Panfan's Preview: Guitar Hero III

[Calamity Panfan]

Since Guitar Hero came out in 2005, I have been obsessed with the series. Now, Guitar Hero III is coming out sometime this year. Here are my thoughts on the game so far.

This is the song list as of now. Bold represents songs performed by the original artist.

"Barracuda" - Heart
"Cherub Rock" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Cult of Personality" - Living Colour
"Knights of Cydonia" - Muse
"My Name is Jonas" - Weezer
"Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones
"Rock and Roll All Nite" - Kiss
"Sabotage" - Beastie Boys
"School's Out" - Alice Cooper
"Slow Ride" - Foghat
"The Metal" - Tenacious D

Unknown songs by the following artists:
Queens of the Stone Age
Velvet Revolver

THIS IS A F***ING GREAT SONG LIST. These 11 songs alone make me want the game, and the past games have had over fifty. There is not one song in this list that I do not like. The Guitar Hero team is trying to get Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC who would all be awesome.

The controller for Wii/PS3/360 will have Les Paul models, while PS2 will have a Kramer model. They should all be wireless.

I'll have more stuff on the game as time progresses.

[Calamity Panfan]

VIDEOS! This is all they had. Even though they don't have the whole song, it's still awesome

My Name is Jonas:
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Slow Ride:
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Graphics look...

EXCELLENT *Bill and Ted air guitar*

[Calamity Panfan]

I should've updated this more.

The songs so far:

"3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Barracuda" – Heart
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange" – ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"Miss Murder" – AFI
"Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
"Raining Blood" – Slayer
"Reptilia" – The Strokes
"Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
"Boss Battle" - Slash
"Let it Roll" or "Get Out the Door" - Velvet Revolver

****. Yes.

[Demonicus Prime]

The Metal and Miss Murder are making me want to shun Rock Band.

[Calamity Panfan]

Through the Fire and Flames is going to be like Six and Jordan combined.

"10 of the best players were flown into LA to test drive the full version of guitar hero 3. Of those 10, all 10 of them failed through the fire and flames at TWO PERCENT. Only one guy succeeded in passing the song. It was a 71% score, 3 stars.... on his 21st try."

[Auron]

I actually heard that they're going to have "One" by Metallica on it as well. I heard that Activision reported it at ScoreHero, but it hasn't been officially confirmed beyond that.

[Calamity Panfan]

I believe GameSpot confirmed it.

[Calamity Panfan]

Added rumored and semi-announced songs that I can't find links to.



Bold still represents MASTER, MASTER! Tracks.

"Barracuda" – Heart
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange - ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
"Boss Battle" - Slash
"Let it Roll" or "Get Out the Door" - Velvet Revolver
"Miss Murder" - AFI
"Raining Blood" - Slayer
"3's and 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Reptillia" - The Strokes
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath (I called it. Those GameFAQs dumbasses doubted me because it was in Rock Band, but I mother****ing called it)
"One" - Metallica

Rumored/Semiconfirmed:
"Dumpweed" - Blink-182
"The King of Rock & Roll" - Daniel Lioneye
"My Own Summer (Shove It)" - Deftones
"Nitro" - Dick Dale
"Hearts on Fire" - Hammerfall
"Metal Heavy Lady" - Lions
"The Red Carpet Grave" - Marilyn Manson
"Monsters" - Matchbook Romance
"Washington is Next" - Megadeth
"Straight to Video" - Mindless Self Indulgence
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" - Van Halen
Unknown Song - The Sleeping
Unknown Song - Dethklok
"Revolution is My Name" - Pantera

Characters (bold represents new):

Axel Steel
Casey Lynch
Izzy Sparks
Judy Nails
Johnny Napalm
Lars Umlaut
Xavier Stone
Midori
Slash
Dimebag Darrell (Rumored)

[Auron]

"Washington Is Next" would be a kickass song for GH III. Gotta have at least one Black Sabbath and one Megadeth song in each GH game. It's like a tradition.

I'm still pushing for a Dreamn Theater or Symphony X song in GH III, but I doubt it'll happen. It's very unfortunate too, considering John Petrucci and Michael Romeo are two of the best guitarists in the business.

[Calamity Panfan]

MOAR



Bold still represents MASTER, MASTER! Tracks.

"Barracuda" – Heart
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange - ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
"Boss Battle" - Slash
"Let it Roll" or "Get Out the Door" - Velvet Revolver
"Miss Murder" - AFI
"Raining Blood" - Slayer
"3's and 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Reptillia" - The Strokes
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath
"One" - Metallica
"Go That Far" - Bret Michaels
"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison
"Black Magic Woman" - Santana
"When You Were Young" - The Killers
"She Bangs the Drums" - The Stone Roses
"Minus Celsius" - Backyard Babies
"Hier Kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen
"In the Belly of a Shark" - by Gallows
"I'’m in the Band" - The Hellacopters
"Avalancha" - Heroes Del Silencio
"Take This Life" - In Flames
"Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs
"Closer" - Lacuna Coil
"Generation Rock" - Revolverheld
"Mauvais Garcon" - NAAST
"Radio Song - Superbus


Rumored/Semiconfirmed:
"Dumpweed" - Blink-182
"The King of Rock & Roll" - Daniel Lioneye
"My Own Summer (Shove It)" - Deftones
"Nitro" - Dick Dale
"Hearts on Fire" - Hammerfall
"Metal Heavy Lady" - Lions
"The Red Carpet Grave" - Marilyn Manson
"Monsters" - Matchbook Romance
"Washington is Next" - Megadeth
"Straight to Video" - Mindless Self Indulgence
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" - Van Halen
Unknown Song - The Sleeping
Unknown Song - Dethklok
"Revolution is My Name" - Pantera

Characters (bold represents new):

Axel Steel
Casey Lynch
Izzy Sparks
Judy Nails
Johnny Napalm
Lars Umlaut
Xavier Stone
Midori
Slash
Bret Michaels (singer only)
Tom Morello
The Devil (rumored)

I probably won't be able to keep this updated, so go to Shane's Guitar Hero site (in which I am a blogger) for more.

The Unofficial Guitar Hero 3 FanSite

[Alex]

For anyone who hasn't seen it.

Official Through The Fire And The Flames Preview

They cut out the solos. :(