Guitar Hero 3

[CharlieH]

I decided to make another one of these for discussion about your GH3 Scores only.

Favourute songs. Any songs that you thought would be hard, but are actually pretty easy, or vice versa.

Because i'm an Englander, i don't have the game yet, but i want to get a feel for what the game is like.

Oh and by the way, I made this mistake in the first thread, PICS OR IT'S A LIE.

[Sarge51]

I can always 100% "When you were Young". BUT, only on Multi-player. (Weird, and that's the only song I can get the 100% Achievement on!(Unless I go to Easy or something.))

My favorite song has to be "Holiday In Cambodia" because it's annoying, yet funny.

My favorite song on Expert is "The Metal" because it looks hard, but I can actually play it.

[CharlieH]

I can always 100% "When you were Young". BUT, only on Multi-player. (Weird, and that's the only song I can get the 100% Achievement on!(Unless I go to Easy or something.))



Don't make those claims, without posting a picture, you shit. how do we know your not lying through your teeth.

[Sarge51]

Don't make those claims, without posting a picture, you shit. how do we know your not lying through your teeth.

Well, for one, I saw that you said post pictures. But I just stopped playing and am not whipping my camera out tonight. But I do believe that anyone that has played the game knows that "When You Were Young" is pretty damn easy. On any difficulty. and ask Oberlin. We both 5 Stared the song but I still won account of star power. (Now, that would've been picture worthy!)

I'll post pictures later. If I can find an online match. (God, it takes ages to find a match.)

[Tempest]

You should make this just a Guitar Hero boasting thread in general. Some of us don't have Guitar Hero 3, but like to boast about Guitar Hero 2. Like my 100% of Jordan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/jordan100.jpg

Oh yeah, believe it.

[Oberlin]

Yeah, Sarge isn't lying. We both FC'd the song and he beat me solely by his SP path.

I'm 3rd on XBL for Monsters on Hard, my high score at the moment is 345,392 and the high score is 348,166. If I ever manage to FC it, I'll blow that out of the water by about 4000. For some reason though, XBL is only showing my Expert score, so I feel a tad gypped.

I also beat RyuBlitz from the SH forums in a Pro Face-Off. =p

[Oberlin]

You should make this just a Guitar Hero boasting thread in general. Some of us don't have Guitar Hero 3, but like to boast about Guitar Hero 2. Like my 100% of Jordan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/jordan100.jpg

Oh yeah, believe it.

Be right back, 100%ing Through the Fire and Flames :ahe:

[Jallen]

You should make this just a Guitar Hero boasting thread in general. Some of us don't have Guitar Hero 3, but like to boast about Guitar Hero 2. Like my 100% of Jordan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/jordan100.jpg

Oh yeah, believe it.

I'll bet youre not wanting people to see that "Easy" difficulty thing on that page.

[Tempest]

I'll bet youre not wanting people to see that "Easy" difficulty thing on that page.

Actually, that was the entire joke of the post. :indiff:

I managed to get to 90% on One by Metallica on Hard mode, in Guitar Hero 3. Yeah, I know, blah blah blah, you guys have already 5-starred Through The Fire And The Flames on expert, I get it. I happen to not be as good at Guitar Hero as you guys. The solo for One reminds me of Free Bird on expert. :\ I got past the entire solo, and the ending Darkness Riff is what killed me.. You have no idea how pissed I was. My fingers were going to fall off or something.

[Sarge51]

I can't get more than 2% Complete on Through the Fire and Flames on Expert...

I beat hard and am working on Expert Career. I just beat Before I forget and Stricken. God it was hard. But the next song I can't beat. I like that long 2 Note Chord spam at the end of Before I Forget. That part is SOOO fun to play. I need to get a video of me doing it, like I promised someone I would.

[CharlieH]

You should make this just a Guitar Hero boasting thread in general. Some of us don't have Guitar Hero 3, but like to boast about Guitar Hero 2. Like my 100% of Jordan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/jordan100.jpg

Oh yeah, believe it.

Very clever Tempest.

I did make a Boasting thread for all the games a while back, but it fell off the first page and wasn't posted. Do you think i'll get an infraction for bumping it again?

[Ommurg]

Hmm I guess my only boast so far is that I beat the game, and 4-starred most songs (I havent even tried sprucing some up yet)

I HATE TfatF. I got past the first part one time, and made it to 79%. I can usually hit 85%+ notes on it, but that first part is a bitch-aronidoune

I 100%ed the soung bye lacuna coil in bonus songs, easy as crap, someone else should go play it.

I'll post a pic of my setlist later on

[meTalmessiah]

Uh, not my own achievement, but my friend is crazy-insane at this game. He 100%'d Devil Went Down to Georgia on expert. He's a fucking beast. It's all he does.

[Demoir]

He got 100%..on a boss battle. So he FC'd a song that has some very hard sections...whilst your fretboard is becoming lefty flipped and double noted.

If you mean he beat it, I would understand, but apart from the fact it is impossible to hit every last note because of the death drain thing (after Lou loses, you skip to another part of the song), it is pretty much impossible.

[Sarge51]

I know... Those damn double note powerups suck when you're in a solo.

[Ommurg]

I did make a Boasting thread for all the games a while back, but it fell off the first page and wasn't posted. Do you think i'll get an infraction for bumping it again?

I think it would be fine if people went to it.

[CharlieH]

OK New rule. If you people coninue to make claims of 100% on expert songs with out a picture to prove it, then i'm going to get a SuperMod in here to infract you for it. It's now agains't the rules.

Personally, if i was as good as you people make out yourselves out to be, whenever i setlled down to play for a bit, i'd keep a camera with me.

Cheers people.

[danthelegend]

You should make this just a Guitar Hero boasting thread in general. Some of us don't have Guitar Hero 3, but like to boast about Guitar Hero 2. Like my 100% of Jordan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/jordan100.jpg

Oh yeah, believe it.

When I saw that, I was really impressed. Then I saw the word 'easy' and I felt like a right muppet.

I don't think GH3 is out over here just yet.

[Demoir]

I just got -7 on Arterial Black on hard, and I feel well chuffed. It's not that hard of a song I guess, but I could probably FC it now with practice.

[Steggy]

i could brag a lot more about gh2 than 3. i was the balls at gh2.

gh3 i beat hard and am 1 song from facing lou, but raining blood is nucking futs.

everyone here play my name is jonas on expert and hammer on every note that it lets you. soooo much fun

[peteaboda1]

i could brag a lot more about gh2 than 3. i was the balls at gh2.

gh3 i beat hard and am 1 song from facing lou, but raining blood is nucking futs.

everyone here play my name is jonas on expert and hammer on every note that it lets you. soooo much fun

If you like that you should play Cult Of Personality. The entire first solo is a hammer on and almost all of the 2nd solo is, along with the main guitar riff.

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OK New rule. If you people coninue to make claims of 100% on expert songs with out a picture to prove it, then i'm going to get a SuperMod in here to infract you for it. It's now agains't the rules.

Personally, if i was as good as you people make out yourselves out to be, whenever i setlled down to play for a bit, i'd keep a camera with me.

Cheers people.

You're cute.


How hard is the game to get into guys? I'll be getting it in a few weeks, and it will essentially be my first GH experience. Will I want to slit my wrists after a few hours, or is the learning curve OK?

[Demoir]

Assuming the learning curve is like GHI + II(which it probably will be), it's really easy to learn.

Also, I just got a -3 run on You Really Got Me on hard (GHIII doesn't come out here til 23rd november, so until then it's just GHII accomplishments from me). Stupid end wankery.

[Sarge51]

You're cute.


How hard is the game to get into guys? I'll be getting it in a few weeks, and it will essentially be my first GH experience. Will I want to slit my wrists after a few hours, or is the learning curve OK?

Well. It's kind of difficult. If you haven't played the Guitar games yet, then it'll be tough. It takes some getting used to. Timing and accuracy is important, and this game will definitely give you a sense of rhythm. I'd say about 30 minutes to an hour to actually get a comfortable feel for the game.


As for the Drums (Rock Band). It's completely different from the Guitar. But it's actually somewhat easy. Once you get the beat, it's all good. Timing isn't as strict as the guitar, theres only four drum pads, but you have a pedal. Not sure how that works. Estimated learning curve: 10-30 Minutes.


Edit: Whoops. Forget the drum part. I was thinking of Rock Band for a second there.

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Drums? Rock Band isn't my thing!

And 30 mins to an hour eh? Doesn't sound too bad. Wonderful.

[Sarge51]

The concept LOOKS easy. But for some reason, everyone I know just can't play this game. Five Buttons and Bar. Simple? NOPE.

Just play the tutorial first. More than once if you need to. (Good Luck, that tutorial gets old quick.) But practice songs on slower speeds if you need to, and you'll be fine. Just keep working at it and you'll be on Hard in no time.

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One thing I've always wondered, from watching videos of people playing, is, for every note, do you have to press the corresponding button AND strum the strummer thing?

Or can you keep one or the other held down or something?

[Sarge51]

Not all notes do you have to strum. If they are close enough together you can just Hammer on and Pull Off without strumming. But if you mess up you have to strum again or else you'll just be pressing buttons randomly. Also, with the exception of Chords. The only note that counts is the note furthest to the body of the guitar. So if you're holding the Green and the Red button, and a red button is coming up, you can just strum and it'll hit the red note. But for chords, it won't work.

You have to use both hands.

[Demoir]

It's reasonably well explained in the tutorials in the first 2 games, really (the hammer on and pull-off business).

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That confused the hell out of me Sarge. Is there some sort of online manual/tutorial anyone knows of maybe?

[Ommurg]

Just got my guitar hero 3 pictures (as well as a pic of me beating Jordan) uploaded, I'll post the link to them in a sec (in this same post as not to seem a post whore)


NOTE Since im an idiot, I can't Figure out how to link just my sub album, anyone know how to do that on photobucket?

[Tempest]

Let me try to explain HOPOs (Hammer-ons/pull-offs) in a fairly easy way.

Sometimes, you'll run into a series of notes that look odd.

http://talk.xboxsolution.com/gallery/data/515/medium/93888-3-2.jpg

Notice how only one of those buttons has a dark outline in the center. For that note, with the dark outline, you have to hold down the fret button and press the strum bar. After that, however, you've entered HOPO territory. All you need to do is hit the corresponding fret button when it comes up (if it has a light center outline), and it will play it, no strumming required. However, if you miss one of the HOPO notes, it cancels it out, and you will have to strum on the next one to continue hammering.

To add to this, I'll cover a totally different topic: Lower Note Strumming. Make sure the above paragraph is drilled into your brain before reading this.

Now: On a faster song, sometimes it'll be hard to get your fingers moving across the buttons fast enough. That's where this comes in. Say you've got the green fret button held down (The first one), and you have to hit the red, yellow, blue and orange ones right after that, in rapid succession. Now, you could throw your hand across the entire thing, or for ease's sake (Lets say more green notes are after this sequence), you could leave the green fret button held down and hit the red, then move to the yellow, etc, etc, with the green button still held down. You can do this because the next note is lower on the fret board than the green one; therefore, holding the green one wouldn't affect the sound if you hit one that's down lower; same concept as a guitar. This doesn't work, however, on chords.. If you have a yellow-red chord coming up, you can't just hold the green button down as well.

Hopefully this helps someone understand a little better.

[TrueNightFalls]

Oh man how crazy would it be if a Guitar Hero game had "Yes-Siberian Khatru" in it would be quite a hard song.

[Sarge51]

Wow, that was a long description for HOPOs. Thanks for explaining it better. I was mad when I figured out HOPOs. The tutorial never told you anything about how the notes looking different like that meant you could use HOPOs. I kept saying to myself, "Why are those different looking..."

[monkeyboyjr]

I'm so glad they figured out HOPOs in GH2. In GH...they're so hard to hit. Takes super precision.

[Sarge51]

Yeah. It was hard to do Iron Man and get 100%. But on GH2 it was much easier and now on GH3 it's even MORE easier! Not sure how to compare them in Rock Band though. They seem sort of hard.

[Tempest]

Wow, that was a long description for HOPOs. Thanks for explaining it better. I was mad when I figured out HOPOs. The tutorial never told you anything about how the notes looking different like that meant you could use HOPOs. I kept saying to myself, "Why are those different looking..."

Agreed. I got all the way to Carry Me Home on Medium when I first got the game without HOPOs. Then I kept failing Carry Me Home because I was strumming on the HOPOs, and I was like "What the fuck, I strummed, is my guitar broken?" Went out and bought the wireless guitar, still fucked it up.. So I finally went through the whole tutorial and I was like "Oh you son of a bitch!"

EDIT: In my opinion they should make it so you can turn HOPOs off. A lot of time I'll be fucked out of an FC on Hard because of a HOPO at the beginning of a fast strum-line, so I don't start strumming on time.

[Sarge51]

I know. Some parts I strum on a HOPO note, and since it already hit the note due to HOPO my strum counts as a random no note miss. I used to have it happen a lot. But recently, I work fine. I kind of balance out using HOPOs and actually strumming.

[CharlieH]

O.K. People, lets get back on topic here.

Yesterday, I managed to get 314000 on Free bird on Hard. I could have done better I think, but, but my sister came into my room and started talking at me during the solo. I haven't been able to achieve a similar score since.

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I don't see a picture there Charlie, shouldn't yougo to get a SuperMod in here to infract you for it

And cheers Tempest, made it a lot clearer. Methinks I'll understand when I have the actual game.

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

I'm in the same boat as other European players, not out for another 2 weeks. My best achievement was probably, finally 5 starring Carry me Home on Hard and having all songs 5 starred (well except Six but that's a bonus song so it doesn't count). I need to FC some more songs on Hard at the moment I only have about 4 FC's, I always make silly slip-ups like miss an easy note but hit everything else.

[CharlieH]

I don't see a picture there Charlie, shouldn't you



However, my feat seems believeable. I'm not claiming to have got to 99% on Expert, like a few of the people on here have. I'm just using common sense.

EDIT: 500TH POST!

[Demoir]

I Ate Your Pet, you mean haven't 5-starred Six on hard or expert?

Cos I'm probably more likely to get it on expert (If I get first 2 star powers, I can get 94%+ on intro).

[CharlieH]

O.K. Fuck this. Pics or it's a lie again.

Please be honest, were all adults here.

[Demoir]

First of all, I have no camera and second of all I ate Your Pet's achievement isn't exactly difficult (no offense) so he has no real reason to lie.

[TheLameSauce]

I've never owned and still do not own any Guitar Hero games, and I am quite proud of my 57% notes hit completion of Dragon Force-Fire and Flames on Expert (in pro-faceoff).

Also at the end of the last school year, when I was still playing medium, I beat every song in career mode from midnight to 6 in the morning, with my contacts still in. Which, I'm sure others who wear contacts and play the game can vouch for, burns like hell and is quite distracting.

[Hickabod]

I don't think GH3 is out over here just yet.

It isn't, but I've had mine for over a week [/Boast] It's Region Free

[Demoir]

Yeah, but for PS2 you need it to be chipped, which I have absolutely no clue to do/where to go for it.

[Hats of!]

I think they should realese a Flute Hero with Ian Anderson on the cover.

No, but seriously, I'm gonna buy this for the Wii, but I really hate the lack of prog-songs. Like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson etc.
They could atleast add more hippierock, that was even bigger then glamrock.

[NVM]

I got it for Wii.
Just beat it on Medium.

[Sarge51]

Just noticed there are two download packs out. I would only want the Velvet Revolver Pack for "She Builds Quick Machines". Price is still 500 Microsoft Points.

[Demoir]

According to basically everyone on ScoreHero, both packs suck and are not worth the money.

But I'd still buy the VR pack for Slither.

[Steggy]

the vr pack is alright, but i love the songs and th eband so i got it. messages is wicked easy tho. 100% 3rd try and the 1st 2 were 99%

[Hickabod]

Yeah, but for PS2 you need it to be chipped, which I have absolutely no clue to do/where to go for it.

I chipped my own using a boot disk and some sticky tape. Either way, I'm stuck on the final boss, on Expert naturally.

Oh and I've brought all of the downloads for both GH2 and GH3, if thats not an achievement I don't know what is

[CharlieH]

Yeah, but for PS2 you need it to be chipped, which I have absolutely no clue to do/where to go for it.

Noone is going to tell you around here mate, it's against the rules.

[Ommurg]

WOOT over the weekend I beat dragonforce :D 83% 263k, not that good, but damn it feels good to beat it.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h268/kalaman_2006/Picture-1.jpg

[Sarge51]

I can only get just barely past 200K. 69-72% note hits. I need to keep trying then post a picture.

[Ommurg]

My best score was 294k, beating it at all is a great accomplishment anyways though. (294k was on pro-face off)

[Demoir]

I just got perma-rockered on ScoreHero. Is that an accomplishment?

+Soooo close to passing Jordan on expert. Failed at fucking 59%.

[Sarge51]

Jordan is evil. You play that first part and think, "Oh this is easy, I don't know what every- OH SHIT." Failed.

294K? Wow, dude! I could play better, but I can't get past that "They're Hammer Ons" part.

My favorite sections are "Grinding Scales" and "Synth Death".

[Soul]

The only thing I can boast about for GH3 is that I just got the Meet your Maker achievement :boogie: Thats right oberlin your not the only one. I also 5 starred every song on medium though thats not so hard.

[Ommurg]

One of my biggest problems with the begging is when it goes Blue, orange, blue orange, yellow, blue. the time between the blue and orange is longer than you think, you have to Hop your pinky, beacause if you slide it over to orange, you will miss about 3 or 4 notes. So just remember, hop the pinky, dont slide the pinky, and make sure your hitting the read orange afterwards.

[Pancake]

Holy shit.

I'm playing on Expert and I can't beat One or Raining Blood. The mosh in Raining Blood is fucking impossible and requires super human speed in the hands to pass it. ( which apparently I don't have ) I've tried it about 1294 times and can't pass it. =\

[Taerran]

Hm. I'm gonna run grab my Jordan and Through the Fire expert scores. As for raining blood, I'd reccommend you strum on the first orange note and then do the rolls on your fingers. Forget about hitting the green at the end of the second

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[Ommurg]

That mosh got me the first few times, but I finally got the hang of it, I can usually get 4 times, but i security-strum just in case. Its not as fast as you think, you just gotta lay your fingers down, which is relatively easy.

[Sarge51]

The Mosh is easy, I can't get past that part at the beginning with insane pull offs.

[Ommurg]

that IS the mosh

[Sarge51]

I noticed last night, I was thinking of the second part of the Mosh. I remember reading the sections and I saw the Mosh II and was thinking, "I have to do that again?!" but it turned out being different and simple.

So yeah, I can't get pass that part. It gave me troubles on Hard, but after I got through it, the rest was easy.

I'm stuck on the last set too. Raining Blood and The Number of The Beast is horrible!

[Tempest]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/soclose.jpg

23,000 away from a 5-star that I don't think I'll ever get. Until I can 100% the intro, I can't 5-star it. :\ My arm feels like it's going to fall off.

EDIT: Lady Luck is my best friend tonight.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/ohmygoodness.jpg

I can die a happy man now.

[Sarge51]

God, why is that song so hard?! You're not a real man unless you 5 Star is on Expert.

[NVM]

http://www.guitarhero.com/

It might easier to share scores and the like if any of you guys are apart of that.
It's official and you just have to link up your XBL,PSN, or NWFC account.

Me.
(http://www.guitarhero.com/accounts/287460)(Don't ask about screename and the fact that I am the suck.)

[Sarge51]

Mine are better. (http://www.guitarhero.com/accounts/profile/288176)

You encouraged me to actually do it, Thanks man!

[Tempest]

Seriously, Sarge51, is all you do all day brag about how good you are at Guitar Hero? We get it, you're really good at a video game. Congratulations. No need to drag everyone else through the mud just because we aren't the unholy god of guitaring.

[Sarge51]

Uh? I've not said anything about being good at Guitar Hero. I was just pointing out my stats was a little more 'full' than his. I am just an average Hard player.

[CharlieH]

Well sarge, you have racked up quite a post count in this thread, and the previous one I did.

[Oberlin]

I got both DLC packs, ignore what Scorehero says, especially if you like either band, which I do. This Is A Call and Slither are the 2 standout songs, I can't quite beat either one on Expert.

[Sirnogbert]

Well I've got it pre-ordered now, £60, about £10 cheaper than most retailers and £5 than some of the other online stores I've seen. Just hope I actually get it on release day, otherwise I may just die of boredom.

[Demoir]

So, Tempest, someone creates a GH boasting thread, and someone boasts in it, and you're complaining?

..The mind boggles.

[Sarge51]

This thread makes up for all the other threads I am not posting in.

Anyway. I just noticed that you can't play the DLC online unless both players have it. What kind of crap is that? If one persons has it, I think that's enough. It should be the same as the other songs. On Career, you can't play them unless you buy them. But right when you first play you can play online and choose any song you want to play. But it's with another player. All I want to play is "She Builds Quick Machines", I don't need that other crap.

[Oberlin]

You don't have to pay money for the in-game songs, but you do for downloads, so it makes sense. Buy the pack, Slither is more fun than Quick Machines anyway.

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Tiny bit off topic, but the Game website (a British game store) is selling the Wii version with guitar for £70.
I seem to remember Gamespot saying at one point the RRP was closer to £50?

Am I really going to have to get £70 together?

[Tempest]

So, Tempest, someone creates a GH boasting thread, and someone boasts in it, and you're complaining?

..The mind boggles.

The act of boasting is simply to brag about your own accomplishments. Not to also put down everyone else's.


God, why is that song so hard?! You're not a real man unless you 5 Star is on Expert.

Mine are better. (http://www.guitarhero.com/accounts/profile/288176)

You encouraged me to actually do it, Thanks man!

I laugh at you people who can't beat hard. -laughs-

[Sarge51]

Well, here I am bucking up and taking pictures. "The Metal" on Expert is probably the only song I am good at, (Well, TTFAF would be a good for me too, if I could get past that first Hammer On section.) But anyway. Heres a picture of me after a Pro-Face off with some guy. It came down as 3-3 and I got to pick the final song, of course I went with the one I was best at, "The Metal." Probably my best score for the song. Think I can make it to 300K?


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/aaj111/Other/P1010013.jpg

I edited out my opponent's gamertag for semi-obvious reasons.

[Chrisso]

Look up Chrisso on Number of the Beast on the XBL leaderboards. There's my boasting for now.

[KoЯn fЯeaK]

Anyone caught the pink dragon on heroin hero?

My friend just got Guitar Hero 3, I am going over to his house to play it tomorrow. Looking forward to play it, I heard it has Through The Fire And Flames by DragonForce on that game. That would be a hard one to play... Insane guitaring

[Ommurg]

You mkae think the beggining of TtFatF is the only hard part, but theres a good bit of it that can wear you down, and if you dont stay alive till about mid twin solo's without star power, you probabl will die.

[Demoir]

The act of boasting is simply to brag about your own accomplishments. Not to also put down everyone else's.

It was fairly clear he was joking about at least 3 of them.

Also, War Pigs -3 on hard, got 337k. Only made 1 stupid mistake, I could probably FC this with solo 2 practice.

[Sarge51]

Anyone caught the pink dragon on heroin hero?

But, can you play Guitar Hero Acoustically?

You mkae think the beggining of TtFatF is the only hard part, but theres a good bit of it that can wear you down, and if you dont stay alive till about mid twin solo's without star power, you probabl will die.

I practice the song every day and don't seem to have any real trouble with the rest of the song, sometimes I can get a 4X (for about 3 seconds). But that first part just murders me. and by murders me, I mean I lose within 2 seconds of playing it on Quick Play. I can kick some ass on Grinding Scales and Synth Death though. If I ever beat it on Expert, pictures will be granted.

[Soul]

I just went on XBL marketplace and noticed that the boss battle songs are downloadable now. To bad I had to return my copy of the game to blockbuster.

[Ommurg]

I do great in those as well (usually about 90 plus) and I keep 4 times through msot of the fast lines. Using star power with 4 times all the way throughout twice got me 294K (that was on multi where I didnt have to worry about it.) Play it on multi player (even if its just bye yourself) and see what score you get.

[Sarge51]

I just went on XBL marketplace and noticed that the boss battle songs are downloadable now.

No way! How much?

This is great! They are actually listening to the people!

[Sirnogbert]

No way! How much?

This is great! They are actually listening to the people!
According to wiki the boss battle songs are free. Makes sense since they're already free in career mode.

[Chrisso]

The boss battles, TtFaF, and Cliffs of Dover are the funnest downloadable songs ever in the GH franchise. Ever. Yes, they are free.

My brief review of each on Expert:
The Tom Morello one is easy but gets funner and funner towards the end with lots of unique chord changes. The Slash battle is sick, it sounds awesome and is awesome to play. The Devil Went Down to Georgia took me six tries to beat and is by far the awesomest notechart to ever hit GH. No sync issues, no strange note placements, fun all around and it absolutely rules ass. Best. Song. Ever.

I'd say it's harder than TtFaF even in terms of an FC. In TtFaF there are plenty of times throughout the solo where you can safely bring your other hand up to tap various sections that are 13+ nps HOPO's, but in DWDtG, there are hardly any. Most of the solos are one-handed fretting finger fuckery because of a random strum in a spot one would normally start tapping at.

Best downloadable content evar.

[Sarge51]

YES! Thank you for not screwing me over!

Wow, those songs are HARD. I am starting to believe the single player version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is the hardest of all the songs. My hands couldn't go on after awhile!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/aaj111/Other/P1010001-1.jpg

[Demoir]

Hell yeah! FCed Them Bones on hard with 252.9k, also got 174651 on Cherry Pie hard, 26th on ScoreHero.

No pics cos my phone camera sucks, and I'm not buying a camera just to post a couple of semi-decent GH scores.

[Oberlin]

Finally FC'd Monsters, 348662. Still 3rd though >.<

[SODA]

What the fuck does FC mean?

[Sarge51]

Fully Complete. Or in lame terms, 100% a song. Not sure exactly where FC came from though.

Oberlin, Pics or it didn't happen!

[Chrisso]

FC means full combo. You can overstrum where there are no notes and still get 100%, but you broke your combo. Getting a full combo means you didn't break your combo once throughout the song. No overstrums at all.

[Demoir]

Oberlin, you did that on expert? That looks fucking hard on the video I've seen, nice.

[Oberlin]

No, it was on Hard, I can't get the Solo down on Expert, and I always manage to screw up one of the chords in the chorus somewhere.

And it was in Pro Face-off, so I'm not sure if it really counts, but I don't see why it wouldn't. Sarge, for fucks sake, of all people, you should know that I'm fully capable of it, how many times have I annihilated you on it? If I was gonna lie, I'd lie and have the top recorded score =p


On another note, just had a guy fucking go off on me because I broke his 13-win streak (he was going for the 15-streak Achievement) Some fucker who chose TTFAF for both his songs just cuz he could play it, and I beat him on Take This Life by like 3000 points.

[Sarge51]

Still, man. FCing that song on Hard OR Expert is no easy task. I saw someone nearly FC it the other night on Expert, He messed up at the middle part twice but for the rest, he just blew me away.

I hate when some people pick TTFAF three times, But I keep going through it, they usually quit before the last one. TTFAF doesn't hurt as much as TDWDTG or Tom Morellos song.

[Tempest]

Sadly enough, aside from my 5-star of Carry Me Home on Hard, the thing I'm probably proudest of is my Them Bones FC on Easy. 25th on Scorehero, I almost squeezed the song perfectly. I had no way to take a screencap, though. :\

My easy scores. Also 66th on Shout at the Devil, 94th on Mother, and 95th on Crazy On You (http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=84447&group=2&game=2&diff=1)

Easy access to the Them Bones part (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/themboneseasy.png).

[Oberlin]

My goal right now is to have 65 of the 76 songs I have 5-starred on Hard, with 10 FC's.

The ones that I'm not planning on 5-starring ar Raining Blood, One, Take This Life, The Way It Ends, Through the Fire and Flames, Tom Morello's Battle, Devil Went Down to Georgia, This Is a Call, and Putting Holes in Happiness. Also, the only way I'll get 5 stars on I'm In the Band is if my girlfriend is able to, because I'm not playing that shit again.

I've got Closer, Metal Heavy Lady, When You Were Young, and Monsters FC'd. Got Metal Heavy Lady on the sightread =/

[Sarge51]

What about the Boss Battles. :indiff:

[Oberlin]

I mentioned 2 of them, and have already 5-starred Slash's :indiff:

[Sarge51]

Tom Morello's song is insane. Massive two note chord spam near the end. But it's the most fun song on there.

[Sirnogbert]

Just got the e-mail confirming that it's been dispatched, so I should have it when i come hoome from work tomorrow. After which point I'll probably get fired for playing Guitar hero too much.

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

Just got the e-mail confirming that it's been dispatched, so I should have it when i come hoome from work tomorrow. After which point I'll probably get fired for playing Guitar hero too much.
Same here you order it from play.com? Cannot wait, I'm literally going to come home, rip it out the box, put the disk in and do nothing for the rest of the night.

[Sirnogbert]

Same here you order it from play.com? Cannot wait, I'm literally going to come home, rip it out the box, put the disk in and do nothing for the rest of the night.

I used shopto.net, a website I'd previously never heard of, but a mate of mine said it's VERY reliable. And for £60 I couldn't say no. How much was it on Play?

[hoLLow TeaRs]

Haha I'm so bad at guitar hero, my best score was like 30,000 on medium on Killing in the name

[Oberlin]

Um.

Halo theme MJOLNIR Mix available for free.

:fap:

[Fruitality]

Well let's see. I've had GH3 (Wii) for 3 days now. I just beat Lou on expert tonight, and I probably 5 starred half of the songs so far. My best score for Through the Fire and Flames (expert) is about 260,000 in pro face off (I can't actually get past the intro).

As for some GH2 boasting. I 5 starred every song in the game except Jordan (4 star) and Six (3) :clint:

Also, Account thingo (http://www.guitarhero.com/accounts/303805)

[Sarge51]

Um.

Halo theme MJOLNIR Mix available for free.

:fap:

Wait, that wasn't a lie? ...Gizmodo was right?

...Is this out right now?! Then I need to find a wire to plug into my 360 in the living room!

[Tempest]

I'm finally stuck on Guitar Hero 2. I've beaten up to the second-to-last tier on Expert, and I beat the shit out of Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart and Jessica, 4-stars each.. But I can't beat Rock This Town or Crazy On You, at all. I'm stuck on Hard too, 5-starred everything but Psychobilly Freakout (Cannot even 4 star it, period), Hangar 18 (2000 points off), Institutionalized (4 star at best), and Free Bird (Haven't tried it yet). :(

[Sirnogbert]

Well it came in the post today, and all I can say is HOLY SHIT! This game is frigging hard. I'm playing on Hard mode at the moment, and compared to GH2 and 80's it is really kicking my ass. The last song I played before retiring up to my bedroom to give my hands a rest ( by typing a lot naturally ) was Take This Life. Jesus H. Christ on a stick, I'm never 5 staring that. Even beating it on expert will be a chore. F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X kicked my ass too, and so far is the only song I've failed and only song I can't pass, which is typical because I really like The Fall Of Troy. Oh well let's hope y crap form is more due to not playing guitar hero for about 2 months.

EDIT: I'd just like to point out that I was an expert player on GH2, so this is a really big surprise for me. To anyone yet to get it, prepare to get your ass kicked, You'll have fun at the same time though.

[Demoir]

I also got GHIII, and it fucking rocks. My favourite songs to play at the moment are Even Flow and Rock You Like a Hurricane (on hard, I'm not tha good at expert), unfortunately I hate the song Barracuda and I can't get the strumming down for shit, so I'm not playing that one for a while.

I tried Take This Life on expert, and if I ever 5-star, I'm never, ever, ever playing that song again.

[Sirnogbert]

I hate the song Barracuda and I can't get the strumming down for shit

Me neither, it really pissed me off because I was sure I had the rhythm down properly.

[hoLLow TeaRs]

42,000 was my highest score on killing in the name on GH2, on medium

I ROCK!

[Demoir]

Just finished hard mode, beat everything on my first try, 5-starred everything except some bonus songs (3-starred Take this Life with 92% notes hit =/), Number of the beast (not far off 5-star), Raining Blood (I have to use SP to get past mosh 1) and One (couldn't see stats cos of boss battle, but think it was a long way off 5-star).

The boss battles were fairly easy, I just used 2 attacks at a time when Lou had a solo.

[Desert]

I can do every song on Expert except Raining Blood. Sometimes I can do Mosh 1, but when I do, I get tired and end up dying at like 90%.

Edit: I can do The Number of the Beast and One like that *snap*. I don't even know how I do.

[Sarge51]

I am stuck on Raining Blood, The Number of the Beast, and One. I can't get to the end!

Of course, this is the only game I've actually tried Expert on, and people say this one is a lot harder than GH2.

[Sirnogbert]

I am stuck on Raining Blood, The Number of the Beast, and One. I can't get to the end!

Of course, this is the only game I've actually tried Expert on, and people say this one is a lot harder than GH2.

A lot harder is an understatement.

[Demoir]

Weird, I just finished doing the whole of Through the Fire and Flames on practice expert, and I got 78% and a 92 note streak. For hard, I got 85% notes hit and a 66note streak =/.

[Sarge51]

Playing online, I got a 100 Note Steak on expert somehow. (I sure seem to play better online for some reason.) I can do good on about three parts. But for the rest of the song, I just suck. I love Grinding Scales!

[CharlieH]

YAY, I'm an englander and I got my GH3 yesterday.

However, i am quite surprised by it's dificulty level. I can play all songs in hard on GH2, but now, i'm getting fucked over on the last tier. Sigh.

On a different note, my favourite songs are Ruby and The Metal.

[Nubricse]

I'm not sure how quick other people progressed with the game, but getting this a few weeks ago was my first time even touching guitar hero, and I'm working my way through expert now. Well, I haven't finished Raining Blood on hard yet.

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

I still don't have my god damn copy, Play.com sent it on Wednesday same day they sent 2 of my friends copies who live about a mile away from me yet they got their copies on Friday and I wont get mine until tommorow. Stupid postage services. Played it at a friends yesterday though, it's a bit harder than GH2 but it's only because the controller feels strange, I managed to do the Devil on hard after about 4 or 5 tries.

[Ommurg]

Im happy with the difficulty. Everything (except jordan) was a cake walk for me in number 2, and number 3 was a good challenge for me. Sadly, most of the songs on 3 are cake walks as well (TtFatF excluded). IF there is gonna be a number 4, I want a Super-expert mode, and 7 frets. (lol)

[HappinessMan]

So I played Guitar Hero 3 finally. The difficulty is up from the last one, and I like it. Although I have to wait untill Christmas to get it.

[Desert]

Im happy with the difficulty. IF there is gonna be a number 4, I want a Super-expert mode, and 7 frets. (lol)

It, uh, actually ended at 3; Rock band is the next 'GH 4'

[Soul]

desert Rock Band is a completely different game its made by the same people that made GH1 and GH2 though.

[Desert]

Yeah, I know. I mean, they stopped the Guitar Hero series.

I played Rock Band today, but for like 30 seconds. :/ It was the best, I'm gonna get it when it comes out for PS2.

[Demoir]

They haven't stopped making Guitar Hero games because Neversoft made GHIII (and are planning to make GHIV) but Harmonix made GHI & II and Rock Band.

[Sarge51]

Think, GH3 was made by the people who made Tony Hawk games.


Guitar Hero: Rocks the 90s!
Guitar Hero: African Wasteland!
Guitar Hero: Please Buy it.

[Con-Con]

I went in to buy this game for Christmas,and the guy said the game is one you play and then get board after a week.Is this right should I get it?

[Demoir]

If you think you'll like it, buy it, don't be swayed by people's (especially random workers in shops) opinions. If you're really not sure, rent it.

[Sarge51]

Guitar Hero gets old, but Rock Band is a fresh start. I don't know why, But I've played all the Guitar Hero games, and GH3 just got boring after a week. Sure theres online play and some free downloadable content, but nothing is interesting on it. They murdered your favorite characters, only about 12 songs that are fun to play, and the choice of buyable objects isn't impressive... Definitely a renting sort of game, maybe a second renting week just to milk the fun for what you can.

[Sirnogbert]

I've only had GH3 for 4 days, but I played GH2 for months, so this one'll probably be the same. There's also DLC to keep things fresh.

[this is not a post]

How do I get 5 star on some of these songs? Im getting a good 96-97% of the notes hit, and over 100k on the score, and I'm still only getting 4 stars?

[Sirnogbert]

Your average multiplier needs to be 2.8 to get 5* on a song.

[Sarge51]

Yeah. and don't forget you can still get 100% on a song and get three stars.

Just try to keep a streak for longer.

[Sirnogbert]

I've got to be honest but after having this for a while I must say I'm quite disappointed. Neversfot seems to have decided to focus on the difficulty factor rather than the fun factor, and after all when I'm playing a game that's what I look for, fun. SUre a challenge is nice, but not to the point where it's just so stupid that there's very little point even trying unless you are an absolute master at the game. Roll on Rock band, Harmonix knows what it's doing.

[this is not a post]

2.8 you say? Hmm, thanks.

Also, am I just shit, or are you lot all great at the game? I haven't got more than 3 stars on a song in my Hard career yet, and I've done all the easy ones. :indiff:

[Sarge51]

Don't worry, there are people who can't get passed easy, let alone play that.

I've been playing for almost a year. (Started last Christmas.) So I've had practice to get the basics.

[this is not a post]

On the plus side, I went back to medium mode, haven't got lower than 5 star 98% on any song yet.
Maybe there's hope yet?

[Hickabod]

It, uh, actually ended at 3; Rock band is the next 'GH 4'

Ended at 3? No, certainly not, Aerosmith are in talks with Red Octane already about doing something special for GH4

[Sarge51]

If you actually think Guitar Hero 3 was it, think again. ACTIVISION owns Guitar Hero now. ACTIVISION. Let that run through your mind.

I wouldn't be surprised if we got games like GH: Rocks the 80s every 4 months from now on.

[Demoir]

Even Through the Fire and Flames, Mr. Spud? That song is ridiculously difficult for medium.

[Sarge51]

Meh. TTFAF is easier on Expert. HOPOs actually make it easier. Whereas on hard, you have to strum a lot more notes.

[Sirnogbert]

Meh. TTFAF is easier on Expert. HOPOs actually make it easier. Whereas on hard, you have to strum a lot more notes.

Yeah but you still have to actually make it past the intro. I've failed at 0% before.

[Sarge51]

Yeah, I can't get passed it either. I just hold in green and tap what I can, but still end up failing.

[Demoir]

I'm going to try and see if ignoring the orange (and maybe blue) buttons will help on intro.

[Sarge51]

On Expert? Yeah. Sometimes trying to ignore a note will prolong the life, but it'll still get you if it lasts too long, and that beginning part seems to go on forever.

[Ommurg]

I'm finally starting to beat TtFatF almost every time now, and I haven't failed at the begining in a while. Another reason I found I was failing was beacause I was leaving my fingers on the buttons to long, and which causing me to over strum, AND miss a note. If you keep failing really fast try and just barely touch the buttons while playing the beginning.

I dont know what it is about mosh, but it was never that hard for me. If I try and ignore any of the buttons I fail pretty fast, but if I go for it all, I can usually get a few 3 or 4x multipliers.

I don't have any suggestions except maybe fling your fingers a little faster (and don't try and Hammer on pull it off (you can if you want, but I fail when I try) Just strum up and down kinda fast.)

[Ommurg]

Even Through the Fire and Flames, Mr. Spud? That song is ridiculously difficult for medium.

So true, I cant tell if its spaced weird, or just looks weird, but I have more trouble hitting the fast part in medium than I do hard or expert.

[this is not a post]

Even Through the Fire and Flames, Mr. Spud? That song is ridiculously difficult for medium.

I should have specified, only career songs.

Although I did 5 star it on easy :thup:

[alo81]

5* first two brackets. Mostly 5* from bracket 3-6 with about 3 4*.
7th bracket three four stars,five star Cult of personality, and 1 3 star.
then only one 4 star (Cliffs of dover) in last bracket. Also successfully beat TTFaF and Jordan. Jordan 4*, TTFaF 3*
All on Expert

[Demoir]

I just got a 50 note streak through Mosh 1 (in practice mode) whilst trying to strum everything. That was fucking weird.

Also, I only got 3-stars on Through the Fire and Flames on medium. Maybe it's cos I haven't played the difficult since February and it's hard to tell the speed of the notes, but the song is obscenely difficult for medium.

[CharlieH]

I just got a 50 note streak through Mosh 1 (in practice mode) whilst trying to strum everything. That was fucking weird.


I'm guessing that your talking about Raining Blood, but what diffuculty?

[Tempest]

Played through a lot of the career mode over the past couple days. I 5-starred everything on Hard up to Black Magic Woman (With 97% of notes hit and all but 2 star power phrases hit, it doesn't make sense that I'm not 5-star yet), then I 5-starred everything in that tier after Black Magic Woman except Pride And Joy. Then I 3 and 4-starred all the way to the last tier, beat One (FUCKING FINALLY) and Cliffs of Dover, and now I'm stuck.

[Demoir]

I'm pretty close to 5-starring hard main setlist, just got Knights of Cydonia, Raining Blood and One to go. I won't get Raining Blood until I can get through Mosh 1 without SP consistently (I've done it three times so far) but the other 2 are possible with practice, and I'm only about 10k off Knights of Cydonia, because of the stupid last 2 minutes.

Edit: Oh yeah, got past Raining Blood on expert and now I'm stuck on the final boss, who's fucking hard.

[Tempest]

I think Knights of Cydonia or My Name Is Jonas are probably my favorite songs to play on Guitar Hero 3, because of the awesome hammer-on parts. My Name Is Jonas is a little tough to get used to, because there's so much space between the hammers, but it's fun as hell once you figure it out. Knights of Cydonia is faster paced, but the first time I nailed every hammer in the little sequence I felt happy deep inside.

My main problem with Guitar Hero 3 is they just decided to find every long-ass song they could. Up until you get to Before I Forget and Stricken, every song you play is like 6 minutes long, which is ridiculous on the higher difficulties.

[Sarge51]

Knights of Cydonia is fun for me, but ONLY on Expert. That song helped me get used to double strumming.

My Name is Jonas is so annoying. But that odd HOPO part is somewhat fun, I suppose.

[Zombie-Dave]

Are you kidding me? I hate Knights of Cydonia, it's one of the 2 songs [Excluding bonus'] that i can't 5 star on expert, what with all those notes so quickly strummed, i keep screwing it up somewhere.

Also, on another note, I can't get the 'Star Mania' Achievment, even though i've activated star power 3 times at least during dragonforce. I've also tried only activating it 3 times, activating it 3 times with a full meter, everything, and i just can't get the achievement...

Huzzah!...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b385/poppadomthealmighty/DSC00422Small-1.jpg

[Sarge51]

Did you beat the song? Maybe you are suppose to 5 Star it too? Who knows. Lots of people had the same problem.

Along with the Whammy Mania Achievement.

[Demoir]

According to SH, you have to play it in Quickplay, get star power activated 3 times, then when it runs out after the third time, fail the song and you should get it.

Edit: Holy shit! -3 on Monsters solo on expert! Too bad I suck balls at the rest of the song.

Also, 5-starred Knights of Cydonia on hard (also nearly have it on expert), and I'm fairly close on One, and when I can FC the galloping triplets (before mosh 1) in star power, I might get a lucky run on Raining Blood.

[Oberlin]

Edit: Holy shit! -3 on Monsters solo on expert! Too bad I suck balls at the rest of the song

I aced that solo one time. One time. I typically get about 80% on it, I have no idea what happened. About pissed myself.

[Tempest]

I beat Number Of The Beast most handily last night (4-star, along with Cliffs of Dover 4-starred), and I managed to beat One again, though I didn't upgrade my score by very much. I can't wait to battle Lou and unlock TtFaF, it's just a shame that will NEVER HAPPEN, because I will NEVER BEAT RAINING BLOOD.

Like, holy fuck. Why would they even fucking put something like that in the game? I've played TtFaF, and I understand that one being so hard: it's a bonus song and not required to beat career. But are you fucking serious? I can't get past 38% on Raining Blood. 38%, by the way, is that point in Mosh 1 where you can SEE THE NEXT FUCKING PART. I played it in practice and if I can get past Mosh 1, I can get the rest of the song. I can (literally) get almost every note in the beginning of the song with my eyes closed (I tried, I only missed a couple in the triplet strums), but the hammers in Mosh 1 are pretty much impossible. :ahe:

[Demoir]

I strum fairly fast for Mosh 1 and use all 4 fingers for each set of descending 4 notes, and I save my SP til I'm in the blinking red Rock Metre.

[Tempest]

I strum fairly fast for Mosh 1 and use all 4 fingers for each set of descending 4 notes, and I save my SP til I'm in the blinking red Rock Metre.

If I save my SP for blinking red, I'm already done for. I can't hit enough notes after activating it while blinking red to dig myself out, I have to turn it on right when I hit red.

[SlowCheetah]

I beat the game on hard (well all the songs anyways, just need to beat the devil). Now I'm trying the song on expert. I've beaten the first 2 sets so far with no problems.

[Demoir]

You shouldn't encouner any major problems until tiers 7 & 8, if you're a new-ish player. You'll probably have problems at tier 8 no matter how long you've been playing.

I just 5-starred all of the hard bonus tracks except The Way it Ends, Through the Fire and Flames (which I'll never get) and Take this Life (which I should be able to get with practice). I've also had a comfortable 4-star of Take this Life on expert, which was cool.

[Tempest]

I was about 4 notes off FCing My Name Is Jonas the other night, and about 6 from Bulls on Parade. In hard, that is. It makes me sad, because I've never been so close to getting an FC on a hard song. I also managed to 100% the solo in Paranoid on Hard, though I did shitty on the rest of the song.. I was absolutely amazed when I hit that solo though, it's like my fingers were possessed. :indiff:

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

5 starred all of hard now except for the last 3 songs in the bonuses, Take this life is shit and I hate playing it, The way it ends is the same, and Through the Fire and Flames I 4 starred which I'm proud of. Got some good scores on Scorehero too, I'm in the top 20 for about 8 songs on Wii, highest rankings are about 2 10th's, 190th (ish) overall and I only have about 15 scores up. Can't wait to put them all up and see where i'm ranked.

[Demoir]

I was really fucking close to FCing Even Flow on expert just now, I screwed up the part before the outro and got -1 :indiff:

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

-1 on Impulse on Hard, ranked 6th on Scorehero, it's only annoying because I missed like a super easy note.

[Demoir]

I can't do Impulse on hard at all, I find it a lot easier on expert (although I suck at it on expert too).

[Sirnogbert]

Impulse on expert is easier to get the rhythm right. Also my favourite song to play. I can only 4* it though.

[this is not a post]

I just got 97% 5* on The Devil Went Down To Georgia (the downloaded, full song) on Medium and 80% 3* on TTFATF, same difficulty.

Is that anything to be proud of?

[Demoir]

Just FC'd Hit Me with Your Best Shot on hard today, and almost FC'd it on expert too (-2).

[Zombie-Dave]

Finally got the intro to TTFAF down on expert, with the tapping and everything, and managed to push my score into a 4* level!

[Ramstien]

Am I the only one who thinks TTFAF is easier than Cliffs Of Dover and Raining Blood?

[Tempest]

Am I the only one who thinks TTFAF is easier than Cliffs Of Dover and Raining Blood?

Cliffs of Dover? :indiff: Cliffs of Dover is a really easy song.. I haven't played it on expert, of course, but on Hard I 4-starred it on my sight-read. :ahe: Still can't beat fucking Raining Blood, of course.

[Ommurg]

I just learned to tap the beginning to, feels really good hitting all of it lol.

[CharlieH]

Woo!

Managed to beat TTFatF on hard last night.

I still haven't completed career on hard though. Stupid Raining Blood. I Unlocked TTFatF by finishing the game on medium.

[Sarge51]

I've been playing GH for almost a year, and I have no clue what the term, 'tapping' means.

[Sirnogbert]

Using your strumming hand to hit hammer ons and pull offs. I can't do it, I always end up missing the buttons completely.

[Sarge51]

Ah. I wouldn't ever think of trying that. Cause if you miss a note you have to strum quickly to get back on track, and doing that NORMALLY can still be a hassle. AND the fact that you can die within 3 seconds of the song doesn't make it easier.

[Ommurg]

IT was dis-heartening at first, I couldn't do it on slowest. But trust me, practice at it, and it will be well worth it. I'm still not that good at it, and I can usually get back on track in about 2-3 secs after missing. If you even get halfway through it before you mess up, you can switch back to normal and probably still pass.

But seriously, give it a try. Use your normal fingers for Green, Red, and Yellow, and Your other hands index finger for Blue and Orange (just my preferred method) . If you suck really bad at first, KEEP TRYING, getting 100% on the beginning will be well worth it. I would say it would take about an hour, maybe 2 of straight practice, and about that much of every now and then practice.

[barnesy111]

Due to that fact that I have never owned a guitar hero game, when I got mine on Wii I started at easy and worked my way up, which earns you more money even if it wastes lots of time.
I got stuck on Knights of Cydonia on hard so I'm working on expert, and just started (and finished) Paint It Black.

I may not be giant-pizza good (http://youtube.com/watch?v=alY43qMvxM0), but at least I can beat all my friends who own the game.

EDIT: Just beat Knights of Cydonia yesterday.

[Demoir]

I can only tap the trill in Raining Blood, and thats it.

[Sirnogbert]

I just beat The Way It Ends on Expert mode without my strumming hand catching on fire. That's an achievement in itself. How anybody can 5* that I don't know.

[Mirrorman]

Just got it for my PC and I have to say. Playing with the keyboard with a broken finger sucks.

[Ramstien]

Cliffs of Dover? :indiff: Cliffs of Dover is a really easy song.. I haven't played it on expert, of course, but on Hard I 4-starred it on my sight-read. :ahe: Still can't beat fucking Raining Blood, of course.

I got as far as like 40-45%. Like, I fail in the bit after the mosh part.

[Sirnogbert]

I'm rather agitated now. The first time I get past Mosh 1 I fail at 91%. Curse you Kerry King and your god awful solo style!

[Sarge51]

I am getting more sucky at the song. My hands actually start hurting now! I think I am having withdrawal symptoms.

(Well, not only the song, but the whole game all together.)

[Tempest]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/iwin.jpg

I AM the Guitar Hero.

After I think probably 20 straight tries tonight, with scores ranging from 85,000 to 126,000 (JESUS CHRIST IT WAS SO CLOSE), I scored this great run. My fingers and arm muscles are singing me praises right now. Relaps was with me through the whole thing, he's my shining star. :shobon: Just three more left to 5-star!

[Sirnogbert]

I am getting more sucky at the song. My hands actually start hurting now! I think I am having withdrawal symptoms.

(Well, not only the song, but the whole game all together.)

I'm the same, my fretting hand is in pain for quite a ew of these songs. it's really pissing me off as the only songs in the previous games that hurt my hands even the slightest were beast And The Harlot and What I Like About You. I'm thinking the guitar might be partly to do with it since it's new.

[Sarge51]

Crap! I can't even 100% When You Were Young anymore. Maybe I should go back to Guitar Hero 2.

In other news, My cousins are getting all the Guitar Hero games for the PS2 for Christmas. I got them addicted like I handed them some cocaine.

[Demoir]

The only song I have left to 5-star on GHII hard is Six, which I don't think I'll ever get because
1. I'm having too much fun with GHIII
2. I hate/suck at that song.

[Tempest]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/eyeball.jpg

Well, all you Guitar Hero 2 players know what that means.

Not only did I conquer Psychobilly Freakout, but also Hangar 18, Institutionalized, and Free Bird. Finally, my life is complete. (http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7480/ghharddonejq4.jpg)

[Sarge51]

I felt let-down of all those bonus guitars you unlock. Except for the Axe, I loved that. and the Snaketapus.

[Tempest]

I felt let-down of all those bonus guitars you unlock. Except for the Axe, I loved that. and the Snaketapus.

Yeah I have to say I'm rather disappointed that the fucking guitar you get for beating Hard period is cooler than the one you get for 5-starring everything on Hard. And The Log? Come on now.. That's not cool at all.

[Sarge51]

Yeah, the Log should have been a Medium or Easy unlock. I was expecting some sort of God-Like guitar that's hardcore metal and can give someone an orgasm with just a light pull of the G-String.



Not only did I conquer Psychobilly Freakout, but also Hangar 18, Institutionalized, and Free Bird. Finally, my life is complete.

What about Through the Fire and Flames? and all those other GH3 songs?

[Tempest]

What about Through the Fire and Flames? and all those other GH3 songs?

I'm talking about Guitar Hero 2. :indiff: And anyway, I was just going for career songs, I can't be fucked with the bonus songs because a lot of them are fucking hard.

[Sarge51]

Yeah, I know. But I was pointing out the next big challenge. Though, congrats on Guitar Hero 2. Speaking of insane bonus songs: I myself probably couldn't do Jordan legit on just BEATING it, let alone FOUR staring it.

[HappinessMan]

I want this game still, but not sure if I will buy it after I got Rock Band. Is it worth the $60?

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$60? In Britain it costs the equivalent of $130 or thereabouts, maybe a bit more. Go for it, I love the game.

[Demoir]

HappinessMan, buy it in the January sales, it's worth the £25 for the game (without guitar, I already have 2 of the old ones, so I'm not bothered).

[AL5X]

I've beaten Through the Fire and Flames on expert and gotten 89%, and a 160 note streak.
I guess I'm pretty good at it.

[this is not a post]

Pretty good? Pretty good? Give me your address so I can come steal your fingers.

[Demoir]

I've played in practice, it seems once you get past the fucking intro, the rest of it is relatively easy to pass.

[AL5X]

What i do hold down the green with my left hand, hit the bar with my elbow and just 'tap' through the whole intro with my right hand. Hell of a lot easier, and it looks cool.

[Con-Con]

I just got the game for Christmas, and I love it. I suck comparing to most of you guys bot I got 217 note streak on Paint it Black on Medium. I'm getting better though.

[HappinessMan]

Bought it anyway today. Have yet to play, but what made me buy it was remembering the fun Lou Boss Battles.

[Demoir]

I still can't beat it on expert. I've only ever gotten to the Victory solos once, and I was lucky to get that. Apparently though if you get the whammy attack as the first power-up thingy, and activate it when Lou has a load of green notes, you should win easy.

[CheesePlease]

I got this for Christmas, it's awesome but I'm stuck on One and I'm only playing on medium. I suck compared to all you bastards.

[Sarge51]

I finally beat Raining Blood and One! (On Expert) I have a picture on my camera, but I lost my cord to upload the pictures of proof. I failed like 6 days ago on Raining Blood on 93%!! and on Christmas I tried again, got it on my first try, same for One. But the Number of the Beast took about 3 tries. Now I can't get passed the last boss...

Where did I put that cord...


TTFAF is easy, except for one mid-ish part (that may cause you to lose the song if you're not careful) and the beginning.

[Nessa]

I'm right where you are, Sarge. Except I haven't beaten One or Raining Blood yet xD. I was just rockin my head to the music of One and all of a sudden insta-fail! right in the middle.

Awesome thing thoe, is that I've gotten 5 star on everything expert behind thoes songs first try. I got this game for christmas after having waited so long.

100% on Paint it Black expert, no proof ;_;;

[Con-Con]

I've just beaten easy in my career, easily enough. I can pass any medium song but hard is just one step to far for my crappy fingers.

[Sirnogbert]

I finally got my first GH3 FC, Slow Ride on hard. Not very impressive, but considering how many notes I usually miss due to retardedness I'm quite happy.

[Demoir]

Woo, I somehow FCed the whole Monsters solo on expert in practice mode, when I was randomly playing it. There's actually a (very) vague hope of me getting 100% if I can get the 'weedley weedley' part down and the choruses.

[Sarge51]

My first FC was When You Were Young BUT, ONLINE. So I didn't the 500 Note Streak Achievement on 360. and the 100% Achievement. If there is one. But if there is I got it by now.

I should probably start getting more than three stars on the many songs before the final setlist. and even try to 5-Star The Number of the Beast so I can have a chance at Whammy Mania.

[Demoir]

For GHIII, you can just either hold down the whammy bar, or tape it down for the entire song. Apparently the achievement is bugged though, some people on SH got it by getting 100% on the Seeker or something :indiff:

[Fruitality]

Well the only songs I have left to 5 star in the expert career are Raining Blood and Number of the Beast (which my arm just gets tired on). I've got 4 stars, just gotta get longer combos. My career score is about 9,900,000, which is alright.

As for Through the Fire and Flames, I've gotten to the end of the intro a few times only to panic and fail because I can't believe i got to the end of the intro. If I play it with the No Fail cheat on, I can get around 300,000. So once I get past the start, I'm all set. I think my highest note streak is just over 200 (easiest in the 'Post Insanity' sections).

[CharlieH]

I think my highest note streak is just over 200 (easiest in the 'Post Insanity' sections).

Yeah you know that.

Those sections can rack up your points in no time at all.

5 Year old could do them bits.

[Hickabod]

I beat Lou on Expert, I think thats the greatest achievement of my life to be honest. Well, that and beating Jordan

[Sarge51]

New goal. 100% the Seeker.

I'll also try the whammy bar taping down if I can't do it the right way.


and damn you Lou. I don't get why they put DoubleNotes in the game. It's impossible to do a solo with all chords and no HOPOs with about 1 Jillion notes per second.

[HappinessMan]

I can't believe how the difficulty in this game is so different from Rock Band and Guitar Hero II. I can barely do the last tier now, and I master medium on the other games. Yeah, laugh, I'm still climbing my way to expert.

[Demoir]

It took me like a month just to complete expert on GHI. I took like 2 weeks just for me to not go 'What the fuck' everytime an orange button came up.

[Ramstien]

I cannot beat the fucking boss battle with Lou.

Although I did manage to beat Raining Blood on my first go after not playing it for ages. I dominated the mosh section.

[Sarge51]

You do know that GH3 is actually easier than any of the other games. With the exception of the Note-Charts. Regular Notes and HOPOs have a wider hit time than GH2 or Rock Band.

[Con-Con]

For the guys who can play expert, do ye just play the game a lot or are do ye just have a lot of skill at the game?

[Demoir]

I got the first game a year ago, and I was shit at first, I failed No-one Knows on
easy.

[lobster bisque anyone?]

I got 94% on "Number of the Beast" on hard.

I hate those homo cartoon things between every song that you play

[GnR]

I just got Guitar Hero 3 for Christmas. I've gotten 5 stars on every song on easy and medium.:fmita:

Here are a few songs I 5 star'd when I saw this thread.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3383/guitarhero003wn6.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6867/guitarhero004yf5.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2223/guitarhero005ms3.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9757/guitarhero006an9.jpg

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

Have you played Guitar Hero before because if you haven't I highly doubt you could've gotten those scores only having the game for like a week. If you have played it before then fair enough, good scores.

[Demoir]

Those songs are the easiest 5-stars on expert, actually and if you have a natural sense of rhythm, you could easily do it in a week.

[GnR]

Have you played Guitar Hero before because if you haven't I highly doubt you could've gotten those scores only having the game for like a week. If you have played it before then fair enough, good scores.
I got GH2 last Christmas, so I've been playing for a year now.

And like Deimor said, those were pretty easy songs. But they're still 5 stars! On Expert!

[CharlieH]

Have you played Guitar Hero before because if you haven't I highly doubt you could've gotten those scores only having the game for like a week. If you have played it before then fair enough, good scores.

He has proof, what more do you need!?

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

Not exactly hard to find pictures of Guitar Hero on the internet is it, I was only wondering, got nothing against him, I presume he has played Guitar Hero before, I was merely saying if he hasn't then it's not possible.
I seem to have gotten better over night, 5 starred all of expert up to Before I forget and 4/5 starred everything after except One and Raining Blood which I still can't do.
EDIT: I see that he has been playing for a year which is fair enough. Oh and even though they are easy songs Deimor after one week of playing if you'd never played the game before you would not be able to get 5 stars on them, you'd barely be able to complete them and that's if you picked it up quickly, it takes most people 2 or 3 days to even figure out how to play the damn thing.

[Demoir]

Iamchris4life on ScoreHero passed Bark at the Moon after 3 days. Plenty of other people did it in a week. If you can even get close to that, you would be able to 5-star the easy songs on expert.

+He might have played a hell of a lot.

[Con-Con]

I've played it for a week, it's my first guitar hero and I can't even play hard. I don't think anyone could play it for a week and 5 star a song on expert.

[TheHighwaySong]

IamChris4Life plays Guitar Hero too? I only know him from his DDR stats. I doubt this guy goes out of the houset often, except some of his friends say they're annoyed by him because he brags about his skills alot :indiff:

[CharlieH]

I've played it for a week, it's my first guitar hero and I can't even play hard. I don't think anyone could play it for a week and 5 star a song on expert.

Well, someone would have to have done it.

Otherwise there would not be pictures of such feats.

There are pictures I tell you.

PICTURES!!

[Demoir]

Iamchris4life must do nothing else but play rythym (I can't spell it at the moment) games, he's got a video up of him getting 99% on one of the harder drum songs on Rock Band, on expert, after only a few days of him having the game (with no prior drum expierience apparently).

EDIT: Oh yeah, I just tried using a rubber band to try and get past the intro on Through the Fire and Flames, and it turns out that I failed about 3 times faster then usual :indiff:

[Oberlin]

I've only K of C to 5* on hard, and I'm like 5k away from it.

Not too shabby if you ask me.

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

Good job Oberlin, it's weird but KoC is one of the hardest songs to 5 star in the game, that was the last one I had left as well, did One, Raining Blood etc. no problem, but KoC I only 5 starred by about 3k.

[Tempest]

To be honest, the song I have the most trouble 5-starring on GH3 is Black Magic Woman. :indiff: I mean, there are plenty of songs I can't 5-star, but that's just because I suck at them.. One, Raining Blood etc. Black Magic Woman, I got 98%. 98 fucking percent, and still no 5-star? How does that even make sense?