Holy smokes did i have fun with this yesterday. Game plays mainly the same as Guitar Hero II with a few additions / changes that i mostly love.
1. Track Year: Small detail, but i love the addition of the year beside each track. There are a few tunes i wasn’t familiar with so it’s interesting to know what era they are from.
2. Battle Mode: i took out Tom Morello on hard mode first attempt and didn’t really know what i was doing. Got to Slash and had to really understand the mechanics of what was going on. I think it’s pretty well done but it takes a few attempts to understand how to beat your opponent. I love how if you survive the ‘banjo dueling’ to the end the band stops but the solo’ing continues for awhile.
3. The Tracklist: Not much to say here except very excited to see alot of original performances (no more fake Zach De La Rocha) and great bands (Weezer / Muse / Chili Peppers).
4. The Storyline: They did a better job this time with building your rise to fame with some short but amusing ‘Gorillaz-style’ cartoons in between levels.
5. Extras: As usual a great job done here with bonus tracks and a few videos, although i miss the in depth ‘behind the scenes’ videos they had in GH2. Still it was funny to hear Tom Morello talk about jumping around in a ‘Mocap’ suit.
