Guitar Hero. Awesome.

[babygirl90210]

guitar hero is the best game ever...

[Joe D]

Originally Posted by Sakish

ohai finally got the 5* on ttfaf,

lucky XD.I will................someday...........................

[Sapphirion]

Hehe. I've 5*d every song on every game.

[FN_Boski]

Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

It's not about if Guitar Hero is awesome or not. It's just for general discussion about the game. Not everyone has to agree that Guitar Hero is good.

Besides, this was made WAY before Harmonix separated and made Rock Band while Activision screwed up the series.

HA! someone who agrees Activision messed up GH!!!!! GH 2 was the best out of all of them.

[alster1]

Just got Smash Hits, and so far it's not bad, however I haven't played it that much... However one thing i noticed right off the bat was that they screwed up the intro of TTFAF by making it all purple notes (I knew they would do this). This makes it so you cannot do the trick where you hold your finger on the green and do the rest with your other hand, because you end up missing all of the green notes...

[ddr_f4n]

*facepalms greatly, leaving red hand-mark on face*

I'm so glad I'm not getting this game.

[Eeumi]

Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

*facepalms greatly, leaving red hand-mark on face*

I'm so glad I'm not getting this game.

It gets kinda boring along the way.

[SethSquall]

I dunno. I'm looking forward to it's release over here.

[tha Guardians]

Me too. I'm getting it when I get bored of RB2 and GH:M.

It looks better, and seems like it plays better than WT and GH:M.
Also.. best songs! I don't get to play GH1 or GH:80s so this I'm playing new songs. I think they missed some of the good ones, like Sweet Child O' Mine, but I'm still excited to get it.

[tha Guardians]

Double post because I finally FCed Cult of Personality. I haven't even picked the game up since my last post.

I guess I got past some mental blocks

[Crizo92]

Originally Posted by alster1

Just got Smash Hits, and so far it's not bad, however I haven't played it that much... However one thing i noticed right off the bat was that they screwed up the intro of TTFAF by making it all purple notes (I knew they would do this). This makes it so you cannot do the trick where you hold your finger on the green and do the rest with your other hand, because you end up missing all of the green notes...

sorry no lol.

it's easier now because you don't have to strum right away, and why wouldn't you be able to hold down green? hammer-ons and pull-offs work the same with the tappable purple notes.

Originally Posted by tha Guardians

they missed some of the good ones

heck yes, I would have creamed my pants if Sweet Child O' Mine was on there. also Iron Man, Symphony of Destruction, and 18 and Life. They could have included a lot more songs from GH:80s imo.

[argo15]

Bump.

Guitar Hero 5 is great. In quickplay mode you can sort all your songs (including DLC) by difficulty for the instrument of your choice, and it displays the number of stars you have, your score, and the percentage of notes hit. If rockband did this too that would be fantastic, but GH5 fixed everything I didn't like about RB2 and GH4.

[MalReynolds]

Makes me look forward to RB3, because you just know Harmonix will find some way to top that. Being said, GH5 is not crap. Which is good, considering.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by MalReynolds

Makes me look forward to RB3, because you just know Harmonix will find some way to top that. Being said, GH5 is not crap. Which is good, considering.

That's what I'm thinking. I'm also figuring RB3 will include harmonized vocal system too (wish they could add that in to some older songs as well...), and wouldn't be surprised to see the option GH5 has where anyone can play any instrument. Band of 4 drummers, much?

I just wish they could consolidate or something. Harmonix started this thing, it should be their baby alone. But the GH team is putting together more than a few nice software concepts in spite of poor charting in my opinion. If they could just amalgamate all of the decent ideas GH has adapted into RB's gameplay, and have a single universal platform especially for DLC, that would be excellent.

And I'm still mad that GH's drum only has 3 pads. Where's mah floor tom??

[Kingavionx]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

That's what I'm thinking. I'm also figuring RB3 will include harmonized vocal system too (wish they could add that in to some older songs as well...), and wouldn't be surprised to see the option GH5 has where anyone can play any instrument. Band of 4 drummers, much?

I just wish they could consolidate or something. Harmonix started this thing, it should be their baby alone. But the GH team is putting together more than a few nice software concepts in spite of poor charting in my opinion. If they could just amalgamate all of the decent ideas GH has adapted into RB's gameplay, and have a single universal platform especially for DLC, that would be excellent.

And I'm still mad that GH's drum only has 3 pads. Where's mah floor tom??

Yes, and if you want the Floor tom why not ask for a less breakable drumsticks. GH world tour's broke on the 5th time I played Hot for teacher. Plus the double bass drum in Metallica was fun to the point that I felt less and less like I was playing the game and more air drumming. GH5 is good for that fact you mentioned, with the capabialty to use any instrument, but you also get to use your xbox avatars in it.

But, as fun as GH is to some people I would much rather just learn how to play a real guitar. But that is only my opinion.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Kingavionx

Yes, and if you want the Floor tom why not ask for a less breakable drumsticks.

That doesn't have anything to do with anything I said.

Plus drumsticks are impossibly cheap. Head over to your local music shop and pick up a few pairs if you have problems with breaking them. I'd probably recommend learning proper grip techniques first to minimize breaking though. In addition, sticks you get from a music shop will likely be a bit sturdier with a bit more heft: harder to break.

Plus the double bass drum in Metallica was fun to the point that I felt less and less like I was playing the game and more air drumming.

Not sure what you're saying here, nor is double kick limited to Guitar Hero Metallica. It might require a physical hack of sorts, but I know it's possible to do it in other platforms on other hardware. I know that ION kits for RB are supposed to have an optional add-on that allows for the use of a second kick pedal. I imagine the same add-on could be used with the standard RB kits, as the only difference between the hardware there is that the basic kits use 3.5mm jacks while the ION uses 1/4 inch jacks. Adapters between sizes of jacks are easy to come by.

GH5 is good for that fact you mentioned, with the capabialty to use any instrument, but you also get to use your xbox avatars in it.

I don't consider that a bonus because the look of the character clashes with the artistic style of the game at large. And if we're going to talk about characters: Kurt Cobain. Really? Activision, what were you thinking on this one?

But, as fun as GH is to some people I would much rather just learn how to play a real guitar. But that is only my opinion.

Do you know how to play guitar? It's hard, takes a LOT more work, and takes a lot more natural skill. My mind isn't built in a way that makes tonality easy for me, and my fingers aren't dexterous enough to hit common chord fingerings (I have a hard time with many chords in GH/RB even). I think I'd sooner learn to play bass, but after trying and failing at guitar I can't justify the purchase of a bass.

[dore]

so apparently all the expert drum charts on songs with expert+ are broke in gh5

hahahahahahahaha gg qa

[MalReynolds]

rofl

how?

[Afrobean]

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97913

Sounds like a pretty ****ty glitch that'll probably be fixed with a patch sometime.

I never really understood why "Expert+" was needed at all. Expert on its own should best represent exactly as the real drum part is played. Don't even consider difficulty level, just make Expert level the exact duplication of the real thing, then work backwards from there.

[NFD]

Band Hero comes out in November so yeah.