Guitar Hero 3 - Legends Of Rock on Xbox 360

Guitar Hero 3

Mark Westwood from Walsall, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 26/03/2008

You really need the guitar controller for this game as the in game options don't allow you to configure a normal controller to your liking

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No Guitar

guyston from Radstock , 24/11/2007

This game is still playable without a guitar and is ok but obviously not quite as good as with a guitar.

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Blistering and outrageous fun!

Orion from England [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/02/2008

The latest incarnation of the Guitar Hero series brings with it over 40 tracks of rocky goodness to the 360; from sultry classics like Santana's 'Black Magic Woman', to headbanging favourites such as Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast', Metallica's, 'One', and of course 'Welcome to the Jungle,' from Guns n' Roses.

Significantly, this version features a co-op career mode available offline, which gives users the opportunities to team up at home, with one player on lead guitar, the other on bass, teaming up as the stringed section of your own rock band (until Rock Band itself comes out).

The standard 360 controller copes fairly well with the demands of the fret-based gameplay, although on higher difficulties, it shows itself up as inferior to the guitar controller for being able to cope with the incredibly fast switching that the game demands of it.

At higher difficulty levels, the pace is literally electric, with notes flying down the fret-board like smarties down a slide, and at this level it really pays to know the song, because there are sometimes too many notes to attempt to match them without such knowledge.

Downloads are plentiful for Guitar Hero III, coming in at around 100 points per song on a 3-song pack - notable packs include Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver.

The online community of Guitar Hero III has never subsided since its release, so matches are very easy to find, and participants are unlikely to drop out of a song part way through.

The game really is extremely addictive, with 59 very difficult achievements to strive for; the perfectionist will find lots to enjoy/frustrate here as the 1000 note streak eludes them time after time!

Guitar Hero III makes an ideal rental, because the full commercial product does represent a significant investment, and looking at the consistent prices of Guitar Hero II, no cuts in cost look forthcoming.

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4 stars and not 5 because...

DianaHUZAR from GREENFIELD [Highly rated reviewer] , 01/06/2008

I got this for my son last christmas (2007) and he loved the game but come January the Guitar controller's (les paul) flawed detachable neck is permantly loose and is still playable..but the blue and orange buttons flicker on & off..ruining 'Full Combo' songs and long note sequences. RedOctane should have come up better than this..I mean no one i know bothers to detach the neck.. but other than this..a far better gaming improvement from its predcessor Guitar Hero 2! Defiantly worth buying!

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OK

cabbage from UK [Highly rated reviewer] , 22/06/2008

I find this game alright - it has alright graphics, good gameplay and a fairly good storyline. This game does have its downsides like every game and this game I found has very repetitive parts and it hurts my eyes with all the lights and constant staring at the screen so you dont loose or mis-hit a note and spoil a streak. this game has bad achievments but will last you a while - a better buy then rent - you need to have a long time to play and get into it in my opoinion.

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Blistering and outrageous fun!

Orion from England [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/02/2008

The latest incarnation of the Guitar Hero series brings with it over 40 tracks of rocky goodness to the 360; from sultry classics like Santana's 'Black Magic Woman', to headbanging favourites such as Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast', Metallica's, 'One', and of course 'Welcome to the Jungle,' from Guns n' Roses.

Significantly, this version features a co-op career mode available offline, which gives users the opportunities to team up at home, with one player on lead guitar, the other on bass, teaming up as the stringed section of your own rock band (until Rock Band itself comes out).

The standard 360 controller copes fairly well with the demands of the fret-based gameplay, although on higher difficulties, it shows itself up as inferior to the guitar controller for being able to cope with the incredibly fast switching that the game demands of it.

At higher difficulty levels, the pace is literally electric, with notes flying down the fret-board like smarties down a slide, and at this level it really pays to know the song, because there are sometimes too many notes to attempt to match them without such knowledge.

Downloads are plentiful for Guitar Hero III, coming in at around 100 points per song on a 3-song pack - notable packs include Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver.

The online community of Guitar Hero III has never subsided since its release, so matches are very easy to find, and participants are unlikely to drop out of a song part way through.

The game really is extremely addictive, with 59 very difficult achievements to strive for; the perfectionist will find lots to enjoy/frustrate here as the 1000 note streak eludes them time after time!

Guitar Hero III makes an ideal rental, because the full commercial product does represent a significant investment, and looking at the consistent prices of Guitar Hero II, no cuts in cost look forthcoming.

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