#FREE GUITAR HERO 3 DOWNLOAD FOR PC PC#
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#FREE GUITAR HERO 3 DOWNLOAD FOR PC PC#

Your humble author is a staunch advocate of PC gaming, and currently doesn't even own a console, so to see Aspyr stumble here is particularly heart-wrenching. They were even looking for a developer to work solely on this version after it was released and advertising it on their site! Nonetheless, we have to weigh the expectations of someone spending almost AU$150 on a game against the hard work taken to bring this game to PC users. We'll give the company one small break here because bringing a very popular and quite unusual game to the PC (and Mac) is a massive undertaking.

Aspyr aren't even bothering with a Message of the Day anymore - it's just blank. There's no available timeframe either, all it tells you is that it's 'Coming Soon'. This is because none of the promised downloadable content is available. The other problem, if you're buying this version instead of a console one, is that once you go online you'll feel a little neglected. Today's message brought to you by the number zero

#FREE GUITAR HERO 3 DOWNLOAD FOR PC WINDOWS#

The only minor niggle is that the keyboard controls are quite close to the Windows key and it's easy to accidentally press it and get dumped to the desktop. Using the mouse to strum wasn't as annoying as we imagined it would be and, as we found out, it's certainly more socially acceptable than using your guitar controller on the train (check back for our video review). Basically, the left and right buttons act as the strum bar, and the Shift, Z, X, C, and V keys act as the coloured buttons. The PC brings with it a new option of mouse control, which is even harder to master than it sounds.

The graphics have even received an update, with higher resolution and lens flare as options. All of these have been brought to the PC more-or-less intact. While Guitar Hero III is getting a little creaky in the face of the superior Rock Band, it has familiar gameplay, a few new modes, and an Internet play option in its favour. Although Microsoft only provides a guarantee for the wireless gamepad and the driving wheel, we were pleasantly surprised to find that Xbox 360 controller worked on our PC without much problem.

To use this though you'll need to purchase the Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows which costs around thirty bucks and will, as its name suggests, let you use wireless Xbox peripherals on your PC. If you want to add further controllers, then the new Xbox 360 controller - available separately - will work with the PC version.

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