I found out that using an old guitar (from GH II) and a new one (from GH III) will work seamlessly so that is the option I will be going for, it's going to be nice to have a wireless guitar for my solo play but have the back-up wired one for one a friend comes over to strum a few songs. Now that the new badass guitar controller is all talked about let's move onto the software. Legends of Rock includes an amazing track list of songs, some announced, others still kept secrets. There are some instant classics in there as well as some more obscure stuff that ended up being really fun to rock out to. The core gameplay of Guitar Hero II is still intact, I am a big believer of the theory, if something isn't broken don't fix it, and GH II was definitely not broken. I got some time to rock out to one of my favorite classics, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", I couldn't help but smile the entire time. Even though Legends of Rock is very similar to Guitar Hero II something about it just feels completely new and unique.
Guitar Explanation VideoThe career mode still consists of traveling the country playing five different songs in a new more authentic venue each time, with beating all five songs causing you to move you on to the next stage and five new songs. New to the series is the addition of "boss battles" that consist of going head-to-head with a computer controlled guitarist in one really hard solo. I personally tried one of these boss battles on hard mode and he kicked my ass, over and over again. During the battle you fight back and fourth to build up your "rock meter" and at some points during the song your opponent will cause you to strum away at the whammy bar, just to stay afloat. This new component of the game will add some much needed variety to the career mode and will surely excite gamers once they see who (and to what song) they will be battling off against.
The Guitars ThemselvesTrack List for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock:
- Miss Murder (by AFI)
- Minus Celsius (by Backyard Babies)
- Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
- Hier Kommt Alex (by Die Toten Hosen)
- Through Fire and Flames (by Dragonforce)
- In the Belly of a Shark (by Gallows)
- Welcome to The Jungle (by Guns N' Roses)
- Avalancha (by Heroes Del Silencio)
- Take This Life (by In Flames)
- Number of the Beast (by Iron Maiden)
- Ruby (by Kaiser Chiefs)
- Closer (by Lacuna Coil)
- Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
- One (by Metallica)
- Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
- Mauvais Garcon (by NAAST)
- Even Flow (by Pearl Jam)
- Lay Down (by Priestess)
- Bulls on Parade (by Rage Against The Machine)
- 3's and 7's (by Queens of the Stone Age)
- Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Generation Rock (by Revolverheld)
- Raining Blood (by Slayer)
- Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
- Radio Song (by Superbus)
- The Metal (by Tenacious D)
- I'm in the Band (by The Hellacopters)
- Anarchy in the U.K. (by The Sex Pistols)
- Reptillia (by The Strokes)
- Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)
- My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
- Slash's Original Boss Battle Recording
- Tom Morello's Original Boss Battle Recording
- School's Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
- Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)
- Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)
- Slow Ride (as made famous by Foghat)
- Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)
- Rock and Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
- Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)
- Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by Scorpions)
- La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top
- Same Old Song and Dance (by Aerosmith)
- Helicopter (by Bloc Party)
- Stricken (by Disturbed)
- Monsters (by Matchbook Romance)
- Before I Forget (by Slipknot)
- Kool Thing (by Sonic Youth)
- When You Were Young (by The Killers)
- Devil Went Down to Georgia (as made famous by Charlie Daniels Band)
- Sunshine of Your Love (as made famous by Cream)
- Holiday in Cambodia (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
- Cliffs of Dover (as made famous by Eric Johnson)
- Hit Me with Your Best Shot (as made famous by Pat Benetar)
- Black Magic Woman (as made famous by Santana)
- Story of My Life (as made famous by Social Distortion)
- Pride and Joy (as made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughn)
- The Seeker (as made famous by The Who)
- Black Sunshine (as made famous by White Zombie)
