Official Guitar Hero 3 thread
 

http://www.destructoid.com/guitar-he...e--30899.phtml

Kinda weird. Red Octane put something up on their website that said "Guitar Hero 3 for the Playstation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of 2007". But now it's gone. Odd.

So who knows.

its on ign too

pfft...big fuckin surprise. They had on there when R* couldn't make up it's mind whether or not VCS was gonna be on PS2 also...:nono:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/779/779325p1.html
Guitar Hero 3 this Fall
RedOctane FAQ may have spilled the beans.
by Hilary Goldstein

April 9, 2007 - Guitar Hero 3 is coming to PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii this fall. That according to Guitar Hero co-publisher RedOctane's site. In its FAQ section, RedOctane answers a common question: "When is Guitar Hero 2 (II) Coming? Will there be GH 2 for Wii, PS3, XBox, Xbox 360, etc?" The answer goes above and beyond the call of duty, announcing that Guitar Hero 3 is coming later this year for all major consoles.

The official answer reads:

"Guitar Hero 2 for Playstation 2 launched 11/7/2006, Xbox 360 launched 4/3/2007 and both items are shipping now. Please check www.guitarherogame.com and www.redoctane.com for the most rrent information.

Guitar Hero 3 for the Playstation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of 2007."

It should be noted that the FAQ answer, which numerous message board readers began linking to this evening, is not an official statement or announcement by co-publisher Activision or developer Neversoft. Activision and RedOctane could not be reached for comment at time of publish.

...It'll be cheaper than Rock Band...

It's gonna be a noisy 2008.

Fall '07? Nice.

Im hoping to see some screenshots soon....perhaps some song confirmations...never to early to find out what tracks are on it. God knows I wasted all my time on those Guitar Hero forums.

um. a friend of mine told me that his uncle, which works for the company that makes guitar hero, said that in GH3 you will be able to incorporate any song you have on your system into the game, and you'll be able to play it. ANY SONG YOU HAVE ON YOUR SYSTEM. If this is true, how fucking sick is that.

That would mean that they'd never have to put out another version again. So I heavily doubt that.

If true, sucks for PS2 owners.

(IE Me :( )

Gonna piss GH2 then and just go for GH3 when that comes out,
also I wanted to see my new sig...

While that sounds like a good concept, it would essentially be pressing buttons at random. They have to map out the button layouts for each song to make it feel like you are actually playing a guitar. To generate that for any song would be complicated. First do detect when a guitar is being played within the song, then to make the map out for the level feel natural while playing it. Instead there will probably just be new songs you can download for each system which is much more likely.

Yup ^

And you need the master tracks for each song.

PS2 should get like 20 extra songs to make up for no online :shifty:

Yeah, dunno if they could fit it on the disc.

Funky could you just stop crushing my dreams for like 4 minutes kthx.

So that means a guitar that plugs into the Wii mote i guess. Hurrah!

Guitar Hero III will add online multiplayer, wireless
Next incarnation of the popular music game franchise will feature both co-operative and competitive online modes, and wireless guitar controllers.
By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK
Posted Apr 16, 2007 8:35 am PT

On board a specially designed Guitar Hero rock bus in London today, RedOctane president and founder Kai Huang, confirmed details about the third instalment of the Guitar Hero game to GameSpot.

Firstly, Huang announced the game's platforms--as rumoured, it will indeed be coming to the Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2, arriving in stores just before the end of year holidays. There will also be a DS version of the series, which will arrive "early next year."

The latest game will also boast new wireless controllers "so that fans can finally rock out in their living room and jump off their couches and do all that crazy rock star stuff." There will also be a variety of colours and a new design for the guitar controllers, along with some higher end options made to look and feel more like real guitars.

Like developer Harmonix's recently announced Rock Band, Guitar Hero III will also feature strong online elements. There will be both co-operative and competitive online modes, along with extra downloadable content.

Huang commented, "We've got a lot of songs and artists still that we would love to have, in particular, we've been trying to get Metallica, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin, so hopefully sometime in the near future, my wish, and everybody's wish will come true and we can get some of their music in the game."

For more about Guitar Hero III, check out GameSpot's full interview with RedOctane founder and president Kai Huang here.


HMMMMMMM

Sorry, can't stop looking at shit like this from a programmer's perspective. So save up and get a next gen system.

The new news is sexy, though. They should give up on Metallica, though. Those money grubbers are gonna end up demanding more money for the licensing of one song than the game will generate in profits as a whole.

Create a Track
That would be amazing, import your song into the game name it, then sort out all of the stuff yourself, as i've never played GH before I wouldn't know how hard it would be to do it...
Planned on getting GH2 but i'd rather just wait till GH3 now...

You should get Guitar Hero one, has the best songs in my opinion. Plus it's much more diverse, has something for everyone. Seemed like GH2 they got some guy who lives in a basement and plays guitar all day to pick the track list. While there are some good songs, just wasn't my type of music for the most part.

If you've played "Frets on Fire" for PC, you'll notice the option to create your own songs. It's possible, but you do have to sort everything yourself. So I can't be bothered with it.

cmon Stairway

If they can get some Who and Hendrix on here, I'll be happy.

Oh and maybe another Pearl Jam song just because I'm a mindless fan who thinks they've got a lot of good Guitar Hero worthy songs too.

Fozzy should be in the game.

That alone they could probably do.

That combined with the fact that you need to be able to add or subtract the guitars as you play right or wrong (And bass/riddem in multiplayer)...Yeah, never happen. Unless they add in a potentially complicated interface (Even things like Freetar HEro are dodgy)

:yes:


As soon as guitar hero hits PS3, they NEED to do downloadable tracks. It could work like itunes have a massive guitar hero library of songs.

360 already has that

Downloadable content? There's a new idea for Guitar Hero!

Sorry I thought I was in 2005 for a moment there

Article from IGN, with some screenshots: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/792/792801p1.html

VIDEOS

Weezer-My Name Is Jonas

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Foghat-Slow Ride

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*ERECTION*

they need to make the Rock Meter bigger...and they need to find better players to demo these songs.

"Who Am I (To Kill A Stranger)" would own.

Notice in the article they say that Neversoft was still working on the timing, so it might not be the tester's fault.

The streak counter is good, a nice little addition. Hopefully some killer songs will be announced soon.

Neversoft has impressed me.

Songs confirmed so far:

"Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones
"Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins
"Sabotage" by Beastie Boys
"The Metal" by Tenacious D
"My Name is Jonas" by Weezer
"Knights of Cydonia" by Muse
"Rock And Roll All Nite" as made famous by Kiss
"School's Out" as made famous by Alice Cooper
"Slow Ride" as made famous by Fog Hat
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour
"Barracuda" as made famous by Heart

IGN announced 2 new ones today:

Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Priestess - Lay Down

Evenflow :y:

WOOOOOOOOO

*crosses fingers for The Who to be included*

It surprises me that after two Guitar Heros, that The Who have yet to be put on the game. I mean The Who is one of the biggest ad whores of all time so their lack of inclusion in the game as of yet is baffling.

More importantly, Pete Townshend is, and he's the author behind most of the big songs.

Plus, I mean, Townshend's responsible for an iconic guitar style, even if most of his songs aren't shred-style or whatever.

It's worth noting that a lot of the bands on these games have Boston ties, even if theyr'e not from Boston. I mean, people like Bowie might as well be Bostonian. Even Queen was hugely influential in Boston, and still are (Though their popularity has waned).

The Who is more a West Coast deal, and so they may be a lower priority. I mean, they're certainly not as essential to draw in the pop crowd as Nirvana or Incubus, and they're not as essential to the guitar heads as Skynnyrd....So it's easy to see them slipping through the cracks.

Wow, IGN has some vids of battle mode, I'm really not liking it at all.

New interview video on IGN.

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/8...96/vids_1.html

Lay Down :cool:

If the only song in this ganme was Knights of Cydonia, then I would still buy it. Can't believe they included it. So awesome. Whole playlist is looking really good so far.

Wll this work with the gibson xplorer dya think?
Don't really fancy paying £70 again, rather just buy the game...

Yes it will.

Speaking of that, its been said that older Guitar Hero controllers may work on Rock Band as well as GH3 even though they're being cooked in two different houses. In a classy gesture Harmonix stated that they'd make Rock Band guitars work with GH3 if Neversoft simply asked. That would be cool cross-compatibility.

I heard that they said the GH guitars would be like a 3rd party controller, it will still work with Rock Band, but obviously to really you the best out of the game you need to get the stuff that comes with it.

They have said that the Rock Band guitars will do... stuff the current GH guitars can't do.

Like what, have a whammy bar that works? :o

after atleast 40 songs?

HOOOOOOLY SHIT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlvMkvTLO8Y

I would love it if they put Strange World by Iron Maiden on the game. That song has one of the best guitar solo's ever on it.

I shit you not...when Rock You Like A Hurricane began to play my pants grew very very very tight....

OMG!!!!! I cant wipe this smile off my face.

Did I just see Slash and Hendrix?

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEXY

Pretty sure that's not Hendrix, but the redesigned Xavier Stone, Funky.

Hmmm so Welcome to the Jungle is in this game aswell.....interesting.

Thats abit fucking gay.

Four new songs have been confirmed:

Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
ZZ Top - La Grange *COVER*

The other three are original recordings.

OHHHHHHH SHITTTTTTTTTTTT. :love: :heart: :love: :heart:


Now all we need is a non-hacked version of Fury of the Storm, and I will be in HEAVEN.

Niceeeeeeeeee.

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Fuck. Yeah. :cool:

The Metal by tenacious D, OMFG Yes

Though the note placement is off and the new Battle Mode is stupid (cute but stupid), Slash endorses the game and he has a track in there. Can't be that bad. I'd like it on its own merit.

I was talking to my friend yesterday about how Neversoft could stay afloat with Rock Band destined to kick it's ass. They should run with the idea of specialized soundtracks; a 70's game, a Nintendo themes game for Wii, a TV themes, a movie themes, exclusive remix soundtrack to old songs...

This way the Guitar Hero series could offer something different from what Rock Band. "Playing music" is no longer a holy shit experience and now they need to step up to survive.

Holy shit.... *faints*

Metroid motherfucking metal.

kick fucking ass :)

Just listened to Through fire and flames, and I believe it will make Jordan look like the tutorial excercises in terms of difficulty.

Go to Youtube and check out some of the Through The Fir And Flames custom vids people have made. And the guys from Scorehero.com (who got the exclusive on this) reported that it was way tougher than Jordan. Insane guitar plus it's like 8 minutes I think.

Yea...Im actually a huge Dragonforce fan and love the song. Their is actually two different version of the song. One version is about 8 minutes long while another one is about 2 minutes shorter with a huge ass guitar solo taken out.

I read they will use a customized version for the game so Im guessing it will be the shorter one perhaps. Or maybe they will add stuff...they did add in that solo part at the very end of Holy Diver for GH 80s.

I almost called Krispy a fag for the Dragonforce tune. Then I realised he just has the same avatar as UC. Regardless, allow me to say:

FAGS.

Dragonforce is mad gay

Yeah, but dude can play guitar.

Should I go ahead and get GH 2? Or wait for this?

Get it for the soundtrack. I have all the GH games on PS2. I may get GH3 for PS2 just to keep it all in the family.

New tracks, although some may have been previously announced elsewhere

Miss Murder (by AFI)
3's and 7's (by Queens of the Stone Age)
Raining Blood (by Slayer)
Reptillia (by The Strokes)
Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)
Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)
Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)

http://www.destructoid.com/guitar-he...ks-37331.phtml

I do believe I just ejaculated for Raining Blood

Another (master) track has apparently been confirmed.

Metallica-One

http://www.destructoid.com/metallica...he-37470.phtml

And here's a preview vid for the Dragonforce song.

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Fuck if I'm ever passing that on expert.

OH FUCK ME :eek: :eek:

As far as the new news that Metallica- One is in the game.... :love: :love:

METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sdjhflasifjhuilasdfhasjkdfgilasdufhasjkefhilsujhbjk:D :D :D

Holy fuck @ Dragonforce.

Paranoid and One = :love::heart::love:

New song announced: Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

Couple of new bits: New songs:

Talk Dirty To Me, as made famous by Poison
Go That Far, by the Bret Michaels Band

And as these songs might have indicated to you, Bret Michaels will appear as a "lead vocalist character".

New songs.

These 2 were on the back of pre-order boxes at Gamestop. Unknown whether they are master tracks

Black Magic Woman - Santana
When You Were Young - The Killers

11 bonus tracks:

Minus Celsius by Backyard Babies
Hier Kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen
In The Belly of a Shark by Gallows
I'm in the Band by The Hellacopters
Avalancha by Heroes Del Silencio
Take This Life by In Flames
Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs
Closer by Lacuna Coil
Generation Rock by Revolverheld
Mauvais Garcon by NAAST
Radio Song by Superbus

There is a demo that will come with Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. One song listed in the demo:

Hit Me With Your Best Shot as made famous by Pat Benatar

In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Santana=Super :love:

The achievements for this game are stupidly hard....
www.achieve360points.com

From what I've read some songs will be region specific. So don't expect Die Toten Hosen in the US version.

Thats gayer than baird.

Well, maybe not that gay.