Anyone Else Have Guitar Hero III Yet? (Spoilers)

[BulletproofLandshark]

I just got it for PS2 on Thursday, and I'm pretty impressed with it. There isn't really much new about it on the surface other than the new Boss Battles. I used to be able to 5-Star just about every song on medium the first time I played them. I think the difficulty has been ramped up a little bit however. One review I read said that it's now like Hard difficulty without the orange button, and that's pretty accurate. But the setlist is dramatically improved IMO:

(from WikiPedia)

Single-player career set list

1. Starting Out Small

* "Slow Ride" – Foghat
* "Talk Dirty to Me" – Poison † (Vocals re-recorded by Bret Michaels)
* "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar
* "Story of My Life" – Social Distortion
* "Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss (Encore)

2. Your First Real Gig

* "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
* "School's Out" – Alice Cooper
* "Sunshine of Your Love" – Cream
* "Barracuda" – Heart
* Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello (Original Composition)
* "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine (Encore played with Tom Morello)

3. Making the Video

* "When You Were Young" – The Killers
* "Miss Murder" – AFI
* "The Seeker" – The Who
* "Lay Down" – Priestess
* "Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones (Encore)

4. European Invasion

* "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
* "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols †
* "Kool Thing" – Sonic Youth
* "My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
* "Even Flow" – Pearl Jam (Encore)

5. Bighouse Blues

* "Holiday in Cambodia" – Dead Kennedys
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
* "Same Old Song and Dance" – Aerosmith
* "La Grange" – ZZ Top
* Guitar Battle vs. Slash (Original Composition)
* "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses (Encore played with Slash)

6. The Hottest Band on Earth

* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana
* "Cherub Rock" – The Smashing Pumpkins
* "Black Sunshine" – White Zombie
* "The Metal" – Tenacious D
* "Pride and Joy" – Stevie Ray Vaughan (Encore)

7. Live in Japan

* "Before I Forget" – Slipknot
* "Stricken" – Disturbed
* "3's & 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
* "Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
* "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour † (Encore)

8. Battle for Your Soul

* "Raining Blood" - Slayer
* "Cliffs of Dover" – Eric Johnson
* "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
* "One" – Metallica
* Guitar Battle vs. Lou (The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Steve Ouimette) (Inspired by the Charlie Daniels Band)
* "Through the Fire and Flames" - Dragonforce (Cannot be failed)

Bonus tracks

* "Avalancha" – Héroes del Silencio
* "Can't Be Saved" – Senses Fail
* "Closer" – Lacuna Coil
* "Don't Hold Back" – The Sleeping
* "Down 'N Dirty" – LA Slum Lords
* "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." – The Fall of Troy
* "Generation Rock" – Revolverheld
* "Go That Far" – Bret Michaels Band
* "Hier Kommt Alex" – Die Toten Hosen
* "I'm in the Band" – The Hellacopters
* "Impulse" - An Endless Sporadic
* "In the Belly of a Shark" – Gallows
* "In Love" – Scouts of St. Sebastian
* "Mauvais Garçon" – Naast
* "Metal Heavy Lady" – Lions
* "Minus Celsius" – Backyard Babies
* "My Curse" – Killswitch Engage
* "Nothing for Me Here" – Dope
* "Prayer of the Refugee" – Rise Against
* "Radio Song" – Superbus
* "Ruby" – Kaiser Chiefs
* "She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses
* "Take This Life" – In Flames
* "The Way It Ends" – Prototype
* "Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce (is unlocked by completing Career Mode, after which it is accessible in other modes)

Cooperative career set list

1. Getting a Band Together

* "Barracuda" – Heart
* "When You Were Young" – The Killers
* "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine
* "Slow Ride" – Foghat
* "Sabotage" – Beastie Boys (Encore)

2. We Just Wanna Be Famous

* "School's Out" – Alice Cooper
* "Kool Thing" – Sonic Youth
* "Miss Murder" – AFI
* "The Seeker" – The Who
* "Reptilia" – The Strokes (Encore)

3. Overnight Success

* "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
* "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
* "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols †
* "Lay Down" – Priestess
* "Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Encore)

4. Getting the Band Back Together

* "Holiday in Cambodia" – Dead Kennedys
* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana
* "Same Old Song and Dance" – Aerosmith
* "Cherub Rock" – The Smashing Pumpkins
* "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult (Encore)

5. Jailhouse Rock

* "My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
* "Black Sunshine" – White Zombie
* "3's & 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
* "The Metal" – Tenacious D
* "Helicopter" – Bloc Party (Encore)

6. Battle for Your Souls...

* "Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
* "One" – Metallica
* "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
* "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
* "Monsters" – Matchbook Romance (Encore)

I tried playing "Through The Fire And Flames" by DragonForce on practice mode on Expert level just to see how insane it is. I managed to get 2024/3725 notes for a paltry 54%, but it's a blast to play.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

1. Never played any of the Guitar Hero games.

But they were nice enough to actually release it on the Wii, and from the reviews I heard, the Wii guitar is pretty spiffy, so I might have to pick it up. Pity there will be no downloadable songs for the Wii version.
I saw a friend's roommate play it, and it looked like a lot of fun.