To be honest, I was somewhat disappointed by the songlist for Guitar Hero 3 after playing Guitar Hero 2. GH2 has a FAR better songlist--more metal and classic rock. The lineup is pretty solid, with the exception of a few bad songs.
GH3 seems to me to have more pop radio crap that no one will like 3 years from now, and the characters look even more awful in the third one than they do in the second one, and I didn't even think that was possible. The one thing that GH3 has that I like better is Co-op career mode.
I could not agree more Alison. GH2 did what a Guitar Hero sequel was supposed to do.
GH3 created an impossible final set list. We played a LOT of Guitar Hero, and by a lot I mean hours a day. We got to the final set list on Expert and we basically gave up. We can shred any Expert song in GH2, but we faced that stupid last set.
Add in-game advertising all over the place along with sleepy repetitive strumming, and I go back to yearning for my Pandora character on GH2. Plus she was the best, I could care less about the Grim Reaper and I am still furious they dropped her. Leather or Feathers? I want at least one of them.