Guitar Hero 3

Me and Amy spent the evening unlocking all the songs, and eventually completing GH3 on medium. I’ve got the PS2 version, and while it’s still a fun game to play it doesn’t feel as good as the second one.

For example, the singer has a really large chin, no lips and is kind of creepy looking. Then there’s the drummer who acts like some sort of robotic drumming machine. Whenever there’s a beat, one of his arms or legs moves in a very precise way. The cameraman also looks half asleep, with some really boring shots of the stage and people. In Guitar Hero 2 the Star Power used to make the crowd go wild, the screen would spark and you’d get really cool looking closeups of your guitarist playing away, fingers afire. In GH3 all that changes is the blue fizzy stuff along the note track.

I get the feeling the PS2 version has been ported quickly from the PS3 or XBox 360 version, rather than being specifically written for it. It reminds me of the times when an Amiga or Atari ST game would be back converted for the Spectrum.

We’ve now got hard mode to unlock… oh dear

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