Product Description

Game Only - Guitar Controller Required To Play

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock boss battles give fans a chance to compete against legendary guitarists such as Slash and Tom Morello. Players are required to deplete the boss` Rock Meter before the boss goes into their Death Drain solo, which always means `lights-out.` After defeating a boss, players unlock that guitarist as a playable character and continue to the encore for the set list, which is a master recording of one of their respective bands` most well-known tracks. for instance, When Morello is defeated, the next performance is "Bulls on Parade," during which Morello performs on stage alongside the player.

Guitar Hero 3 Features:

Slashs Original Boss Battle Recording
Welcome to The Jungle (by Guns N Roses)
One (by Metallica)
Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)
Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
The Metal (by Tenacious D)
My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
Even Flow (by Pearl Jam)
Lay Down (by Priestess)
Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
Miss Murder (by AFI)
Through Fire and Flames (by Dragonforce)
Number of the Beast (by Iron Maiden)
3`s and 7`s (by Queens of the Stone Age)
Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Raining Blood (by Slayer)
Reptillia (by The Strokes)
Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)
Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)
Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)
La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top)
Rock and Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
Schools Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by Scorpions)
Slow Ride (as made famous by Foghat)
Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1166 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-11-23
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.co.uk Review

The game that killed the air guitar is back with the first in the series not to be developed by Guitar Hero creators Harmonix (they’ve been bought by MTV to make Rock Band). With Tony Hawk’s developer Neversoft taking over the basics are nevertheless still the same as you use the series’ signature guitar shaped controller to play along to a greatest hits line-up of rock classics. The new wireless controllers for this version are based on a Gibson Les Paul (or a Kramer for the PS2 version) and even have customisable faceplates and a removable neck for easy storage.

The gameplay seems simple enough at first, as a cursor highlights which of the five fret buttons to press at one time. All you have to do then is press the right one and strum along on the flipper. Which of course sounds incredibly easy, until you’re trying to keep up with Rock you like a Hurricane as the virtual crowd bays for your blood.

New for this sequel is an extra multiplayer mode called Battle where you play against another player and try to put him off with special attacks like breaking their strings or overloading their amp. Naturally the graphics are all new, including new characters (plus Slash as an end of level boss) and venues but the most important feature is simply the soundtrack. Over 70 songs are featured, half of them originals, with everyone from Queens of the Stone Age to Smashing Pumpkins to Metallica and Slayer. In short: the game rocks.

Manufacturer's Description

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock continues to build on Guitar Hero's successful easy to play, but difficult to master gameplay mechanic to take the franchise to a whole new level. With master tracks from legendary bands like Sex Pistols, Guns N Roses, Rolling Stones, Metallica, and Pearl Jam, along with original music composed specifically for the game by iconic guitarists Slash and Tom Morello, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock sports the greatest soundtrack to ever find its way into a videogame. Vastly improved graphics immerse gamers into their rock arenas and heighten their visual experience while the new wireless Gibson guitar controllers allow the players to channel their inner guitar gods. The arcade-inspired battle mode, expanded co-op career and boss battles add depth and extend gameplay for countless hours of shred time.

Track Listing:

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Living Colour - Cult of Personality

Muse - Knights of Cydonia

Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock

Tenacious D - The Metal

Weezer - My Name Is Jonas

Pearl Jam - Evenflow

Priestess - Lay Down

Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

Dragonforce - Through The Fire And The Flames

Iron Maiden - Number of The Beast

RHCP - Suck My Kiss

AFI - Miss Murder

Queens of the Stone Age - Threes and Sevens

Slayer - Raining Blood

The Strokes - Reptilla

Backyard Babies - Minus Celcius

Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex

Gallows - In The Belly Of A Shark

Hellacopters - In The Band

Heroes Del Silencio - Avalancha

In Flames - Take This Life

Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

Lacuna Coil - Closer

Revolverhead - Generation Rock

Naast - Mauvais Garcon

Superbus - Radio Song

Matchbook Romance - Monsters

Slipknot - Before I Forget

Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade

Brett Michaels Band - Go That Far

An Endless Sporadic - Impulse

Dope - Nothing For Me Here

The Fall of Troy - F.C.P R.E.M.I.X

Killswitch Engage - My Curse

Lions - Metal Heavy Lady

Prototype - The Way It Ends

Rise Against - Prayer of The Refugee

Scouts of St. Sebastian - In Love

Senses Fail - Can't Be Saved

The Sleeping - Don't Hold Back

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Disturbed - Stricken

The Killers - When You Were Young

Customer Reviews

Still a good game but different
As the title suggests I find that GH3 is still really fun compared to GH2 but it has a completely different feel to it. This I beleive is due to the fact that the game was made by different people thois time around but they still done a good job.

Plus Sides include:-
-Higher difficulty (only good if you started to find GH2 a bit easy)
-Cleaner graphics
-More popular songs

Down sides include:-
-Graphics still aint that great
-More of the previously unknown songs are pishy
-Different feel from older versions
-Coop mode is pointless

Still love the game though

Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black...
Now under new owners the re-vamped Guitar hero see's the franchise reach new heights & doubtless more new fans with this latest release. The graphics are way slicker than before with the axe wielders looking more fluid & realistic. So too the sense of realism is increased as real life legends take to the stage to challenge you as bosses! Also the,(usually very good), cover versions of the originals that were used on the previous 2 Guitar heroes have been replaced on no.3 by about 50% of the tracks being the real thing. There's on stage battle action to be had too as you & your opponent try & out-riff each other in order to inflict,(often terminal), damage like broken strings or the song path being reversed.
The basics remain the same with the main item,the guitar itself, being the main attraction. If you've just returned from a trip to Mars & don't know how the game works,you use a guitar with 5 coloured gaming buttons that represent your strings on the neck. Onscreen as the song progresses you have to follow a songsheet like path and hit each button in time with the buttons shown on-screen. If the on-screen button shows a line after it then you hold the corresponding coloured button down on your guitar to sustain the note. While doing this you have to 'strum' a toggle on the body of the guitar as you would use a plectrum on the real thing. The music plays in time with you,miss a note & it all goes quiet, hit a wrong-un and a bum note sounds. Mess it up too often & the crowd bays for blood. You get points,there are various difficulty settings & new items can be 'bought' as you progress.
If you haven't played before then this 3rd installment is no bad place to start, although it takes a while to get the hang of, this is a very polished & playable game.
If however you have played & loved Guitar hero before then there is a chance you may be a little disappointed with it's 3rd outing. The first 2 had charm, they didn't try & make it all seem real on-screen. The characters looked a bit ropey & the tunes were cover versions, but there was a simplicity to it that really worked & most importantly, the 1 thing that really mattered, the realism of the actual playing, was spot on. Here that is the one area that doesn't feel improved. Somehow you don't feel as involved & the guitar playing itself seems detached & much more like using a giant joypad than an actual guitar as before.
The whole 'cash-in' feeling is not helped by the frankly ridiculous number of guitars you are offered to shell out on including wireless & some shiny polished looking thing. No doubt there is fun to be had here & the would be crowd of riff monsters & air guitarists out there will enjoy it no end, but if you have been with this franchise since it began you're going to feel more like just another face in the corporate crowd of thousands way back from the stage at some stadium gig than with your head in a bass bin in the mosh pit at the edge of the stage. Heavy rings on fingers wave, another star denies the grave...

Wanna be a Guitar Hero?
Great addition to the series. Feeling so relieved to finally get some new tunes to play through!

Pros:
* Lots of new songs.
* Many songs use original vocals, rather than covers
* Career Mode has animated cut scenes
* Character designs are a big improvement
* More guitars, characters and costume style available
* Note count pops up on screen DDR style
* A few new play modes

Cons:
* Career mode coulda done so much more with the animated cut scenes!
* Nailing a Star Power Phrase sound effect doesn't sound as cool
* Using whammy on notes doesn't look as responsive
* Saving and loading takes a little longer
* Interface (i.e. rock meter) looks a little cleaner, but the designers still coulda done way more to make it more user friendly

Neutral:
* Many of the songs consist of 3-4 note per second chord strumming, with less note variety in songs than the previous two games
* Notes slightly outta sync (can be corrected with video lag) compared to previous 3 games