Want a rechargeable battery pack for GHIII? It's gonna cost you.

[fiddolbrfrho]

Originally Posted by Angdvl089

The only difference is a different design and the GHIII guitar can be taken apart.

are you joking?

the new guitar is:

1) a bit heavier, more 'solid' feeling

2) longer neck

3) sensitive easy-to-push buttons, unlike the cheap clunky ones on the x-plorer that sometimes stuck and made it difficult to do slides which are essential in expert mode. they're also rounded on the edge and spaced slightly farther apart, which for most people makes it easier to play fast tricky parts.

4) has large round buttons for start and select, so you don't have to get out a magnifying glass to find them.

5) WIRELESS!

6) the strum bar is less clicky, and again just feels like quality. this is important because the sensitivity is turned up in GH3 so if you use the x-plorer and flick the strum bar you may have a problem with it detecting a 2nd strum when it flicks back.

7) the whammy bar is slightly lower... this isn't necessarilly good or bad but it is a difference. it's also easier to press... and doesn't have the lag that the x-plorer does when using the whammy.

functionally it is superior in nearly every way, and it just feels solid and higher quality in general. i own both of them, and spent much of the night playing both of them (trading w/ my gf because neither of us wants to use the shitty x-plorer anymore), so i can speak with confidence when i say that the gibson is VASTLY SUPERIOR.

a novice guitar hero player who has a very gentle strumming technique may find that the x-plorer is nearly as good as the gibson, but if you like to shred in expert mode you owe it to yourself to upgrade.

[jimmy_Bish]

I just want wireless so I can jump around the room while playing the game! Bring it on!!!
Too many times I have witnessed dropped PS2s and 360s from mad drunk people acting too much like rock stars!

[Angdvl089]

Originally Posted by fiddolbrfrho

are you joking?

the new guitar is:

1) a bit heavier, more 'solid' feeling

2) longer neck

3) sensitive easy-to-push buttons, unlike the cheap clunky ones on the x-plorer that sometimes stuck and made it difficult to do slides which are essential in expert mode. they're also rounded on the edge and spaced slightly farther apart, which for most people makes it easier to play fast tricky parts.

4) has large round buttons for start and select, so you don't have to get out a magnifying glass to find them.

5) WIRELESS!

6) the strum bar is less clicky, and again just feels like quality. this is important because the sensitivity is turned up in GH3 so if you use the x-plorer and flick the strum bar you may have a problem with it detecting a 2nd strum when it flicks back.

7) the whammy bar is slightly lower... this isn't necessarilly good or bad but it is a difference. it's also easier to press... and doesn't have the lag that the x-plorer does when using the whammy.

functionally it is superior in nearly every way, and it just feels solid and higher quality in general. i own both of them, and spent much of the night playing both of them (trading w/ my gf because neither of us wants to use the shitty x-plorer anymore), so i can speak with confidence when i say that the gibson is VASTLY SUPERIOR.

a novice guitar hero player who has a very gentle strumming technique may find that the x-plorer is nearly as good as the gibson, but if you like to shred in expert mode you owe it to yourself to upgrade.

And those all fall under the category of design except maybe the wireless which is obvious.

I don't know why I quoted you in the first place though because you already said everything it had.

[Dat_Dude]

Holy crap. I was under the assumption that this could use the typical Wireless Controller battery packs! This kind of sucks!





I'm still gonna rock my face off with it though

[Butler]

I wish they put an ability to put the play and charge kit on It, I'll just buy some rechargable batteries.

[Spartan 360]

so how much is it?

[fiddolbrfrho]

Originally Posted by Angdvl089

And those all fall under the category of design except maybe the wireless which is obvious.

I don't know why I quoted you in the first place though because you already said everything it had.

the way you said it gave me the impression that by "design" you meant the mere shape of the guitar, and nothing that actually effects how it plays. i mean technically the design covers every aspect of the controller, it would be impossible to make changes to it that are not "changes in design".

[fiddolbrfrho]

i read somewhere that 2 AA batteries are supposed to give you 28 hours of gameplay!! that seems way too high to me, especially since after playing for 3 hours the battery meter dropped to 75%, but if it turns out to be true i will be pleased. 28 hours on 2 AA batteries is a bargain.