Guitar Hero 3 PC

[wakoo]

if your copy is ligit, then make sure than any 'o's are not '0' or I as i or L as l, if you can understand that

on a side note ive just completed the solo single player and unlocked 'Dragonforce - Through the fire and the flames' and my hands are offically screwed up LOL my fingers have never worked so fast in ANY game before!!! ive had the song for a while on my PC but now i love it even more :)

yeah its legal, got it at gamestop yesterday. im just wondering if its on my end or someone else is having the same problem. should i go return it or contact the game company?

[Caleo Global Moderator]

"The technical reason behind the high MSR's for a console port is that the technology of the latest generation consoles has actually surpassed the power of many typical user's home PC's. The main difficulty in porting Xbox 360 code to PC/Mac lies with Direct3D graphics rendering, the graphics code designed specifically for Xbox 360 that must be recreated to function for the PC/Mac."

Basically, what that means is that the bastards are too damn lazy to bother taking the time required to properly migrate the game to the PC platform. All they're doing is spending the least amount of money to have a halfassed pc version that they can sell for 50 bucks or whatever.. and people will buy. That's basically the purpose of all ports.. only a few select ports are well done, and those are the big games like Grand theft auto, which the companies spend a good amount of money on the porting process so it's not a crappily ported game.

[Chode]

The processor in your PC is well below the MSR's set for this title.

The technical reason behind the high MSR's for a console port is that the technology of the latest generation consoles has actually surpassed the power of many typical user's home PC's. The main difficulty in porting Xbox 360 code to PC/Mac lies with Direct3D graphics rendering, the graphics code designed specifically for Xbox 360 that must be recreated to function for the PC/Mac.

The biggest challenges, especially when setting MSR's for this product have been re-engineering graphics and shaders to the PC/Mac pipeline. In addition to the graphic-specific issues, the Xbox 360 code is designed for multi-threading all data across its three processing cores, so it can be challenging to efficiently redirect all that information to the single or dual core that comprises PC/Mac processing.

All current generation consoles (XBOX 360 and PS3) ports to PC have come with rather hefty MSR's. Guitar Hero III is a timing based game and, because of its unique game play, we feel that the current MSR's provide the best experience for our users.

Feel free to take whatever legal steps you feel are necessary, we have fulfilled all legal obligations by clearly placing the minimum requirements necessary to play this game on the box.

Shakey, I'll show you as much respect as the rules of this forum demand, but it's bloody obvious that you threatened them with legal action because you don't meet the requirements for the game.

You threatened to sue a company because you're computer isn't fast enough to run the game.

You're a moron, and lucky that Aspyr replied to you so polietely!

[Unimatrix Xero]

Dr House i agree with you on this, my system runs this game perfectly so i cant understand why people are ranting about it, if it doesnt work for you then dont play it...simple

[Mrcookjr]

Where are you guys getting this game at? I tried EBGames, Amazon, NewEgg, Ebay, & WalMart. No one seems to have it.

I was justin EB and they had about 4 copies. :)

[Unimatrix Xero]

on a side note if your PC doesnt handle Guita Hero III, you can always check out 'Frets on fire' haha

[ZEROarmy]

The guitar that comes with it is exact the same as the 360 one, but without the 360 logo right?

[Napalm Frog]

Even with the 360 logo. It specifically states in the manual that it is cross-compatible, though that some buttons won't work on the PC (what exactly does the XBOX button do anyways?).

[Unimatrix Xero]

the x360 guide button works with 'Live for windows' games like Gears Of War and Viva Pinata, it brings up the dashbaord

[shakey]

ya, im using fretts on fire with gh1, 2 , 80's, and 3 songs. It runs so much smoother and sounds the same, at least with gh mod i have for it.

The whole point though is, this game should run on my computer. They did a horrible job porting it. I saw the system specs, but i also played it on the 360. I used my common sense, which usually works well with every other pc game, and said, hey, this doesnt involve anything like crysis or cod or gow or lost planet. I know what my pc can do, and i know what sort of games it can run. This game should run on it, but because of their laziness, it wont. GoW recommends the same, but i can run that. Crysis has higher, i can run it. UT3 the same, i can run it. Lost planet, the same, but i can run it.

Companies keep putting things like this out. Hell, there is a picture on the box that shows it running on a little bitty laptop. Im still trying to find laptops that have 8600gt's in them to run it. lol.

[Unimatrix Xero]

does anyone know how i can unlock the Marilyn Manson song? im gonan take a guess and say that you have to play every single song... am i correct?

[Code.Red]

does anyone know how i can unlock the Marilyn Manson song? im gonan take a guess and say that you have to play every single song... am i correct?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs...loadable_tracks

Seems like its a downloadable track for the 360 only.

[Dom]

Im using a Sempron 2800+, 512mb ram, x700pro, and it runs perfect :), im having the same problem as FoF tho..., the frets just wont play..., game "presses" them, but they wont sync with any note..., sucky...

[Unimatrix Xero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs...loadable_tracks

Seems like its a downloadable track for the 360 only.

ohh that kinda sucks, ive been hammering the left over songs and my fingers are ready to die on me, ohh well it was fun i suppose :) decided to put myself through dragonforce twice..aggghhhh

nice going Dom, good to know the older PCs can play this :), keep on rocking

[raceguy]

ohh that kinda sucks, ive been hammering the left over songs and my fingers are ready to die on me, ohh well it was fun i suppose :) decided to put myself through dragonforce twice..aggghhhh

nice going Dom, good to know the older PCs can play this :), keep on rocking

Is there any downloads for this? I mean is there anyway to add more songs?

Thanks

[Unimatrix Xero]

i dont think there is any DLC for the PC version as yet

btw welcome to Neowin

[raceguy]

i dont think there is any DLC for the PC version as yet

btw welcome to Neowin

Thank you I love this game i never played 1 or 2 but I am glad GH3 is on PC. I do mostly Nascar Racing so this game is new to me.

[Unimatrix Xero]

i think ive got about 3-4 songs left before i complete it, but i want to aim to get 100% on all songs

[wakoo]

if anyone has problems with their key the things that look like 0 are O's

[Tech Star]

I just got this game on Tuesday and I am playing with my keyboard. Its pretty fun. :)

[invaderzim_2004]

When will it be released in Australia?

[Unimatrix Xero]

even though ive completed all track to ether a 4 or 5 start level, im still loving that game, the wife just watched me do dragonforce to a 95% pass rate, and she was amaszed on how fast my fingers where going (on medium) so i went into practice and showed her Expert, i think she was a little shocked to say the least

Invaderzim google Guitar Hero III and look on the offical site, that might hold some info for you

if this is the correct amazon for your country then lookie here: http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Hero-III-Lege...677&sr=8-10

[Chode]

When will it be released in Australia?

Late January.

Can't cite my source on that, but trust me ;)

[invaderzim_2004]

Thanks,Unimatrix Xero, but we don't have Amazon iin Australia.

I checked some game retailer websites and they only list the console versions-not the PC/Mac version.

[Shasoosh]

i've tried configuring my gamepad for it but nothing seems comfortable enough. what's the buttons layout on the ps3\xbox360 on a gamepad?