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| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | |
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| Developer(s) | Neversoft |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Release date | October 29, 2007 (NA |
| Genre | Music video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Age rating(s) | ESRB: T |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii
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| Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough | |
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the fourth game in the Guitar Hero series. It was released on October 28, 2007 in North America, on November 7, 2007 in Australia, and on November 23, 2007 in Europe. Guitar Hero III was the first in the series to feature mostly master tracks, as opposed to all or nearly all covers in the two previous games, Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II. A sequel to Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero World Tour, was released October 26th, 2008.
Controllers
The Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions of the game come with a Gibson Les Paul controller. The Wii controller features a slot for the Wii Remote to plug into. The PlayStation 2 version comes with the Kramer controller.
Gameplay
The gameplay remains very similar to previous entries in the series. Players must still use a guitar-shaped peripheral to play notes that scroll down the screen. The timing window for hammer ons and pull offs has been increased substantially, making for easier hammer on sequences.
Game Modes
Career Mode is still the main mode of playing Guitar Hero. In career, players must successfully complete every song in a tier of 4 to 6 songs. In the second, fifth, and eighth tier, players must defeat a boss in battle mode. In battle mode, players try to make their opponent fail before they do by using "attacks", such as a broken string or an overloading amplifier.
A screenshot of battle mode
Once all tiers are complete, the player has finished career mode.
Another mode is Quick Play. In Quick Play, a player simply picks which song they wish to play, what difficulty, and immediately plays that song.
Multiplayer modes include Face-Off, Pro Face-Off, and the new Battle Mode. In Face-Off, players take turns playing sections of songs. The player with the highest score at the end of the song is the winner. Pro Face-Off is the same as Face-Off, except both players play the entire song in this mode. Battle Mode can be played against other people, as well as the in-game bosses. The player that fails first loses in battle mode.
Set List
Guitar Hero III had the largest set list of any Guitar Hero game when it was released. The game featured 74 songs at release, with over 40 songs available for download on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. The set list is as follows:
Tier 1.
- Slow Ride - Foghat
- Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
- Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
- Story of my Life - Social Distortion
- Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
Tier 2.
- Mississippi Queen - Mountain
- School's Out - Alice Cooper
- Sunshine of your Love - Cream
- Barracuda - Heart
- Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello
- Bulls on Parade
Tier 3.
- When You Were Young - The Killers
- Miss Murder - AFI
- The Seeker - The Who
- Lay Down - Priestess
- Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Tier 4.
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
- Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
- My Name is Jonas - Weezer
- Even Flow - Pearl Jam
Tier 5.
- Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
- Rock You Like a Hurricane - The Scorpions
- Same Old Song and Dance - Aerosmith
- La Grange - ZZ Top
- Guitar Battle vs. Slash
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Tier 6.
- Black Magic Woman - Santana
- Cherub Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins
- Black Sunshine - White Zombie
- The Metal - Tenacious D
- Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tier 7.
- Before I Forget - Slipknot
- Stricken - Disturbed
- 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stone Age
- Knights of Cydonia - Muse
- Cult of Personality - Living Colour
Tier 8.
- Raining Blood - Slayer
- Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
- The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
- One - Metallica
- Guitar Battle vs. Lou
Bonus Songs
- Avalancha - Heroes del Silencio
- Can't be Saved - Senses Fail
- Closer - Lacuna Coil
- Don't Hold Back - The Sleeping
- Down n Dirty - LA Slum Lords
- F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X - The Fall of Troy
- Generation Rock - Revolverhead
- Go That Far - Bret Michaels Band
- Hier kommt Alex - Die Toten Hosen
- I'm in the Band - The Hellacopters
- Impulse - An Endless Sporadic
- In Love - Scouts of St. Sebastian
- In the Belly of a Shark - Gallows
- Mauvais Garcon - NAAST
- Metal Heavy Lady - Lions
- Minus Celcius - Backyard Babies
- My Curse - Killswitch Engage
- Nothing for me Here - Dope
- Prayer of the Refugee - Rise Against
- Radio Song - Superbus
- Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
- She Bangs the Drums - The Stone Roses
- Take this Life - In Flames
- The Way it Ends - Prototype
- Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce