A beginner review, hard, but isn't that half the fun?

User Rating: 9.5 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock WII
I would be what one might call a beginner at Guitar Hero. My wife and I played Guitar Hero 2 (I think) at a friends house and she immediately looked at me and said we need to get this game. We bought it on release day and absolutely love it. We both have careers and she plays every night that I play.

Graphics: I have to be honest, it took me a while to even pay attention to what the graphics look like. You are staring at the middle of the screen when you play, I know Slash looks like Slash and Morello looks like Morello, It is the Wii so I didn't expect them to be phenomenal, but they are pretty good.

Gameplay: Easy to pick up and play, hard enough to take time to master. It is a very simple game to play, with no real learning curve. That being said, it is difficult enough to keep you playing.

Sound: I love the soundtrack, they have songs that stick in your head. Most of the songs I know, with a few of the exceptions, from the 42 or so that you have to play, I recognize about 35 of them. They are really fun songs. Anyone can complain about not having this or that, but be serious. Difficulty: Like I said before, I am a true beginner. I started my career on easy and laughed at it about 10 songs into it, and went to medium. It was more challenging, but I finished in about 4 days. I did play a fair amount on Saturday, but not excessive. I would not consider myself a good guitar hero either. I went to hard and have made it though about 10 songs, while beating Morello. Hard is hard, but if I can get though songs, it is about the level it should be. Through Fire and Flames??? that might be a joke by the game company, man! Difficulty is spot on. The names are accurate.

Online play: Doesn't this add so much to replay value. You can always find a match, it is awesome. I have not had too much trouble with it, only played maybe 20 matches online, but it works pretty seamless.

I give it a 9.5