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Guitar Hero III is finally available on PC in Australia but unfortunately it wasn't worth the wait. Buy the console version instead.
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Ty Pendlebury is a journalism graduate of RMIT Melbourne, and has worked at since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about streaming and home audio.
Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has been writing about home entertainment since 2004. He majored in Cinema Studies when studying at RMIT. He is an avid record collector and streaming music enthusiast. Credentials
In the two years since it was first released, Guitar Hero has become something of a cultural phenomenon. It has inspired T-shirts, bands, South Park parodies, and the inevitable is tomorrow's Clapton playing Guitar Hero now? questions. (Get with the times you old fogeys! Clapton????).
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Guitar Hero III is finally available on PC in Australia but, unfortunately, it wasn't worth the wait. Buy a console version instead.
Its popularity partly explains the shift away from PC gaming -- a scene which has eroded so much that Microsoft has set up a taskforce to try and save it. Quite ironic, then, that Guitar Hero is coming to the platform it's helping to destroy.
Guitar Hero III, if you aren't aware, is a rhythm-based game which uses a guitar-like controller. Essentially, notes scroll down the screen and you play the corresponding coloured buttons as they appear. The soundtrack boasts a roster of old-school rockers (Foghat, Cream), alterna-rock (Sonic Youth, Weezer) and metal (Metallica, Slayer).
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The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Guitar Hero III are classics, and while some of III's new modes -- bosses and player-versus-player battles -- don't add anything useful the soundtrack and gameplay are top-rate.
That brings us to the PC version. Like its console brethren, the PC version comes with dedicated hardware. In this case, the same controller that shipped with Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 -- a white, Gibson X-plorer. It's functional, but nowhere near as cool as the controllers available for the other consoles.
If you want to add further controllers, then the new Xbox 360 controller -- available separately -- will work with the PC version. To use this though you'll need to purchase the Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows which costs around thirty bucks and will, as its name suggests, let you use wireless Xbox peripherals on your PC. Although Microsoft only provides a guarantee for the wireless gamepad and the driving wheel, we were pleasantly surprised to find that Xbox 360 controller worked on our PC without much problem.
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While Guitar Hero III is getting a little creaky in the face of the superior Rock Band, it has familiar gameplay, a few new modes, and an Internet play option in its favour. All of these have been brought to the PC more-or-less intact. The graphics have even received an update, with higher resolution and lens flare as options.
The PC brings with it a new option of mouse control, which is even harder to master than it sounds. Basically, the left and right buttons act as the strum bar, and the Shift, Z, X, C, and V keys act as the coloured buttons. Using the mouse to strum wasn't as annoying as we imagined it would be and, as we found out, it's certainly more socially acceptable than using your guitar controller on the train (check back for our video review). The only minor niggle is that the keyboard controls are quite close to the Windows key and it's easy to accidentally press it and get dumped to the desktop.
How did it all go wrong? All in all, bringing such a great game to the PC can only be seen as a positive thing, right? Sure, but there's just one thing we want to say ... LAG!
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We've suffered through three separate, jerky builds of Guitar Hero III for PC, and we're very unhappy to report that the current version, 1.1, is the worst of the lot. The developers have set the system specs at a ridiculously high level for a game that isn't graphically complex: the minimum spec calls for a 2.8GHz Pentium D (dual-core) processor and a GeForce 7600. Just don't expect a great experience on this spec machine; apart from the stuttering flow of notes down the screen, the entire game will freeze intermittently for up to six seconds. Try playing Dragonforce's ridiculously hard Through the Fire and Flames once under these conditions and you'll want to hurl your PC into the hotel swimming pool. Not in a rock way. But in a hurty, stabby underwatery way.
Aspy recommends turning down all the graphical niceties -- physics, resolution, and even the crowd(!) -- to get the best performance. You can also adjust the screen delay in ms, with the company advising that most computers should not need to go lower than 70ms or higher than 130ms. Don't expect this to achieve very much though. Even with the recommended uber-computer consisting of an 8800GTX graphics card and an Intel E6700 processor, we still didn't get the baby-smooth scrolling you'll see on the console versions. Our collegues at GameSpot AU played it once and refused to play it again.
The other problem, if you're buying this version instead of a console one, is that once you go online you'll feel a little neglected. This is because none of the promised downloadable content is available. There's no available timeframe either, all it tells you is that it's Coming Soon. Aspyr aren't even bothering with a Message of the Day anymore -- it's just blank.
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We'll give the company one small break here because bringing a very popular and quite unusual game to the PC (and Mac) is a massive undertaking. They were even looking for a developer to work solely on this version after it was released and advertising it on their site! Nonetheless, we have to weigh the expectations of someone spending almost AU$150 on a game against the hard work taken to bring this game to PC users.
Your humble author is a staunch advocate of PC gaming, and currently doesn't even own a console, so to see Aspyr stumble here is particularly heart-wrenching. The only reason this game receives a score over five is because there is still a kernel of Guitar Hero in there, and when it works it's an absolute blast to play. It's possible the company will fix the issues, but there's no guarantee as the last patch was over four months ago. But please, save yourself the aggravation and buy one of the other console versions instead. Because, even if you have to buy a console to do it, at least you'll be able to get Rock Band as well -- when it comes out in 2009 or so.Looking for the best rhythm games on PC? There are few things in life better than music, so obviously there are even fewer things in life better than music and rhythm games. Music evokes more emotional responses than any other and usually does so within a few short minutes. Games can make us feel things over time, but music is often much more immediate. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of the best rhythm games around, that are guaranteed to stay with you long after the last note plays.
From 2D indie games with a solid beat to lightsaber-wielding VR games, our list of the best rhythm games spans all genres. Some can teach your how to playa particular instrument, while others allow you to repurpose your own music library. We should also mention that Tetris Effect was considered for the list but arguably doesn’t make rhythm its focus, so it misses out. In any case, you really should play Tetris Effect.
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This is one rhythm game that’s really made a name for itself recently. A completely free browser game, it sees you playing as a character called Boyfriend who enters rap battles and singing contests in order to win over Girlfriend. With a vast array of strange, otherworldly opponents, a charming visual style, and some truly wonderful pieces of music, it’s really easy to see why Friday Night Funkin’ has resonated with so many players.
The gameplay is very similar to something like Dance Dance Revolution, except that instead of foot pads, you’re just using your arrow keys. You coincide these with arrows moving past in the game, and each correct hit makes Boyfriend sing a note – while his voice is strange (kind of like an Animal Crossing character) it’s also pretty appealing too, and his strange vocalisations really help bring the music to life. It’s a truly free PC game (with no microtransactions) and everyone should try it at least once.
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