[mudstuff]

Hi Everyone,

I've just bagged a couple of cheap guitars and I'm interested in picking up one of the GH titles (or RB if you think that's better).

Which is best? Please explain your vote. Are they mostly the same and I should check the setlist? I've not played them before and hear the newer ones are a little easier.

Price is also a factor but if it's hands down the best one but most expensive that's cool.

Aerosmith is the cheapest (£12.99), followed by GH III (£17.99) and World Tour (£24.99)

[signs]

I have them all , like all of them, but i do find 3 the hardest

[King Tones]

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

I choose Rock Band

Deftones

[Guns_LotsOfGuns]

Which is the best gets a different answer to which you should buy.

IMO GH:II is the best, but you have to take into account it was the first of these games i played and loved therefore i have a certain affinity for it, its an excellent game, but comparing it to some of the new titles in the franchise its hard to ignore some of the improvements that have been made since the genre emerged a few years ago.

Most of the tracks on GH:II are covers some of them are cringeworthy after being spoilt with Masters in WT & Rock Band they can be hard to swallow, also the full band and multiplayer options are sadly lacking from GH:II.

However when it comes to Gameplay and track selection GH:II is a beast.

If its your first experience with these games you could try GH:II as an introductory step and then move through to GH:III & WT, if you only want 1 game and it has to be a GH game id wait for Greatest Hits i think.

However anyone who enjoys music games really should play GH:II

[chewyx]

Originally Posted by Deftones

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

ROCK BAND

I choose Rock Band

Deftones

This

Although everything guns says about GH2 is bang on. The advantage of RB (may aswell go for RB2 if your going to do it) is more songs, better game play plus you get a bass option to play through the career with which i dont think you did on GH2 plus you can pick up a USB mic for £10 and play in a band sans drummer.

you should have put RB in your poll as id have voted for that but as its not there, GH2 gets my vote.

[limblee]

GH Metallica is awesome.

[mudstuff]

Thanks for the replies so far, sorry I didn''t add RB though I have mentioned it and I'm happy to tally up from the comments for those. I think I'm between GH III and Aerosmith. I know Aerosmith is a bit limited but it can be had for £12 which is a steal. If I get into this sort of thing, I can then buy a full game.

Cheers Guns for the GH II comments, from what I've read it's the most well received but it holds it's price and seems to be the priciest out there. Considering the extra tracks, DLC and online modes in the later GH games, I think I'm going to rule it out for now though I see where you're coming from and I'd certainly pick it up cheap later on if I got into these games.

for the RB lovers, what's the major difference and would the guitars I've bought work? They're the £9.99 ones from Argos - Buy Guitar Hero Guitar - Xbox 360. at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for .. If not, then that's out for now though I'm hoping a friend will hook me up with a GH III wireless guitar.

[Chrispyphillips]

Urm, the best 'Guitar Hero' game is the one you havent mentioned. Guitar Hero: Metallica!!

If that were there, it would get my vote!

[King Tones]

Mudstuff, those guitars will work with every game

Instrument Compatibility Matrix v4.50 - Joystiq

I have GH2, GH3 & GH-WT aswell as Rock Band
Both GH2 & GH3 are great fun on the guitar. GH3 has a bass option so you can play a Guitar Career & Bass Career, also Co-op !
GH-WT & Rock Band you can play co-op with Guitar & Bass and also pick up a usb mic and have a go at the singing

GH2 & 3 are great and i really enjoyed them. GH-WT i could not get on with...just didnt seem fun to play. Rock Band is great, lots of DLC and really fun to play.

If your a fan of Aerosmith Music then pick that game but if your not then i would opt for GH3 maybe. If your not a fan of the music then you might not enjoy it as much...alot of Aerosmith songs where as GH3 and the others have a wide selection of songs and DLC.

Check out some of the tracklistings and see which ones take your fancy

Deftones

[Sheepking]

Originally Posted by Chrispyphillips

Urm, the best 'Guitar Hero' game is the one you havent mentioned. Guitar Hero: Metallica!!

If that were there, it would get my vote!

This is correct

[mudstuff]

Cheers though I want a cheap entry into the series to see how I get on. Was a big Metallica fan back in the day so might pick it up in future but it's quite costly currently. I pick up the guitars tonight and will try the 3 demos on live. Leaning more towards III now for the DLC and wider range as I'm not a massive fan of Aerosmith so would appreciate the variety. It's just appealing since it's £11.95 at zavvi. I'll also look into rock Band pricing and track listing since the guitars are compatible.

[shrimp3r]

Metallica.

Mark Mac

[mudstuff]

Cheers for all the comments. Just played the GH III and Metallica demos and it was awesome rocking out to Sad but True. I see you can download some Metallica tracks for GH III - does it include the oldies (the classics, not big on their new stuff)?

[lentini]

Originally Posted by mudstuff

I see you can download some Metallica tracks for GH III - does it include the oldies (the classics, not big on their new stuff)?

it's their new album, Death Magnetic

[mudstuff]

Ok thanks. Shame. I'll look out for the Metallica one when it hits Aerosmith prices!

Ordered GH III from amazon marketplace for £17.99 + £4.99 shipping, new and sealed.

Cheers everyone, played the demos and really enjoyed it though I suck lol. bit of a learning curve ahead.

[shagaboopon]

Guitar Hero 3 is probably the better game for most newcomers in my opinion. The setlist is pretty decent with a good majority of masters which put some people off GHII after they played GHIII. I'm sure you'll enjoy the purchase and I hope you find it amusing enough to build yourself up to playing hard over time. Thats the difficulty these games really payback in droves in terms of accomplished feelings.

[mudstuff]

Cheers. I was getting 95% on easy but medium was too tricky as I'm a lefty and you can't flip it in the demo. So i could do ok reversing 3 keys but four and I was a bit all over the place lol - you can flip it round in the full game can't you?

Looking forward to it the right (or should that be left ) way round.

[shagaboopon]

Originally Posted by mudstuff

Cheers. I was getting 95% on easy but medium was too tricky as I'm a lefty and you can't flip it in the demo. So i could do ok reversing 3 keys but four and I was a bit all over the place lol - you can flip it round in the full game can't you?

Looking forward to it the right (or should that be left ) way round.

Yes lefty flip is in all the full versions of the game . At least you'll not struggle with the left handed achievement

[mudstuff]

lol cheers. GH III should turn up early this week, hopefully tomorrow. I'm beginning to come round to RB as the track listing and DLC is good. But £40 for RB2?! Might see if I can lovefilm it and compare.

[Rorifett]

Sorry, I'm definitely a bit late to this! As others have said GH2 is the one i find best for the actual note mapping, the hammer-ons and pull-offs are the least forgiving (i.e. you've got to be pretty precise) but the actual fingering of the buttons is best I've seen.

Again, as others have mentioned, there are too many covers and some of them pretty poor when compared to the real tracks (especially those ones with distinct singers - the GnR cover as an example!) and the lack of full band participation is a bit of a swine, definitely lends a lot of support to buying the new Greatest Hits when it gets released as it basically looks to be an upgrade of GH2!

If you're choosing between GH3 and GHA then 3 definitely gets the nod, some of the tracks are a bit meh and the button mapping is a bit off in places but it's certainly a much better experience than GHA Hope you enjoy it when it drops through the door

ps Fight through the hand-cramp

[mudstuff]

Thanks Rorifett. I went with GH3 but I have my eye on RB when the price is right as the track listing and DLC are more to my taste plus a mate has just bought it so it'll be cool to play together.

[shagaboopon]

Originally Posted by mudstuff

Thanks Rorifett. I went with GH3 but I have my eye on RB when the price is right as the track listing and DLC are more to my taste plus a mate has just bought it so it'll be cool to play together.

Rock Band 2 of course is the best option then rent RB1 and pay for the license transfer so you can copy the songs of RB1 into RB2 .

[mudstuff]

Originally Posted by shagaboopon

Rock Band 2 of course is the best option then rent RB1 and pay for the license transfer so you can copy the songs of RB1 into RB2 .

Yeah, I figured that out the hard way. I alays assumed Rock Band was more of a group-play game but now appreciate and understand it can be played solo and has the better DLC and you can import from RB1 which I can rent.

Wonder if I can send GH3 back? New and sealed from a business on amazon marketplace. Perhaps I could say I bought the wrong one etc.

Might pick up RB2 tonight, itching to have a good go on one of these games as opposed to the demos.

[SID 6581]

It's worth keeping an eye out in the classifieds here for games. Rock Band 1 is available for £17 delivered in the 360 Games section as I write this, but Rock Band 2 is like gold dust!

http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-...ified-adverts/

[mudstuff]

Gold dust indeed, still go for £40 on ebay. I've seen used copies (which no doubt have used up the dlc codes) sell for more than the RRP!

I can rent RB1 from lovefilm and pay the 400MSP to import the tracks. Given the quality of the tracklist, I appreciate why RB2 holds it's price, I just like a bargain, especially since the instruments add a fair whack to the overall cost and there's loads of DLC, you'd think they could subsidise the game price.

Will likely pick it up tonight on the high street.

[Kinetic Frenzy]

Rock Band 2 can be had on the high street if you are lucky from Curry's for the decent price of £34.99. Failing that your best chance is AMazon or fleabay but you're definitely looking at 40 quid then. However it's well worth it even at this price

[mudstuff]

Didn't have it in my Currys, thought I saw it in GAME for £40 so quickly ran round the other stores to check their prices (not so many to look in now zavvi and woolies are dead, occasionally had their uses!). Went into Gamesation and it was £50! Unbelieveable! Nipped to HMV and they cheekily had a whole display of RB1 for £40 and in another section is was included in the 2 for £30 or £20 each! Went back to GAME only for it to be RB1. Also checked WHSmith and John Lewis but to no avail, what a complete waste of time. God how I hate the high street/shopping centre (Milton Keynes).

So I went home and found a £1 maccies code and got it for £38.99 from HMV online. Will likely turn up by the weekend, which I'm away for most of!