Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock cover art

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Publisher: Activision

Game Information

Rock out to the third entry in in Red Octane's music series for guitar gods! Songs for Guitar Hero III include Barracuda by Heart, Sabotage by Beastie Boys, Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss, and much more! In addition, players can experience an incredible number of added features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues.

Mac Performance Stats

Experience Reports

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Play Methods

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CrossOver1
Parallels0
Other0

Average Rating

2.0/5

Experience Reports

CrossOver

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CrossOver

CrossOver

v26.0
DXVKPLAYABLE
M1 PRO
Graphics:
HIGH
FPS:
25
Resolution:
2053x1329
Machine:
MacBook Pro
Chip:
M1 PRO
Cores:
10 CPU, 16 GPU
RAM:
16 GB

Review Note:

The game is extremely hit-or-miss. Sometimes it runs perfectly, while other times it will crash outright. There also appears to be an issue with how the game handles window focus compared to macOS, causing it to be treated as a background task and severely reducing performance, particularly during cutscenes. The easiest workaround is to skip the cutscenes. If a cutscene appears to be frozen, it usually isn't actually frozen; switching to another desktop and then returning to the game causes it to resume playback for a few seconds before freezing again. The initial loading screen is affected by the same focus issue. Once in-game, however, performance is generally stable at 60 FPS, tried to use dgVoodoo to force DirectX 11 and use D3DMetal/DXMT, no difference whatsoever.

Winetricks used: D9VK

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