Are you a Legend of Rock?
Gameplay, the wireless Guitar (if you got the wireless pack) is nice but due to the lack of Plug and play capability I just don’t use unless some one wants to play co-op. The game’s user interface changed from the tried tested and true interface of 1 and 2 with more interactive and lightshow one, that shows your current note streak, your star power is in a form of 3 then 6 light bulbs, and a slight change in the notes (their still circles just a slight change) and yes they still move down the neck of the guitar, I have on very few occasions had trouble with frame rate while using star power on a solo part where the camera changed then changed again to the star power animation. New features such as bosses (Tom, Slash, and Lou) are a lot of fun and battle mode is very fun vs friends. As for a major treat there is online play. Also the addition of animated cut sceens add a story direction and a feeling of progression and why your moving along. The developers did great improvements where they could. Graphics well my friend with one and 2 felt why get the game for graphics it’s a rhythm game, and well he was right till 3, the character models for every one has greatly improved, in 2 the drummer at times looked bad, the singer’s mouth only moved on close ups and overall every one but the character looked bad, now everything looks good (yes even the crowd) The stages are still set up the same with the same sort of transitions but when a encore comes there are added effects (more than just a change in lights) on the first stage cops and helicopters show up and so forth on the British level the dragon gets beheaded, in the final stage the giant devil breaks down and lou shows up. As for that its not ground breaking but it’s a major improvement from 2.
Sound is great I still am having a trouble telling is some songs are a cover or the real thing (the into text is not specific like in 2 on telling me “as made famous by” or “as performed by”) but it does tell you a bit more about the song such as date. The song list is great and I feel is the best, offers songs for every one ranging from the 80’s – 2007. Every thing sounds great.
Value is great this game if you get into it does not get old fast like a lot of console FPS and it offers a great range of difficulty from the slow 3 button pace of easy to the finger breaking seizure inducing pace of expert with 5 button. Now with online co-op and face off modes its must have.
My only con for this game is the achievements, they are not easy or ranged like in 2, they are meant for the expert level GH player who is good (and even then some are gunna be insane to get) there is hardly anything for beginners or people who are new to GH or people who have mastered normal and are good at hard like me (expert is a challenge for me).