14 DAY TRIAL // This must be some sort of a joke. Not only does Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock feature less game modes than expected, but it also delivers poor sound quality. In fact, the game actually lacks a bunch of channels, while some even claim that the game doesn't output in stereo.
How is it even possible for a game that's practically based on sound, not to feature at least stereo output? This is the case of Guitar Hero III for the Wii. The news comes courtesy of "audiophilic" owners of the game who, according to Joystiq.com, didn't even have to worry about the Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound anymore, since the game clearly didn't at least output regular stereo sound, like... anything else these days.
According to the same source, Activision is on the case. However, the company claims that 'the time frame is still unknown,' as far as a fix is concerned, so don't expect to hear all of Tom Morello's lightning-fast frets any time soon. Hadn't Activision responded to the issue, we'd have also taken into consideration the fact that those who reported the problems probably didn't know much about their TV sets' sound capabilities, but this is not the case as you can see.
Just before the end of last week, Activision announced that master recordings from artists Velvet Revolver and the Foo Fighters would be the first downloadable song packs for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, launching this month. Both packs are currently available for Microsoft console owners via Xbox LIVE Marketplace, while Sony PlayStation 3 owners will be getting the DLC sometime later this month, via their respective service, the PlayStation Network.
The Velvet Revolver Track Pack includes master recordings of Messages, She Builds Quick Machines and the 2004 Grammy Award winner for Best Hard Rock Performance, Slither. As for the Foo Fighters Track Pack, it includes master recordings of The Pretender, This Is a Call and the 2002 Best Rock Song, All My Life.
November will also see the Boss Battle anthems becoming available, for free via the two services mentioned above. Fans should also know that originally-composed music by Slash and Tom Morello along with The Devil Went Down to Georgia can be downloaded to play outside of Career mode.