A buddy swang over last night, played it few a few hours. Pretty good, wish I had more time, need to buy soon, love the original recording lyrics instead of the covers. Especially Beastie Boys and Metallica....

watching the minutes go by like hours waiting to go play it at my buddy's house in his amazing media room with 100'' projection screen!

Had some technical trouble with my 360 guitar. The neck didn't fit into the body very well and my frets and Star Power were really erratic. I returned it and thankfully got another set that worked just fine.

I dig playing a lot of the songs. Paranoid, Black Magic Woman, One, and Raining Blood all gave me my big badass rock thrill. A few songs including Sabotage are unlocked in co-op ONLY which totally stinks if you don't know anyone else that knows how to play.

The battle system I'm not into at all. And the final showdown was not as satisfying as trying to noodle your way through the last part of Freebird in GH2.

Just got home from palying GH3 all night and finishing almost all the songs first time around....

If you are a fan of the GH games and are on the fence all I have to say is METALLICA - ONE!

Worth the price of the game alone!

So much fun to play!

I rank this game way higher than the past releases! Incredible song list and major character and venue improvements... and what could be better than KAIJU ISLAND! (i think that was the name of the stadium)

If anyone is interested, here's a link to the song list for Rock Band:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16036

and the actual list:

1960s
Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"

1970s
Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin'"*
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"
Mountain "Mississippi Queen"*
The Police "Next to You"
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"*
Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Deep Purple "Highway Star"
KISS "Detroit Rock City"
Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides"*
Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"*

1980s
Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
Faith No More "Epic"
R.E.M. "Orange Crush"
Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills"*
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"

1990s
Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
Metallica "Enter Sandman"
Nirvana "In Bloom"
Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
Weezer "Say It Ain't So"
Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
Radiohead "Creep"
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Hole "Celebrity Skin"
Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"
Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"

2000s
The Hives "Main Offender"
Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"
The Strokes "Reptilia"
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"
Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"
The Killers "When You Were Young"
New Pornographers "Electric Version"

According to the company, another 13 songs will be available as unlockable content and have yet to be revealed. Further songs, including entire albums, will be available as downloadable content on the PS3 and 360. These include the full albums Who's Next by The Who and Nevermind by Nirvana, among others.

I want to give Rock Band a try but I don't think I can handle all those peripherals!

I'll be happy with the drums. I think it's more fun to play than the guitar...and I'm not singing.