Talk:Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Game Engine

Does anyone know the name of the game engine (i.e., middleware) used in the development of GH3: Legends of Rock? Is it third-party or in-house? Aeonassoc 15:01, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Songs added to soundtrack

Do NOT add songs to the soundtrack unless they are confirmed by a RELIABLE source. Sites in foreign languages/band sites are not credible. Remember to watch/revert these edits as soon as possible. Doshindude 04:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

So I guess the Austin Chronicle isn't a "Reliable" source? Come on. It is neither a foreign language/band site. I would think that the source is reliable. Ultrabasurero 19:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Local newspapers aren't much better. If there's information on a song being in the game, don't you think it would have been released by a reputable video game publication/website or the company itself first? Y2kcrazyjoker4 18:00, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

A Wikipedia user thinks a newspaper is an unreliable source? Hahahahahaha!

How is Chistopher Vance not a reliable source. He works AT neversoft and showed the video to scorehero.com members and also scorehero is a reliable source aswell. There is no reason my link to the video should have been deleted.--Lumpy42 23:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Lumpy 42

The video was already linked to on the page (it's the second reference after the song in the track list). We're accepting that it's legit, we just don't need it twice. --Masem 00:02, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

On August 9th, New Jersey Rockers Senses Fail released a bulletin on Mypsace saying "Lastly our music will be featured in a bunch of video games this fall. One being a race car game Burnout 5 (not sure if it's out already) and 2 other awesome games that will be for people who are fans of playing guitar and dancing (hint, hint)." maybe in reference to either Guitar Hero III or Rock Band?

IGN UK songs were a fake

It turns out they were just posted on the message board over there by a guy with a history of posting false information. Sorry if I got anybody riled up about the songs that were gonna be on there

Merge soundtrack

As with Guitar Hero II, the soundtrack list should get its own article, since the list is getting huge and taking up a large portion of the GHIII article. I created the new one and put a merge notice on the existing one. Doshindude 03:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

since it's still a smaller list, wait until more songs are confirmed, and their levels of difficulty are confirmed. as it is, it would only be a stub article.

Metallica Confirmed!!!!!!

yes !!! http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20668&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 or biz.gamedaily.com

pepole from scorehero confirmed that the song WILL be in the game!!!!

I posted that link earler, but someone edited some sections of this out or something FlannelJacket 09:49, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Box art

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fNe0%2Bcd%2BL._SS500_.jpg FlannelJacket 22:23, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Pantera's Revolution is My Name

Wasn't it confirmed to be in the game by Marcus Henderson in an interview with guitar world?

Perhaps you can find the interview? Y2kcrazyjoker4 12:31, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

http://www.guitarworld.com/article/guitar_heros_marcus_henderson_the_guitar_world_interview?page=0%2C0 I couldn't find him saying it in text form, but he refers to it specifically as a Guitar Hero track in the video interview, under "How do you figure out how to play all the songs?" Fascismo 19:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Marcus said on the Guitar Hero forums that he recorded it for something else. He said he has projects other than Guitar Hero and not everything he records will be in the game

Tidbits removed?

I swear I remember Crazy Train being on the tracklist at some point. WTF happened? And I also remember there being a bit under Cast about how the second boss could either be Dimebag or another famous guitarist whose name I forgot. That was this morning...was that the work of a vandal?

There has been no confirmation on Crazy Train whatsoever, it's probably a vandal. Arch wooohh 10:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Sukotto999 appears to have taken off the information concerning the possibility of Dimebag and The Devil for no reason at all. 206.159.155.148 13:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

The info regarding these are highly highly speculative. (Even if Slash is in the game, a statement that "he thinks" someone else will be in it is not verifiable.) --Masem 13:59, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

THE DOORS-ROADHOUSE BLUES

I herd from forum.guitarherogame.com that The Doors-Roadhouse Blues is going to be on the game. Someone add this its on LVL 8 on the song list.

Did you hear this from someone on staff, or just some random person trying to drum up excitement? Y2kcrazyjoker4 02:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Picture of Dimebag Darrel

Please explain the context of where this picture is on the Neversoft website. Note the URL is from an image hosting service, so it's not hosted on Neversoft's website (and it's not like Neversoft doesn't have enough bandwidth to host it). It tells me that this picture is a picture from the GHIII forums, which are likely not reliable and thus this is speculation.

If you provide us with better context, we'll be able to determine if this is a valid point to include. --Masem 02:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

www.neversoft.com - Self-explanatory.Noidburger 12:53, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I looked there - I don't see where that image is used (the GHIII button doesn't go anywhere it seems since it's not out yet). If there's somewhere deeper in the neversoft site, please either provide a URL or how to get to that deeper location (if it's flash based). --Masem 12:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

And please explain what the hell the significance of this photo is in the first place!! Y2kcrazyjoker4 13:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't get what this image has to do with Dimebag Darrell. It's a picture of two people talking in front of a bunch of glass jars. [1] --Ouzo 15:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I feel you aren't seeing what I'm seeing. Under the picture of Johnny there's a banner. One part of the banner says "Guitar Hero 3" and on that banner looks like what could be either Dimebag Darrel or Axel Steel. I don't see that jar picture there anywhere.Noidburger 15:44, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Until you can provide proof that that's supposed to represent Dimebag Darrel, it can't be included in the article. -- MisterHand (Talk to the Hand|Contribs) 15:56, 8 August 2007

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I don't think that that jar picture is anywhere on Neversoft's website.Noidburger 13:11, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm not saying that it definately is Dimebag. You asked for a picture and I gave it to you. But if we can't prove it's Dimebag, we can't rule it out. So it should just be avoided whether or not it's a costume or a character. Noidburger 15:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Here's the confusion. This is what Rambone put on the page:

A picture on the Neversoft website indicates that deceased Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell may be one of the bosses.

Now, the linked picture on imagevenue.com shows two people starring at jars. Based on what Rambone said in the edit comments, this picture is on Neversoft's website, but he took it and hosted on imagevenue.com, which unfortunately takes it out of context. Now, there's two links I'm missing:

1. Where is this picture (the one on imagevenue) located on the Neversoft website, as per Rambone's addition?
2. What does that picture have to do with Dimebag Darrell? I understand how he died, and the hosted picture would seem to be pictures of the bullet evidence, but that's not really a useful picture.

Even trying to compare the picture where it says "Guitar Hero 3: Coming Soon" on the website to the pictures of Darrell (such as on WP) suggests they're similar, but as the Darrell article points out, one of Axel Steel's in-game outfits is based on Darrell's outfit, and thus its impossible to infer this means that Darrell is within the game just from one picture on Neversoft's website, and the hosted picture does nothing to support it, at least out of context from the neversoft website.

(Also, my gut tells me that even Neversoft would not even try to use the direct image of a dead guitarist without having full legal support from family and friends. Getting Slash is one thing, this is very much another.) --Masem 19:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that's anywhere on the site.Noidburger 13:14, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

New announcements

A couple of new songs were announced, some of which I already said were announced but I didn't hear it in real life: Bold Means it's a Master Track. Regular text means it's a cover version

• Ain't Talkin' Bout Love by Van Halen
• Straight to Video by Mindless Self Indulgence (I'm guessing it will take Freezepop's place as the half-rock/half-techno song of the game)
• Dumpweed by Blink 182
• The King of Rock & Roll by Daniel Lioneye (A bonus song)
• Washington is Next by Megadeth
• Nitro by Dick Dale
• Unknown Dethklok Song* by Dethklok (The developers are arguing over which song should be in)
• Red Carpet Grave by Marilyn Manson (Actually fun as hell to play!)

Upon hearing question's about DragonForce's tier, it was announced that TTF&F will be a bonus track unlocked when you beat the final encore, and is optional to play. And someone asked "What song is the final encore?". The developer said "I've been asked this many times, and I'll answer it many times: It's not that one song everyone's thinking of.".

They also gave a lot of attention to characters. They're re-modeling "most of the characters, so they fit that little rock stereotype even better than before...". They showed concept art of the new Axel (In which he has longer hair, a green-ish shirt with the sleeves ripped off, and the same pants/shoes.

Some more info..... . Lou's Inferno is a Dethklok-themed venue, modeled after the place where the Duncan Hills Coffee video takes place in. . The game will have Cutscenes (as well as Voice acting in the cutscenes) . Neversoft will release some Rocks the 80's songs as DLC . Neversoft said "We finally got the rights to the Metallica song we wanted, and from the start we knew what we wanted to do with that song". My guess is Master of Puppets being the second-to-last or final encore. . Characters will have more unique and exaggerated animations, like stave diving, hopping up on amplifiers, playing back-to-back with the Bass Player, etc. . The game is "Almost 70% done, so if we really haul ass with this project, we could even see an Early September release. . As you progress in the game, your band will get better instruments. Pretty Awesome info someone should add it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ausitn1257 (talk • contribs)

I'm pretty sure that was false information posted by somebody on the forums with a reputation. Noidburger 17:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

"Master of Puppets"? That's not even in the current setlist nor the one you provided. Metallica's "One" is most likely the song they were refering to. The series has never featured an artist multiple times in the same game because there are so many other worthy artists the should be included. Neversoft might switch things up, but I think one song per game is enough, and it saves the song for the next installment. Until we get a verifiable link, none of those songs will be put on the setlist. Moviemaniacx 18:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, there haven't been any under the same artist, but some of the same people have made songs. "Bark at The Moon" and "Iron Man" both had Ozzy, but it isn't under Ozzy's name, so it doesn't really matter. Just wanted to point that out. Noidburger 18:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but it's still unlikely that the game will feature two Metallica songs when they can just use "Master of Puppets" as a selling point in the next game. If "Master of Puppets" was on Guitar Hero IV and it didn't feature any other good songs, people would still buy it. Ozzy may have been in two of the bands featured on the first Guitar Hero, but Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are two different artists and credited as such. Moviemaniacx 19:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Viking Character?

Is it just me, or is that "viking" remarkably similar to Lars Ümlaüt? I'm willing to bet it's just an alternate outfit. What should we do about its add to the cast section? Cotton 20:28, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Speculation, even with me 99% sure it's Lars. Keep it off until we have more information. --Masem 21:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

It got added by someone, I'll go revert that. Cotton 22:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)