This Guide was made so all info currently known about Guitar Hero 3 Could be accessed at one page, Instead of searching through the forums for scraps of info. Note that most information is taken from wikipedia.
Videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnqX28vjIks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ZutgOyA9EY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gi_-LAeV4q4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlvMkvTLO8Y
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A_3Dpp2lwhQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Olvch5sKdCM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HybWtwQtfqA
Venues
In addition to four new songs, ScoreHero also reported some of the venues that will be featured in the game. The names of the venues are "Backyard Bash", "Mitch's Moose Lounge", "Video Shoot", "Ye Olde Royal Odeon", "Shanker's Island", "Desert Rock Tour", "Kaiju Megadome", and "Lou's Inferno".
Character cast
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
It has been revealed by Neversoft lead developer Alan Flores in a GameSpot interview Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will feature a cast of thirteen characters.[30] Returning to the game are the characters of: Axel Steel, Casey Lynch, Izzy Sparks, Judy Nails, Johnny Napalm, Lars Ümlaüt, Xavier Stone, and Midori is known to be a new character. Clive Winston and Pandora have been removed from the cast. The reason for Clive's removal is that the developers feel Xavier Stone replaces Clive as the 70's rocker while they say they took Pandora's features and melded them with Judy Nails.[31] No official statement has been made about Eddie Knox's inclusion or exclusion from the game.
Still according to Flores, Guitar Hero III will feature three boss battles in the game (two of them being the aforementioned Slash and Tom Morello), and one of them will be against a "fictional" guitarist.[30]
GamePro stated on August 23 that Tom Morello is also in the game,[32] and a German Activison brochure confirmed he is going to be the other boss.[33][34]
On August 11, 2007 USA Today revealed that an animated Bret Michaels of Poison and the Bret Michaels Band would be singing his bands' songs, Go That Far and Talk Dirty to Me. [35] It was further revealed that you can select Michaels as the singer on any song through a cheat in the game. [2]
Setlist
* "3's & 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age[36]
* "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols †[37]
* "Avalancha" – Héroes del Silencio[38]
* "Barracuda" – Heart[39]
* "Before I Forget" – Slipknot[40]
* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana [40]
* "Black Sunshine" – White Zombie[40]
* "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine[41]
* "Cherub Rock" – The Smashing Pumpkins[39]
* "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult[42]
* "Cliffs of Dover" – Eric Johnson[40]
* "Closer" – Lacuna Coil[38]
* "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour †[39]
* "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" – Charlie Daniels Band [40]
* "Even Flow" – Pearl Jam[39]
* "Generation Rock" – Revolverheld[38]
* "Go That Far" - Bret Michaels Band[35]
* "Helicopter" – Bloc Party[40]
* "Hier Kommt Alex" – Die Toten Hosen[38]
* "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar[43]
* "Holiday in Cambodia" – Dead Kennedys[40]
* "I'm in the Band" – The Hellacopters[38]
* "In the Belly of a Shark" – Gallows[38]
* "Knights of Cydonia" – Muse[39]
* "Kool Thing" – Sonic Youth[44]
* "La Grange" – ZZ Top[45]
* "Lay Down" – Priestess[39]
* "Mauvais Garçon" – Naast[38]
* "The Metal" – Tenacious D[39]
* "Minus Celsius" – Backyard Babies[38]
* "Miss Murder" – AFI[42]
* "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain[36]
* "Monsters" – Matchbook Romance[40]
* "My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer[39]
* "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden [45]
* "One" – Metallica[46]
* "Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones [39]
* "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath[36]
* "Pride and Joy" – Stevie Ray Vaughan[40]
* "Radio Song" – Superbus[38]
* "Raining Blood" – Slayer[36]
* "Reptilia" – The Strokes[36]
* "Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss[39]
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
* "Ruby" – Kaiser Chiefs[38]
* "Sabotage" – Beastie Boys[39]
* "Same Old Song and Dance" – Aerosmith [40]
* "School's Out" – Alice Cooper[39]
* "The Seeker" – The Who[40]
* "She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses[47][48]
* "She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver[49][39]
* "Slow Ride" – Foghat[39]
* "Story of My Life" – Social Distortion[40]
* "Stricken" – Disturbed[40]
* "Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers [45]
* "Sunshine of Your Love" – Cream[40]
* "Take This Life" – In Flames[38]
* "Talk Dirty to Me" – Poison[35]
* "Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce[50]
* "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses[51][39]
* "When You Were Young" – The Killers
Battle Mode
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
IGN also announced the game would feature a new multiplayer game mode called Battle Mode.[25] The mode puts a twist on the Pro Face-off mode introduced in Guitar Hero II. Two players will face each other, trying to complete a song while successfully playing Star Power sequences to earn attacks that can be used against their opponents. Players will be able to store three attacks at a time and can activate them by tilting their guitars upward. If neither player fails the song, they will face each other in a sudden death segment. The attacks will include:
* Broken string: One fret button on the opponent's guitar will not work until it is fixed (by rapidly tapping the button).
* Difficulty up: The opponent will play the song on an increased difficulty for a short duration of time (except for expert difficulty).
* Amp overload: The fret board will shake and appear blurry, making the scrolling notes difficult to read.
* Whammy bar: The opponent will have to use the whammy bar before he/she can play notes again.
* Steal power: This will steal your opponent's power-up (this will be lost if used when the opponent has no power-up).
* Double notes: The opponent will have to play any single note as a two-button chord, and any two-button chord as a three-button chord for a short amount of time.
* Lefty flip: The fret board will be mirrored, requiring the player to switch their handedness on the guitar.
* Death Drain: This power-up is only available in Sudden Death mode. Once activated, your opponent's Rock Meter will rapidly drain on its own.[26]
Co-op Career
IGN announced that the game will include a 2 player co-op mode, like Guitar Hero 2, however it will be a Career style gameplay, therefore allowing two players to play through 6 of the 8 sets with different encores to unlock. However there will not be any boss battles in this mode. As in Guitar Hero 2, one player will play Bass Guitar/Rhythm Guitar and one player will play Lead Guitar
Leaked Setlist
A post on the ScoreHero forums (which was promptly deleted) supposedly contained the full song list for Guitar Hero 3. You’ll be playing some recent hits from such artists as AFI, Queens of the Stone Age and Rise Against along with a ton of other rock songs from the last few decades.
Tier 1:
Foghat- Slow Ride
Poison- Talk Dirty to Me
Pat Benatar- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Social Distortion- Story of My Life
Encore: Kiss- Rock and Roll All Nite
Co-op Encore: Beastie Boys- Sabotage
Tier 2:
Mountain- Mississippi Queen
Alice Cooper- School’s Out
Cream- Sunshine of Your Life
Heart- Barracuda
Boss: Tom Morello- Guitar Battle
Encore: Rage Against the Machine- Bull’s on Parade
Co-op Encore: The Strokes- Reptilia
Tier 3:
The Killers- When You Were Young
AFI- Miss Murder
The Who- The Seeker
Priestess- Lay Down
Encore: Rolling Stones- Paint It Black
Co-op Encore: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Suck My Kiss
Tier 4:
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
The Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the UK
Sonic Youth- Kool Thing
Weezer- My Name Is Jonas
Encore: Pearl Jam- Evenflow
Co-op Encore: Blue Oyster Cult- Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
Tier 5:
The Dead Kennedy’s- Holiday in Cambodia
Scorpions- Rock You Like a Hurricane
Aerosmith- Same Old Song and Dance
ZZ Top- La Grange
Boss: Slash- Guitar Battle
Encore: Guns N Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Co-op Encore: Bloc Party- Hellicopter
Tier 6:
Santana- Black Magic Woman
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
White Zombie- Black Sunshine
Tenacious D- The Metal
Encore: Stevie Ray Vaughn- Pride and Joy
Co-op Encore: Matchbook Romance- Monsters
Tier 7:
Slipknot- Before I Forget
Disturbed- Stricken
Queens of the Stone Age- 3’s and 7’s
Muse- Knights of Cydonia
Encore: Living Colour- Cult of Personality
Tier 8:
Slayer- Raining Blood
Eric Johnson- Cliffs of Dover
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Metallica- One
Boss: Lou- Guitar Battle
Encore: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Bonus Tracks:
An Endless Sporadic- Impulse
Backyard Babies- Minus Celsius
Bret Michaels Band- Go That Far
Die Toten Hosen- Hier kommit Alex
Dragonforce- Through the Fire and the Flames
Fall of Troy- FCP Remix
Gallows- In the Belly of a Shark
The Hellacopters- I’m in the Band
Heroes del Silencio- Avalancha
In Flames- Take This Life
Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby
Killswitch Engage- My Curse
LA Slum Lords- Down N Dirty
Lacuna Coil- Closer
Lions- Metal Heavy Lady
NAAST- Mauvis Garcon
Prototype- The Way It Ends
Revolverheld- Generation Rock
Rise Against- Prayer of the Refugee
Scouts of St. Sebastian- In Love
Senses Fail- Can’t Be Saved
The Sleeping- Don’t Hold Back
The Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums
Superbus- Radio Song
Screenshots & Stuff
gameplay in multiplayer
The Guitars
The Cover Art
Videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnqX28vjIks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ZutgOyA9EY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gi_-LAeV4q4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlvMkvTLO8Y
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A_3Dpp2lwhQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Olvch5sKdCM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HybWtwQtfqA
Venues
In addition to four new songs, ScoreHero also reported some of the venues that will be featured in the game. The names of the venues are "Backyard Bash", "Mitch's Moose Lounge", "Video Shoot", "Ye Olde Royal Odeon", "Shanker's Island", "Desert Rock Tour", "Kaiju Megadome", and "Lou's Inferno".
Character cast
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
It has been revealed by Neversoft lead developer Alan Flores in a GameSpot interview Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will feature a cast of thirteen characters.[30] Returning to the game are the characters of: Axel Steel, Casey Lynch, Izzy Sparks, Judy Nails, Johnny Napalm, Lars Ümlaüt, Xavier Stone, and Midori is known to be a new character. Clive Winston and Pandora have been removed from the cast. The reason for Clive's removal is that the developers feel Xavier Stone replaces Clive as the 70's rocker while they say they took Pandora's features and melded them with Judy Nails.[31] No official statement has been made about Eddie Knox's inclusion or exclusion from the game.
Still according to Flores, Guitar Hero III will feature three boss battles in the game (two of them being the aforementioned Slash and Tom Morello), and one of them will be against a "fictional" guitarist.[30]
GamePro stated on August 23 that Tom Morello is also in the game,[32] and a German Activison brochure confirmed he is going to be the other boss.[33][34]
On August 11, 2007 USA Today revealed that an animated Bret Michaels of Poison and the Bret Michaels Band would be singing his bands' songs, Go That Far and Talk Dirty to Me. [35] It was further revealed that you can select Michaels as the singer on any song through a cheat in the game. [2]
Setlist
* "3's & 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age[36]
* "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols †[37]
* "Avalancha" – Héroes del Silencio[38]
* "Barracuda" – Heart[39]
* "Before I Forget" – Slipknot[40]
* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana [40]
* "Black Sunshine" – White Zombie[40]
* "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine[41]
* "Cherub Rock" – The Smashing Pumpkins[39]
* "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult[42]
* "Cliffs of Dover" – Eric Johnson[40]
* "Closer" – Lacuna Coil[38]
* "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour †[39]
* "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" – Charlie Daniels Band [40]
* "Even Flow" – Pearl Jam[39]
* "Generation Rock" – Revolverheld[38]
* "Go That Far" - Bret Michaels Band[35]
* "Helicopter" – Bloc Party[40]
* "Hier Kommt Alex" – Die Toten Hosen[38]
* "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar[43]
* "Holiday in Cambodia" – Dead Kennedys[40]
* "I'm in the Band" – The Hellacopters[38]
* "In the Belly of a Shark" – Gallows[38]
* "Knights of Cydonia" – Muse[39]
* "Kool Thing" – Sonic Youth[44]
* "La Grange" – ZZ Top[45]
* "Lay Down" – Priestess[39]
* "Mauvais Garçon" – Naast[38]
* "The Metal" – Tenacious D[39]
* "Minus Celsius" – Backyard Babies[38]
* "Miss Murder" – AFI[42]
* "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain[36]
* "Monsters" – Matchbook Romance[40]
* "My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer[39]
* "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden [45]
* "One" – Metallica[46]
* "Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones [39]
* "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath[36]
* "Pride and Joy" – Stevie Ray Vaughan[40]
* "Radio Song" – Superbus[38]
* "Raining Blood" – Slayer[36]
* "Reptilia" – The Strokes[36]
* "Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss[39]
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
* "Ruby" – Kaiser Chiefs[38]
* "Sabotage" – Beastie Boys[39]
* "Same Old Song and Dance" – Aerosmith [40]
* "School's Out" – Alice Cooper[39]
* "The Seeker" – The Who[40]
* "She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses[47][48]
* "She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver[49][39]
* "Slow Ride" – Foghat[39]
* "Story of My Life" – Social Distortion[40]
* "Stricken" – Disturbed[40]
* "Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers [45]
* "Sunshine of Your Love" – Cream[40]
* "Take This Life" – In Flames[38]
* "Talk Dirty to Me" – Poison[35]
* "Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce[50]
* "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses[51][39]
* "When You Were Young" – The Killers
Battle Mode
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
IGN also announced the game would feature a new multiplayer game mode called Battle Mode.[25] The mode puts a twist on the Pro Face-off mode introduced in Guitar Hero II. Two players will face each other, trying to complete a song while successfully playing Star Power sequences to earn attacks that can be used against their opponents. Players will be able to store three attacks at a time and can activate them by tilting their guitars upward. If neither player fails the song, they will face each other in a sudden death segment. The attacks will include:
* Broken string: One fret button on the opponent's guitar will not work until it is fixed (by rapidly tapping the button).
* Difficulty up: The opponent will play the song on an increased difficulty for a short duration of time (except for expert difficulty).
* Amp overload: The fret board will shake and appear blurry, making the scrolling notes difficult to read.
* Whammy bar: The opponent will have to use the whammy bar before he/she can play notes again.
* Steal power: This will steal your opponent's power-up (this will be lost if used when the opponent has no power-up).
* Double notes: The opponent will have to play any single note as a two-button chord, and any two-button chord as a three-button chord for a short amount of time.
* Lefty flip: The fret board will be mirrored, requiring the player to switch their handedness on the guitar.
* Death Drain: This power-up is only available in Sudden Death mode. Once activated, your opponent's Rock Meter will rapidly drain on its own.[26]
Co-op Career
IGN announced that the game will include a 2 player co-op mode, like Guitar Hero 2, however it will be a Career style gameplay, therefore allowing two players to play through 6 of the 8 sets with different encores to unlock. However there will not be any boss battles in this mode. As in Guitar Hero 2, one player will play Bass Guitar/Rhythm Guitar and one player will play Lead Guitar
Leaked Setlist
A post on the ScoreHero forums (which was promptly deleted) supposedly contained the full song list for Guitar Hero 3. You’ll be playing some recent hits from such artists as AFI, Queens of the Stone Age and Rise Against along with a ton of other rock songs from the last few decades.
Tier 1:
Foghat- Slow Ride
Poison- Talk Dirty to Me
Pat Benatar- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Social Distortion- Story of My Life
Encore: Kiss- Rock and Roll All Nite
Co-op Encore: Beastie Boys- Sabotage
Tier 2:
Mountain- Mississippi Queen
Alice Cooper- School’s Out
Cream- Sunshine of Your Life
Heart- Barracuda
Boss: Tom Morello- Guitar Battle
Encore: Rage Against the Machine- Bull’s on Parade
Co-op Encore: The Strokes- Reptilia
Tier 3:
The Killers- When You Were Young
AFI- Miss Murder
The Who- The Seeker
Priestess- Lay Down
Encore: Rolling Stones- Paint It Black
Co-op Encore: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Suck My Kiss
Tier 4:
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
The Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the UK
Sonic Youth- Kool Thing
Weezer- My Name Is Jonas
Encore: Pearl Jam- Evenflow
Co-op Encore: Blue Oyster Cult- Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
Tier 5:
The Dead Kennedy’s- Holiday in Cambodia
Scorpions- Rock You Like a Hurricane
Aerosmith- Same Old Song and Dance
ZZ Top- La Grange
Boss: Slash- Guitar Battle
Encore: Guns N Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Co-op Encore: Bloc Party- Hellicopter
Tier 6:
Santana- Black Magic Woman
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
White Zombie- Black Sunshine
Tenacious D- The Metal
Encore: Stevie Ray Vaughn- Pride and Joy
Co-op Encore: Matchbook Romance- Monsters
Tier 7:
Slipknot- Before I Forget
Disturbed- Stricken
Queens of the Stone Age- 3’s and 7’s
Muse- Knights of Cydonia
Encore: Living Colour- Cult of Personality
Tier 8:
Slayer- Raining Blood
Eric Johnson- Cliffs of Dover
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Metallica- One
Boss: Lou- Guitar Battle
Encore: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Bonus Tracks:
An Endless Sporadic- Impulse
Backyard Babies- Minus Celsius
Bret Michaels Band- Go That Far
Die Toten Hosen- Hier kommit Alex
Dragonforce- Through the Fire and the Flames
Fall of Troy- FCP Remix
Gallows- In the Belly of a Shark
The Hellacopters- I’m in the Band
Heroes del Silencio- Avalancha
In Flames- Take This Life
Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby
Killswitch Engage- My Curse
LA Slum Lords- Down N Dirty
Lacuna Coil- Closer
Lions- Metal Heavy Lady
NAAST- Mauvis Garcon
Prototype- The Way It Ends
Revolverheld- Generation Rock
Rise Against- Prayer of the Refugee
Scouts of St. Sebastian- In Love
Senses Fail- Can’t Be Saved
The Sleeping- Don’t Hold Back
The Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums
Superbus- Radio Song
Screenshots & Stuff
gameplay in multiplayer
The Guitars
The Cover Art
