Only played 2 songs (The Metal and Rock You Like a Hurricane) at a 360 kiosk at Gamestop but that was enough for me to formulate some opinions. lol

First things first. The new guitar. Keep in mind that I'm used to the PS2's guitar at moment so these are nothing that I won't get used to. The body of the guitar is significantly thicker than the PS2s guitar which moves the strum bar a little bit further away from your body which I wasn't a huge fan of. But that is something I'll adjust to. What I did like was that the strum bar is somewhat shorter and therefore doesn't require as far of a push. This may seem insignificant...until you hit those parts where alternate strumming is necessary. It made it far easier than what I was used to with GH2 to get up and back down on tempo.

The neck felt similar in length and size compared to the PS2 guitar which I was happy about and the end of the neck didn't get in your way like the 360 Xplorer. However, the buttons have now been somewhat flattened. Yes they have the same rounded bottom design of the PS2 guitar, but the buttons are almost concave which leads to some slight slipping problems compared to the easy to feel convex buttons of the PS2 guitar. Again, I'm being picky and this is nothing I won't grow accustomed to after a few of the early songs.

Ok on to gameplay. It's the guitar hero we all know and love. Hammer-on's were responsive like GH2s and gave you that same split-second of leeway to make them actually possible but not too easy that we know from GH2. After all gameplay is what makes Guitar Hero well Guitar Hero, and it definitely delivers.

Long story short, come Sunday (hopefully) I'll be rocking out on my PS3 and if you are a Guitar Hero fan, I suggest you do the same!

Thanks for reading and happy gaming.

The_Rick_14