Tier 6 with "Cherub Rock", "The Metal", and whatever the third song is on that tier. Only have "Black Magic Woman" to go, and I took a break, because the hand/wrist/shoulder was starting to feel it from hours of play. (The Virgin Megastore at Downtown Disney in Orlando is supposed to be doing some sort of GH3 Tournament on Friday evening, so I'm "in training." ) | Caliban
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| #16 Posted on 1.11.07 0752.04 Reposted on: 1.11.14 0752.11 | Thanks for the answer. I never played GH1, just GH2 on the 360 so I wasn't aware of the differences between the two. I'll probably pick this up after the first of the year because I like the track list for Rock Band better. | KJames199
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| #17 Posted on 1.11.07 1031.57 Reposted on: 1.11.14 1032.21 | Originally posted by The King of Keith It unlocked the co-op songs for me. What system are you playing on? I've got it for the 360.
I'm playing it on the Wii. I mean, it may have unlocked the coop songs in coop mode (it probably did), but unsurprisingly, I have no friends, so that doesn't help me much, and I'd really like to play Suck My Kiss. | SchippeWreck
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| #18 Posted on 1.11.07 1239.43 Reposted on: 1.11.14 1239.52 | Originally posted by KJames199
Originally posted by The King of Keith It unlocked the co-op songs for me. What system are you playing on? I've got it for the 360.
I'm playing it on the Wii. I mean, it may have unlocked the coop songs in coop mode (it probably did), but unsurprisingly, I have no friends, so that doesn't help me much, and I'd really like to play Suck My Kiss.
I have the Wii version, but haven't tried the code yet. I'm waiting to beat Easy Career. But, my bro-in-law used the code on the PS2 version, which is essentially the same version as Wii, and he got the co-op songs in single player. (Helicopter kicked my ass on Easy, btw.) I don't know why it wouldn't work for Wii.
Also, Slash is a giant pushover on Easy. I beat him in 4 moves. | Spaceman Spiff
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| #19 Posted on 1.11.07 1323.18 Reposted on: 1.11.14 1323.32 | I have the Wii version - that code unlocked all songs (even coop) for me. Are you looking in career mode? Because it doesn't unlock them there, it unlocks them in the regular 1 player (non-career) mode. | KJames199
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| #20 Posted on 1.11.07 2118.21 Reposted on: 1.11.14 2120.07 | Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff I have the Wii version - that code unlocked all songs (even coop) for me. Are you looking in career mode? Because it doesn't unlock them there, it unlocks them in the regular 1 player (non-career) mode.
Ohhhhhh. See, I looked in QuickPlay when I didn't find them in Career Mode, but for whatever reason (I'm blind? Maybe stupid?) I didn't see them. Thanks much! |
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