Just not fun anymore
The graphics on the 360 version aren't that great. The only thing that makes them look okay is the lighting on the characters. Also the thing that sets in apart is the lightning and stuff that comes out when you use star power. I was dissappointed that the drummer was really stiff though. Thought he would be more lively since it was next gen. The game feels more alive on the xbox but kinda feels dead and without a soul.
The graphics aren't horrible on the ps2. They are like a little more watered down versions of the next gen's graphics. I was actually impressed the drummer actually played along with the songs, even if it was robot like. For the most part it was dead though. I could say that about the whole ps2 experience.
I actually did not like the game play. I did not like how they changed it. They increased the window for hitting notes and Every time I hit the strum bar it counted for 2 hits. The reason why is becuase of the way I play the controller. I act like I am holding a pick in my fingers. I didn't have as much of a problem with this when playing with the les paul controller or kramer controller but it still happened. It didn't happen at all on the demo. But i didn't get the new controller becuase I had the sg controllers from the first 2 games. I got so P*$sed off becuase it was doing that and then soon found a fix for it. But that still didn't feel right. I had problems with the xbox xplorer controllers.
The battle mode is not all that great, it was a cool idea though. They should have made to it were you play a kinda jam song instead of a real song. I think that would have been cool becuase think about it. In real life if you are doing a guitar battle you are going to be pulling out all the stops to show up the other player. The first two boss battles were kinda cool becuase they weren't real songs.
The thing I loved about the guitar hero games was that it was somewhat realistic and didn't make me play by hold the strum bar with my fingers or play by moving my thumb down. It let me play it comforably. GH3 tried to make me play by holding the damn strum bar. I always thought of the strum bar as the strings and that holding it and playing didn't feel right and didn't feel like i was playing a guitar. Considering the strum bar is a pick is just crap too becuase a pick is not that big. I don't know overall it just doesn't feel all that realistic.
Lastly the overall song charts or not that fun. they focused too much on making it hard as hell. I mean I love a challenge but come on. It wasn't even that fun. The other games all had their challenging songs but at least they were fun. That dragonforce song is fun just becuase you can't beat it or get past the first part. But it wears off after a while.
I would recommend the xbox version