Guitar Hero III Review, Need Help!

**Maurina** · Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

Hey, I'm in desperate need of help. I have a review for GHIII due on Friday for my school paper, and I've got writers block on which way to go and what to explain for the review. What I've got so far:

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Review

My fingers push down on the brightly colored buttons. I grip the strumming bar between my thumb and index finger. "The Metal" by Tenacious D is playing, and notes are flying by on the screen as I franticly try to play them in rhythm. I lift the wireless, Gibson Les Paul guitar controller up and give a rockstar scream. My TV flashes neon blue and the crowd goes wild. My initial impression with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, was a positive one, no doubt.

Any ideas?

**Sonic** · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 976 Location: Tampa, Florida

GH III:

ROCK N' ROLL ALL NIGHT AND PARTY EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!
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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!!!!!!

**DontFret** · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 1534 Location: Norcal

i think its really cheesy to do the whole I do this and i do that article i dunno just my two cents
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**Magnet** · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 644

Yeah, that review sounds incredibly tacky. Like, it hurts to read.

**zYgote** · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1709

Is this a review or a descriptive paragraph, lol? And do you even have the game?

**Kant** · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 143

So tacky it's really uncomfortable to read. Why be so over the top? Read some regular game reviews and just mold it to language of guitar hero. If they start talking about new features and when they start talking about the downsides you start talking about the downsides.

When you have 29879582735 different video game review sites, finding an article to mold your review around shouldn't be that hard.
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**obsoleteshock** · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 371

My advice:

1. Go pick up a copy of a music magazine: Rolling Stone or Spin will do. Read all of the reviews. Notice that most of the reviews avoid any sort of fanboyism or first-person anecdotes.
2. Go pick up a copy of a gaming magazine: EGM or Game Informer will do. Read all of the reviews.
3. Do NOT read a bunch of reviews for Guitar Hero games; you will probably find it hard to come up with anything fresh and may be tempted to "borrow" ideas. Try to learn from the writing styles in the magazines you have picked up for professional examples, but find your own voice.
4. Do some research. I'd probably mention Rock Band and the fact that GHIII was developed by a different developer than the first two games and assess how this effects the experience.
5. Keep it brief. When you write for a paper, you most certainly have less space than you would like and your audience has a limited attention span.
6. Remember your audience. Not all of them even know what Guitar Hero is and may have a more limited musical vantage point than you do. You'll be writing for some die-hard fans, but the number of casual fans and non-fans will outnumber them greatly.
7. Be objective (don't be a fanboy). This is worth stating again: To be taken seriously, be as objective as possible. Don't take this as an accusation, I just assume that it will be easy to head in that direction if you take too much advice from the biggest GH fan site on the internet.

You have good writing skills compared to most of the people I knew in high school. It's kind of sad, but you also have better writing skills than far too many of the people I knew in college. Hang in there and you'll have a great review.

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