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11/9/2006 8:05:14 PM

^^^^bitch fuck you i ain't fail a goddamn thing


libelous motherfucker

11/9/2006 9:21:46 PM

broke down and bought it friday. all the way to setlist 7 on hard. stuff is insane.

11/12/2006 8:45:16 PM

anyone got GH1 they wanna sell?

11/13/2006 3:26:05 AM

the light that blinds is the fucking shit

11/13/2006 7:52:51 AM

so i tried to play the buckethead (bonus) song in expert and all i have to say is WTF, i don't think i'll ever be able to pass this god damn song on expert

11/13/2006 8:04:13 PM

my hands hurt...

11/13/2006 9:34:48 PM

so this is retarded as hell but Ive never touched a guitar before but this game looks awesome and I want it

11/27/2006 4:08:20 PM

So I just watched the "behind the scenes" video, hoping it'd be good for a nice informational tidbit or maybe a few laughs.

It is, without a doubt, the least funny attempt at comedy I've ever seen in my life. I was going to say that The Wiggles are more entertaining, but it would be an insult to even put them in the same category.

12/10/2006 10:43:44 AM

Damn, this game is awesome.

12/12/2006 12:28:49 PM

my copy has some major issues with not loading and just freezing during gameplay. did some searching and found this:

http://forum.guitarherogame.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=8739

seems like i'm not the only one. anyone on here having those kind of problems? monkey wrench was the first to do it. heart-shaped box won't even load. sometimes when i'm scrolling through the playlists, some songs don't load for preview which signals "bad news"

add summary of that link: seems like it covers various models/ages of ps2s so the consensus conspiracy theory is disc pressing issue

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 12:59 AM. Reason : Ø]

12/13/2006 12:58:08 AM

I've had one lockup in the history of playing both games. It was last week with GH2, but I forget the song. I've played all the songs multiple times with no problems until that one, though, and no problems in ~4 hours of play since.

12/13/2006 2:05:39 AM

well that's dynamite for you

i'm really hoping that there is indeed some issue that can be resolved by red octane/harmonix/sony giving a working copy for free

12/14/2006 12:45:05 AM

how recently did you get it? if it's a defect with the disc, then you should be able to exchange it from wherever you bought it for a new copy.

12/14/2006 12:53:35 AM

I can't wait for this to come out on 360 and have downloadable content.

12/14/2006 12:55:14 AM

YES, I cannot wait till the Spring when I'll be able to own it for the 360 regardless of downloadable content, haha.

12/14/2006 1:12:01 AM

Quote :

"i'm really hoping that there is indeed some issue that can be resolved by red octane/harmonix/sony giving a working copy for free"

1. rent game from blockbuster
2. replace the disc with your shitty one
3. return the game to blockbuster and say it was fucked up
4. ...
5. profit

12/14/2006 2:08:14 AM

Hehe, evidently college students aren't the only ones playing Guitar Hero when they should be doing something else, like studying for finals or pitching in the World Series.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16212095/

12/15/2006 12:44:01 AM

What exactly does a 5 gold star rating mean? I've gotten that on a couple of songs on medium, and thought for sure it meant I didn't miss a note, but then I got 5 gold stars on a song I know I missed at least 1 note. Is it just 99% or more, better than a certain score or what?

12/21/2006 6:33:32 PM

gold should be a perfect, you may have accidentally hit an early note, but as long as you corrected and actually hit the note it will still give you a perfect.

[Edited on December 21, 2006 at 6:43 PM. Reason : .]

12/21/2006 6:42:53 PM

goddamnit, i wanted to play guitar hero but my controller is kind of broken. i think the cord that connects it to the PS2 is fucked up.

12/21/2006 7:00:54 PM

I came to the party late. I just got the first Guitar Hero over Thanksgiving.

But I'm hooked on it.

12/21/2006 8:33:03 PM

I finally had a breakthrough and made it through Carry Me Home and Psychobilly Freakout on Expert about two weeks ago, and I've been sitting at 39/40 ever since the day after that. Freebird is mocking me, but I'm out of town for the holidays and won't get a chance to play for two weeks... I'm gonna get rusty and take even longer to pass it. The three minutes of nonstop wankery at the end always kills me at some point.

So now that I'm pretty much through the main songs, which bonus songs are really fun to play? So far I know about Trogdor, Dethklok and Buckethead, and I've found a few others that are pretty cool, like The Light That Blinds and Less Talk, More Rokk. But which other ones should I try out next?

It seems like they cover a pretty huge range of difficulty on Expert... I can't get past 25% on a few random ones I tried, but one of them I got 99% on the first try.

12/22/2006 2:00:24 AM

^ I ran through them all the other day and figured out which ones are good but lost the list.

I think I'll do it again and post it.

12/22/2006 2:25:21 AM

Personally, I like riffy stuff with lots of naturally-timed hammer-ons and pull-offs. Anything includes harmonized lead lines is good.

The bonus songs I enjoy (besides, Less Talk More Rokk/Thunderhorse/Jordan) are:

Raw Dog
Gemini
Push Push (Lady Lightning) - awesome riff
Laughtrack
The New Black - a bit Dursty but the riffy parts are good
Six - fun but wears your arm out
Soy Bomb
Fall or Pangaea - I love Valient Thorr, but this one is a little long and tedious for me usually

12/22/2006 3:13:42 AM

Six and Jordan are the hardest songs in the game. It says a lot that I saw a thread on the Guitar Hero forum, "How far have you gotten on Jordan(Expert)?".

12/22/2006 12:21:53 PM

I saw some guys play the game at a video game store...looked hard as hell to do

12/23/2006 9:35:15 AM

ok, never picked up a guitar before, but i finished up the medium without failing once. I'm happy with that. My biggest problem is going to 5 chords, wtf, any tips?

Also, this game is really fun, even when your not that great.

12/28/2006 3:15:21 AM

I can't get through the Suicidal Tendencies song.

Too many rhythm changes to keep up.

12/28/2006 8:29:44 AM

that song fucking sucks. to hear, to play, just the knowledge that it exists pains me

12/28/2006 8:42:15 AM

It's the only song I can't get 5 stars on Medium.

It's pissing me off.

12/28/2006 8:46:01 AM

^^ your post fucking sucks. to scroll, to read, just the knowledge that it exists pains me.

12/28/2006 1:42:05 PM

Having played a lot of Guitar Hero II with my brother at home over the holidays and returning home to play GH1, I will make the following observations

1. GH1 has much harder songs on medium when you get to the higher setlists. I got 5-stars on all of GH2 medium setting with relative ease. GH1 took more work and I still haven't hit some of the hardest yet (crossroads for example)
2. GH2 doesn't slowly work you into harder levels of play as well as GH1 does. For example, the first setlist on GH1's hard level has a few orange/5th fret notes...the 1st setlist on GH2's hard mode has them all over the place (and those fuckers even throw in some orange on medium co-op modes)
3. It's much easier (or so it seems to me) to hammer on/off in GH2
4. GH2's bonus (buyable tracks) kick the shit out of GH1's bonus tracks.

I've only been playing for about a week and a half, but it's a lot of fun. I'm getting better at the hard stuff, but about shit my pants when ever I even look at expert levels. I wish GH1 had the practice modes like 2 does.

12/28/2006 2:08:12 PM

anyone have GH1 they wanna get rid of or the guitar itself?

12/30/2006 12:04:01 AM

GH2 cost the Detroit tigers the world series when carlos zumaya hurt his trowing arm constantly strumming his addiction to the game.

Quote :

"Interesting article about this in the weekend Wall Street Journal. Apparently tons of popular musicians play this for fun."

12/30/2006 12:54:51 AM

Quote :

"Ok, never picked up a guitar before, but i finished up the medium without failing once. I'm happy with that. My biggest problem is going to 5 chords, wtf, any tips?"

When you're transitioning into Hard difficulty, the most natural way I found to get used to all five frets (also coming from a non-guitar player) was to reposition my hand so my default position is on the last four frets. Then, except for parts where all the action is on the first four, I would typically use my index finger to slide back and forth between the first two and use my other three fingers for the other three. It's a lot easier to stretch your index finger between two frets than your pinky finger, while keeping the other three fingers more or less stationary.

Then, once you get more used to it, you'll find natural-feeling ways to move your hand between the first-four and last-four positions at the beginning and end of riffs, as necessary.

12/31/2006 5:25:18 PM

thumb?

12/31/2006 7:23:19 PM

Thumb works on a real guitar, but not very well on GH.

1/1/2007 4:18:02 AM

Quote :

" 3. It's much easier (or so it seems to me) to hammer on/off in GH2 "

they had some timing problems in GH1. they fixed them for GH2. it's probably why you found medium on GH2 to be easier than GH1. you got used to easy hammers/pulls.

1/1/2007 2:54:06 PM

Quote :

"Ok, never picked up a guitar before, but i finished up the medium without failing once. I'm happy with that. My biggest problem is going to 5 chords, wtf, any tips?"

if you can put a finger on each of the first four buttons (GRYB), then you can do what i do. all i do is place my hand on the first four buttons like normal and as soon as i see any orange i just slide my whole hand up one button so my fingers are placed (RYBO), then when i see green i slide back down. when i have to do it too quick to do all that, i just do what the guy above said and place (RYBO) and stretch the index finger down to hit green.

hopefully that made sense and is somewhat helpful.

1/1/2007 8:50:33 PM

after leaving the bars the other night my friends convinced to hit up walmart at like 3 am....one dude had GH2 and 2 guitars but no PS2. So I was gonna straight return that shit after a week as a "incorrect xmas gift" But now i might go out and buy this game and keep the ps2 o.O

1/1/2007 8:55:45 PM

Whew...I just beat Guitar Hero I on expert. I got it over Thanksgiving and started on medium. I played pretty much non-stop for a few weeks and worked my way up to 29/30 on expert. I couldn't get "Cowboys from Hell."

I stopped playing for a few weeks, and I picked it up again today and nailed it on my first try (well it wasn't my first try overall, but my first try today).

Guitar Hero II is my next conquest.

1/14/2007 2:49:37 PM

I hate this kid.

1/15/2007 5:16:27 PM

Too much metal for one 7 year old.

1/15/2007 5:24:17 PM

A kid in a TO jersey is a showoff?

WELL, I NEVER!

1/15/2007 6:21:35 PM

im more ill at this game than i would like to admit

1/15/2007 7:41:27 PM

that kid is ridiculous. I cant do that good on medium. jesus christ.

1/15/2007 8:59:01 PM

he isnt that good

you can hear him fucking up all over the place

1/15/2007 9:17:24 PM

^ The part where he plays without looking is pretty cool.

1/15/2007 10:08:09 PM

ha ha that kid is fucking metal!

1/15/2007 11:20:55 PM