This is my first Guitar Hero game, so I didn't know what to expect, Especially since this is the first Guitar Hero game for Wii. When I played it on the Xbox 360 at the game store, I thought it was pretty cool, so I went ahead and bought it. And trust me, this game is well worth the $100 you have to pay to get the guitar with the game.
The Guitar
The guitar controller is very different on the Wii version than it is on the other versions of the game. You need to take off a cover in the back, put the remote in the guitar and connect it with the Nunchuk style attachment inside, and you're all set. Also, instead of a D-pad, you get a full analog stick. The bad news is that the analog stick doesn't change anything, really. The guitar is the wireless Les Paul controller, and all you have to do to turn it on is to turn the remote on.
Gameplay
The gameplay is great. The game has a selection of 70 songs across 4 difficulty levels. You also get 12 characters to choose from(among them are guitarists Tom Morello and Slash) and 8 venues to select. You can make money and buy more guitars, additional outfits, and new songs to play. It's definitely enough to keep you occupied for quite awhile. The game also has high replayability because you always seem to want to break your old record (I beat Expert a month ago and I'm still not bored). Unfortunately, the downloadable content on the Xbox360 and PS3 versions are missing, which made me actually shed a tear or two.
Graphics/Sound
The sound is nothing short of fantastic. You get songs from classic, metal, and alternative, and they all produce very high quality sound like you've never heard. I'm sorry to say, however, that the graphics are a little on the weak side. It has the detail, but there's no texture whatsoever. In addition, all the band members aside from the guitarist all look a little too robotic. Fortunately, this doesn't take away much from the overall experience.
Multiplayer
I like the multiplayer mode better in this one much more than I did on the first 2(I've played them, I just don't own them yet). Instead of just seeing who can play better, it's a full on fight to the death, where if you hit the star sequence, you get an attack that you can unleash on your opponent to either make it harder for them to hit notes, or to break their guitar, in which case they have to fix it. There's plenty of attacks to use, so it's very fun to play. If you don't feel like competing, you can play co-op mode instead, where one of you plays Bass while the other plays Guitar. There's even a Co-op career mode which is how you unlock some of the songs. You can also play online co-op or competitive. I haven't played it yet, so I can't really give it a score, but it's there.
If you liked the first 2, then definitely buy this one. If you like Rock, then get this one. It you own a Wii,or any of the other 3 systems, then you should get this one!
Notes
As I stated in the body, I haven't played online, but it does support Wi-Fi
The Wii version is basically the same game as the PS2 version, but the Xbox 360/PS3 version is different
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"I remember in my teenage years rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band were massive. We’d meet up all the time and bust out the guitars, grab cool plastic drums and then pick some poor fool to do the singing parts. I spent probably far too much time mastering the various songs in Guitar Hero 3 on expert. I even saw my time to shine at University by impressing the ladies – pretty sure that’s how drunk me remembers it. They then just seemed to gradually disappear."
