[Multiplatform] [Multi-platform] Guitar Hero II

so yeah I got the game on Tuesday evening. Played it from 6:30PM~1:30AM. I think I'm good at Guitar Hero. I've 5-starred every song in the first one except Cowboys from Hell.

This game is a freaking blast on expert. My hands have been sore since the first night. In one sitting I passed every song except Jordan. I passed them all on the first try except for the following:

1) Beast and the Harlot (the strumming threw me off, I failed twice before I figured it out and 5-starred it the first time I actually passed O_o)

2) Freebird (I failed about 3 times on the first set of "Really" fast notes because I couldn't hold my star power.. it seems more sensitive this time around, I have to lean back to avoid it going off accidentally)

3) Less Talk More Rokk (I failed the first time because I was becoming too reliant on Hammer-ons. I almost made it to the end but I started missing the first note and not really trying to re-enter the stream)

4) Jordan. OBVIOUSLY >.>

I managed to pass every other song on the first shot. mostly 5 and 4 stars with a few surprising 3 stars. After 3 days, I've 5-starred 49/64 songs and 4-starred everything else except Misirlou and Six. I love the new Hammer on system, these songs wouldn't be possible otherwise lol.

You might be thinking of Lamb of God - Laid to Rest. You can pretty much HO the entire second half of the song >.>

I like the variety in the song selection. I also like how early expert songs don't hold back like they did in the first game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If you want a good workout, try playing Six - All that Remains on expert >.>

I still can't beat Jordan, but I've at least 4-starred every other song (63/64) and 5-starred a great deal of them (55/64 I think). My scores improve almost every time I play them.

Right now I'm trying to unlock the other guitars so I'm beating the other difficulties. So far, hard has been a walk in the park. I haven't tried medium or easy.

I think so far my best song is Beast and the Harlot, I've gotten like 365k on it which is more than enough to 5-star it. I think maybe 95% accuracy.

I wish I had someone else to play it with though, I'd like to try out the other instruments in a non-practice mode.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

for the most part, I keep my index finger on the green fret, middle finger on the Red, Ring finger on the Yellow, and Pinky on the Blue. If you plan on eventually moving to hard or expert, I seriously suggest using your pinky on the higher frets if at all possible. On Medium, you can play and pass just fine with the first three fingers and not using the pinky at all. It can teach you how to slide your hand down the neck to hit the higher frets.

But yeah, try to use all of your fingers. There's a part in monkey wrench on expert that you have to press the green (1st) and orange (5th) frets at the same time. It's much easier when you use your pinky.

Hope this helped at all. it's best to find your own way to play though.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Every day that I play I manage to get a little better and better. My scores are getting higher and higher, it's amazingly satisfying.

Out of nowhere I was about to 5-star Gemini, Rock this Town and Carry me home. Which brings me up to 5-star 57/64. I dunno if I'll be able to five star the rest, but I will sure as hell keep trying.

I'm thinking about recording my progress via video camera and maybe posting it on youtube or some shit, but I wouldn't know where to begin. If anyone has experience doing this, lemme know. I'm not insanely good or anything, but I'm sure other people don't mind watching people progress

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I uploaded some vids of me playing. the Quality isn't great but I'm not gonna go buy a new camera for crappy youtube vids

Psychobilly Freakout (EXPERT) 215k: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrbW9Mcr_98

Rock This Town (EXPERT) 257k: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJT8mxAG7tc

Oddly enough, these are my best scores on those two particular songs. Funny how they were the first two I caught on camera and they ended up being the best scores :P

I was speaking idiomatically.

Got 2 more:

Crazy on You EXPERT (332K): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLDdLxyu28Y

Freya EXPERT (287K): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Tx8oRF9rQ

Yeah, using the Whammy on the non-star power notes doesn't do anything good. I don't like using the whammy at all honestly because it distorts parts of the song. (I mainly play to listen to the song as opposed to actually trying to Full Combo anything). As far as glitches go, the only one I've come across is when Grim Ripper starts with a normal guitar.

Lemme know if there are any songs you wanna see me "Attempt" :P

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I've only played Freebird like.. 4 times total, I've only passed it once in those 4 tries. It's a very intimidating song, and I've been working on other songs before I decide to tackle that one. I also haven't been working on Jordan, so I can only make it through the first solo. Misirlou, on the other hand, I can 4-star pretty much everytime.

I will try to record videos of misirlou and freebird, but I dunno how good they're gonna be.

FELIPE NO

I have a Kodak Easyshare 7440. It's a digital camera but it has a movie mode with sound. It shoots at 640 or 320 resolution. I just hit record and hope I don't screw up too much :P There are no programs involved, I just upload the .MOV file off the SD Card.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

giving this thread a much needed boost with some new vids

these are direct capture using my new camera.

Hangar 18: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjHe_A0OwM

Carry Me Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7LFavkbBLY

Beast and the Harlot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfO-fKJvW5s

Free Bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_jhNrezxk

Currently I've 5-starred 61/64. I can't seem to 5-star Misirlou, Jordan and Six.
I passed Jordan ONCE with a 4-star.

Jam it back in, in the dark.