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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 20:11 (295 Views) | |
| whoozwah | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 20:11 Post #1 |
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 Platforms: PC, PS3, PS2, 360, Wii This is the review for the Wii version. Well. I'm gonna start off by saying I'm a big Guitar Hero fan. I've got all the previous releases for PS2. I play them all and I love them all...on PS2. I decided to get GH3 for Wii this time around though. There are a few reasons why the Wii is my platform of choice this time around for Guitar Hero. 1. The Wiimote acts as the tilt sensor. 2. The Wiimote speaker plays all the error noises 3. The Wiimote rumbles when you get star power. 4. The Wii features online play. 5. Easier lag calibration routine The first reason was the main selling point for the Wii version as opposed to the PS2 version. As some of you may or may not have experienced in the past, the tilt sensor in the red octane SG controller tends to fail over time, making it nigh impossible to activate star power outside of using the select button. This quabble has been squashed by utilizing the wiimote as the tilt sensor. The second two reasons are really more niceties than selling points but niceties they are and I won't neglect to mention them. The final reason, online play is something that I've never really been into. I see online play in a rhythm as being hit or miss. Lag must NEVER be an issue and from what I've seen so far, it isn't. The matches play as if there was another person in the room with me. That's a big plus. The final compliment I have for the game is the inclusion of the option to put in a manual lag offset in the calibration menu. Previous games would have you strum when the targets were lined up. That is present here as well but now you can go back and tweak that initial configuration down to the millisecond to get the lag spot on with whatever setup you happen to be playing on. Good stuff. The cons to this game are as follows: 1. Approximately half the songs in the game are junk. 2. Disgusting corporate advertisements 3. Strum bar sensitivity 4. Boss battles...really? The main beef I have with this game is that there is just too many crappy songs in it. I would estimate at least half the songs (including bonus songs) are utter garbage. Granted there are some great tunes in there like "Impulse" by An Endless Sporadic and "Evenflow" by Pearl Jam but do you mean to tell me that I unlocked 20 emo/punk tunes that I'll only play once? The game's next flaw is one that is more of an ominous foreshadowing as we now are hit with AXE and Pontiac advertisements at our every turn. I know I'm not the only one who will not be playing on the "Making the video" stage nor will I be buying the AXE body spray guitar out of sheer principle. The sad part is, I know that the money gained from putting those ads in the game went to buying the rights to that boring Metallica tune. I don't even like that song so why should I have to look at the ads that paid for its presence in the game? The third flaw is present across all versions of the game and that is the strum bar sensitivity. I have played all previous iterations of Guitar Hero with a pick. I play guitar and that's what feels normal to me. Imagine my surprise when I get home with the game and fail "Talk Dirty to Me" multiple times. I spent nearly 45 minutes adjusting the lag settings thinking that there was something amiss there. Then I played it without a pick. Viola! I passed it. Apparently the sensitivity of the strum bar has been programmed in such a way that it registers as another strum when the pick slides off the end of it, creating a short upward movement. This put me at a severe handicap as I CANNOT play guitar hero without a pick. BOGUS TO THE NTH DEGREE!! My final complaint with Guitar Hero 3 is the inclusion of boss battles. They're not fun. They're not cool. They're not innovative. They're luck-based and I'm glad there's only 3 of them in the game. I will not be playing battle mode either. Score: 7.5/10 |
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| Foxhound_Fox | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 22:35 Post #2 |
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All I'm going to say is: 1) I'm somewhat of a music game elitist. 2) Guitar Hero III sucks dick. 3) Through the Fire and Flames sucks massive amounts of dick. 4) Rock Band is the wave of the future for North American music games, Guitar Hero will only continue to suck dick from now on. |
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| famicommander | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 22:36 Post #3 |
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Fuck Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Samba de Amigo for the win. I own Guitar Hero II and enjoy it, but I have no idea what would possess anyone to pay damn near 100 dollars for what is essentially the same game released every year with a new coat of paint. |
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| Foxhound_Fox | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 22:46 Post #4 |
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I'm personally more looking forward to getting a PS2 swap disc and a Beatmania IIDX controller than I am getting Rock Band 2. |
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| whoozwah | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 23:02 Post #5 |
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I'm not as much a music elitist as you are apparently. I have fun playing the game. I can play the guitar so I feel I'm exonerated from any "why don't you just learn to play guitar" statements. I'll continue to get the games as long as the setlists are good and the game plays the same way. I won't get the guitar every time however. Not needed to buy the guitar with every game. |
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| Foxhound_Fox | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 23:21 Post #6 |
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Oh, the game can be enjoyable but there are far more, better music games out there. Beatmania IIDX, Guitarfreaks, Keyboardmania, Drummania, DDR, Taiko no Tatsujin, DJ MAX... |
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| whoozwah | Tuesday, 23. September 2008, 23:22 Post #7 |
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only played DDR. didn't like it at all. |
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Sunday, 28. September 2008, 08:56 Post #8 |
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QFT. About time someone else said this. I'd play Parrapa The Rapper, Space Channel 5, Um Jammy Lammy and Samba De Amigo over both Rock Band and Guitar Hero any day. |
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| Deadlypixels | Wednesday, 22. October 2008, 21:31 Post #9 |
Fuck with me. Do it.
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Elite Beat Agents beats out any rhythm game I've ever played. |
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| jalexbrown | Thursday, 23. October 2008, 08:45 Post #10 |
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I must be the only person here who doesn't like rhythm games at all. Perhaps, though, that's because I have absolutely no rhythm. That might be the deciding factor for me. |
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| Deadlypixels | Thursday, 23. October 2008, 08:57 Post #11 |
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Fuck with me. Do it.
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Haha, yeah I'm bad at platformers because I have no depth perception, which caused me to die numerous times while playing Super Mario Galaxy. (Which reminds me I might want to review it soon.) |
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Thursday, 23. October 2008, 10:14 Post #12 |
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Bastard Klingons!
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I prefer Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan J-Pop FTW 
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| Foxhound_Fox | Sunday, 26. October 2008, 15:30 Post #13 |
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@Jalex: You don't need rhythm to play Guitar Hero. |
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| whoozwah | Monday, 27. October 2008, 00:13 Post #14 |
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You may not need it if you're good at sight reading the note charts but it most definitely helps if you do. Then you can feel the song out rather than focusing so much on when to strum. I don't care what you guys think. I like Guitar Hero. I have a lot of fun playing it. I actually picked up Guitar Hero 4 today and am about done with the expert career on guitar. I only have a few more songs left to unlock. |
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| Deadlypixels | Monday, 27. October 2008, 03:12 Post #15 |
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Guitar Hero is awesome. |
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| Zar Mulix | Monday, 27. October 2008, 13:24 Post #16 |
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I remember trying to play Through the Fire and Flames at my cousin's house and screwing up the fast sections because I was instinctively trying to sweep it and the strum bar wasn't registering right. I don't know, but that game frustrates me when I know I can play the actual song and I mess up for the dumbest technicality. I know alot of people enjoy games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, but I see it as DDR with a different peripheral for input. I hate DDR with a passion... |
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| moldonhold | Monday, 27. October 2008, 13:33 Post #17 |
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| Zar Mulix | Monday, 27. October 2008, 13:35 Post #18 |
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Um...Hooray for hollow comebacks? 
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| moldonhold | Monday, 27. October 2008, 13:36 Post #19 |
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Hollow? The fuck you talking about. I was thinking about that one all night. |
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| Zar Mulix | Monday, 27. October 2008, 13:46 Post #20 |
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Good job Mold. You never fail to impress me 
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