Rock Band VS Guitar Hero 3

[rockerr715]

With Chirstmas coming up, my moms been bugging me to make a Christmas list. I've thought of some things i want, and the top thing on my list is either rock band or guitar hero 3. Im really not worried about price all that much. I just cant decide which one is better. I have played guitar hero games at freinds houses and i can play most songs on hard. I recently went to a best buy and tryed out rockband, and I couldnt beat a song on medium :( . Im not sure why the game seems a lot harder than guitar hero. My freind told me that you need to hit exactly on the notes when you play the guitar. Another thing that ive noticed is it seems like guitar hero 3's song list is a lot better than the rock bands song list. But with all the DLC on rock band the rock band list might be better. Idk, just wondering what you guys think is better, rock band or guitar hero.

[MdubMedia]

An RB forum will tell you RB.

A GH forum will tell you GH.

[Jimmik]

lol

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[masterx1918]

rock band is the ultimate rhythm game experience. GH is only 1/4 of RB

[iNiGhTmAr3]

An RB forum will tell you RB.

A GH forum will tell you GH.

I think a GH forum would say Rock Band because they know that Harmonix were the original guitar hero developers.....They know Harmonix will make a better game lol.

[dragulaAC]

....you know you're asking this on a 'Rock Band' website. Soooo, you may have some bias answers coming in. I'll just say this, GH3 is for you if you like playing through the songs in practice mode for days at a time because you need to 5-star every song on Expert difficulty, and that's why you play it. Or to challenge your friend to see whose better.

You would choose Rock Band, if you are more interested in just jamming and having fun with your friends doing it. Along with working together with your bandmates, rather than competing against. Some of the songs may not be quite as intricate with the Guitar part as GH3, but that's all there is to GH. Rock Band chooses it's songs for an overall 'band' enjoyment. That's not to say the vast amount of DLC that is suspected to be coming out won't vary and really challenge your guitar wailing abilities as well. Rock Band basically has all GH3 has to offer built right into it as just 1 game play mode.

Like I said, you'll see alot of sway towards Rock Band in a 'Rock Band' forum. But, it's your choice in the end that matters to you.

[KeithSkins]

As similar as the games are in many respects, they're also quite different.

Rock Band focuses on delivering a more authentic musical experience, while GH3 focuses on challenge or shredding.

Rock Band's focus on the (on disc) song list to span a diverse array of styles and eras, while GH3 is seemingly more about metal.

Rock Band is seemingly more about collaboration, while GH3 seems to place priority on individual achievement and versus modes.

No one can tell you which one is better; all we can do is try to let you know which game is about. If you're looking for more of a "real" band/musical experience, it's Rock Band all the way. If you'd prefer a more "arcadey" experience, GH3 is probably the one for you.

For me personally, I'm going with Rock Band. The RPG elements in the Band World Tour mode and the character development stuff is awesome. Even more so is that my friends and I can be inspired to hang out and play it, in the spirit of an actual band. Also, I like that the challenge is more derived from playing real music accurately, as opposed to making songs more difficult, just to be more difficult.

[crivit]

I have played guitar hero games at freinds houses

My first question would be which Guitar Hero games have you played? If it was GH3 and you know what to expect from that, then that may be what you want. If you played GH1 and/or 2 then you'll probably like Rock Band alot better. You may already know this, but just in case you don't, the people that made GH1 and 2 are the people making RB. It is the true spiritual successor to GH. As far as the timeing issues go, the window to hit notes should be similiar to GH2. GH3 has a much larger window to hit notes, so if that's what you're used to, it would explain your difficulty on the demo. Also some demos have problems with guitars not working well, or lag calibration issues.

Other things to consider:

Rock Band expnds on the GH experience, both with more solo options (drums, singing) and a much more in depth co-op option.

Rock Band is going to have a ton of DLC available, so you'll have lots of options to keep the game fresh. Pricing for DLC hasn't been announced yet, but it looks hopeful it will be cheper than GH3's DLC.

[KaYotiX]

Rock Band has many cool things that Guitar Hero does not have.

Sure, I'll admit I'm biased as all hell, but if you put the two side by side and listed their best qualities, Rock Band band does laps about the competition.

Very true! Also i feel Rockband is more about having fun, GH3 is WAY too much about battles and competative play "im better than you" sort of stuff.

Id rather just chill with the wife and friends and rock out having fun!!

[TheFatBloke]

For a bigger challenge - GH3.

For a lot more fun - Rock Band.

I only play games for fun so RB is the obvious choice for me.

[BodhiWolff]

I have a friend who has picked up GH3 since he has a Wii. I, too, have a Wii, but purchased an Xbox 360 just so we could get into RockBand. His take on GH3 is that the "Boss Battles" are more than a little frustrating, and are huge bottlenecks in the game. This is his first-and-only Guitar Hero game, and I'm rather wishing he'd picked up Guitar Hero 2, or even Guitar Hero 1 (which I personally think has a better general, all-purpose soundtrack).

In my opinion, it is the Boss-Battles and multplayer competition which define GH3. I'll explain my take on it.

I understand that Red Octane wanted to add "something" to the Guitar Hero franchise, but I am disappointed that the shift in mentality went towards competition. In GH2, the addition of the second-player's complimentary bass lines added to the cooperative experience, in that you were playing uniquely different instruments which had different sounds, felt different, and yet belonged together. In GH3, the shift towards multiplayer competition, the addition of virtual opponents to compete with, and the addition of a whole array of competetive arsenal of tricks really divides the world of music-games into two distinct camps. Truly, a GH3 fan is a different animal from, say, a RockBand fan. They scratch two completely different itches.

If multiplayer is all about messing with your friend, breaking his string at just the wrong moment, flipping his guitar the wrong way around, and ruining his streak so you can jump on his rotting musical corpse and claim Rock Victory, then GH3 is right up your alley. For that matter, if beating the Devil as a virtual opponent in a similar battle royale involving broken amps, power-ups, and temporarily-obscured frets is your idea of fun, then GH3 is the game for you and your friends. Competition is the spice that makes gaming fun. PvP (whether the people are real or virtual) is the thing that makes life great -- so long live Rock, and teabag your enemies!

If Gaming without the competetive edge would lack any of the spice that would make life worth living, then GH3 is the game you should pick up.
It *sounds* like it should be fun!

But to me, it isn't. Not in a music game. It just becomes work. It becomes about practicing a song endlessly so you can actually *beat* your opponent, and do well enough to move on. Or keep up with your friends who *do* practice endlessly.

If it *doesn't* sound as enjoyable as a multiplayer cooperative music game with a "virtual band" meta-game where you gain fans, make money, and risk your fame on a tour where you gamble that your performances *as a team* will be good enough to help pay off the risks that you promised before you went on stage, then I'd say that you have a date with RockBand, along with the rest of us!

[xizorhutt]

there both great in there own way. I got GH3 and Tuesday I get RB. Now I dont have to decide which is better

[TheFatBloke]

To BodhiWolf... I completely agree.

I don't want to spend ages practicing just to get good at Guitar Hero 3 which isn't actually that much fun. They really make GH too hard so they stop becoming fun, I want pure fun in a game, not to have to redo songs constantly getting frustated and annoyed.

[Oblong]

Bodhiwolf has just made some beautiful music with a keyboard. Great comparative piece!

:)

[nVizzle]

GH3 was the biggest game letdown of the year for me. Neversoft released an inferior, buggy, often annoying game.

[Tenacious_B]

Guitar Hero 3 doesn't work on the ps3 at all, on other systems it works but doesn't feel like you're playing the music, even though the songs rock. The gameplay ruins the game.

[scourge]

rock band is the ultimate rhythm game experience. GH is only 1/4 of RB

Everyone says this but GH has bass in it. So isn't it 1/2 of RB?

[jq715861]

Guitar Hero 3 doesn't work on the ps3 at all, on other systems it works but doesn't feel like you're playing the music, even though the songs rock. The gameplay ruins the game.

My PS3 version works fine after a day or two of tinkering and finding out exactly what was wrong with the guitar and finding the perfect lag number to set the calibration to.

It's definitely not better than GH2 or GH1 but I don't think it's a god-awful game. I got a solid bass guitar out of it and it does have some great songs that aren't really all that annoying.

The part I was disappointed in was the bonus section. Out of a handful of songs that I like the bonus section was a complete swing and a miss.

[Hurdy_Gurdy]

I don't even think there is a contest. You get to play vocals and drums in Rock Band. Let's repeat drums and vocals!! That is basically 3 games in one. Not to mention a fully expanded single player, downloadable albums, and much better graphics. Harmonix has thrown in everything for Rock Band except the kitchen sink.

I have neither a Xbox 360 or a PS3, nor did I have any intention to. But just after seeing the Rock Band website, I'm willing to pay top dollar for it.

[GillDaThrill]

I would say "wait", honestly. I jumped on the GH3 gravy train immediately, and am currently feeling semi-burned due to the (at best) wildly unresponsive online play and inconsistent quality of instrument (personally, my strum bar does not work 15-25% of the time). I'm a PS3 user, by the way; the problems may be less prevalent or different on other platforms.

Come back here a few days after Rock Band is released and see if there is a bunch of complaints or not (regarding hardware/software, not difficulty) and make your decision then. Personally, I think there won't be any problems as I believe the peripheral problems had to do with getting GH3 out reasonably far away from Rock Band leading to inconsistent craftmanship. But who knows?

By the by, I also pre-ordered Rock Band. So take my opinion with a heaping tablespoon of salt.

[Bakkster]

Everyone says this but GH has bass in it. So isn't it 1/2 of RB?

But it doesn't have bass quickplay. Let's call GH3 1.25 games and Rock Band 3.5.

[King_Nuthin]

There's a lot of reasons I am confident I will prefer Rock Band, many have been touched on already like the boss battles and unnecessary difficulty. There's also the little touches that were in the first two GH games that made them great that are lacking in GH3 - the jokes on the load screens, the venues which were modeled on real locations and events instead of advertisements, etc.

But for me where Rock Band really shines and GH3 fails is song selection. Do I like every song on Rock Band? Not really. But its a diversified set list with something for everybody, it will open a lot of people's eyes to new music either from the past or present which is what I think Harmonix is trying to do. Its why they have people like Little Steven involved in their advisory board. GH3 is catering to one niche of gamers who have been very vocal in their desire for more metal. That's great, but those songs don't play well outside that audience. Is GH3 going to become a bar staple the way GH2 did? There are entire tiers of music that I'd just rather never play more than once in GH3. If you like the song list that's great but there's no guarantee your friends will so you may be playing alone. I really believe Rock Band is going to have much wider appeal, plus the DLC will allow you to fine tune your experience to one genre if that's what you really want, even though I think that is missing the point of the game entirely.

[dlisapussy]

Everyone says this but GH has bass in it. So isn't it 1/2 of RB?

GH3 has 1/2 the tracks.

But with Rockband, you also have band world tour, and other things like making logos and mottoes for your band, creating your person, licensed tracks, etc.


But it doesn't have bass quickplay. Let's call GH3 1.25 games and Rock Band 3.5.

I disagree. Rock band can only compare to GH as a rhythm game, but Rockband is more than just that.

[svartingr]

With Chirstmas coming up, my moms been bugging me to make a Christmas list. I've thought of some things i want, and the top thing on my list is either rock band or guitar hero 3. Im really not worried about price all that much. I just cant decide which one is better. I have played guitar hero games at freinds houses and i can play most songs on hard. I recently went to a best buy and tryed out rockband, and I couldnt beat a song on medium :( . Im not sure why the game seems a lot harder than guitar hero. My freind told me that you need to hit exactly on the notes when you play the guitar. Another thing that ive noticed is it seems like guitar hero 3's song list is a lot better than the rock bands song list. But with all the DLC on rock band the rock band list might be better. Idk, just wondering what you guys think is better, rock band or guitar hero.

Yes, this is a Rock Band forum, so it's going to be slightly biased. However, you just need to think what you're going to find yourself enjoying more. Think about the song list. Think about replay value. In my opinion, Rock Band has the greatest replay value (you get four parts to beat.)

Think of Rock Band like forming a band. Think of Guitar Hero like being the lead guitarist of the band. So whichever one you like more.