I recieved my last belated Christmas present over the weekend: Guitar Hero III.
The franchise has recently changed developers, and Guitar Hero III is the first in the series to be offered for Nintendo and Playstation, so fans were understandably worried that the game might suffer. But the transition seems very smooth. The core gameplay is the same, and everything works just as well with the wireless wii remote controlled guitar as it does with the wired versions.
There is a large learning curve to the game. This (according to other reviews) is the most difficult playlist of the series, and it shows with some of the later songs. I'm getting all I can handle out of medium mode right now, so hard and expert modes will have to wait for a while.
There are a lot of songs in the game, and they represent a wide range of genres and artists. This is a good thing for the most part, but it's a challenge playing Pat Benatar one moment, and Disturbed the next. What I would really like to see (although this will probably never happen) is genre specific guitar hero expansion packs. Or even better, a guitar hero iTunes-like shop where you could download your favorite songs as you go.
All in all, this is a fun game. If you liked the first two on the X-Box, you'll like this game on the Wii. 4/5 Stars.
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Dance Dance Revolution for my fingers? No thank you, sir.
Totally unrelated question, but how is the second Rayman game? I'm assuming you've played it a lot more since Christmas =).
Did you see the Guitar Hero South Park episode? Hilarious.
We tried renting Rayman 2, but stupid Hollywood Video gave us Rayman 1. Who could make a mistake like that?
I did see that South Park episode. I think about it just about every time I play.
Rayman 2 is pretty similar to Rayman 1. A big collection of really strange mini-games. Some are more fun than others. I think I liked the first one more, just because of the novelty factor. Rayman 2 isn't bad, it's just kinda "meh" if you've played through the first one. I give it a thumbs middle.
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