Guitar Hero 2 on XBox 360

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:25 pm 0

Haha, this game is ace.

I just unlocked 'Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight'.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:26 pm 0

Just unlocked Sweet Child O' Mine, which was one of the main motivating factors in me buying this

. I'm fairly rubbish at it right now, but it should be one I can get good at with practice.

And it finally occurred to me to put this through my 5.1 surround sound. Oh yeah, that works!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:20 am 0

Heh heh - just spotted (and completed

) the Hendrix Lefty Flip Achievement. More of this sort of thing please!

I'm by no means ambidextrous, but I'd love several achievements for playing this game both left and right handed to varying degrees of expertise. I'll never ace this game on Expert - it's absolutely out of the question, but finishing (or even 5-starring) Easy difficulty with Lefty-Flip I'd really go for.

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:14 am 0

Finished medium last night, scraped through the solo on Freebird by the skin of my teeth. I think I'm going to need a lot more practice before I'm ready for hard though!

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:16 am 0

I am slowly carving out a unique spot for myself where I actually get worse with practice. After a successful first run, I'm now frequently missing green notes on Easy.

Easy.

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:10 am 0

Anders wrote:I am slowly carving out a unique spot for myself where I actually get worse with practice. After a successful first run, I'm now frequently missing green notes on Easy.

Easy.

I find that if I play it for too long I get worse. I seem to be able to get back into it after a break.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:07 pm 0

I found that playing too long makes my fingers bloody ache!!

Finally managed to get 5 stars for The Trooper. Now i'm having a blast trying to do the same on Hangar 18.

The achievements do give you much more incentive to improve - can't wait to see what tracks eventually make their way onto the Marketplace. I believe some of the first to turn up will actually be the same tracks that were present in GH1 on the PS2 - which in my eyes is no bad thing.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:23 pm 0

Also, it seems that GH2 on the 360 may have been released with some faulty controllers.

I have to admit that when i've been playing it seemed my whammy bar didn't do a great deal. Then, on other occasions, it seemed to work just fine.

I did a little digging and it seems there are problems with two models of the Xplorer Guitar issued with GH2 on the 360. More details can be found here.

louiecat · Post by **louiecat** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:05 pm 0

having a damned arse of a time getting that chord with the blue and red buttons down - fucks up my otherwise cool stage persona massively and means I end up scraping through when I should be reigning supreme.

really challenging game this, but really fun too - love it when it all just seems to flow and you just hit all the right notes - I can see that the games aim is to make you good enough on the songs so you don't even have to look at the notes coming up anymore.
my brother just bought it too, so tonight we are going to do some co-op damage!!

The Bag · Post by **The Bag** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:15 pm 0

Can't find an additional guitar for this version anywhere - anyone know where I can get one?

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:07 pm 0

The Bag wrote:Can't find an additional guitar for this version anywhere - anyone know where I can get one?

I'm looking for one too. Seems they are available in the states, but not here.

Post by **Muttley** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:44 am 0

Some songs from GH1 went up on marketplace last night apparently:

Guitar Hero Track Pack 1 (30.87 MB, 500 MSP) - Released April 11, 2007

* Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
* "Hey You" - The Exies
* "Ace Of Spades" - MotÃ¶rhead

Guitar Hero Track Pack 2 (30.64 MB, 500 MSP) - Released April 11, 2007

* "Killer Queen" - Queen
* "Take It Off" - The Donnas
* "Frankenstein" - The Edgar Winter Group

Guitar Hero Track Pack 3 (32.71 MB, 500 MSP) - Released April 11, 2007

* "Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
* "Infected" - Bad Religion
* "Stellar" - Incubus

500 points for 3 tracks works out at about Â£1.40 per song. So it's not too bad.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:11 pm 0

I must admit I bought them all without even thinking.

I wouldn't mind some themed packs, though. I would instantly pick up Kiss, Alice Cooper, and Ramones packs.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:33 pm 0

Are the GH1 track packs playable with bass/rhythm sections in co-op, or do they only have the lead section?

Loada · Post by **Loada** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:32 pm 0

Is it normal to get a freaky motion-sickness-type thing caused by the vertically-scrolling fret when you've been playing for a while and you step away from your screen? Both me and my wife get it and it's quite disconcerting although it does seem to pass reasonably quickly.

I'm wondering if its because I'm playing close up to my (PC/360) 19" monitor and if I took the 360 downstairs and hooked it upto the main 42" screen and stood further back near the sofa, the effect would be reduced?

I've never played a proper GH before but I have spent time on the PC "Frets-of-Fire" homage...so much easier with the guitar controller than a tilted keyboard!