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Developed by: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision/Red Octane, Aspyr (PC and Mac only)
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, and Mac
Official Site: www.guitarherogame.com
http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/85 (PC and Mac version only.)
Community Site (Score tracking and such): http://guitarhero.com/
Release Dates:
North America - October 28th, 2007 (Console Versions), November 13th, 2007 (PC and Mac])
Australia November 7th, 2007
Europe November 23rd, 2007
NOTE: US PS3 version is region free if you're playing in high def. US 360 version region free.
Price:
Xbox 360 and PS3 Bundles: US$99.99, CDN$109.99, AUS$169.95, £69.99
PS2 and Wii Bundles: US and CDN$89.99, AUS$159.95, £59.98
PC/Mac Bundle: US$79.99, CDN$89.99, £49.99
PS2 (Game Only): US$49.99, CDN$59.99, AUS$69.95, £39.99
Xbox 360 (Game Only): US$59.99, CDN$64.99, AUS$89.95, £49.99
PC/Mac Requirements:
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Operating System: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
* CPU Processor: Intel Pentium D (Dual Core) 2.8GHZ or AMD Athlon 64 3500+
* Memory: XP - 1 GB RAM, Vista 2GB RAM
* Hard Disk Space: 5.1 GB + 1GB Swap File
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon X800
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 7600
* Media Required: 4X DVD-ROM drive
* Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard with latest drivers
* Guitar Hero 3 Official PC Guitar Controller
This product does not support Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP x64/Vista x64.
MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS:
* Internet(TCP/IP) play supported
* Internet play requires a broadband connection
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHZ or AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400+
* 256 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2600
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800 GT
* 2 GB RAM
Notice: Some Mobile and Desktop 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Guitar Hero 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.
Notice: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.
SUPPORTED DESKTOP CHIPSETS:
ATI RADEON X800
ATI RADEON X1600
ATI RADEON X1800
ATI RADEON X1900
ATI RADEON X1950
ATI RADEON HD 2400
ATI RADEON HD 2600
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
Notice: The Nvidia Geforce 8400 and 8500 cards have known issues on Vista machines with AMD CPUs.
SUPPORTED MOBILE CHIPSETS:
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7600 (XP Only)
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7800
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7900
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8400
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8600
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8700
Guitars:
IGN says: The guitars for Guitar Hero III DO work with Rock Band.
PS3 USB Dongle:
Box Art:
Bundles:
PS3 Game and Guitar Bundle:
Xbox 360 Game and Guitar Bundle:
Wii Game and Guitar Bundle:
PS2 Game and Guitar Bundle:
PC Game and Guitar Bundle:
Track List:
Bold denotes master tracks.
1. Starting Out Small
"Slow Ride" Foghat
"Talk Dirty to Me" Poison
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar
"Story of My Life" Social Distortion
"Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss (Encore)
"Sabotage" Beastie Boys (Co-op Encore)
2. Your First Real Gig
"Mississippi Queen" Mountain
"School's Out" Alice Cooper
"Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
"Barracuda" Heart
Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello
"Bulls on Parade" Rage Against the Machine (Encore)
"Reptilia" The Strokes (Co-op Encore)
3. Making The Video
"When You Were Young" The Killers
"Miss Murder" AFI
"The Seeker" The Who
"Lay Down" Priestess
"Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones (Encore)
"Suck My Kiss" Red Hot Chili Peppers(Co-op Encore)
4. European Invasion
"Paranoid" Black Sabbath
"Anarchy in the U.K." Sex Pistols
"Kool Thing" Sonic Youth
"My Name Is Jonas" Weezer
"Even Flow" Pearl Jam(Encore)
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" Blue Öyster Cult (Co-op Encore)
5. Bighouse Blues
"Holiday in Cambodia" Dead Kennedys
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" Scorpions
"Same Old Song and Dance" Aerosmith
"La Grange" ZZ Top
Guitar Battle vs. Slash
"Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses (Encore)
"Helicopter" Bloc Party(Co-op Encore)
6. The Hottest Band On Earth
"Black Magic Woman" Santana
"Cherub Rock" The Smashing Pumpkins
"Black Sunshine" White Zombie
"The Metal" Tenacious D
"Pride and Joy" Stevie Ray Vaughan[(Encore)
"Monsters" Matchbook Romance (Co-op Encore)
7. Live In Japan
"Before I Forget" Slipknot
"Stricken" Disturbed
"3's & 7's" Queens of the Stone Age
"Knights of Cydonia" Muse
"Cult of Personality" Living Colour (Encore)
8. Battle For Your Soul
"Raining Blood" Slayer
"Cliffs of Dover" Eric Johnson
"The Number of the Beast" Iron Maiden
"One" Metallica
Guitar Battle vs. Lou
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Charlie Daniels Band (Steve Ouimette rendition) (Encore)
Bonus Tracks
"Avalancha" Héroes del Silencio
"Can't Be Saved" Senses Fail
"Closer" Lacuna Coil
"Don't Hold Back" The Sleeping
"Down n' Dirty" LA Slum Lords
"F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." The Fall of Troy
"Generation Rock" Revolverheld
"Go That Far" - Bret Michaels Band
"Hier Kommt Alex" Die Toten Hosen
"I'm in the Band" The Hellacopters
"Impulse" An Endless Sporadic
"In Love" Scouts of St. Sebastian
"In the Belly of a Shark" Gallows
"Mauvais Garçon" Naast
"Metal Heavy Lady" Lions
"Minus Celsius" Backyard Babies
"My Curse" Killswitch Engage
"Nothing for Me Here" Dope
"Prayer of the Refugee" Rise Against
"Radio Song" Superbus
"Ruby" Kaiser Chiefs
"She Bangs the Drums" The Stone Roses
"Take This Life" In Flames
"The Way It Ends" Prototype
"Through the Fire and Flames" DragonForce
Battle Mode:
(Taken from Wikipedia)
The mode puts a twist on the Pro Face-off mode introduced in Guitar Hero II. Two players will face each other, trying to complete a song while successfully playing Star Power sequences to earn attacks that can be used against their opponents. Players will be able to store three attacks at a time and can activate them by tilting their guitars upward. If neither player fails the song, they will face each other in a sudden death segment.
The attacks will include:
* Broken string: One fret button on the opponent's guitar will not work until it is fixed (by rapidly tapping the button).
* Difficulty up: The opponent will play the song on an increased difficulty for a short duration of time (except for expert difficulty).
* Amp overload: The fret board will shake and cause the notes to blink, making the scrolling notes difficult to read.
* Whammy bar: The opponent will have to use the whammy bar before he/she can play notes again.
* Steal power: This will steal your opponent's power-up (this will be lost if used when the opponent has no power-up).
* Double notes: The opponent will have to play any single note as a two-button chord, and any two-button chord as a three-button chord for a short amount of time.
* Lefty flip: The fret board will be mirrored; the green and orange will swap, same with the red and blue.
* Death Drain: This attack is only available for use in the Sudden Death mode, where all Battle Powers are Death Drain. When a player completes a Battle Power phrase, and unleashes it upon his opponent, this will cause a figure resembling a small winged Grim Reaper to appear at the top of their opponent's note highway. It causes a constant negative influence on the rock meter, and every mistake that a player makes only accelerates their rock meter as it inevitably moves into the failing zone. The position of the Grim Reaper on the note highway directly correlates to the position of the rock meter (i.e. full green = at the top, yellow = middle, failing red = at the bottom, thus covering everything). Eventually, the Grim Reaper will block the player's view of the frets and thus the player will fail since their Rock Meter will have been put past the failing red range. Death drain is irreversible.
Wii Specific Stuff:
(Also taken from Wikipedia)
The Wii version of the game has several exclusive features, since a Wii Remote must be inserted into the guitar controller. The game will utilize the Wii Remote's wireless capabilities and accelerometer, but will also make use of the rumble feature and the internal speaker, adding a unique touch to this version's gameplay. The internal speaker on the Wii remote can also be optionally set to emit an effect when wrong notes are hit. While the Wii version will feature online play utilizing game-specific friend codes, downloadable content will not be available initially.
Xbox 360 Version Achievements:
There's 59, or too many to put here. Here's the link to them, though:
http://www.achieve360points.com/game/guitarheroiii/
Videos:
IGN: (The playing isn't great, but the quality is good.)
Even Flow
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
The Metal
Screen Shots:
Developed by: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision/Red Octane, Aspyr (PC and Mac only)
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, and Mac
Official Site: www.guitarherogame.com
http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/85 (PC and Mac version only.)
Community Site (Score tracking and such): http://guitarhero.com/
Release Dates:
North America - October 28th, 2007 (Console Versions), November 13th, 2007 (PC and Mac])
Australia November 7th, 2007
Europe November 23rd, 2007
NOTE: US PS3 version is region free if you're playing in high def. US 360 version region free.
Price:
Xbox 360 and PS3 Bundles: US$99.99, CDN$109.99, AUS$169.95, £69.99
PS2 and Wii Bundles: US and CDN$89.99, AUS$159.95, £59.98
PC/Mac Bundle: US$79.99, CDN$89.99, £49.99
PS2 (Game Only): US$49.99, CDN$59.99, AUS$69.95, £39.99
Xbox 360 (Game Only): US$59.99, CDN$64.99, AUS$89.95, £49.99
PC/Mac Requirements:
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Operating System: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
* CPU Processor: Intel Pentium D (Dual Core) 2.8GHZ or AMD Athlon 64 3500+
* Memory: XP - 1 GB RAM, Vista 2GB RAM
* Hard Disk Space: 5.1 GB + 1GB Swap File
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon X800
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 7600
* Media Required: 4X DVD-ROM drive
* Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard with latest drivers
* Guitar Hero 3 Official PC Guitar Controller
This product does not support Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP x64/Vista x64.
MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS:
* Internet(TCP/IP) play supported
* Internet play requires a broadband connection
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
* Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHZ or AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400+
* 256 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2600
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800 GT
* 2 GB RAM
Notice: Some Mobile and Desktop 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Guitar Hero 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.
Notice: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.
SUPPORTED DESKTOP CHIPSETS:
ATI RADEON X800
ATI RADEON X1600
ATI RADEON X1800
ATI RADEON X1900
ATI RADEON X1950
ATI RADEON HD 2400
ATI RADEON HD 2600
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
Notice: The Nvidia Geforce 8400 and 8500 cards have known issues on Vista machines with AMD CPUs.
SUPPORTED MOBILE CHIPSETS:
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7600 (XP Only)
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7800
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7900
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8400
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8600
NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 8700
Guitars:
The EB Games FAQ said:
NOTE: "The new PS3 Les Paul wireless controller will NOT work at all with any of the Playstation2 Guitar Hero titles when played on the PS3."
IGN says: The guitars for Guitar Hero III DO work with Rock Band.
PS3 USB Dongle:
Box Art:
Bundles:
PS3 Game and Guitar Bundle:
Xbox 360 Game and Guitar Bundle:
Wii Game and Guitar Bundle:
PS2 Game and Guitar Bundle:
PC Game and Guitar Bundle:
Track List:
Bold denotes master tracks.
Co-op encores can, apparently, only be unlocked in co-op career, which is not online or in single player. Boss battles can only be done in career, as well.
1. Starting Out Small
"Slow Ride" Foghat
"Talk Dirty to Me" Poison
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar
"Story of My Life" Social Distortion
"Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss (Encore)
"Sabotage" Beastie Boys (Co-op Encore)
2. Your First Real Gig
"Mississippi Queen" Mountain
"School's Out" Alice Cooper
"Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
"Barracuda" Heart
Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello
"Bulls on Parade" Rage Against the Machine (Encore)
"Reptilia" The Strokes (Co-op Encore)
3. Making The Video
"When You Were Young" The Killers
"Miss Murder" AFI
"The Seeker" The Who
"Lay Down" Priestess
"Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones (Encore)
"Suck My Kiss" Red Hot Chili Peppers(Co-op Encore)
4. European Invasion
"Paranoid" Black Sabbath
"Anarchy in the U.K." Sex Pistols
"Kool Thing" Sonic Youth
"My Name Is Jonas" Weezer
"Even Flow" Pearl Jam(Encore)
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" Blue Öyster Cult (Co-op Encore)
5. Bighouse Blues
"Holiday in Cambodia" Dead Kennedys
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" Scorpions
"Same Old Song and Dance" Aerosmith
"La Grange" ZZ Top
Guitar Battle vs. Slash
"Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses (Encore)
"Helicopter" Bloc Party(Co-op Encore)
6. The Hottest Band On Earth
"Black Magic Woman" Santana
"Cherub Rock" The Smashing Pumpkins
"Black Sunshine" White Zombie
"The Metal" Tenacious D
"Pride and Joy" Stevie Ray Vaughan[(Encore)
"Monsters" Matchbook Romance (Co-op Encore)
7. Live In Japan
"Before I Forget" Slipknot
"Stricken" Disturbed
"3's & 7's" Queens of the Stone Age
"Knights of Cydonia" Muse
"Cult of Personality" Living Colour (Encore)
8. Battle For Your Soul
"Raining Blood" Slayer
"Cliffs of Dover" Eric Johnson
"The Number of the Beast" Iron Maiden
"One" Metallica
Guitar Battle vs. Lou
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Charlie Daniels Band (Steve Ouimette rendition) (Encore)
Bonus Tracks
"Avalancha" Héroes del Silencio
"Can't Be Saved" Senses Fail
"Closer" Lacuna Coil
"Don't Hold Back" The Sleeping
"Down n' Dirty" LA Slum Lords
"F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." The Fall of Troy
"Generation Rock" Revolverheld
"Go That Far" - Bret Michaels Band
"Hier Kommt Alex" Die Toten Hosen
"I'm in the Band" The Hellacopters
"Impulse" An Endless Sporadic
"In Love" Scouts of St. Sebastian
"In the Belly of a Shark" Gallows
"Mauvais Garçon" Naast
"Metal Heavy Lady" Lions
"Minus Celsius" Backyard Babies
"My Curse" Killswitch Engage
"Nothing for Me Here" Dope
"Prayer of the Refugee" Rise Against
"Radio Song" Superbus
"Ruby" Kaiser Chiefs
"She Bangs the Drums" The Stone Roses
"Take This Life" In Flames
"The Way It Ends" Prototype
"Through the Fire and Flames" DragonForce
Battle Mode:
(Taken from Wikipedia)
The mode puts a twist on the Pro Face-off mode introduced in Guitar Hero II. Two players will face each other, trying to complete a song while successfully playing Star Power sequences to earn attacks that can be used against their opponents. Players will be able to store three attacks at a time and can activate them by tilting their guitars upward. If neither player fails the song, they will face each other in a sudden death segment.
The attacks will include:
* Broken string: One fret button on the opponent's guitar will not work until it is fixed (by rapidly tapping the button).
* Difficulty up: The opponent will play the song on an increased difficulty for a short duration of time (except for expert difficulty).
* Amp overload: The fret board will shake and cause the notes to blink, making the scrolling notes difficult to read.
* Whammy bar: The opponent will have to use the whammy bar before he/she can play notes again.
* Steal power: This will steal your opponent's power-up (this will be lost if used when the opponent has no power-up).
* Double notes: The opponent will have to play any single note as a two-button chord, and any two-button chord as a three-button chord for a short amount of time.
* Lefty flip: The fret board will be mirrored; the green and orange will swap, same with the red and blue.
* Death Drain: This attack is only available for use in the Sudden Death mode, where all Battle Powers are Death Drain. When a player completes a Battle Power phrase, and unleashes it upon his opponent, this will cause a figure resembling a small winged Grim Reaper to appear at the top of their opponent's note highway. It causes a constant negative influence on the rock meter, and every mistake that a player makes only accelerates their rock meter as it inevitably moves into the failing zone. The position of the Grim Reaper on the note highway directly correlates to the position of the rock meter (i.e. full green = at the top, yellow = middle, failing red = at the bottom, thus covering everything). Eventually, the Grim Reaper will block the player's view of the frets and thus the player will fail since their Rock Meter will have been put past the failing red range. Death drain is irreversible.
Wii Specific Stuff:
(Also taken from Wikipedia)
The Wii version of the game has several exclusive features, since a Wii Remote must be inserted into the guitar controller. The game will utilize the Wii Remote's wireless capabilities and accelerometer, but will also make use of the rumble feature and the internal speaker, adding a unique touch to this version's gameplay. The internal speaker on the Wii remote can also be optionally set to emit an effect when wrong notes are hit. While the Wii version will feature online play utilizing game-specific friend codes, downloadable content will not be available initially.
Xbox 360 Version Achievements:
There's 59, or too many to put here. Here's the link to them, though:
http://www.achieve360points.com/game/guitarheroiii/
Videos:
IGN: (The playing isn't great, but the quality is good.)
Even Flow
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
The Metal
Screen Shots: