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| From: Activision Inc.
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $72.99
You Save: $27.00 (27%)
New (22) Used (11) from $64.11
Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 306
Format: Cd
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: musical_instrument_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Wireless bundle
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 28 x 11.7 x 2.7
MPN: 95121
Model: 95121
UPC: 047875951211
EAN: 0047875951211
ASIN: B000TG92YK
Release Date: October 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Is it just me? UPDATED October 29, 2007
RonnieD (Charlotte, NC)
12 out of 21 found this review helpful
Ok, first of all I can't beat one song on expert. I love GH2 on PS2 and I can rock five stars to most medium songs, and four to a few on every play.
I have never beat one of these games on hard. BUT I enjoy it immensely so I don't care what your 8 year old can do on expert.
As I said. I can rock through any song on medium. When Rock the 80's came out, I killed it on medium.
So I get GH3 on PS3. I was very excited. I was there Saturday at 12am to get it, drank a bunch of coffee and was ready to roll.
I start out and it seems MUCH harder, though the reviews say it is easier. That's fine though. I want challenges.
The guitar feels weird. but I can't seem to hit any notes right. I have calibrated and maybe i need to manually adjust it til it is right, but then in practice mode your calibration is disregarded. I mean just easy notes are all fudged for me. I feel helpless.I couldn't hit single notes and the strummer felt way too soft.
When I got to Lagrange by ZZ Top I failed in the first 25% 30 times on medium. Just regular strumming to successive notes. The thing is I regularly nail MUCH MUCH more difficult stuff. But then I beat the song, but I did it by muting the game. It was just weird.
I know I suck and you guys can rip on me because I can't beat it on expert and blah blah, but most of us can NOT beat expert. I think the medium songs have many more hammers and pulls which is fine, but I cannot seem to adapt.
Seems like Star Power turns on with too slight of movement too
I love the look of the game. I have a 61" HDTV so finally it looks spectacular, but the song list is not enjoyable like it was before, but that may change as I get better. The original series just seemed right, but maybe the change is the issue and it will pass, but currently I want to play Thunderhorse, Who Was In My Room, Monkey Wrench, and War Pigs.
It seemed to take forever to get to Maiden and Metallica.
Is it just me or is the timing in this game just not the same?
UPDATE: I SET THE CALIBRATION LAG MANUALLY TO 24MS AND NAILED IT. THE STRUM BAR IS STILL VERY SOFT AND IT IT EASILY BOUNCES BACK TO DOUBLESTRUM IN AN ANNOYING WAY. THE ONLINE MODE IS GREAT TOO!
Tenacious D... they're kidding, right? October 30, 2007
R. Smith (Urbana, IL USA)
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
So, overall the game is pretty awesome. Much harder than The last one, but what else do you expect? My only complaint is the songs.
On a game titled "Legends of Rock" I would expect classic LEGENDARY artists... not Tenacious D, AFI and lots of other UP AND COMING artists and people I have never even heard of... kinda disappointing. I am hoping for a game with GREAT artists and groups, like Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Van Halen, REAL Legends.
 GH3: how to ruin an indestructible franchise November 5, 2007
J. Lethal
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
First, the guitar is NOT compatible with any prior GH game. Indefensible problem #1. Second, like others I find it unresponsive compared to the original guitar. Third, in all prior GH games I could 5 star all but the top tier songs on expert. In GH3 hard mode is equal to expert in the previous games, and I won't even try expert, which I assume is unplayable. Instead of an immersive experience I'm furious while playing it over the blatant way the game is designed to be inaccessible even to experienced players. There's no feeling like you're playing the song when you can't hit any notes in succession. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are as hard now as the original, and since they make up massive sections of songs, those songs are worthless. Plus you can't play Sabotage w/out another player. Are they TRYING to turn us away? Avoid this and hope Rock Band gets it right.
 Guitar Compatibility Blues December 30, 2007
Jordan (Chicago, IL USA)
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
Your PlayStation 2 guitar will not work with this game, even with an adapter. Your Rock Band guitar will not work with this game. The guitar that comes with this game will not work with the PlayStation 2 or Xbox versions of Guitar Hero I, II, or III. The guitar that comes with this game will not work with any version of Rock Band. Basically, the guitar that comes with this game works only with this game, and this game only works with the guitar that comes with it. This is Activision's way of telling you that they hate you and want you to buy 2 guitar controllers for every single guitar game that you buy.
Aside from that bit of stupidity, the selection of songs included with this game is VASTLY INFERIOR to the ones included with the first two games, even if there are a lot fewer covers. The note charts also seem a lot less well-constructed; many of the songs are simply no fun to play. The new boss battles add nothing but annoyance and frustration -- two of them aren't even proper songs; just random noodling on the guitar by some washed-up has-been. Despite all of this, they didn't manage to completely destroy the game; if you have fun playing Guitar Hero or Guitar Hero II, you'll still have fun playing Guitar Hero III, just not quite as much fun. If you don't own the first two games, get one of those instead.
Great game but much harder October 31, 2007
J. Gilliland
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
First off let me just say that this is a great game. I was a little concerned when it switched from Harmonix to Neversoft, but they have stayed true to what guitar hero is all about. Mechanics of the game is the same and the game play is very fun as usual.
This however is not for the faint hearted. The song list is great (mostly original artists and not cover bands like the last 2 games) but they are very fast paced and particulary "shredders" where you feel your arm is about to fall off. I play on hard and expert. You shouldn't have any problems and if you are new to guitar hero I recommend on starting out easy/medium due to the difficultly level being anti-upped in guitar hero 3. "One" in particular is the song title by Metallica which is a very hard song to beat and this would be for those who have played guitar hero before and want a significant challenge.
What's interesting is that they have added what's called "battle mode" which instead of star power, you get battle power. So when you activate your "battle power" (same as activating star power) you are able to distract your opponent but cutting a string, flipping his guitar to lefty, making him hit the whammy bar, upping the difficult (hard to expert) and doubling the notes. This is a very fun addition and adds to the party game experience while adding challenge too.
As far as the guitar it's self, I had no problem hooking it (bluetooth and the PS3 version using a dongle). Just hit the button on the dongle then the PS button on the controller. The strum bar does not click as much and it is slightly longer than the previous models making strumming easier. The buttons and neck seem sturdier and les paul design is classic with inter-changable face plates. The guitar is significantly heavier (but not heavy where it hurts the neck) so you don't feel like you're going to break it while rocking out to the songs. Online play is great and I haven't had any problems so far with lag time/delays. I would highly recommend this to has played guitar hero before and to people who want to start playing (just start out on medium trust me).
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