Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (game only)

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Reviewed by junky12345 on August 01, 2008  |  report this review

When the first Guitar Hero came out, I have to admit I was bit skeptical of how the game would feel. I hated the notion that a video game was taking something that took me a while to learn and making it look easy. Thankfully, I was quickly relinquished of this inaccurate belief, and I, much like the rest of the world, succumbed to the power of Guitar Hero. So much that when the second installment came out, I raced to the store at the midnight release of the game, and dominated the track lists of the second installment not once but twice, the PS2 version and the Xbox 360 version. Even though the wait has not been that long, I felt myself itching for newer, greater songs to shred. Well, the wait is finally over for the world, and rock is stronger than ever.
First things first, Guitar Hero 3 marks the first true offering of the series on a next gen console. Now, before anyone tries to claim that the inception of Guitar Hero 2 on the Xbox 360 was the first, I'd say they were sort of right. Despite the graphic update from the PS2 version of the game, there was really nothing that made it fresh or new. That has all changed now. The characters look fully realized and sleek. The bands are more animated, and most look like they really are a part of a musical number instead of just going through the motions. The fan favorite guitarists including - Judy Nails, Jonny Napalm, Axel Steel, Casey Lynch, Xavier Stone, Izzy Sparks, and a few others, now more than ever appear to play the chords in unison with the song, as opposed to the air guitar motions of the first two installments.