[Multiplatform] Guitar Hero III

Slayer's Raining Blood can go fucking die. After trying that song in Hard for at least 4 hours, I couldn't beat it until I practiced the notes slower and kinda got the hang of it. I still hate it with passion and wish it was never added.

The soundtrack is decent, with a few great songs, like Knights of Cydonia, Number of the Beast, One, Talk Dirty to Me, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Avalanca (Fuck yeah for Heroes del Silencio), and a couple of others.

I mean though, fuck, the difficulty is ridiculously high for Hard, and tried Expert and wasn't really fun. This is something I really dislike about the game, and ruins a lot of the fun for me. Guitar Hero 2 was the first rhythm game I have picked up in a long time since my dancepad for DDR died, and Hard had its difficulty, but wasn't ridiculous like this game is. I do way better on Expert at GH2 than this one. Have seen videos of Youtube of people doing all these crazy feats like beating Through the Fire and Flames, and all sorts of shit. God damnit, I can hardly do it on Normal, and Hard feels like Expert at some point because it's just stupid.

I enjoy the game at certain point, but perhaps I'll try Rock Band out. Been checking the soundtrack, and the gameplay videos, it looks more fun than this one, because I'm sure it won't be frustrating to play when I don't know how to play a real guitar for shit (when I really want to learn later on).

These are my two cents.

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Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Well, they probably imagine people that have been playing since the first GH have been getting better, so they should gradually ramp the difficulty up so they don't feel like they can walk up to the newest game and beat expert on their first play through.

Can't you still unlock all of the content just by playing through the game on Normal? Complaining about not being able to beat GH3 on the highest level is like complaining about not being able to beat Wolfenstein on the hardest difficulty. You just need to be really freaking good at the game in order to do it.

True, that is one thing to consider, but to newer players to the game/genre, might not be that fun. For the hardcore fans, it might be a good challenge.

You can unlock most of the content in Easy, like Omagnus posted, but it's not about unlocking everything, it's about improving, and being able to play better on higher difficulties. Guess it's a personal feat; not required, but always nice to be able to do. Fuck, I'm sure I won't beat Raining Blood on Expert in about 5 months if I play frequently.

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Originally Posted by DarthSavior

At least you can beat Raining Blood on Hard. I can't get past Mosh I. I'm starting to 4/5-star the songs on Hard, but the tier 7/8 songs are just insane. Not because of the speed, but songs like Before I Forget and 3's and 7's have ridiculously insane note patterns that come at me way too fast to react to.

And don't get me started on Through the Fire and Flames on Hard. Best I could do is 24% through the song, and that's if I can achieve Star Power when Post Insanity comes around.

What I did to get past the Mosh 1 of Raining Blood was practice, and a lot. Go slow and check how the patterns go, then increase the speed little by little, acing it all the way. When you get to Full Speed finally, try to do it, and just make sure to hit as many as possible. The mistake I kept on making was just to press the buttons insanely fast, which made me lose not even halfway through it. With practice, you'll notice how to do it. Once the Mosh is over, you will do good! As for Before I Forget, yeah, agreed 100%. Practice is very helpful in this game, haha.

No, don't start with Through the Fire and Flames, please. That song is frustrating, and won't beat it in a long time. Period.

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Originally Posted by DarthSavior

How do people get used to hitting GRB or RYO chords quickly? Getting my fingering to hit those is just... unnatural. =/

I still have a lot of issues with this, because I always screw up; my fingers aren't fast enough, or not good coordination to pull that. Sometimes it happens and don't know how... Tried practicing that kind of thing last time with Guitar Hero's 2 X-Stream of Voivoid, and just fucked up all the time in the very last part.

Still require a lot of practice. ;_;

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Quick question; is it possible to use Hyperspeed in Hard? and if so, how to do it?

Originally Posted by TCK

While Slayer is pretty shitty, or more specifically the Hard Rain part, some of the bonus tracks are amongst the best in the game if you give them the time of day. Most notably Avalancha, Heir Kommt Alex and The Way It Ends.

Fuck yes, you deserve props.

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Sweet, thanks Cataclysm, will give it a try after I get back from work.

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