I feel like I'm betraying hmx by saying this.. but.. this is going to get heavy

[bounchfx]

I just read impressions by the scorehero guys on GH3.. I wasn't REALLY excited about it before ( I was still going to buy it ), but now after hearing their impressions it went not only to must buy but.. I think I'm just as excited about GH3 now as Rock Band. Of course, rock band still has drums that will be megaton awesome.. but from what I read.. the track list sounds to be freaking amazing. This year shall be awesome for us rhythm game lovers. it shall be very interesting to see and we are lucky to live during a time like this =)

heres their impressions.. im curious to see what some of you guys think:

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19183

they start with the press release kinda thing, the posts after that are their impressions from a 6 hour playtest.

god, I wish we were in november!!

[Magnet]

This belongs in the General board.

And GH3 better have a damned good track list if it's planning to compete with Rock Band at all. So no surprise there.

[Rev0lver]

lou's inferno... sounds like a cool venue

edit: i was reading the first response, and i found it funny that they had some of the neversoft guys come back to the hotel to play GH2 customs... i mean, aren't they trying to avoid customs?

[DIEGOROBOT26]

Both games are going to make me lose what little of a life I had left, thanks HMX and Neversoft.

[tmanrocks]

GH3 better have a damned good track list if it's planning to compete with Rock Band at all. So no surprise there.

Well , personally so far its like this for me

GH3 has 2 OMG songs

rock band has 0

GH3 = imo not only competing , but WINNING... in my eyes

[Rev0lver]

Well , personally so far its like this for me

GH3 has 2 OMG songs

rock band has 0

GH3 = imo not only competing , but WINNING... in my eyes

the way i see it,

GH3 has 4-5 awesome songs

Rock Band has 2 awesome songs

GH3 has 2 instruments

Rock Band has 4 instruments

GH3 has released double the songs Rock Band has

Rock Band has alot more to come

GH3 has 70 tracks to play(some DLC)

Rock Band has potentially thousands of tracks to play thanks to DLC

GH3 has single songs by bands

Rock Band has full albums

So far, gh3 is winning with the setlist, and RB is winning with features, but in the end i know RB would easily take both.

[Magnet]

GH3 = imo not only competing , but WINNING... in my eyes

Thank god I don't have to see through your eyes. Ever think about getting glasses?

[tmanrocks]

So far, gh3 is winning with the setlist, and RB is winning with features, but in the end i know RB would easily take both.

TRUTH!

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[Akaymay]

Here is my side:

Guitar hero 3 is their next step of desperation. Neversoft is getting desperate. All they're doing is wasting money on expensive masters. And they are LOADING the game with tons of little gimmicks that are just going to make the game more boring and frustrating after a while. They're making the game into a Mario Party game of sorts. They're making it into a "You better have friends or else this game is going to be boring as hell" kind of game. It's just getting repetitive. Rock band brings tons of new elements to the game. New instruments, online play, rankings, possible achievements, downloadable albums, everything that Guitar Hero doesn't! Now, I'm not trying to get you guys to not get GH3. I'm definatly getting GH3 myself, mainly because I'm a Guns N Roses mega-fan, and looking forward to facing Slash.

But, back to my point. They're making the game into a huge gimmick. Reminds me of Mario Party. The first twenty minutes of the game is amazing! But then it just gets repetitive. They're making it into a party game just so that you can use half the new features of the game.

And besides, Scorehero is hyping GH3 more than anyone is. They're probably getting paid to say it. They most likely are just trying to bring Rock Band down by saying "Guitar Hero Three is so freakin' amazing!!"

[MrMet2087]

im going to buy both, but yeah guitar hero 3 knows they can't compete with the gameplay and DLC of rock band, the only thinkg i think that puts them on the same stage as rock band right now is if they drop some zeppelin or ac/dc on us, anything else they reveal doesnt mean much to me personally, just my opinion though, now with that said i will buy both, im just looking foward to rock band right now way more