Guitar Hero is just one of the best musical games out there today, and will rock on till the next Guitar Hero comes out.
+ Tight Controls
+ Awesome Soundtrack
+ Online
The Bad:
- Graphics
The Ugly:
-- Achievements...
Guitar Hero III is the third installment of the series, and does a good job of living to the hype of what you wouldn't have expect from it. With hardly nothing really new with the series, this seems to be more of a huge update than a different game. Regardless, this doesn't mean its a bad thing since the Guitar Hero franchise basically outbeaten Dance Dance Revolution. What good about the Guitar Hero franchise is that the developers and publishers of this do not slam its fans with billions of game like DDR. The third installment is different, and made it more eye apealing to the audience.
What really gets the game going is it's music and many types of styles. You got the typical metal of the series got going since the first Guitar Hero to the raging fast music from Dragon Force. This installment has it all, from 60's to present. What makes this good is that you may never get old of just play all the songs. With 72 and more songs available, you can also go on Xbox Live Gold and purchase more songs. The concert eviroments' do make sound that will have the crowd go wild to them wanting to kill you for your horrible guitar solo. Standard, and do have a nice touch to the gameplay.
Guitar Hero does have a wide range for the difficulty. You basically play the game like a guitar, but with colored buttons and a plastic strut, pending on your guitar. There is five colored buttons and you have to match the colors on screen by holding it down and press down or up on the strut to hit the note. Easy concept, but can be mind bending later down the road. The difficulty can range down to the easiest game you played to insanity. I have to admit, I didn't beat the game on Hard yet, but almost done with the Live at Japan part. An odd addition they added to the formula is the Guitar Boss Battles. When you beat a section of the Career mode, you must beat a boss, three bosses, and it can be a pain. At first, on medium, it was very easy, but on Hard and Expert difficulties, it just depends. I can do Hard and some Expert, but it wil take a high learning curve to master the gameplay.
The color effects of Guitar Hero are really just average on the Xbox 360. The graphics could have been better, but it really doesn't matter since your eyes are mostly fixed on a rolling carpet of notes. It does look eye apealing, but the graphics look like it was pulled out of a Wii game, no offense. Character models do look fantastic, but will not win any rewards. Since the developers worked with Havoc to create physics in the hair and whatsoever, it does add a little realism to the game.
So at the end, Guitar Hero III is well worth, whatever it cost with the guitar, is worth your money. Guitar Hero is just one of the best musical games out there today, and will rock on till the next Guitar Hero comes out.