Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Been there, done that"

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the third iteration in the Guitar Hero season. Guitar Hero III was released after the huge success of the first two games, and tried to distinguish itself and take the series in a new direction.

The music "peripheral" genre was at its peak when Guitar Hero III came out, and I was skeptical from the beginning about one aspect of this game, the Boss Battles. Instead of trying your best to hit the notes of the song, you would be trying to get your enemy to mess up as often as possible, play the song horrifically, and in the end make them fail the song. This right here, is what turned me off from the entire music peripheral genre.

At its core however, Guitar Hero III is more of the same that everyone loved from the first two games. You have your plastic guitar, there are notes scrolling along the screen, and your goal is to perform the songs to the best of your ability. In the end, the game is the exact same as the first two releases, except with new tracks.

I can say that this is the last peripheral music game I will ever purchase (would not have ever bought it if didn't' find it for $1 at a Half Price Books). The market became too saturated with developers pouring out version after version with no core gameplay changes or innovations. Sure there were new instruments, but in the end it's just another piece of plastic with buttons that you're hitting colored orbs with.

Guitar Hero III is a fun game, but by no means a game that has lasting appeal if you have plowed hours into Guitar Hero I and II.