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Guitar Hero III - Solus (PS2) | 
 enlarge | From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 3938
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: musical-instrument-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030917049194
ASIN: B000RE700M
Release Date: November 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The game that killed the air guitar is back with the first in the series not to be developed by Guitar Hero creators Harmonix (they've been bought by MTV to make Rock Band). With Tony Hawk's developer Neversoft taking over the basics are nevertheless still the same as you use the series' signature guitar shaped controller to play along to a greatest hits line-up of rock classics. The new wireless controllers for this version are based on a Gibson Les Paul (or a Kramer for the PS2 version) and even have customisable faceplates and a removable neck for easy storage. The gameplay seems simple enough at first, as a cursor highlights which of the five fret buttons to press at one time. All you have to do then is press the right one and strum along on the flipper. Which of course sounds incredibly easy, until you're trying to keep up with Rock you like a Hurricane as the virtual crowd bays for your blood. New for this sequel is an extra multiplayer mode called Battle where you play against another player and try to put him off with special attacks like breaking their strings or overloading their amp. Naturally the graphics are all new, including new characters (plus Slash as an end of level boss) and venues but the most important feature is simply the soundtrack. Over 70 songs are featured, half of them originals, with everyone from Queens of the Stone Age to Smashing Pumpkins to Metallica and Slayer. In short: the game rocks.
Harrison Dent
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Ebo7 March 23, 2008
M. I. Patel (Leicester, England, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
the product description doesnt mention whether it comes with a wireless guitar controller ... any1 hu has bought this product, can u plz tell me if it dus come with a wireless controller
 Oh dear what a shame February 16, 2008
Mr. P. Bonner (birmingham uk)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Was SOOO looking forward to this game after loving versions 1&2, but very disappointed, the others were much "easier" to play, taking some practice but having great fun along the way, this version however has a much less fun attitude and where as on v1&2 I'd get 100 - 200 notwe run streaks on medium, on this version I find it hard to get 10 notes in a row on easy! Spoilt it for me and will be selling it on ebay or amazon again soon. I am only a middle aged guy having fun I don't have the time or patience to play for weeks on end to get average. Will be looking forward to Rock Band by the original creators
 Still a good game but different December 10, 2007
Tunnoch (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As the title suggests I find that GH3 is still really fun compared to GH2 but it has a completely different feel to it. This I beleive is due to the fact that the game was made by different people thois time around but they still done a good job.
Plus Sides include:-
-Higher difficulty (only good if you started to find GH2 a bit easy)
-Cleaner graphics
-More popular songs
Down sides include:-
-Graphics still aint that great
-More of the previously unknown songs are pishy
-Different feel from older versions
-Coop mode is pointless
Still love the game though
Wanna be a Guitar Hero? November 28, 2007
Ben (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great addition to the series. Feeling so relieved to finally get some new tunes to play through!
Pros:
* Lots of new songs.
* Many songs use original vocals, rather than covers
* Career Mode has animated cut scenes
* Character designs are a big improvement
* More guitars, characters and costume style available
* Note count pops up on screen DDR style
* A few new play modes
Cons:
* Career mode coulda done so much more with the animated cut scenes!
* Nailing a Star Power Phrase sound effect doesn't sound as cool
* Using whammy on notes doesn't look as responsive
* Saving and loading takes a little longer
* Interface (i.e. rock meter) looks a little cleaner, but the designers still coulda done way more to make it more user friendly
Neutral:
* Many of the songs consist of 3-4 note per second chord strumming, with less note variety in songs than the previous two games
* Notes slightly outta sync (can be corrected with video lag) compared to previous 3 games
 Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black... November 24, 2007
Mr. David Halliday (Ilkeston Derbyshire United Kingdom)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Now under new owners the re-vamped Guitar hero see's the franchise reach new heights & doubtless more new fans with this latest release. The graphics are way slicker than before with the axe wielders looking more fluid & realistic. So too the sense of realism is increased as real life legends take to the stage to challenge you as bosses! Also the,(usually very good), cover versions of the originals that were used on the previous 2 Guitar heroes have been replaced on no.3 by about 50% of the tracks being the real thing. There's on stage battle action to be had too as you & your opponent try & out-riff each other in order to inflict,(often terminal), damage like broken strings or the song path being reversed.
The basics remain the same with the main item,the guitar itself, being the main attraction. If you've just returned from a trip to Mars & don't know how the game works,you use a guitar with 5 coloured gaming buttons that represent your strings on the neck. Onscreen as the song progresses you have to follow a songsheet like path and hit each button in time with the buttons shown on-screen. If the on-screen button shows a line after it then you hold the corresponding coloured button down on your guitar to sustain the note. While doing this you have to 'strum' a toggle on the body of the guitar as you would use a plectrum on the real thing. The music plays in time with you,miss a note & it all goes quiet, hit a wrong-un and a bum note sounds. Mess it up too often & the crowd bays for blood. You get points,there are various difficulty settings & new items can be 'bought' as you progress.
If you haven't played before then this 3rd installment is no bad place to start, although it takes a while to get the hang of, this is a very polished & playable game.
If however you have played & loved Guitar hero before then there is a chance you may be a little disappointed with it's 3rd outing. The first 2 had charm, they didn't try & make it all seem real on-screen. The characters looked a bit ropey & the tunes were cover versions, but there was a simplicity to it that really worked & most importantly, the 1 thing that really mattered, the realism of the actual playing, was spot on. Here that is the one area that doesn't feel improved. Somehow you don't feel as involved & the guitar playing itself seems detached & much more like using a giant joypad than an actual guitar as before.
The whole 'cash-in' feeling is not helped by the frankly ridiculous number of guitars you are offered to shell out on including wireless & some shiny polished looking thing. No doubt there is fun to be had here & the would be crowd of riff monsters & air guitarists out there will enjoy it no end, but if you have been with this franchise since it began you're going to feel more like just another face in the corporate crowd of thousands way back from the stage at some stadium gig than with your head in a bass bin in the mosh pit at the edge of the stage. Heavy rings on fingers wave, another star denies the grave...
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