In Short: I like Guitar Hero III better, and if you're still reading I'd like to tell you why.
First off, I do find Rock Band really fun, the drums are awsome and that feeling you get when you play a song with a group of people (friends or strangers) it's almost indescribable how it feels. My main issues with it are as follows:
1.) Songs: I don't care for most of the songs in Rock Band, there are a few good ones, but when I saw the tracklist for the first time I was pretty dissapointed and didn't find it appealing, where as i saw GHIII's tracklist and only disliked about 5 songs out of the 70 (or so) that are in the game. I'm a metal-head and while "Enter Sandman" a helluva good song it just isn't good enough for me to like the Rock Band more than I did before hand, where Guitar Hero III is a mostly metal based game. I realise many people are excited for the Downloadable albums, and yeah that's great, but I don't really care for any of the albums (announced) that will be available. But I understand that RB has a casual target audience, hence chosing popular songs rather than songs that would best fit the game.
2.) Difficulty: Again I know that RB is targeting casual audiences, but i just would've liked it to be at least a little harder. For me GHIII's difficulty is just right, yeah it takes practice and not everyone will be able to beat "Through The Fire and Flames," but i find RB just too damn easy. Okay, the drums are a challenge...but it's probably safe to say they only take some getting use to, and if you don't know the beat to a song you're pretty much screwed. However, i was able to play through most of the songs on drumson medium with no worries. I realise I'm not most people, and noI'm not trying to sound arrogant (sorry if i do,) but once you're able to play through expert on GHIII then it's not that hard to learn the new patterns on drums. On medium at least.
3.) Presentation: OK, so this one might not be that important as the others..but i still prefer the look of GHIII more than RB..even if the girls look like glorified (and dirty) strippers...I wouldn't touch any of them :P . But once again, I like metal, and I like most of the venues more..yeah, some are just cheesy though.
Now, to be fair I'll give you my problems with GHIII
Boss Fights: could've worked I guess..but execution sucked.
Strippers: I understand that they were trying to make everything look more metal..but the females in that game just look..bleh. I do like Cassy's "Mo' Leather" costums, but all of the other girls (Especially Judy) just look like strippers. I guess that works for most people, but not me.
Final Thoughts: I was really looking forward to RB and for a while was more excited about that game than GHIII, but in the end it all came down to the Tracklists, because what's the point of playing all of these instruments if you don't care for the song in the first place? I'm sure at some point I'll like RB more, when and/or if they add more metal to their arsenal. Since I'm fully aware that it's only a matter of time before GH turns into just another poor and shady music game..kinda like DDR.
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