WTF? Guitar Hero :mad: [Archive]

Silent

02-13-2006, 03:14 AM

The game has exploded in popularity since word started to spread. I got it pretty soon after it came out when they had tons of copies, now all of my friends are also having trouble getting it.

But, to answer your question, it is an awesome game and should not be missed. The soundtrack is pretty decent, some good songs on there, but missing some obvious ones.

Kris P Lettus

02-13-2006, 03:17 AM

What is this??

Silent

02-13-2006, 03:27 AM

http://www.guitarherogame.com/

It's basically one of those rhythm games, like Dance Dance Revolution, but you play the guitar. It's got 5 buttons on the frets, and you basically play along. They have 30 licensed tracks (re-done by their music team,) and 30 tracks by lesser-known bands, mostly their friends or the bands of people on the game's team.

It seems kind of lame when you first look at it, but once you get good at the game and start playing the more difficult songs (especially on Expert mode) it really does feel pretty realistic to playing the guitar.

Pretty sweet game, worth a look at the very least. I think a lot of Best Buys have the game on display still.

TheNamelessOne

02-13-2006, 03:52 AM

Yeah I want this.

But the godamn publishers won't release it in Europe.

Jonster

02-13-2006, 05:20 AM

Yeah I want this.

But the godamn publishers won't release it in Europe.

It's coming out here in April-ish last time I read about it.
Only limited stocks though or something because they can't make enough.

Extreme Angle

02-13-2006, 11:25 AM

can you try and play anything on there?

Kane Knight

02-13-2006, 11:28 AM

Din is on the soundtrack. They're relatives of one of the hottest tickets in Boston in the 90s, Tribe.

Disturbed316

02-13-2006, 01:49 PM

Gameplay have it down as a April 6th for the release. Dunno if that's 100% or not, it fucking better be though.

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=PT2136

FakeLaser

02-16-2006, 10:55 PM

I have it, it is pretty sweet.

Funky Fly

02-17-2006, 02:11 AM

Jealousyyyyyyyy :'(

SuperSlim

02-18-2006, 11:45 AM

My friend has the game. So far I've managed to graduate from easy mode to normal mode. Not good enough for the expert mode yet.

Funky Fly

03-26-2006, 03:52 AM

Silent

03-26-2006, 01:53 PM

The "realism" only goes so far since the 5 buttons/chords you are hitting are in the same place on the guitar. But, when you play some of those last songs on Expert, like "Bark at the Moon" and "Cowboys from Hell", you basically have to hit every note.

I guess what I'm saying is you won't walk away from the game and be able to play the real guitar, but if you already do, it might improve your technique.

Disturbed316

03-26-2006, 02:36 PM

12 days....:'(

Funky Fly

03-26-2006, 05:29 PM

el fregadero

03-26-2006, 09:43 PM

Wicked addictive. I played a copy of it at Best Buy last night and got hooked.

Requiem

03-26-2006, 09:47 PM

Me, El Freg, and DS just played this for a few hours straight. Man, it's addicting as hell.. we're only doing medium difficulty stuff, but since we've barely played it it can be pretty hard at some points.

Kane Knight

03-26-2006, 11:39 PM

Bumposity.

So I've been playing this for a good 2 weeks now. FUCKING AWESOME.

I'm pretty much a guitar noob, but I think I'm getting the hang of it pretty quickly. For those of you who have played it (especially the harder levels), how close would you say this comes to the real thing?

I didn't find much of a comparison at all, myself. Then again, when I played it, I was trying it from the perspective of DDR without all the exercise. ;)

My friend commented on how fast I was losing, even though I can play a passable geetar.

Funky Fly

03-28-2006, 03:27 AM

That blue fret button is so hard to reach sometimes. I always end up either over extending or underextending my pinky. :mad:

Funky Fly

03-28-2006, 03:27 AM

Also, do you get the feeling that the next one with have an actual story mode, instead of playing songs for a measly bit of cash.

Kane Knight

03-28-2006, 10:17 AM

That blue fret button is so hard to reach sometimes. I always end up either over extending or underextending my pinky. :mad:

Try playing an edim/C. Your puny world will be rocked by real guitar work. :p

Funky Fly

03-28-2006, 07:04 PM

I'm well aware of that. What with using the whole length of the neck and strings instead of buttons and all.

Maybe I'll take up the keytar.

el fregadero

03-28-2006, 07:56 PM

Wait until you start fucking around with the orange one, Funky.

Nervous Ferret

03-28-2006, 08:00 PM

WTF? Guitar Hero :mad:

Kane Knight

03-29-2006, 06:57 PM

I'm well aware of that. What with using the whole length of the neck and strings instead of buttons and all.

Maybe I'll take up the keytar.

It's more the way your hanbds have to stretch for certain chords. Don't mind me, I'm a cripple. And bitter. :mad:

I need to get me this game.

Requiem

03-31-2006, 09:48 PM

I wish there were more songs. I mean, I enjoy the ones that are there, but I just wish there were more. WHEN IS GH 2 COMING OUT?

Disturbed316

04-01-2006, 02:49 PM

6 days.....:'(

Funky Fly

04-01-2006, 06:09 PM

I wish there were more songs. I mean, I enjoy the ones that are there, but I just wish there were more. WHEN IS GH 2 COMING OUT?
Dunno when the sequel hits.

They have a lot of good songs, but I remember reading on gamespot that a bunch of people they were to contact for song licensing thought they were being pranked, so they couldn't get songs like Stairway to Heaven or anything by Van Halen.

Also, REJOICE! Caveman, rejoice. :cool:

el fregadero

04-01-2006, 08:51 PM

That 'Even Rats' song is pretty sweet, tbh.

Mike the Metal Ed

04-01-2006, 08:56 PM

I wish there were more songs. I mean, I enjoy the ones that are there, but I just wish there were more. WHEN IS GH 2 COMING OUT?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146944.html :shifty:

Jonster

04-02-2006, 12:52 PM

6 days.....:'(

I'm counting down too....

Disturbed316

04-02-2006, 06:51 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146944.html :shifty:

lol, thats actually a pretty decent track list.

Disturbed316

04-04-2006, 04:44 PM

Wooo it's in the post! :cool:

Funky Fly

04-04-2006, 05:06 PM

\m/

Jonster

04-04-2006, 05:10 PM

Wooo it's in the post! :cool:

Ditto!

Been playing Frequency and Amplitude again this week.

Disturbed316

04-04-2006, 05:15 PM

Frequency ruled. I think I managed to get up to the last lot of songs before I became fed up of sucking at it so much :'(

Never got round to getting Amplitude, was it any good?

Jonster

04-04-2006, 06:36 PM

I managed to do all of Frequency, it felt like such an achievement, those later levels really made you work. I think I punched the air after finishing it.

Amplitude is more polished, and I prefer it (more fair scoring wise for a start), but the fact the level doesn't loop round like in Frequency annoys me (as in it runs down a road, and to go from far right to far left you have to press left 5 times and you can't see what the note is. It's impossible in that situation).
All the songs are available from the Normal level up, and there's an easy mode for Grandma's.

Jonster

04-04-2006, 06:37 PM

Found out there's a secret track in the Insane difficulty. I'll never see it as the game is actually harder than Frequency.

Disturbed316

04-06-2006, 11:45 AM

Right, the game came today and I've had a go on the tracks playable at the start and I don't really know how to say this but....

IT'S FUCKING AWESOME!

Considering I haven't played my guitar for about 8 years now, I was suprised how good my fingering on this was. Yeah, it's nowhere near like it is on a real guitar, but I've had no problems stretching my pinky all the way to the end fret buttons.

Still trying to used to the hammer-ons and pull offs during really fast sections, no doubt I'll nail them after lots of plays through.

So far th best score I've got is 61,000-something, hitting 128 consecutive notes and with a 98% total notes played. Just can't remember what song it was, probably the uber easy I Love Rock and Roll.

Gonna start career mode in abit, get more song unlocked :cool:

Jonster

04-06-2006, 02:13 PM

Didn't arrive today, despite the postman bringing a large package to the door at 8AM. If only there were someway to skip ahead 12 hours or so...

Disturbed316

04-06-2006, 04:33 PM

:'(

I've gone through career mode on easy unlocked the remaining songs. No One Knows and Cream almost killed me on easy with some parts, so no idea what they are going to be like on the other difficulties.

Funky Fly

04-06-2006, 10:46 PM

There are 5 more songs in medium career mode

Jonster

04-07-2006, 06:17 AM

It's still not arrived. Arrive damnit.

Jonster

04-07-2006, 02:06 PM

I'm loving it.
Making up for a lack of guitar experience with raw music game experience, and it's doing the job well.
Suprisingly I found easy to be easy, and normal to be slightly too hard for me right now (well to do at 98-100%).

Think my highest score on one track is around 150,000 on normal and I remember thinking a much higher score was possible :$

Disturbed316

04-07-2006, 05:05 PM

My highest score is about 81,000 on normal, easy is about 100,000 or something. I've busted my hands at work so I can't play for the next few days :(

Disturbed316

04-09-2006, 09:19 AM

Argh, medium is kicking my arse on the harder songs, just scraped through Fat Lip with a horrible score of 38,000 or something. Got to improve :mad:

Jonster

04-09-2006, 03:18 PM

Have you 5 starred all the Easy songs yet? I found that was a big help on moving to medium.
I've got 5 stars for all the songs on Medium now apart from 4 for Bark At The Moon and 3 for Cowboys From Hell (not counting the bonus songs either). The first time I saw those two I barely scraped through, but practice is good. It's not taken more than 3 goes for one so far thankfully - else I could get very bored of a song.
I tried a song on hard, and the extra note is a pain, but am going back to hard later.

Do you play standing up or sitting down?

Disturbed316

04-09-2006, 03:36 PM

I'm on the fourth set of songs at the moment, No One Knows and that Cream song is still killing me, and this time on medium.

I've only gone back to doing the first lot of easy songs, but just need to 5 star Thunder Kiss 65, currently on 4 stars :mad:

On a slightly bonus note, I 100%-ed I Love Rock and Roll :cool::$:cool:

I rest on my knee's when I play. Sometimes you can see into my window, so don't want anyone seeing me rock out untill I've mastered a stance \m/

Jonster

04-09-2006, 03:38 PM

:cool:

I 100%-ed Ziggy Stardust before I put it down to rest my arm. Only song I've done it on because I usually get over confident or too relaxed or whatever and end up missing a note.

My arm hurts :$

Disturbed316

04-09-2006, 03:43 PM

I'm actually suprised how some of the songs are quite easy, when I thought they would be murder, and the other way round.

I thought Steller would be piss easy the first time I tried it, but only managed to scrape through it.

Yet, Ziggy Stardust and a number of others are pretty easy to get through. I think if it's a slower beat you can nail them sooner than the other songs.

I dispise Killer Queen, I always fuck up the solo bit, dunno how Brian May etc managed to do it in real life.

Jonster

04-10-2006, 08:40 AM

Still not 5 starred those two Medium tracks, but have gone onto Hard anyway. Done the first 15 tracks once each, and got 4 stars on them all apart from one I got 5 and Killer Queen which I got 3.

It's not too bad really, and going back to medium made it seem slow afterwards.

Having 5 notes often fucks me right up though.

Jonster

04-10-2006, 09:05 AM

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378

Really good score FAQ and tells you how the star ratings are worked out :)

Tornado

04-10-2006, 02:32 PM

I am going to buy this tomorrow.

Funky Fly

04-10-2006, 04:16 PM

So my cousins are into playing this now.

They suck so bad though, they only play I Love Rock & Roll over and over. :(

Jonster

04-10-2006, 06:01 PM

http://www.scorehero.com/userstats.php?id=791&style=1&.png (http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=791)

If you click it you'll see my scores, but not percentages, as I didn't write them down so couldn't upload them :(

Tornado

04-11-2006, 12:22 PM

Bought this today. I love this game, it is awesome.

Jonster

04-12-2006, 09:12 AM

Did Cowboys From Hell and Bark At The Moon with 5 stars on medium last night. It was a cause for celebration.

I did No One Knows on hard earlier too, not bothering trying to get 5 stars on Hard yet, more trying to survive. I've done up to and including Godzilla on hard.

Expert is scaring me and I've not tried it properly yet. I managed Iron Man in Quick Play though.

Disturbed316

04-12-2006, 12:59 PM

I've been insanely busy the last couple of days so I've had little time to get on with this game :(

I did manage to do No One Knows on medium though the other night, still fuck up Crossroads though.

Managed to pass Cowboys from Hell on medium but only to a 3 star rating or something lame.

I went back to trying to five star the tracks on easy and actually found it slightly awkward at first. It throws you abit as it's not as quick as medium which I have spent more time on recently.

McDoogle

04-12-2006, 09:45 PM

Wait a sec. The song No One Knows are you talking about the Queens of the Stoneage song?

el fregadero

04-12-2006, 11:05 PM

Yeah.

McDoogle

04-12-2006, 11:25 PM

Thats fucking awsome.

Jonster

04-13-2006, 10:45 AM

Hitting all of the last solo on Bark At The Moon on medium is amazingly satisfying.

Disturbed316

04-13-2006, 04:36 PM

Finished off medium last night, although the last lot of songs were pretty awfull 3 star ratings. So I went back to easy and five starred all the songs, which was pretty satisfying.

Started hard earlier today and I've so far got onto the second lot of songs, with only two of them passed. That included Ironman, which I was doing standing up, with pins and needles running down my whole right leg.

I can cope with the speed of the hard setting, it's just the addition of the fifth fret button which screws me over at the moment. I'm starting to get the hang of it though, it's just gonna take awhile I think.

Also, I found the first pretty gay thing about this game. I thought when I brought the songs/characters/guitars on medium mode, they would be able to be used on the other difficulty levels in career mode, but no, they are not :mad:

I wanna play as Death whilst attempting to do the hard difficulty :(

Funky Fly

04-13-2006, 11:10 PM

Yeah, that was mad gay.

Disturbed316

04-14-2006, 05:24 PM

Holy shit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_BgqlcCPF4

FakeLaser

04-14-2006, 05:33 PM

I can tear up everything on hard for the most part and a few expert songs.

The Mask

04-14-2006, 06:04 PM

judging by that video i think you'd all be better off learning how to play real guitar :'(

Disturbed316

04-14-2006, 06:09 PM

probably

Funky Fly

04-14-2006, 06:20 PM

Wait, does the Euro version have a different track list? :wtf:

Disturbed316

04-14-2006, 06:23 PM

Nah, it's a hidden track which can only be unlocked with a codebreaker or something. It's similar to the GTA Hot Coffee stuff, but with less pixalated boobies.

el fregadero

04-14-2006, 06:29 PM

I am doing better on Expert so far than I was on Hard. Oh well. I really cannot stand most of the songs in the "4" section. I hate that fast shit. :(

Blitz

04-14-2006, 09:14 PM

Fuck. Want this game. :'(

SuperSlim

04-14-2006, 09:34 PM

For those that have it and have played it what is your fav. song to play?

Mine is Behind the Mask

Funky Fly

04-14-2006, 09:47 PM

I guess:

Iron Man
Smoke On The Water
More Than A Feeling
Spanish Castle Magic
Cheat On The Church
Get Ready To Rokk
Caveman Rejoice

el fregadero

04-14-2006, 10:58 PM

Crossroads
Killer Queen
Bark At The Moon
Sharp Dressed Man
Even Rats
More Than A Feeling
Caveman Rejoice

Funky Fly

04-14-2006, 11:03 PM

Oh yeah, Killer Queen too.

Disturbed316

04-15-2006, 03:32 PM

At the moment:

Infected
Ironman
Thunder Kiss 65
Cochise
Smoke on the Water
Symphony of Destruction
Guitar Hero

RoXer

04-15-2006, 04:29 PM

A.) Can I rent this at blockbuster or hollywood with the guitar and everything?

B.) Can I have fun with this in the 5 day rental period?

Funky Fly

04-15-2006, 08:35 PM

A. Dunno, call and ask.

B. Yes.

RoXer

04-16-2006, 06:03 PM

So, it isn't available to rent from Blockbuster or Hollywood. But I looked online and I can SUPPOSEDLY buy a used version from EB games for $20. I doubt thats with the guitar though. I called, but no answer. Probably because it is easter.

McDoogle

04-16-2006, 08:07 PM

NO ONE KNOWS

Funky Fly

04-16-2006, 08:50 PM

RoXer

04-16-2006, 11:29 PM

Yeah, prices say $70 new with the guitar.

Skippord

04-17-2006, 01:09 AM

I dont get how this game is supposed to be fun :-\

Jonster

04-17-2006, 06:08 AM

Is that because you've not played it?

Disturbed316

04-17-2006, 07:05 AM

You don't know how rocking out is fun?

Skippord

04-17-2006, 06:36 PM

No I've played it I just dont get the big deal I mean I can see how its good I just dont seem to have all that much fun with it.

FakeLaser

04-17-2006, 06:40 PM

Favorites to play:
Texas Flood
Ziggy Stardust
Unsung
Spanish Castle Magic
Callout

RoXer

04-17-2006, 07:21 PM

I guess I'm just going to have to buy it tomorrow at full price. :(

RoXer

04-17-2006, 07:29 PM

whoa whoa wehoa wowhowhohaowhowoha WHOA

4.17.2006 - Guitar Hero II Announced
It's Official! Guitar Hero II will be touring this fall. Visit www.RedOctaneGames.com for the press release.

RoXer

04-18-2006, 01:54 AM

Would I be a huge nerd if I wrote "Soul Power" on my Guitar Hero controller?

el fregadero

04-18-2006, 03:01 AM

lol actually that is a hot idea

Disturbed316

04-18-2006, 07:42 AM

God, for some reason I'm having real problems 5 staring Steller. I have tried it so many times yet the best I can do is 4 stars :'(

Jonster

04-18-2006, 08:10 AM

I've just got Cowboys left on hard now, I've failed twice at 98%. I started 5 staring some hard tracks instead. Going back to medium completely threw my timing for the songs on medium. I'll get there eventually - probably when I have more free time to practice and things.

Also it's gotten to the point where if I read a song title, I get the song stuck in my head. Good job I don't really dislike any of the songs then.

RoXer

04-18-2006, 06:08 PM

lol actually that is a hot idea
Nah, I'll do "Soul Power" and you can be "Arm the Homeless" :cool:

Gunna go pick it up later tonight.

Disturbed316

04-18-2006, 06:39 PM

This is fucking stupid, I'm having so much trouble passing Take Me Out and You Got Another Thing Comming on hard, it's getting beyond a joke :mad:

I five stared Ace of Spades on medium even though I thought I fucked it up, so that cheered me up slightly.

el fregadero

04-18-2006, 06:58 PM

Crossroads has been whooping my ass on Expert. I still suck at that HO/PO stuff and that second solo just annhiliates me.

Kane Knight

04-19-2006, 05:29 PM

That video is shit. So hard to see anything worthwhile. What'd the loading screen say about Berklee?

RoXer

04-19-2006, 07:35 PM

My whammy bar squeeks. :( And I haven't really figured out the ho/po stuff, but it seems doable.

No One Knows is a lot more challenging than I expected.

RoXer

04-20-2006, 12:20 AM

SOUL POWER

el fregadero

04-20-2006, 12:44 AM

Oh my (at the stickers)

RoXer

04-20-2006, 01:14 AM

What difference?

Disturbed316

04-20-2006, 07:50 AM

My whammy bar squeeks. :( And I haven't really figured out the ho/po stuff, but it seems doable.

No One Knows is a lot more challenging than I expected.

Yeah, my whammy bar did that, it stopped after a day or so of using it.

Jonster

04-20-2006, 07:51 AM

My strap squeaks :(

Disturbed316

04-20-2006, 11:05 AM

YES, FUCK YOU STELLER, I JUST 5 STARED YOUR ARSE! (on medium)

Finally managed to get passed Take Me Out on hard, and once again Steller is being the cunt song for me. Had about 4 goes at it and it's doing my brain and fingers in :mad:

el fregadero

04-20-2006, 04:20 PM

I can pretty much play Symphony Of Destruction with my eyes closed on Expert, until I get to the solo and hit like 1/5 notes with my eyes back open. :(

RoXer

04-25-2006, 01:22 AM

The amp in the basement says "ROXXER" :cool:

Jonster

04-25-2006, 07:11 AM

FUCK YES!

Completed every song on hard. Cowboys From Hell was pissing me right off after failing at 98% - twice. Just nailed it.

weather vane

04-27-2006, 12:54 AM

Does Motley have any songs on it? Is it anything like Amplitude?

Jonster

04-27-2006, 05:28 AM

No. Yes - in that you're hitting notes as they come at you, but you don't have to move between the tracks.

Disturbed316

04-27-2006, 10:08 AM

This game has seriously fucked up my leg muscles. I tend to rest on my legs when I play this and for the last couple of days my legs have been killing me.

Haven't really done much on Hard since Steller got in my way, so I've gone back to medium and just improved my ratings alittle bit. Five stared Godzilla, Frankenstein and Texas Flood so that cheered me up abit.

Disturbed316

04-27-2006, 12:19 PM

http://www.purplefrog.com/~thoth/guitar-hero/

Amazing site if you're stuck on certain songs. It has stuff so you can "study" the songs.

RoXer

04-27-2006, 06:14 PM

I've 5 starred all mediums and now I'm 2 songs away from clearing hard. Then I'll shoot to 5 star them eventually too.

Funky Fly

04-27-2006, 08:33 PM

Does Motley have any songs on it? Is it anything like Amplitude?
No. There's no Crue. But the sequel coming in November might.

They tend to choose songs with guitar all the way through, so stuff like Jump by Van Halen probably wouldn't make the list.

el fregadero

04-27-2006, 08:34 PM

Maybe in the second one it could have you do the bass when there is no guitar in a song.

Funky Fly

04-27-2006, 09:05 PM

Yeah, they did say in that IGN interview that they were looking to actually have separate tracks for each guitar in the song, rather than an amalgam of all 3 guitars like in the first GH.

RoXer

05-28-2006, 01:49 AM

UPDATE:

5 starred all Easy
5 starred all Medium
5 starred all Hard EXCEPT Texas Flood, Frankenstien, Cowboys from hell, BATM and I haven't even purchesed the bonus songs yet
Completed all Extreme EXCEPT CFH

Disturbed316

05-28-2006, 03:37 PM

I haven't played this for awhile. Hitman has taken up most of my gaming time at the moment :'(

RoXer

05-28-2006, 05:51 PM

RoXer

07-02-2006, 07:47 PM

My whammy bar broke :(

RoXer

07-02-2006, 07:48 PM

And on Hard, I have 4 starred: Texas Flood, Cowboys From Hell, Bark at the Moon, Decontrol, and Breaking the Wheel

On Expert: ...I've cleared everything and a lot still needs to be 5 starred.

RoXer

07-02-2006, 07:59 PM

For those that have it and have played it what is your fav. song to play?

Mine is Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask is the worst song in the history of the world. Figures you'd like it.

Disturbed316

07-03-2006, 04:15 PM

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

I just got a huge nasty looking scratch down the disc thanks to a figure of Marv from Sin City falling off my tele when I had the disc in my hand.

Managed to get the paint off it but there is still a bastard of a scratch on one side. I'm too frightened to put it in to see if it works or not :(

RoXer

07-03-2006, 04:28 PM

At least your whammy bar isn't broken :(

There are forums and stuff dedicated to GH so I will check them out sometime to see if they have a sloution.

Disturbed316

07-03-2006, 04:35 PM

How badly is it broken? Is it the actual bar or the spring stuff inside?

RoXer

07-03-2006, 05:11 PM

I can press it down, but it doesn't came back up

RoXer

07-03-2006, 05:11 PM

"Sounds like a personal problem" :(

Disturbed316

07-03-2006, 05:18 PM

lol

Sounds like it could be the springs. I remember reading somewhere on the guitar hero forums that someone had the same problem and found it much better than when it was fixed.