Quote :

"Cult of Personality - Living Colour"

FUCK YEAH!!

5/24/2007 10:00:16 PM

My Name is Jonas:


Slow Ride:


I wish they could have gotten someone that didn't suck so bad to record these. Hell, even I'm better than this guy. but still...WEEZER!

5/31/2007 1:41:29 PM

the new hud elements look terrible

5/31/2007 4:23:30 PM

I dunno about terrible. Different, that's for sure. I like how it counts your notes after 40+ now.

5/31/2007 4:27:10 PM

the combo counter is nice, but everything looks like it was designed by a middle schooler

5/31/2007 4:35:58 PM

[Edited on May 31, 2007 at 5:21 PM. Reason : wireless]

5/31/2007 5:20:59 PM

Two new songs confirmed by IGN...

Evenflow: Pearl Jam
Lay Down: Priestess

6/1/2007 5:05:15 PM

That LP controller looks like ass, but I guess it's all white so the skins will show up better.

I like that the star power meter is made of vacuum tubes.

6/1/2007 5:22:49 PM

Man the songs on this game are really starting to shape up to be some good ones.

6/1/2007 5:56:57 PM

Those videos have to be on hard and

Lay Down: Priestess

... I think I creamed myself

although I am the night, colour me black would have been much better

[Edited on June 1, 2007 at 7:05 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2007 6:55:04 PM

Looks like you get different attacks on your opponent in the new battle mode.

Quote :

"Broken String: When an opponent breaks one of your strings, that button on the guitar controller won't work until you fix it. To do so you'll have to rapidly tap that "string" until it is repaired. Difficulty Up: This one won't appear if both players have the difficulty set to expert. If you're playing on hard or lower and this gets sent your way, then you'll find yourself playing up a difficulty level for a brief period of time. Amp Overload: This attack causes the scrolling fret board on screen to shake and blur, making it extremely difficult to read which notes are approaching. Whammy Bar: If you get attacked with this bad boy, you'll have to get your whammy bar moving and fast before you can play notes again. Steal Power: This one is self-explanatory. Use it to steal an attack from your opponent before they can use it. If they don't have one to steal and you activate this power, you'll lose it. Double Notes: Make your opponent double up on how many notes they have to play for a short period of time: Devastating in the midst of a crazy solo. Lefty Flip: The attack to end all attacks. Putting lefty flip on your opponent forces them to either transcribe the music or actually flip their guitar over and play left handed. Used at the right moment, it can not be stopped."

Full Article: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/793/793302p1.html

6/2/2007 4:24:47 PM

So I'm guessing if you already have left-flip on then it'll flip to righty, if not then that one will be no problem, haha.

6/2/2007 5:03:43 PM

Quote :

"Difficulty Up: This one won't appear if both players have the difficulty set to expert. If you're playing on hard or lower and this gets sent your way, then you'll find yourself playing up a difficulty level for a brief period of time. Double Notes: Make your opponent double up on how many notes they have to play for a short period of time: Devastating in the midst of a crazy solo. "

haha i wish if you were on expert and you got difficulty up it got even harder

double notes however, will be ftmfw



sounds really cool

6/2/2007 6:45:26 PM

how do you go bout activating this without fucking yourself up

or is it like how you get star power and activated by playing the strings right, like in frequency

6/2/2007 8:01:45 PM

maybe you do the opposite of star power and tilt down

not sure if that activates star power now though, never tried it

6/2/2007 8:06:41 PM

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I came to the assumption that in the Battle mode there probably isn't a normal star power (because aside from score, what is the point) and these power ups just replaces it.

6/2/2007 8:15:58 PM

Quote :

"Here's how it works. Star power doesn't exist in battle mode. Instead, matching every "star" note in a lick gives you a power-up to use against your opponent. These attacks only last a brief moment, but they do wonders towards throwing your adversary off his or her game. Up to three power-ups can be stored to use at the right moment and tilting your guitar vertically (just like activating star power) uses one of your attacks. "

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 9:03 PM. Reason : ]

6/2/2007 9:01:17 PM

IGN posted two new videos today.

There's one of Multiplayer Battle Mode with The Metal from Tenacious D. You get to see the Lefty flip and double notes powerups.

The second one has Battle mode Cult of Personality. It pretty much so shows all the powerups, I think. Some of those look like they're gonna be a serious bitch.

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/899/899096/vids_1.html

Stupid TWW code won't let me embed them here.

6/5/2007 6:54:16 PM

"battery" - metallica

would be awesome

6/5/2007 7:27:12 PM

yeah, metallica hates technology & their fans though, so they'll never license their songs for GH

6/5/2007 7:46:31 PM

^^I'd like "Creeping Death", but it won't happen

6/5/2007 8:02:04 PM

Master of Puppets would be the ultimate Guitar Hero song.

6/5/2007 10:50:03 PM

ahaha FUCKING AWESOME, i didn't know it combined the two... double lefty.. fucking awesome

6/5/2007 10:51:33 PM

meh, that battle shit seems pretty gay to me...especially given the fact you can fail the song to end it. so if one guy makes a strong run on easy shit at the beginning, the other player has no chance to make a comeback.

6/6/2007 11:53:13 AM

6/7/2007 11:46:40 AM

You use a powerup and the other guy has to play lefty? Wow, cool. If I wanted to play Smash Brothers, I wouldn't play GH.

6/7/2007 11:58:11 AM

To be fair, it's not like they're removing anything from the game. And aside from new songs, what else are they gonna do to spice things up?

6/7/2007 12:01:31 PM

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yes, it's fine to add new modes if you don't take anything away. I'll never play it, though, and what I'm worried about is that they'll progressively add this gimmicky shit, and one day there will be "Echoplex Powerup Battle Mode" and no Pro Face-off.

6/7/2007 12:17:40 PM

6/7/2007 12:52:21 PM

you guys are picky

i don't see whats wrong with it, it could be really fun when your playing with friends and stuff

6/7/2007 2:01:11 PM

I'm sure there will be a classic head to head, chill out!

6/7/2007 2:34:39 PM

all I'm saying is it could be better if they didn't have the "you can fail this song" built into the battle mode. have you ever played online games before? was there ever a time that you started o'fer in something like BF2 and then rattled off 20 straight kills to get the top spot at the end of the round? same shit goes here...let the song run it's course. you either get totally humiliated or have a chance to come back and win, but that ending early shit sucks

6/7/2007 5:18:35 PM

I'm really curious what QotS song is going to be on there...I'd hope its something like go with the flow



[Edited on June 7, 2007 at 8:15 PM. Reason : a]

6/7/2007 8:10:32 PM

did anyone catch that bit toward the end of the dev interview about bosses in the game?

6/7/2007 11:51:43 PM

^^ Little Sister would be fun

on second though that would be quite boring

[Edited on June 8, 2007 at 2:04 AM. Reason : .]

6/8/2007 2:02:41 AM

^^With the new head-to-head features and stuff they've added, expect if they have any "bosses" to be head-to-head battles between you and some guitar guy you're competing against for rep or whatever. Not sure if I'd like this or not, might make things a bit more interesting.

6/8/2007 7:02:42 AM

how bout that

ROOCK AND ROOOLLL HOOTCHIE KOO song

and

bon jovi - wanted dead or alive

6/14/2007 10:34:48 PM

I wish they would put buckethead's nottingham lace into the game, Id get it just for that song.

6/14/2007 10:45:52 PM

Possible pricing:

Quote :

"Eh, just got back from Gamestop. Guess they just added all four GH IIIs to the reservation list. Here are the prices they had (because they're always right). Wii version: $89.99 PS2 version: $99.99 PS3 version: $99.99 360 version: $99.99 I hope this is just a case of Gamestop/EB being screwy with the prices, but they listed GH:80s as $50 from the start and it hasn't dropped yet."

Source

6/17/2007 10:57:10 AM

Can we get some prices that don't include the guitar?

I won't buy it with the guitar unless it comes with a wirless one(360) and even then I'd be hesitant to do it.

6/17/2007 11:07:28 AM

Quote :

"ROOCK AND ROOOLLL HOOTCHIE KOO song "

that's already in GH2, just the 360 version though

Quote :

"bon jovi - wanted dead or alive"

yes

Quote :

"Can we get some prices that don't include the guitar?"

almost certainly will be $50 for PS2/Wii and $60 for PS3/360

Quote :

"I won't buy it with the guitar unless it comes with a wirless one(360) and even then I'd be hesitant to do it."

All 4 versions are shipping with wireless guitars

6/17/2007 11:15:10 AM

runnin down a dream perhaps

6/17/2007 2:00:32 PM

the battle mode sounds awesome

6/17/2007 2:33:31 PM

It's not big news but it's something. The band Matchbook Romance put up a blurb on their myspace page saying that their song "Monsters" would be in GHIII.

http://www.myspace.com/matchbookromance

Also blabbermouth is reporting that there may be a new GnR song in the game as well.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=74913

6/18/2007 4:17:49 PM

the solo for monsters seems like it would be really hard

6/18/2007 4:33:13 PM

aerosmith - mama kin

6/18/2007 9:35:07 PM

rockin some weezer, looks pretty awesome.....I might have to finally give in and get GH

though I can play a lot of jonas on real guitar already

6/18/2007 9:49:36 PM

I can't decide whether I want to get this for Wii or PS2. I already have two guitar controllers for my PS2 so it would be substantially cheaper but playing online with the Wii would be nice. What version are those of you that already have Guitar Hero I/II for the PS2 getting?

7/5/2007 9:09:44 AM

METAL Injection can exclusively report that Guitar Hero III will feature rock icon SLASH of Velvet Revolver and Guns ‘N’ Roses fame as a playable character in the game. Slash went down to the Guitar Hero studios and was placed in a motion capture suit to record his shredding. To unlock the Slash character, you will have to face him in a 1-on-1 duel after completing all the songs in the game.

7/9/2007 7:37:43 PM

i just got a xbox 360 a month or so ago, so i know what ill be getting it on

too bad i gotta pay for another guitar (already have GH, GH 2 on ps2)


^or input a cheat code i bet

[Edited on July 9, 2007 at 7:44 PM. Reason : asdfasdf]

7/9/2007 7:44:06 PM