Review #10: Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock

Wow, it's my 10th review! Sure, it won't seem like much later (on my 50th review), but this moment will go down in RGR history. But for now, my 10th-reviewed game: GUITAR HERO III!

This is really the third in a series of rhythm-based games, but it's the first released on the Wii console.

This game, of course, is meant to simulate playing the guitar. No, it won't TEACH you to play. In fact, playing the game has no similar feeling to actually playing a real guitar. But it's more fun anyway.

Now it's categorization time. ROCK ON!!!

Graphics: Not like it's that important, but the graphics are really good for a music-based game. They're in 3-D, with there being one of eight venues, or where your band is performing. Graphics get: 10/10.

Sound: Wow, hard to say. It pretty much depends on what song you're playing. Sound gets: 10/10 (I like most of the songs)

Story: Music-based games don't have a story most of the time, but this one actually does. Basically you're a garage band that gets signed on to do this tour around the world, but the person who gave you the contract is pretty mysterious. In fact, he kinda looks like the...

Nah, I'll just let you see for yourself. The story is explained in cutscenes after completing a "gig" (set of songs). Anyway, since this is new for the genre, I'll give the story a: 7/10.

Gameplay: This is one of the few games on the wii (if not the only) where you don't use the motion sensor on the wiimote. You instead put the wiimote into this guitar-shaped controller, and play away. The controller has a strum bar down in the body, and there's 5 frets on the neck. You get the neck up on screen, with 5 fret marks at the bottom. Notes, which look like little buttons, come rolling down towards you as if on a conveyor belt, and you have to hit these when they reach the fret marks. The notes are of the same color as the frets. You must hit the notes when they get to the fret mark. You do this by holding down that fret, then strumming the strum bar when the note gets to the fret. You do this throughout the whole song. It sounds difficult, and it may be at first, but it becomes second nature soon enough. There's a bunch of songs you can choose from, and you can either play in career mode, unlocking more songs to play in Quickplay, which is where you can just play songs. Gameplay gets: 10/10.

Controls: One word: unique. Controls get: 10/10.

FINAL SCORE:

10+10+7+10+10= 47. 47/5= 9.4/10.

Verdict: PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY...!