Guitar Hero 2 on XBox 360

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:51 am 0

I actually found that when playing Woman i'd vary the positioning - the first time through i'd play with my forefinger over the Red button. Then i'd hit a mid-section where the orange came into play so my whole hand dropped down a note - then when I came to reply the main body of the song again i'd keep my hand in the same position but play the notes with my forefinger over the Yellow.

Not sure if that makes any sense but I am finding that my brain is becoming better at adapting to where my hand is on the fret-board. At the moment I figure my main problem is keeping track of where I am on the board. I also need to work harder at the hammer-on's and pull-off's.

I'm still loving the game though - and when I think back to how dire I was when I first picked up the game on PS2 last October it's quite clear how much i've improved.

Thanks for the tips Dio........

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:12 am 0

No worries. I've just about mastered it from a skills point of view I think, but I'm just not fast and clean enough to do the really hard tracks.

Much like my real guitar playing I fear.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:14 am 0

I've been toying with the idea of learning to play guitar for some time now. Who knows - maybe once i've got tired or beaten Guitar Hero I might finally go out and buy a 'proper' guitar!!

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:58 pm 0

I have actually been checking out real guitars lately...

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:38 pm 0

It's oddly very different and very similar simultaneously

.

The one thing that GH has convinced me is that if I could be arsed I could learn to read sheet music in real time, which I was never able to do when I was learning piano as a kid.

Just run the notes across the screen piano-roll style and interpret the midi codes to give me a score. Sure, there's a lot more information there than in a GH drop display but not that much - I'd be on top of it in no time. I should write that...

Harder for guitar tab of course

. MIDI guitars are expensive...

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:55 pm 0

Played a couple more tracks on hard tonight - only got 3 stars but strangely I felt quite comfortable moving up and down the fret-board.

When I first started to play GH I was absolutely certain that i'd NEVER be able to master the Hard difficulty but having practiced for a while now i'm not so sure - I reckon with a few more weeks (or maybe months) practice then I could manage it.

We'll see I guess

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Fri May 04, 2007 10:29 am 0

It's like that. I reached about five "I'm never going to get past this" points and have ground past most of 'em.

Hard offered up Woman, Freya, Crazy On You and Carry Me Home as the major blockages (all five-starred now!).

Expert was Crazy On You (just mind-boggling the first time you see it: "You thought it was bad on Hard, didn't you?") and then the real brick wall with Carry Me Home and Psychobilly Freakout. Can't get past those, I'm just not fast enough. Possibly a good thing, I've had a look at A7X's Synester Gates' offering (which is fine on Hard) and that's another big V sign there.

peter_cushion · Post by **peter_cushion** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:01 pm 0

Anders wrote:I have actually been checking out real guitars lately...

No need anymore!

http://www.theguitarzeros.com/

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:57 am 0

Just got to the face melters on hard. Man, Carry Me Home is mental!

Gonna need a lot of practice for that one.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:21 pm 0

It's only the intro that's mental, after that it's not too bad. Been playing again this week for the first time in ages and I finally cracked it on Expert yesterday.

Just Freebird for the win now...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:22 pm 0

I just bought this today and shall be popping my Guitar Hero cherry later tonight.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:22 pm 0

Guitar Hero has entered full 'fleece you for all the money we can!" mode.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/807/807498p1.html

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:09 pm 0

Had a bit of a break from this as i'd hit a wall with one of the tracks - Stop by Janes Addiction. I think I had a problem with it because I didn't find it a particularly melodic or tuneful track.

Anyway, revisited it a few nights ago and have finally got passed it.

The majority of the tracks on the next tier were very fast but I found them quite easy to play due to the fact they had good melodies to them (I found The Trooper and Madhouse paticularly easy).

Then I hit the last track on the tier - Psychobilly Freakout - and I think my fingers are going to fall off. I can't get anywhere past about 30% in that one.

Any tips or do I just need to keep practicing? Seems my hand needs to move up and down the fret board at some serious rate as there's a healthy mix of both green and orange notes in there........

Edit: Oh, perhaps I should mention this is on Hard difficulty......

trezzer · Post by **trezzer** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:13 pm 0

Psychobilly Freakout is tricky indeed. I just went into pratice mode to get a feel for the chord changes. Just played it over and over and gradually sped it up. That did the trick for me - on expert too.