?'s About Medium To Expert. Options

[makaveli91]

Ok, I'm playing on Med right now, and I have a fairly firm grasp on playing most of the songs. Now, I've tried once on hard and I got mowed REALLY quick.. I'm just wondering if anyone who's in here, playing, is proficient with a REAL guitar, and whether its harder to play the xplorer guitar or a real guitar. I understand that its like comparing apples and oranges, but there has to be some similarities. AND got any tips for hard and expert? Cause man... It was tricky just incorporating the blue for the first time...

[Reaper527]

well, i can play hacked hacked songs on expert (do a youtube search for one day remains by alterbridge), and have great difficulty playing a real guitar (damn fat fingers) so i personally think that guitar hero is worlds easier then a real guitar. people who have been playing guitar for years may tell you the opposite, but i feel my opinion is a little less bias as i was able to pick up guitar hero and get to hard, while drunk, in about 3 or 4 times playing, while real guitar, i pick up on and off and absolutely suck (i can only play some painfully easy solo by flyleaf, and a few random bits and pieces of other various bands)

as far as moving from medium to hard, try playing heart shaped box. that was the first song i 5 starred on hard, i personally found that song pretty easy. also, you can try going into practice mode and slowing the songs down. this will give you the ability to play with the extra notes, but at the same speed that you did on medium. worst case scenario, just pick a song in the first tier, and play it 5 or 6 times. you'll notice that you get further and further each time you play. also, try saving your star power for the solo section. you won't get big scores that way, but it will keep you alive through that section while you get better at the game.

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also, hammer ons and pull offs are you friends. check the in game tutorial for more info (you'll get an achievement for checking the tutorial anyways).

This post has been edited by Reaper527: Oct 23 2007, 11:39 PM

[darkmike57]

To get better, play harder difficulties, and fail. Then fail some more until you don't fail anymore.

Oh and real guitar is 5000X harder.

GH=1 string 5 frets
Guitar=(mostly) 6 string and 24 frets.

[makaveli91]

OH yeah, I know that real guitar is harder than the guitar hero version. I was just wondering if you had experience playing a real guitar, whether or not it would help or hinder you with GHII. I was at work when I asked that question and was doing 5 different things at once, so I didn't really ask what I really meant.

[Knightmare69]

as far as moving from medium to hard, try playing heart shaped box. that was the first song i 5 starred on hard, i personally found that song pretty easy. also, you can try going into practice mode and slowing the songs down. this will give you the ability to play with the extra notes, but at the same speed that you did on medium. worst case scenario, just pick a song in the first tier, and play it 5 or 6 times. you'll notice that you get further and further each time you play. also, try saving your star power for the solo section. you won't get big scores that way, but it will keep you alive through that section while you get better at the game.

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also, hammer ons and pull offs are you friends. check the in game tutorial for more info (you'll get an achievement for checking the tutorial anyways).

This is how I learned the curve from medium to hard/expert. Also, you can try to play medium with your index finger on red and pinky on orange rather than index on green and pinky on blue. It helps getting you used to holding your hands in that position for hard and expert.

[Reaper527]

It helps getting you used to holding your hands in that position for hard and expert.

i guess if you play that way you could practice it on an easier setting, however i stretch my pinky to hit orange, so i would say its not really necessary to learn a new hand position.

[Knightmare69]

i guess if you play that way you could practice it on an easier setting, however i stretch my pinky to hit orange, so i would say its not really necessary to learn a new hand position.

True, I find myself doing that more now that I'm more comfortable playing. It all comes down to whatever feels more comfortable for you. On a side note, can't wait for GH3