After an indistinct add Guitar Hero II: Rock the 80's, whose appearance at the light caused by greed rather than common sense, fans of the series finally got a full-fledged sequel. Yes, what! 40 new tracks at once grandiose cover layer of rock culture since the early 70's to the present day. And a lot of these songs - no cover versions, played by unnamed "labuhami, and specific information for the Guitar Hero master tracks of these artists, Activision licensed from record companies. Even more surprised fans cheerful old men of the Sex Pistols, the first time in 30 years gathered in the studio to re-write his hit song Anarchy In The UK.
Basic gameplay, of course, has not changed, but the game itself has been enriched by the new regime. Deserves the most attention online multiplayer, available in all versions except, PlayStation 2. Is no longer necessary to lure into their sect plastic guitars of friends and relatives - brothers on reason can now be found in the vast web. Hurrah? Not quite. Somehow, in parallel with the advent of the online mode under the knife hit the cooperative Quickplay - now together with your friend can take place only career. Even more strange is the idea solution developers hide in the cooperative career six unique so are not available in single - because without a friend with an extra guitar controller, or network access to open these songs can only cheat codes.
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If you want to enjoy the Guitar Hero at 100%, a special guitar controller requires no less than the dance mat for Dance Dance Revolution, or a corkscrew for wine bottles otkuporki.
The neck plastic guitar with 5 fret buttons (fret buttons). On Easy difficulty only used the first 3 frets on average - 4, on hard and expert - have all 5. The basic principle is simple: to move the screen from top to bottom, "notes", painted in color fret buttons, maybe you stifle the required scale and at the right time we pull the plastic "string» (strum bar) in the center of the soundboard. Sounds easy, right? But this is only so long as you do not have to wade through heaped solo mode Hard or Expert with a dozen of the thirty-second notes in the second.
To become an advanced virtual guitarist, will have to master the technique of high-speed on Ches strum bar, learn to play the descending and ascending legato and vibrato to do with a special grip - whammy bar.
 | |  | In Legends of Rock We have been waiting favorite guitarists: each of them has three times as many styles of clothing than in the previous section. | | In some sets the audience not only come off in the stalls, but also jump on the stage, and even arrange a risky stage-diving. |
The second major innovation - Battle Mode. Guitar duel in this mode are slightly different rules than the standard competitions Face-off and Pro Face-off parts of the first Guitar Hero. Instead of "star" to collect "battle" music, and various bonuses, which allows activation of mischief to his rival: broken strings, jam whammy bar, temporarily include increased difficulty mode, swap the frets or activate the overdrive amplifier (notes begin to disappear and appear randomly ). In addition to the multiplayer battles guitar represented in a single quarry in the form of battles with the three bosses. The first two - it's Tom Morello (Audioslave / Rage Against The Machine) and the legendary Slash (Guns'n'Roses / Velvet Revolver), who recorded for the game special dueling solos, and gave his appearance and plasticity of game models. Identity of the third boss, we will not disclose so as not to spoil your enjoyment of the passing, we note only that the spirit of the final duel in the game is very similar to the ending of the cult "blues" movie "Crossroads." Pure delight and full of catharsis! On the other hand, 3 boss on the entire tracklist of 8 sets - it's just criminal greed.
| Choosing a guitar |
Since Guitar Hero III was released on 4 platforms, there are 4 different wireless controllers for each platform. In practice, they are all identical except for the Wii-guitar: it is inserted into a standard Wiimote, which vibrates and beeps when misses notes.
Owners of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 and PS2 can also use the existing wired versions of guitars.
Our rating of "music brand" is as follows:
- SG-wired controllers for the PS2 (by the way, if you wish, you can connect to Xbox adapter XFPS 360)
- Wireless controllers for PS2/PS3/Wii/Xbox 360. The length of the neck, the size and the distance between the buttons, as well as the proportions of the deck the same as SG, but the form is replaced with a Gibson SG on Gibson Les Paul (Kramer in the PS2-version). Unlike wired counterparts, there are some problems with synchronization.
- Wired replica Gibson Explorer for the Xbox 360. Most uncomfortable option: Guitar is very small and the button to enter the Xbox Dashboard is constantly clings to your wrist.
 | |  | Despite the overall progress of the series, the graphics (especially - the animation of the crowd) in the PS2-version looks depressing. | | Tom Morello - first boss GH III - he is a fan of this game, though complaining that loses the duel, his eleven-year-son. |
Rock you like a hurricane! "If the police are not coming, then you're playing loud enough!"
Legends of Rock - a game made by fans for fans. If the first two levels of complexity is somehow preserved and its accessibility to newcomers, then on Hard and Expert complexity of "performance" takes off exponentially. Simple so there is no in principle, and if your arm does not fall off from fatigue at five-minute One of the legendary Metallica, then you are guaranteed to break the fingers on the Number Of The Beast is not less than the legendary Iron Maiden. Yes, and thank the developers hesitate to stuff into a career Through The Fire And Flames.
On the other hand, the increasing complexity has made more interesting co-flow - boring and repetitive parts for bass remained in the second part of the game. Unfortunately, there is left and stylistic unity of graphic design. By jumble of styles with Guitar Hero III can compete only vinaigrette: alone fonts used in the game at least a dozen, and the main menu is lost on mottled background of the starting screen, in which we find ourselves after watching as much four screen savers. The impression is that Activision has announced a tender among the artists on the design of the game, but forgot to pick a winner, with her all the best in the game works. And that's uncomplicated plotline about the rise and fall of your group, delicately interwoven into the game, completely failed. A painted "komiksovoy" clips between sets, parodies cliché from the world of rock music, not just make you smile.
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Open all songs
Cheat codes are entered in the relevant sub-section of Options.
K - red; W - green, R - yellow, C - blue, O - orange.
WO, KS, CO, SC, QL, Jo, QOL, KS, ZZH, ZZH, LGL, LGL, Jo, Jo, LS, F, K, QL, K, M, O
You can't kill the metal! "If you hear complaints of police, then vce still play loudly enough!"
Another not very pleasant moment, contrasting with the abundance Remastered Tracks - the quality of cover versions that fell even in comparison with non-ideal Guitar Hero II.You have to understand the basis of the budget eaten license these songs, and royalties skilled musicians money is not enough. Like it or not, but the fact remains: the musicians play directly, and vocalists, Stevie Ray Vaughan doubles, Pat Benatar and Ozzy Osbourne (hey, producers, true comrade, who sang Bark At The Moon in the first part!) And does not cope with their roles.
But even this unfortunate gaffe is not able to outweigh the advantages of the game. Guitar Hero is still the best rhythmic entertainment on the market of video games, and will retain their positions until still alive rock and roll.
| School of Rock |
A complete listing of songs from the tracklist Guitar Hero III would have been tedious, even for ardent fans, so we restrict the most "delicious".
Dawn rock of the game before unfading classics like Paint It Black (Rolling Stones), Paranoid (Black Sabbath), The Seeker (The Who) or La Grange (ZZ Top). Hot 80's will delight you with songs Hit Me With Your Best Shot rock diva Pat Benatar, Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpions) and Welcome To The Jungle (Guns'n'Roses).
Grange represents Even Flow (Pearl Jam), Cherub Rock (Smashing Pumpkins) and My Name Is Jonas (Weezer), and power metal and thrash metal 80 - Rain Of Blood (Slayer), One (Metallica) and Number Of The Beast (Iron Maiden).
There was a place and classic rock 'n' roll: Same Old Song And Dance (Aerosmith), Pride & Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan); least classic punk rock: Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols), Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys); as well as modern rockers and metal-: Slipknot, Disturbed and Tenacious D - its permanent leader Jack Black is shown in the illustration to this sidebar.
Not less than pleased with this year and a bonus soundtrack, which inter alia includes the most difficult song for all three parts of the game - Through The Fire And Flames (DragonForce).
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