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GAME · 2007 · USA

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a 2007 rhythm game. Its note charts, Star Power system and song recordings hide a few details worth knowing.

9 Interesting Facts About Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

  1. #001

    Guitarists Slash and Tom Morello performed their own motion capture for their in-game characters, giving the digital Slash and Tom the same movements and style as the real musicians.

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  2. #002

    Velvet Revolver's "Slither" featured in commercials promoting the game but was not on the disc. It was the first time a Guitar Hero ad used a song absent from the game (and remains the only case); the track was later released as a download.

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  3. #003

    The first game in the series with 4-note chords, which appear only when playing the rhythm guitar part of The Bret Michaels Band's "Go That Far" on expert difficulty.

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  4. #004

    The game introduced Guitar Battle, in which two players perform the same song and try to make each other fail before it ends. Star Power is replaced by battle power-ups, such as raising the opponent's difficulty level.

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  5. #005

    "Paint It, Black" had no separate bass track to isolate, since every stringed instrument was recorded onto one track; muting the bass would also silence the guitars.

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  6. #006

    The Hyperspeed cheat accelerates a song's note chart, and most expert players rely on it because the notes spread further apart and the chart becomes easier to read.

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  7. #007

    Guitar Hero III replaced Star Power's filling meter with 3 low-powered gems that charge as the player hits more Star Power phrases.

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  8. #008

    "My Name is Jonas" was the first Weezer song to appear in the Guitar Hero series, and its outro runs at just 25 BPM, the slowest tempo ever used in a Guitar Hero game.

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  9. #009

    Players can earn extra Star Power by pressing the whammy bar down and up, but some top players also flip the bar around and push it upward, an unconventional trick for squeezing more Star Power out of hold notes.

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