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Finally picked up Guitar Hero 3 last Sunday. Here are my thoughts.

First of all, let's start with the controller. Specifically the dongle. I don't mind it. It isn't all that big. Now to the controller itself. The detachable neck and faceplates both come off and go together easily. With the neck able to be removed, my guitar fits in my cabinet now when I'm not playing so it's not sitting on the floor which is also good. All of my other views on the guitar can be found in my previous blog. They have not changed.

On to the game itself. At first, there were problems. The controller synced up great but due to playing on a HD tv, the sound running through a receiver, and a wireless guitar, there was a lag issue that needed to be taken care of. For anyone who's having problems, the developers have said that 31ms is the usual delay from the wireless guitar so setting your lag to that will help. Mine has been best at 35ms but that's besides the point. lol

This is easily the most challenging setlist of all the Guitar Heros to this point. The past 3 I've beaten with little trouble on expert in a few days. I am currently on the last teir and having difficulty with One by Metallica and Raining Blood by Slayer. Not to mention that I've played Through Fire and Flame in practice mode on expert and there are only three words that describe this song..."OH MY GOD!" lol No matter what difficulty you play on, I recommend you play it on expert in practice mode at least once and try your best. If nothing else, you should get a good chuckle out of it.

All in all, I am very pleased with GH3 and glad I purchased it.

Only played 2 songs (The Metal and Rock You Like a Hurricane) at a 360 kiosk at Gamestop but that was enough for me to formulate some opinions. lol

First things first. The new guitar. Keep in mind that I'm used to the PS2's guitar at moment so these are nothing that I won't get used to. The body of the guitar is significantly thicker than the PS2s guitar which moves the strum bar a little bit further away from your body which I wasn't a huge fan of. But that is something I'll adjust to. What I did like was that the strum bar is somewhat shorter and therefore doesn't require as far of a push. This may seem insignificant...until you hit those parts where alternate strumming is necessary. It made it far easier than what I was used to with GH2 to get up and back down on tempo.

The neck felt similar in length and size compared to the PS2 guitar which I was happy about and the end of the neck didn't get in your way like the 360 Xplorer. However, the buttons have now been somewhat flattened. Yes they have the same rounded bottom design of the PS2 guitar, but the buttons are almost concave which leads to some slight slipping problems compared to the easy to feel convex buttons of the PS2 guitar. Again, I'm being picky and this is nothing I won't grow accustomed to after a few of the early songs.

Ok on to gameplay. It's the guitar hero we all know and love. Hammer-on's were responsive like GH2s and gave you that same split-second of leeway to make them actually possible but not too easy that we know from GH2. After all gameplay is what makes Guitar Hero well Guitar Hero, and it definitely delivers.

Long story short, come Sunday (hopefully) I'll be rocking out on my PS3 and if you are a Guitar Hero fan, I suggest you do the same!

Thanks for reading and happy gaming.

The_Rick_14

Seriously there's been a huge overflow of these topics recently and each one's reasons are funnier and funnier as far as I'm concerned.

"Sony needs to get more exclusives."

Actually Sony is averaging an exclusive a month (not counting PSN original games). That's a pretty good number if you ask me.

"HD-DVD is better than Blu-Ray."

Honestly at this point, who cares? DVDs are still the best way to go since DVD players cheaper than both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players will upscale them and unless you're a technology nut (like me) you won't notice a difference.

"LAIR and Heavenly Sword flopped and Warhawk did too."

If you go by reviews you could say that, but LAIR still sold a bunch of copies, Warhawk was sold out all over the place, and Heavenly Sword will sell a bunch of copies as well.

I could go on and on. The PS3 is not "failing". They aren't going to stop making games for it or take it off the market. When you look back it's running the same gauntlet the PS2 ran through with the same exact complaints. Too expensive, unfamiliar hardware, new media type, etc.

Sorry 'bout that...just had to get that out of my system. lol

So I just tried to play my first online game in NCAA 08 and all I have to say is never again will I even attempt it. Half of my button presses didn't register, all my movements were delayed. It's impossible to play football like that. The only thing I think you could possibly do is run the option, which I'm sure is why my opponent was West Virginia. It was the single worst online experience to date.

/rant

So recently I've been playing Rainbow 6: Vegas a little bit too much and always use my urban camo loadout which inspired my new banner.

Let me know what you guys think of it or if you have any suggestions to make it better.