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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: DW on September 15, 2007, 08:38:20 AM

Title: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 15, 2007, 08:38:20 AM
This ought to help cheer Gamefreak and a few others up...the new GameInformer came in last night, and they had a review on GHIII, with more info of course. It seems that there will be a boss battle with Tom Morrello as well as Slash, which pretty much guarantees others as well. The game is looking solid, it's the most engaging entry into the series yet. They've even increased the window for hitting the notes by a split second, a welcome change for me, who can't strum up and down to save my life ::)The only problem with it is a very questionable way of unlocking songs. If you play Hard Mode, you'll only unlock the Hard Mode songs, and not the Easy, Medium, and Expert songs. If you want those, you'll have to change the career difficulty and play through that to unlock more, and then you STILL have to change difficulty again if you want to play the ones you've already unlocked. It doesn't sound like too big a problem though.

Anyways, here's Rock Bands song list so far:

Rolling Stones--Gimme Shelter
The Who--Won't Get Fooled Again
Mountain--Mississippi Queen
David Bowie--Suffragette City
Black Sabbath--Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult--Don't Fear the Reaper
The Ramones--Blitzkrieg Bop (YAY!)
Deep Purple--Highway Star
Rush--Tom Sawyer ( ;D)
Bon Jovi--Wanted Dead or Alive ( ;D ;D)
The Clash--Should I Stay or Should I Go?( ;D ;D ;D)
Faith No More--Epic
Foo Fighters--Learn to Fly
Metallica--Enter Sandman( ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Nirvana--In Bloom( ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Stone Temple Pilots--Vasoline(SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!)
Weezer--Say it Ain't So
Smashing Pumpkins--Cherub Rock
Radiohead--Creep
Beastie Boys--Sabotage
The Hives--Main Offender
Queens of the Stone Age--Go With the Flow
The Strokes--Reptilia
Jet--Are You Gonna Be My Girl
OK Go--Here it Goes Again( ;D)
Nine Inch Nails--The Hand That Feeds(YAY!

And that's it. Discuss.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 15, 2007, 08:43:21 AM
I'm not a huge fan of Guitar Hero, but my friend is. He says it has made him a better typer. So you got you're game informer already? Mine hasn't, but I don't think the mail has come yet today.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Twilight Wolf on September 15, 2007, 02:04:23 PM
They need to put some Beatles music in Guitar Hero. Seriously. They had some really great songs you could rock out to, and they deserve recognition in something like this. Without them, rock would be nothing!
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Rev Rabies on September 15, 2007, 05:15:35 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on September 15, 2007, 08:38:20 AM
This ought to help cheer Gamefreak and a few others up...the new GameInformer came in last night, and they had a review on GHIII, with more info of course. It seems that there will be a boss battle with Tom Morrello as well as Slash, which pretty much guarantees others as well. The game is looking solid, it's the most engaging entry into the series yet. They've even increased the window for hitting the notes by a split second, a welcome change for me, who can't strum up and down to save my life ::)The only problem with it is a very questionable way of unlocking songs. If you play Hard Mode, you'll only unlock the Hard Mode songs, and not the Easy, Medium, and Expert songs. If you want those, you'll have to change the career difficulty and play through that to unlock more, and then you STILL have to change difficulty again if you want to play the ones you've already unlocked. It doesn't sound like too big a problem though.

Anyways, here's Rock Bands song list so far:

Rolling Stones--Gimme Shelter
The Who--Won't Get Fooled Again
Mountain--Mississippi Queen
David Bowie--Suffragette City
Black Sabbath--Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult--Don't Fear the Reaper
The Ramones--Blitzkrieg Bop (YAY!)
Deep Purple--Highway Star
Rush--Tom Sawyer ( ;D)
Bon Jovi--Wanted Dead or Alive ( ;D ;D)
The Clash--Should I Stay or Should I Go?( ;D ;D ;D)
Faith No More--Epic
Foo Fighters--Learn to Fly
Metallica--Enter Sandman( ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Nirvana--In Bloom( ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Stone Temple Pilots--Vasoline(SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!)
Weezer--Say it Ain't So
Smashing Pumpkins--Cherub Rock
Radiohead--Creep
Beastie Boys--Sabotage
The Hives--Main Offender
Queens of the Stone Age--Go With the Flow
The Strokes--Reptilia
Jet--Are You Gonna Be My Girl
OK Go--Here it Goes Again( ;D)
Nine Inch Nails--The Hand That Feeds(YAY!

And that's it. Discuss.

hmm... that is a pretty dumb idea regarding to the difficulty thing, they should keep it the same way
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 15, 2007, 05:49:51 PM
Yeah, that's what I thought too, then I realized I could gloat over my sister having only the Easy difficulty songs while I have all of them :P
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Rev Rabies on September 15, 2007, 05:53:42 PM
that kinda is messed up though, what if gamefreak came over and wanted to play guitar hero 3, but i only have hard mode unlocked, he plays on expert so he would be screwed
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 15, 2007, 05:56:39 PM
No, you can play any level, just there are different encores on each level that can only be played on said level.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Fishalicious on September 16, 2007, 11:34:17 AM
Blue Oyster Cult--Don't Fear the Reaper
Rush--Tom Sawyer
Bon Jovi--Wanted Dead or Alive
Foo Fighters--Learn to Fly
Nirvana--In Bloom
Smashing Pumpkins--Cherub Rock
Radiohead--Creep
OK Go--Here it Goes Again
Nine Inch Nails--The Hand That Feeds

Okay, those songs alone make this game worth getting. Seriously.

I like the added split second window, too. I can strum, but...
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Rev Rabies on September 16, 2007, 11:53:17 AM
i guess all those songs make it worth it's game console like price
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 11:54:52 AM
It's not that expensive...Wireless guitar, and sweet looking one at that.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Rev Rabies on September 16, 2007, 11:58:23 AM
uhh... i mean rock band
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 12:51:47 PM
Oh. Well, if you want to get EVERY. SINGLE. INSTRUMENT. Then it will run you $200.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 16, 2007, 01:21:59 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on September 15, 2007, 08:38:20 AM
Blue Oyster Cult--Don't Fear the Reaper
There should be a cowbell periphial for that song, anybody ever see that SNL skit?
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 01:24:06 PM
Actually, they will have a cowbell, you slap the microphone or something like that.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 16, 2007, 01:29:46 PM
How can you sing while slapping the mike?
Also, I read some people who get good at the drums periphial can actuall play real drums fairly well.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 01:32:26 PM
Well, it's while you're not singing, to keep the beat, or you can still sing while you tap it.

Yeah, the drums are very realistic, which is great for me, since we can't afford a real set.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Gamefreak on September 16, 2007, 03:23:43 PM
Quote from: Thief on September 16, 2007, 01:21:59 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on September 15, 2007, 08:38:20 AM
Blue Oyster Cult--Don't Fear the Reaper
There should be a cowbell periphial for that song, anybody ever see that SNL skit?

MORE COWBELL!

Anyways, Rock Band will look like something I'll be getting for my 18th birthday.  That's going to put a dent in my overall budget for that day though.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 03:25:23 PM
My friend Lemming bought a 360 two weeks ago so he can get it, that's how I found Gears of War. I can't wait for Rock Band... You know what an awesome song for it would be? Ballroom Blitz, by Sweet. Not the crappy Krokus version on Guitar Hero 80's, but the original by Sweet, go look for it on YouTube.

EDIT: Here's a link. Sweet, no? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k)
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 16, 2007, 03:35:08 PM
My friend thinks he will get Guitar hero 80's game for the PS2, unti, he gets a PS3, then he says he'd rather get Guitar Hero 3 instead of Rock Band.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 03:46:29 PM
Why not get GH3 for the PS2?
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 16, 2007, 04:00:44 PM
I didn't know it was for PS2, oh well.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: DW on September 16, 2007, 07:22:30 PM
It's for the 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii.
Title: Re:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band update
Post by: Zoratunic on September 16, 2007, 08:01:25 PM
Sorry, I misunderstood my friend, he wants to get guitar here 3 on his Wii, which he has.