So, a little while back I thought I would finally shell out the cash and pick me up guitar hero 3 with instrument bundle, it was about 50 bucks. I have two reasons for doing this. A: I got tired of sucking at this new fad. and B: to get ROCKBAND later on

Most people in my area have Guitar Hero, including my friends, so I thought i would be the odd duck on this front.

A massive improvement since the first one, is guitar hero instrument compatibility. Something that prevented me to buy the first one.
But what also is a great feature, it is EVERYTHING that the PS3 and 360 versions are, with the exeption of the graphics of course. An incredible character designer that even rivals that of the tony hawk games, a full tour mode, DLC, and lag-free online play. Total awesome.

Now gameplay wise, it plays better than Guitar Hero 3 in my opinion, but doesnt have as much variation that it's current contender, World Tour, does in its song charts

On the graphics side, it looks pretty good. The colors are a bit more cartoony and the lighting effects arent as good, but both are rather minor differences

Replay value is through the roof, just as other music games, because its... Well... Music. It doesnt get old.
As for the setlist it comes with, it is rock solid
it has system of a down, bang camaro, motorhead, the donnas, Etc. it is a good lineup in general, and it goes from pop to rock to metal all the way to new wave. Theres a lot of variety here.

Now, I go on to the one thing I dont like about the game

The most frustrating thing is it assumes that you constantly have wifi, and in order to turn auto connect off, you have to go to extras AFTER it tries to connect. Its really not too long a wait, but its keeping you from your fun time.

Overall, it blew me away, and even if you stick to guitar hero like you do to one of your own limbs, you should give this one a shot

I give this gem a 9.0 out of 10