Still, having missed the previous GH outings and wanting something silly enough for the Wii, GH3 will probably be good enough. Yes, despite the shocking Anarchy in the UK reimagineing...

Well this is my favorite Guitar Hero just because of the soundtrack. Pumpkins, Rage, Slipknot, Muse, Rise Against, Pearl Jam there just isn't much more I could ask for and all the music is performed by the bands themselves (the cover of Rage in Guitar Hero 2 sucked)

I wish the online play was better though, they really ruined the online co-op feature.

the game is CRASS.
sexist and riddled with advertisement. the soundtrack is full of obvious hits with boring charts rather than the less popular songs with better gameplay that populated the first 2 games. and in the end, neversoft just dosent have the kind of experience harmonix had in the science/art of placing notes on a chart in a way that makes them fun to play. and it shows.

also, the much hyped new boss battles are about the least fun ive had playing a videogame this year. they are diametrically opposed to what made the GH franchise so enjoyable so far. they gameyfied the fuck out it, completely ruining it. powerups? attacks? the whole thing is impossible to play right. you cant beat the guy without at least having him fuck up his half of the song. plus its hard as fuck and completely and unnecessarily halts the game progression.

its a trainwreck of a game.
its garbage.

as far as im concerned, the series just got raped, murdered and rolled up in a rug.

guitar hero is dead, long live rock band.

oh, also, the new guitar ships broken half the time and is an unergonomic piece of crap all the time.

i spit on you, guitar hero 3.

Just don't buy the PS2 version right now, as it's the only one that won't ever get the unforgivable bugs (lag and disappearing notes during star power, missing co-op quickplay, background animation glitches) patched out.

Seriously, how did this make it out of QA?

PS2 is NOT the only one. When I activate star power with Javier on a busy song, I get SLOW DOWN. On the 360. In a music/timing game. That is clearly not a good thing.

I noticed slowdown with the Grim Ripper on the 360 version and star power, so stopped using him. Silly.

I felt like they made it too much of a Game with an uppercase G. I guess that's obvious since I typed it, but.....

Competitive co-op is ok, but the 'attacking' and having bosses just seems like parasly artifice.

You look at the leaps between GH1 and GH2 and it really does feel like Rock Band is the real GH3 in more than developer. Full disclosure, I work for Viacom who own's mtv who own's rock band, bla bla, but seriously, bosses?

@obo:
fish wasn't saying the PS2 version was the only version with those problems, they were saying that those problems will probably be fixed by patches on the next-gen versions.

Personally, I'm enjoying GHIII, despite being a huge Harmonix fan (Amplitude, anyone?). Yes, I will probably enjoy Rock Band a good deal more, but GHIII does have a bunch of songs I've been wanting to see in a GH since the beginning (Paint It Black, Barracuda) and I think it plays well enough to warrant some playtime.

Also, I realize this is extremely subjective, but I prefer having a larger selection of "known" songs/radio hits, whatever you want to call them. GH2, for instance, had plenty of bands I knew, but I wasn't familiar with the songs they chose in many cases, and I wasn't able to get into it as much. Maybe that makes me ignorant about music, but so be it. I'd rather play songs I've actually heard of.

I also think GHIII should be given credit for having the highest-quality covers (not every one, mind you, but on average) of the series. Seriously, just listen to "Barracuda" in GHIII, then go back and listen to "Crazy On You" in GH2. There's no contest.