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[loopychew]

Anyone who harps on about GH3 completely downright sucking, I pity. As stupidly overcharted as a lot of it is, and as much as I want to murder whoever thought "Raining Blood" was a good choice for a song (and overcharting), and as much as I hate the new graphics, and the new timing windows, and the lack of Clive Winston and Eddie Knox, and the hippification of Xavier Stone, and the trampification of Judy Nails, and most of the game, it wins for the charting of, and for introducing me to, "Cliffs of Dover."

That song, out of everything I've played in the Guitar Hero franchise, still stands as the greatest joy to play. Even though GH2 tends to stay in the 360 as the Most Played Game in my collection, "Cliffs" will hold a special place in my heart.

Also fun despite (or maybe even because!) of overcharting, "Mauvais Garçon."

GH4 (aka Potentially Band Hero) and GH:A? Could be fun, and I'm interested in seeing what those installments bring before I judge. I already know RB will be my drug of choice come end of May, and will probably be for some time.

But for those of you hating on the Tony Hawk's Grooving Sound franchise, hold off until it is out, because chances are there'll be at least one thing you'll love about the upcoming installment.

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Oh, no doubt GH2 is the superior game (my Facebook account has a video of me going stupid crazy on Sweet Child of Mine just a little over a year ago). It's just that for all the GH3 hate I see on Kotaku and the RB forums, people never can never seem to admit that Cliffs of Dover is awesome (the only time I've seen people admit to it was when Yahtzee posted his GH3 review and used it in the end credit sequence).

I liked a lot of the 360-exclusive GH2 songs, particularly Hush and RnRHK. Dead! is also stupid fun and bouncy. But for balls-out fun, Sweet Child of Mine and Free Bird (on Hard, I still can't beat it on Expert) are wicked sweet. That's right, wicked sweet.

I really wish they had properly released GH1 for the XBox now. I want my Take Me Out. I may even buy the GH DLC now that I know they're never going to put up anything else for GH2.