General Discussions => Inner Glimpse => Topic started by: Gordo on December 04, 2005, 10:05:03 pm
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 04, 2005, 10:05:03 pm
last night i went to some kids house with this girl i just started dating. they were playing this game "Guitar Hero" that was hands down the best idea for a video game ive ever seen. its like those Dance Dance Revolution games but you actually have a guitar with 5 buttons for different notes, its got a little tapper to play the rhythm, and even a whammy bar to play with notes you draw out. the choice of songs is fantastic with shit from Bowie, Hendrix, Sabbath........etc. amazing how precise the sound is with your playing too, you actually feel like you get going and are ripping a sick solo. highly recommend picking it up guys, im gonna buy one this week to up my video game ownership total to 2.
heres the link:
http://www.guitarherogame.com/
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: leith on December 04, 2005, 10:23:48 pm
Yeah I have been wondering abt that game. Does the controller come w/ it or do u have to buy it seperately? It has gotten great reviews and on the Jamband side of things The Slip has a song in the game.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 05, 2005, 07:12:47 am
i actually just ordered this.. bestbuy.com has it on sale for $59.49 ($10 off). i\'ve heard great things about it. looking forward to trying it out..
how much was shipping dave? theyre selling it for like $90 at the Best Buy near me, wondering if i should just order it.
shipping was 4.95, plus tax. still came out to under $70 for me. it was unavailable at all my local BBs for store pickup. YMMV.
thanks.. just ordered it and yeah it was $68 and change.. now ill start acting like a kid waiting for the package every day, such a sick game.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: cleantone on December 11, 2005, 09:59:44 pm
The Slip do have a track on there. You have to buy it. It is Even Rats from the upcoming studio release. A friend of mine made this game actually. I have not yet played it. Sounds and lookds like fun though.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on December 12, 2005, 12:06:42 am
This is a great idea for a video game. Just in time for me to be get ready for this (http://www.airguitarusa.com/enter.html). I don\'t own a PS2 but I do know someone who owns one and wouldn\'t mind if I bought a game for it.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Overexjoesure on December 12, 2005, 12:25:52 am
Spacey that competition looks fucking awesome. What song are you considering doing?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Whathefunk on December 12, 2005, 01:26:16 am
Quote from: cleantone
The Slip do have a track on there. You have to buy it. It is Even Rats from the upcoming studio release. A friend of mine made this game actually. I have not yet played it. Sounds and lookds like fun though.
cleantone.....welcome to the board guy! you are a pretty consistent slip taper right? i think i\'ve got a couple of shows of theirs that you taped (assuming you are the cleantone i\'m thinking about). You been into the bfast long? or just getting into them? you going to Middle East show on the 23rd? cuz i know new/different tapers/rigs are always appreciated at the shows.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: SlimPickens on December 12, 2005, 08:13:09 am
Quote from: Spacey
Just in time for me to be get ready for this (http://www.airguitarusa.com/enter.html).
Rule: Back-up bands (air or real) are not allowed
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on December 12, 2005, 10:43:36 am
Quote from: SlimPickens
Quote from: Spacey
Just in time for me to be get ready for this (http://www.airguitarusa.com/enter.html).
Rule: Back-up bands (air or real) are not allowed
I\'m a 1-man show, brah!
Spacey Spacemen and his electric air guitar!
so I have seriousily considered this and plan on practicing at all upcoming shows.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: SlimPickens on December 12, 2005, 10:51:57 am
Quote from: Spacey
Quote from: SlimPickens
Quote from: Spacey
Just in time for me to be get ready for this (http://www.airguitarusa.com/enter.html).
Rule: Back-up bands (air or real) are not allowed
I\'m a 1-man show, brah!
Spacey Spacemen and his electric air guitar!
so I have seriousily considered this and plan on practicing at all upcoming shows.
what song will you use?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 12, 2005, 03:23:46 pm
Dave -- have you gotten yours?? they keep sending me back-order e-mails. my cousin works at a best buy and they have plenty of them right now for $90. didnt do it to save the $20. this is pissing me off now, hope they dont jerk me around for buying it on sale.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on December 12, 2005, 03:26:39 pm
Quote from: SlimPickens
Quote from: Spacey
Quote from: SlimPickens
Quote from: Spacey
Just in time for me to be get ready for this (http://www.airguitarusa.com/enter.html).
Rule: Back-up bands (air or real) are not allowed
I\'m a 1-man show, brah!
Spacey Spacemen and his electric air guitar!
so I have seriousily considered this and plan on practicing at all upcoming shows.
what song will you use?
sucks about no backing band.
Not 100% sure what song I will do but I am open to suggestions...
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Post by: Gordo on December 12, 2005, 03:30:27 pm
i think something hard-core is a must spacey. need the crazy energy if you want to survive. watched a couple videos and you should go the route of Strapping Young Lad, Dream Theater, Steve Vai, Malmsteen, etc...
our scene here wouldnt cut it.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 12, 2005, 04:13:23 pm
Quote from: Gordo
Dave -- have you gotten yours?? they keep sending me back-order e-mails. my cousin works at a best buy and they have plenty of them right now for $90. didnt do it to save the $20. this is pissing me off now, hope they dont jerk me around for buying it on sale.
yeah, mine\'s on backorder as well. i\'m just gonna wait it out.. if they try to cancel it, i\'ll just call CS and tell them there\'s plenty in the store and i want it for that price.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 12, 2005, 04:38:34 pm
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Gordo
Dave -- have you gotten yours?? they keep sending me back-order e-mails. my cousin works at a best buy and they have plenty of them right now for $90. didnt do it to save the $20. this is pissing me off now, hope they dont jerk me around for buying it on sale.
yeah, mine\'s on back order as well. i\'m just gonna wait it out.. if they try to cancel it, i\'ll just call CS and tell them there\'s plenty in the store and i want it for that price.
thats what i was thinkin. the last e-mail gave me the option to cancel, but $20 is a lot to me at the moment. :tired:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 13, 2005, 08:40:31 am
yeah, no way i\'m letting this sale price go..
btw, redoctane.com has the cherry SG controller up for pre-order:
http://www.redoctane.com/gh-cherrysg.html
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 13, 2005, 03:48:00 pm
dave, i just called best buy b/c they sent me another email saying it might take 25 days to get by mail. made a slight bullshit story up saying i needed it by the 20th for a holiday party and its now ready for pickup at my local store. just got an e-mail order update and they even knocked off the 3 bucks or whatever for shipping. total: $64.55 call em, youll be rockin that shit tonight.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 13, 2005, 05:12:45 pm
thanks for the head\'s up, gordo.. tonight\'s poker night, but i may have to give a call tomorrow.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: FrankZappa on December 14, 2005, 06:33:49 am
Quote from: Spacey
Quote from: SlimPickens
what song will you use?
sucks about no backing band.
Not 100% sure what song I will do but I am open to suggestions...
superfly phatty fat. You get it all in that song.
Quote from: cleantone
The Slip do have a track on there. You have to buy it. It is Even Rats from the upcoming studio release. A friend of mine made this game actually. I have not yet played it. Sounds and lookds like fun though.
welcome to the board cleantone. I\'ll be the one and will ask what everyone else is thinking: If the slip got in, why not the breakfast? Your friend made it? That\'s pretty cool man!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 19, 2005, 07:35:48 am
mine finally shipped on saturday! :D
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on December 19, 2005, 10:29:02 am
Have you had a chance to rock out yet?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Wolfman on December 19, 2005, 10:40:45 am
Quote from: davepeck
mine finally shipped on saturday! :D
I\'ve got to see Tim play this game. Do you get bonus points for rockstar jumps?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 19, 2005, 09:44:54 pm
this game is fucking incredible. best party game ever made. the songs are great, the play is so precise and realistic. timmy p would tear this game up, the Extreme level is really fucking hard, i have a feeling hed tear it up first time around. man, id love a breakfast tune on this game to see the magic that is timmy. Drunk Monk Bar would be a fantastic addition to this game. dave, have you gotten it?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 19, 2005, 09:46:39 pm
not yet.. shipped saturday.. still waiting..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on December 19, 2005, 09:51:51 pm
guarantee an addiction dave.. just so you know.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 28, 2005, 04:40:03 pm
funny story - last week GH arrived here the same day i put up the arcade here on .info.. instead of busting out GH, i decided to play space invaders here for an hour.. :rolleyes:
well, last night it didn\'t take long for poker night to turn into Guitar Hero night.. the guitar got its cherry popped as soon as adrian went out of the first poker game, and it was a huge hit for the rest of the night.. we all gathered around the tv to have a go at it. this game is FUN!
here\'s some pics of the madness.. people make some funny faces playing this thing.. i can only imagine what i looked like. :D
can\'t wait til next tuesday when i\'m sure there will be plenty more GH madness.. awesome game!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on December 28, 2005, 04:49:45 pm
between the hype for this game in this thread, those pictures, I think I will be purchasing the game in the next month or so.
Nice pics dave. Looks like a lot of fun.
What exactly is the game layout again?
never mind, I just googled it
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 29, 2005, 09:03:38 am
Quote from: Gordo
guarantee an addiction dave.. just so you know.
you warned me.
wow. spent an unexpected hour and a half playing this ALONE last night! almost got a blister on my right thumb in the process! damn this game is fun...
i\'m thinking about picking up a 2nd guitar for head-to-head.. if so, i\'ll be copying the game to my PS2 HD first and eBaying the game disc to recover some of the cost..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: antbach on December 29, 2005, 11:07:04 am
did the drunk in the background of pitchie\'s photos ride his bicycle there or did he get almost dropped off by my cousin ;)
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on January 05, 2006, 06:04:50 pm
dave, what would be your top pick for a Breakfast tune to rip up. Drunk Monk gets my vote.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on January 16, 2006, 07:32:31 pm
Quote from: Gordo
dave, what would be your top pick for a Breakfast tune to rip up. Drunk Monk gets my vote.
DMB would be good, but why beat around the bush? throw the scheme on there. :)
i went to best buy to pick something up today, and saw a kid walking out with guitar hero under his arm.. i proceeded to go in side, trip, fall, and pick up another guitar hero.. whoops... so we\'ll be trying out that head to head thing tomorrow night.. :D
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: SlimPickens on January 16, 2006, 07:40:13 pm
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Gordo
dave, what would be your top pick for a Breakfast tune to rip up. Drunk Monk gets my vote.
DMB would be good, but why beat around the bush? throw the scheme on there. :)
i went to best buy to pick something up today, and saw a kid walking out with guitar hero under his arm.. i proceeded to go in side, trip, fall, and pick up another guitar hero.. whoops... so we\'ll be trying out that head to head thing tomorrow night.. :D
you. problems. confirmed
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on January 16, 2006, 07:40:30 pm
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Gordo
dave, what would be your top pick for a Breakfast tune to rip up. Drunk Monk gets my vote.
DMB would be good, but why beat around the bush? throw the scheme on there. :)
i went to best buy to pick something up today, and saw a kid walking out with guitar hero under his arm.. i proceeded to go in side, trip, fall, and pick up another guitar hero.. whoops... so we\'ll be trying out that head to head thing tomorrow night.. :D
whats up with that little box that comes up when you put the mouse arrow over the guitar hero. its pretty cool. does that only work for amazon stuff or is it some kind of new feature?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on January 16, 2006, 07:47:55 pm
Quote from: SlimPickens
Quote from: davepeck
Quote from: Gordo
dave, what would be your top pick for a Breakfast tune to rip up. Drunk Monk gets my vote.
DMB would be good, but why beat around the bush? throw the scheme on there. :)
i went to best buy to pick something up today, and saw a kid walking out with guitar hero under his arm.. i proceeded to go in side, trip, fall, and pick up another guitar hero.. whoops... so we\'ll be trying out that head to head thing tomorrow night.. :D
you. problems. confirmed
you + come over and play this game = will understand.
confirmed. :wah:
Quote from: Spacey
whats up with that little box that comes up when you put the mouse arrow over the guitar hero. its pretty cool. does that only work for amazon stuff or is it some kind of new feature?
yeah to both i guess.. yeah, just amazon stuff, and yeah, new feature.. i\'m eventually going to make it so that supporting members can turn it off if they are so inclined, but we\'re not there yet..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: leith on January 16, 2006, 08:00:43 pm
I only get it when over amazon not guitar hero
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Post by: Gordo on January 17, 2006, 05:21:14 am
cant beat Bark At The Moon on extreme.. extremely frustrating after failing around 15 times today.
my goal is to get 5 stars on every song up until the last 4 on extreme.. not sure if ill ever have it in me to get 5 stars on Texas Flood, Frankenstein, Cowboys From Hell, Bark At The Moon.
still confident that this is the best game ever made.
dont you think Scheme is a bit long for the game? i was trying to narrow it down to shorter tunes.. Spunk would also be great.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on January 17, 2006, 06:40:32 am
Quote from: Gordo
dont you think Scheme is a bit long for the game?
this is true.. though they could do some shortening, like they did with frankenstein..
can\'t wait to try head to head tonight..
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Post by: Wolfman on January 17, 2006, 06:53:30 am
Funny this thread should get bumped, I just saw and played the game for the first time yesterday at Best Buy. Sweet concept! As fun as it was, I gotta believe it would get boring watching the little dots come streaming down the screen over and over. For my first song I got beat up pretty good by Crossroads on easy, but then inexplicably owned face on Frankenstein medium, finishing with a "You Rock!"
Breakfast song of choice would be Puppetry.
Rather than play all the original solos, there should be about 24 buttons on the thing representing 2 octaves of notes. Your solo is judged based on how well you stay with in the chords, and building to crescendos, etc.
Great party game. Move over monkey ball!
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Post by: davepeck on February 06, 2006, 09:53:23 pm
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Post by: antbach on February 23, 2006, 10:44:03 am
nerd.
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Post by: davepeck on February 23, 2006, 10:49:36 am
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nerd.
not what you were saying when you were playing Frogger on the Pexbox the other day...
actually, it sounded more like "i suck at Frogger". :lol:
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Post by: antbach on February 23, 2006, 10:54:13 am
yea, that\'s different though, there\'s no need to make the guitar wireless except that you\'re a nerd and need something to do ;)
as for frogger, I used to own that game on atari when I was a wee-lad, now, well, yea, I suck. I did tear up the bowling game though after 4 mediocre games, one 10-pin short in the 9th frame of a perfect game. baseball stars on the other hand, no dice.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on March 07, 2006, 06:41:14 pm
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Guitar Hero to encore
Those of you tired of us banging on so much about Guitar Hero a month before you can even buy it in the UK (April 7th remember!) will be pleased to hear that we ought to be banging on about it for at least another couple of years, as Kelly Sumner, CEO of publisher RedOctane, has told MCV we\'ll see a further "five or six" titles by the middle of 2007.
"We are working on Guitar Hero 2, which will have 40-plus new tracks," Sumner told MCV. He also confirmed that genre spin-offs including Country Rock for the US and a Metal edition are on the cards. He even pointed to further possibilities for the peripheral, adding, "you could absolutely do a plug and play version".
The first edition of Guitar Hero, which is a PS2 exclusive at the moment, is largely rock and metal focused as you\'d expect, with everything from Bad Religion and Ozzy Osbourne to David Bowie, Queen and Queens of the Stone Age. Dunno why I picked those five, but I did. Advertisement
And in case you\'ve not been keeping track at all, Guitar Hero is a game with a slightly scaled down Gibson guitar peripheral where you have to hold down frets and strum a bit of plastic that tilts up or down to simulate the string movement, all the while music plays and little prompts tell you when to strum, when to hold notes and so on. As you get better, you use up to five frets, and combinations become ridiculously troublesome. Having been going a bit mad on the US version, we\'re expecting it to be a big deal when it hits the UK next month for £50 including one guitar. Were you to have two of course, you could play together. Rocking.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Spacey on March 07, 2006, 07:19:06 pm
Do you still play this game religiously?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: antbach on March 08, 2006, 10:36:57 am
so, wouldn\'t it be easier for them just to release new games with new tracks (is that what they\'re doing? or are they releasing gh2 with new guitar to buy too?)
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Post by: Lexington on March 08, 2006, 11:38:22 am
someone\'s gotta let me play sometime, because i have no video games or money
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Post by: Gordo on March 08, 2006, 05:22:12 pm
Quote from: antbach
so, wouldn\'t it be easier for them just to release new games with new tracks (is that what they\'re doing? or are they releasing gh2 with new guitar to buy too?)
im sure its going to have both options.. the first game had an average price of $75 for the full package and like $50 for just the game.
great news dave! cant wait to see a new track list.
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Post by: WALSH on March 27, 2006, 04:28:58 pm
This is the greatest game EVER MADE! Well maybe for music geeks at least.
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Post by: davepeck on April 18, 2006, 10:16:03 am
New interview with John Tam (from RedOctane) about Guitar Hero 2 over at IGN... (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/701/701726p1.html).
The hightlights: - New multiplayer mode where one player plays the lead guitar part, with the other handling rythm/bass/etc. - Each player can select a different difficulty in multiplayer. - Practice mode where you\'ll be able to loop a particular section of a song. No mention if you\'ll be able to slow it down, though. - They\'re aiming to have 40 licensed songs, up from 30 in the original. - The indie songs may be from more than just the in-house bands. They\'ll also be running the Be A Guitar Hero contest again. - They\'ve been talking with some of the artists of the new licensed songs, and there have been a few mentions of using the master tracks from the songs, so there may be a few less covers this time around.
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Post by: antbach on April 18, 2006, 10:30:22 am
They also have a Golf game like this out now, not sure if its the same company, but definitely looks pretty cool:
Title: Guitar Hero II
Post by: Me! on June 21, 2006, 02:31:06 pm
I have\'n even had the chance to play the first one yet, but prices are starting to look tempting on amazon, anyway.......
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For Those About to Rock With Guitar Hero II, We Salute You! RedOctane Announces Fall US Tour Date Sequel to Award-Winning Music Videogame to Be Unveiled at E3; Choose Your Weapon – Rhythm, Lead or Bass Guitar
- April 17, 2006 - Sunnyvale, CA
Get ready for a rock encore! RedOctane® announced today that Johnny Napalm and friends will begin touring the US again this Fall in the new videogame “Guitar Hero II™”. Picking up where Guitar Hero™ left off, Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Gibson SG Guitar Hero Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar.
“Guitar Hero has proved phenomenally successful! Guitar Hero veterans will be able to plug in their Gibson SG Guitar Hero Controllers and rock GH II straight out of the box,” said Kelly Sumner, CEO of RedOctane. “We will really push the envelope with Guitar Hero II. Despite the fact there are many months until release, we’re already implementing exciting features and innovations. This fall we’re going to rock everyone’s world all over again.”
The top-secret sequel song list remains firmly in the rock domain, pulling from a mix of classic rock, ‘hair’ metal, heavy metal, modern rock, and alternative titles. More than 55 songs will be featured in the next installment.
Veteran music videogame developer Harmonix® Music Systems has been busy in-studio, enriching this rockstar experience with more features and multiplayer modes. In addition to the traditional head-to-head competition, Multiplayer Co-op Mode allows players to collaborate in order to beat songs, with each guitarist playing a separate guitar track. Available guitar tracks include lead, rhythm or bass tracks, depending upon the song. The Guitar Hero SG Controller used in the first installment will also be compatible with the new game.
Guitar Hero II is the follow-up to 2005’s award-winning release, “Guitar Hero,” which rocked the game industry and garnered a stack of awards including: “Best Offline Multiplayer Game 2005” and “Music Game of the Year 2005” from IGN.com, and “Best Soundtrack 2005” at the Spike TV Videogames Awards. Recently, it picked up five awards at the D.I.C.E. Summit\'s Interactive Achievement Awards including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming and Family Game of the Year.
RedOctane has confirmed an early glimpse of the upcoming game will be available during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles next month.
The game that has inspired a nation of wannabe rock stars to achieve video game greatness is scheduled for a new US tour on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in November 2006.
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Post by: Spacey on June 22, 2006, 02:39:37 am
This might be one of the best ideas for a video game ever. Surprised it didn\'t come out a long time ago. I might just be buying myself a console solely for this game.
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Post by: Wolfman on June 23, 2006, 09:11:16 pm
I\'m still waiting for "Drum Hero" and hoping that GHII features Puppetry.
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Post by: leith on July 18, 2006, 02:06:10 am
Finally played this game and omg is it fun. Gotta get GH II when it comes out for sure!
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Post by: davepeck on August 23, 2006, 07:42:31 am
"Arterial Black" "Freebird" "John the Fisherman" "Madhouse" "Psychobilly Freakout" "Shout at the Devil" "Strutter" "Sweet Child O\' Mine" "Trippin\' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" "War Pigs" "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" "You Really Got Me" "YYZ"
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Post by: inertia1215 on August 23, 2006, 06:29:21 pm
Oh man, can\'t wait for this release.....i am counting down the days. I recently held a Guitar Hero contest in my store (Guitar Center) on a saturday afternoon and offered any customer who could beat me 15% off any single item in the store!!! 15% off a $3000 SG is a hell of a deal, and no one could pull it off.
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Post by: davepeck on August 31, 2006, 07:38:27 am
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Post by: FrankZappa on August 31, 2006, 08:41:01 am
wow, yyz and john the fisherman? I can\'t view video on this computer but that sounds pretty good.
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Post by: Me! on August 31, 2006, 01:46:41 pm
I hear so many good things about this game , gonna have to hunt down a used copy of it.
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Post by: davepeck on September 01, 2006, 10:14:18 am
Apparently the new EGM has a preview of GH2, and some new songs are revealed...
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box The Police - Message in a Bottle The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys Cheap Trick - Surrender Spinal Tap - Tonight I\'m Going to Rock You Tonight Heart - Crazy For You Allman Brothers Band - Jessica Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot Dick Dale - Misirlou Lamb of God - Laid to Rest Alice in Chains - Them Bones The Rolling Stones - Can\'t You Hear Me Knocking
Title: Guitar Hero II - November 7th!!
Post by: davepeck on October 05, 2006, 07:41:39 am
Guitar Hero II is only a little over a month away from release!! i can\'t wait..
From the IGN Boards (http://boards.ign.com/guitar_hero/b8464/128397539/p1/?13):
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First, the rocker chick is now T.J. Lawz, and Dax Deville is now Eddie Knox
Also, here are all but 2 main tracks.
I. Opening Licks Strutter - Kiss Mother - Danzig Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue Tonight I\'m Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap
II. Amp-Warmers Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana Message In A Bottle - Police Woman - Wolfmother (artist not confirmed) You Really Got Me - Van Halen (Kinks) Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
III. String Snappers Surrender - Cheap Trick Them Bones - Alice in Chains Search and Destroy - Red Hot Chili Peppers or The Stooges (artist not confirmed) Tatooed Love Boys - The Pretenders War Pigs - Sabbath
IV. Thrash and Burn Cherry Pie - Warrant Who Was In My Room Last Night - Butthole Surfers Girlfriend - Darkness (artist not confirmed) Can\'t You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones Sweet Child of Mine - GnR
V. Return of the Shred Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine John The Fisherman - Primus Freya - Sword (artist not confirmed) Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy or Joan Jett Jessica - Allman Brothers
VI. Relentless Riffs Crazy On You - Heart Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart - STP Rock This Town - Stray Cays Last Child - Aerosmith Stop - Janes Addiction or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (artist not confirmed)
VII. Furious Fretwork Madhouse - Antrhax
That\'s it, however don\'t forget the following that have supposedly already been confirmed so they are most likely on the 7th and 8th Tiers:
Hangar 18 - Megadeath Laid to Rest - Lamb of God Misirlou - Dick Dale Beast and the Harlet - Avenged Sevenfold Freebird - Lyn Skyn YYZ - Rush Psychobilly Freakout - Rev Horton Heat
38/40 songs, not counting bonus songs. The competition winner was The Last Vegas - Raw Dog.
i REALLY hope the \'search and destroy\' is the RHCP version, though it seems unlikely since they had a song on the first one as well..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 10, 2006, 07:21:46 am
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October 9, 2006 - After a year of wishlists, speculation and even a bit of "slipped" information, RedOctane has finally revealed to us the final licensed tracklist for Guitar Hero II. Totaling 40 tunes in all, spread over eight difficulty levels, the sequel to our Best Music Game of 2005 seems to have an even wider range of rock-oriented music than the first time out. From Guns N\' Roses to the Police to Dick Dale, Guitar Hero II runs the gamut of rock.
Without further ado, here are the tracks you\'ll be rocking out to come November 7th.
1. Opening Licks Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil Danzig - Mother Cheap Trick - Surrender Wolfmother - Woman Spinal Tap - Tonight I\'m Gonna Rock You Tonight
2. Amp-Warmers Kiss - Strutter Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box Police - Message in a Bottle Van Halen - You Really Got Me Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
3. String-Snappers Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench Alice in Chains - Them Bones Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Search and Destroy Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys Black Sabbath - War Pigs
4. Thrash and Burn Warrant - Cherry Pie Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night Mathew Sweet - Girlfriend Rolling Stones - Can\'t You Hear Me Knockin\' Guns N\' Roses - Sweet Child O\' Mine
5. Return of the Shred Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of Primus - John the Fisherman Sword - Freya Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation Aerosmtih - Last Child
6. Relentless Riffs Heart - Crazy on You Stone Temple Pilots - Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stray Cats - Rock This Town Allman Brothers - Jessica Jane\'s Addiction - Stop
7. Furious Fretwork Anthrax - Madhouse Living End - Carry Me Home Lamb of God - Laid to Rest Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout Rush - YYZ
8. Face-Melters Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized Dick Dale - Misirlou Megadeth - Hangar 18 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
As for the unlockable bonus tracks, RedOctane tells us that it wants to keep those songs a secret until release as to not spoil everything for the fans. Sounds good to us, though we\'re certainly interested to know simply what caliber of tracks will be included. Good things come to those who wait however, and luckily we have less than a month to do so.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/737/737921p1.html
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 13, 2006, 04:48:40 pm
Video - Misirlou in Expert mode (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5917694961697952440&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en)
:wah::wah::wah:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: FrankZappa on October 13, 2006, 05:22:24 pm
um, I\'m confused after watching that. I\'ve never seen this game. Do you actually plug a guitar into it, or is it some cheesy plastic guitar that comes with the game? Are you actually playing the songs, or just trying to imitate the lights on the bottom of the screen?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 13, 2006, 06:08:39 pm
here\'s the default guitar:
(http://www.popgadget.net/images/guitar-hero.jpg)
the 5 colored buttons on the fret board correspond with the colors at the bottom of the screen. there is a \'pick\' for your right (well, YOUR left) hand that moves up and down. there\'s also a working whammy bar:
to get an idea of what\'s going on on the guitar, here\'s a video of Cowboys From Hell (Pantera) from Guitar Hero in Expert Mode. it\'s one of the hardest songs on the first one, and this dude owns it. there\'s hammer ons and pull offs and all kinds of shit in there:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: bdfreetuna on October 13, 2006, 07:36:00 pm
That game is pretty fun..... but mostly because of the cool graphics and flashing lights and pretty colors.
For some reason playing those songs on a real guitar is a lot easier than that weird keytar-style thing they give ya. The built in whammy bar is pretty cool though.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 13, 2006, 08:05:26 pm
Quote from: bdfreetuna;122703
For some reason playing those songs on a real guitar is a lot easier than that weird keytar-style thing they give ya.
agreed (though i don\'t play guitar), but that\'s the point.. if you wanna play the songs on guitar, pick up a guitar.. but this is a video game, and a damn cool one at that!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: bdfreetuna on October 13, 2006, 08:24:58 pm
Yeah its pretty fun, especially when you fall behind and miss 40 notes in a row and the crowd gets pissed off :D
It would be cool if there was a vaster library of songs to play though, that was my only complaint w. the first one. Never played Guitar Hero 2 though.
They should put Puppetry on guitar hero 3..... that shit would be impossible towards the end of the song hehehehe
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 13, 2006, 08:44:47 pm
Quote from: bdfreetuna;122707
It would be cool if there was a vaster library of songs to play though, that was my only complaint w. the first one. Never played Guitar Hero 2 though.
that\'s why i can\'t wait for the new one to come out.. but i think it\'s pretty good for the first installment of the game - 30 songs to start off with, plus 17 bonus songs.. factor in that you\'re gonna be trying to master all the songs on every difficulty level.. GH2 is gonna be great. love the tracklist, and can\'t wait to play a lot of the songs..
i hope they continue with this series for a long time..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: FrankZappa on October 14, 2006, 05:44:08 am
Quote from: davepeck;122693
what you should do is come over and play it one day.. you\'ll be hooked.. guarantee it..
Yea, I kinda agree with bdfreetuna that I\'d rather just play the song on a guitar, but it would still be pretty cool to check out. Too bad there isn\'t a bass version. YYZ on bass is MUCH more difficult than it is on guitar. One thing you have to give geddy, even if you don\'t like his voice, the boy can play. His fill work in yyz are among the best 1-2 bar bass fills I\'ve ever heard. The guitar solo is pretty easy and very beautiful - very eastern sounding. Lots of hammeron/pulloffs using open strings. The last bar is a really fun HO/PO line to play, all on the B string:
[bass fill #1] s s s s s s e q q |-5/7----11-9----12-12-14\\| |----/10------11----12-14\\| |-------------------------| |-------------------------|
[bass fill 2] s s s E s e e e e s^ s^ s^ E E e e 7-9/12-11------/16-|-14-12-11-12-11-9\\5-4---| ----------14-12----|------------------5-4--- -------------------|----------------------7\\| -------------------|------------------------|
[YYZ Guitar Solo last bar] e:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B:-0h10h12p10p0h10h12p10p0h8h10p8p0h8h10p8p0h7h8p7p0h5h7p5p0h4h5p4p0h1h4p1p0-| G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you\'re feeling really brasen, heres the whole song on guitar (http://www.guitaretab.com/r/rush/16689.html) or on bass (http://www.cygnusproductions.com/rtp/bass/mp-yyz.btab). Make sure you\'re counting the intro evenly. It\'s morris code for YYZ, which are the international call letters for the toronto air port.
-.--- .----..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on October 14, 2006, 10:35:53 am
here\'s YYZ on Expert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEg-aiAhLSM), though this guy needs some practice.. only hit 83% of the notes..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: skalnbyc on November 07, 2006, 03:46:28 am
Guitar Hero was the headlining article of yesterday\'s Wall Street Journal.
Mentioned how famous musicians love it and are challenged by the game\'s complexity.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on January 17, 2007, 03:13:26 pm
this is not good...
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The rhythm-action specialists who brought us Frequency, Amplitude, Karaoke Revolution and, of course, the Guitar Hero games won\'t be developing the next Guitar Hero, GameDaily BIZ has learned. Instead of Harmonix, it would appear that Tony Hawk developer Neversoft now has that honor...
While rumors (stemming from EGM) circulated last week regarding a possible \'80s edition of Guitar Hero, an anonymous industry source tipped off GameDaily BIZ that development on the next Guitar Hero may be switching hands from Harmonix to Neversoft, known primarily for its Tony Hawk games.
When contacted for comment last week, Neversoft president Joel Jewett did not return our calls, while publisher RedOctane/Activision issued us the standard response that they "do not comment on rumor." Now, however, there\'s no denying it. The Neversoft website is literally split down the middle between Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk\'s Project 8, as Neversoft is apparently hiring for both franchises currently. (If for some reason the site is not working or has been changed, check out the screen grab below as evidence.)
Clicking on "Positions Available" for either game takes you to the same hiring/job listings page, and none of the positions explicitly mentions anything about Guitar Hero. And while details are scant at the moment, our source did indicate to us that the positions being filled are for Guitar Hero III.
Neversoft is undoubetdly filled with much talent, but we\'re not quite sure why RedOctane would give the development duties to them after Harmonix created two hugely successful games. Guitar Hero II really cranked it up to 11 with sales of more than 805 K units in December alone in the U.S. In fact, according to recent NPD data, the game was the fifth best selling game for all of 2006 with 1.3 million units sold in the U.S.
We hope to bring you more on this developing story very soon. Stay tuned!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: ChrisF on January 17, 2007, 03:47:59 pm
i dont have playstation or xbox, so i hope this means guitar hero will be coming to nintendo.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on January 17, 2007, 04:18:17 pm
Quote from: ChrisF;131253
i dont have playstation or xbox, so i hope this means guitar hero will be coming to nintendo.
doubtful, but I wouldn\'t rule it out either, the way the ps3 vs. wii war is going.....
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on January 17, 2007, 05:41:25 pm
Quote from: Me!;131260
doubtful, but I wouldn\'t rule it out either, the way the ps3 vs. wii war is going.....
heh.. there isn\'t much of a war there at all..
i just hope the game doesn\'t go to shit.. it doesn\'t make sense..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Gordo on January 17, 2007, 10:50:31 pm
i returned my guitar hero II before even opening it.. i played it at best buy before i decided to play my own and wasnt all that excited about the setlist, not to mention it\'s basically the exact same play with nothing too special added. im also not a video gamer at all and havent picked up the mini SG in about 9 months. so i guess what im saying is i dont really care about the changes made.. why did i even post just now? im gonna go eat a cookie.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on January 22, 2007, 01:54:57 pm
I heard on aanother message board that this spring they were plannign on releasing a Guitar Hero 80\'s, they said there were actually quite a few titles in the works, 70\'s, 60\'s, and some genre based titles too.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on April 11, 2007, 01:40:15 pm
Red Octane\'s Website says:
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Guitar Hero 3 for the Playstation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of 2007.
:D
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on April 12, 2007, 01:35:06 am
A little surprised that it will be released on the PS2, but then with the way the PS3 has been selling......
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: galenas on April 16, 2007, 10:41:04 pm
i know i\'m way behind here, but i just played guitar hero for the first time and it rules! can you say addicted?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: WALSH on April 16, 2007, 10:49:40 pm
I am still waiting for the GH Grateful Dead or Phish versions.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on May 23, 2007, 11:44:23 am
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- After warming their amps in the basement garage to rocking sold out shows at Stonehenge, fans of Activision, Inc.\'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) wildly popular Guitar Hero(TM) franchise will now be able to shred like never before with the next iteration of the game that will be available this fall. The new game will be released on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Wii(TM) video game system from Nintendo.
Turning it up to 11, Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god using Gibson Guitar\'s Les Paul and Kramer models as the industry standard. In addition, players will experience an incredible number of newly added features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues. Expanded online multiplayer game modes will also allow axe-shredders worldwide to compete head-to-head for true legendary rock status.
While continuing to retain all the key features from their prior legendary performances, fresh downloadable content will be offered on multiple platforms, and players can now shred to a killer set list from many of the gnarliest rock songs ever recorded. Delivering more master tracks than ever before, strategic partnerships have been secured with all the major and independent music record labels and publishers to allow unrivaled access to their deep history of music catalogs, along with supplying artists\' original recordings for even greater authenticity.
The initial list of face-melting awesomeness includes:
* Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones) * Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins) * Sabotage (by Beastie Boys) * The Metal (by Tenacious D) * My Name is Jonas (by Weezer) * Knights of Cydonia (by Muse) * Rock And Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss) * School\'s Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper) * Slow Ride (as made famous by Fog Hat) * Cult of Personality (by Living Colour) * Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)
For the first time ever, Guitar Hero fans will also be able to thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform. The exclusive Gibson guitars will include innovative features such as removable faceplates that will allow fans to later personalize their guitars and make it their own, and a new button color design that will be integrated for an even greater authentic feel and rock experience. Gibson Guitar\'s Les Paul model will be the battle axe of choice, and an industry standard for all rock gods on the Xbox 360(TM), PLAYSTATION(R)3 system, and Wii(TM). After much anticipation, PlayStation(R)2 system fans will also be receiving a new exclusive shape as well, the classic Kramer guitar, also a Gibson brand, popularized by hard rockers and known for its body design, pickups, electronics, and construction for furious finger fretting.
"The development team at Neversoft has been exceptional, and we\'ve been able to incorporate a host of fresh new online and multi-player game play modes, along with exciting content into this version of Guitar Hero that our fans have been asking for. Also, many of the top bands and songs we\'ve tried to get in the past are now on board, and we\'ve definitely got some giant aces in the hole to say the least," said Dusty Welch, head of publishing at RedOctane. "In addition, offering a new line of Gibson wireless guitars for each platform is going to truly add to the authentic rock star experience like no other."
The next iteration of Guitar Hero, published by RedOctane(R) and developed by Neversoft, is not yet rated by the ESRB. For more information about Guitar Hero, please visit the dedicated community site http://www.guitarherogame.com.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on May 24, 2007, 01:38:11 am
Quote from: davepeck;146134
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* The Metal (by Tenacious D)
Cool to see The D on there.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on June 01, 2007, 09:17:14 am
My Name Is Jonas from GHIII:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Wolfman on July 20, 2007, 12:51:03 pm
ARE YOU SER?[/COLOR]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=g7YOGQhwyas - Part 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=EOmI3mH5xtM&mode=related&search= - Part 2
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: antbach on July 20, 2007, 02:54:55 pm
i\'m confused. so people actually sit there and create these songs in their game? thats alotta free time they have.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: ChrisPitch on July 20, 2007, 03:34:04 pm
Someone should do the notes for Coventry. That shouldn\'t be too hard to keep up with. You can probably play Glide in your sleep, much like they did.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: kartoon42 on July 20, 2007, 04:01:46 pm
guitar hero is a kool video game as long as you dont over do it. just dont be one of those people who spend hours playin it everyday, cause if you put that time into a real guitar or other instrument, you will be able to ACTUALLY play music, and that is always more rewarding than a video game
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on July 26, 2007, 01:24:11 pm
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This past Monday, a group of ScoreHero members was flown out to visit Neversoft\'s Southern Calilfornia offices to play/test Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. Upon arriving, we were led to Neversoft\'s spacious mo-cap area, where we each had our own plasma screen and wireless Les Paul setup to demo as much of the x360 version as our hands could take over the span of about 5 hours. Now that we\'ve returned to our respective homes, we\'re proud to bring back some exclusive info about the game, which is being announced on ScoreHero before anywhere else.
Pictures of the after party at the hotel!
First up: the Grim Ripper will be returning as a playable character along with some old favorites from the Guitar Hero series, and a couple of new characters. The list of characters so far is:
Characters
Axel Steel Casey Lynch Grim Ripper Izzy Sparks Johnny Napalm Judy Nails Lars Umlaut Xavier Stone Midori (new) Slash (legend)
Venues
We also have the list of all-new venues that will be appearing in the game over the 8 tiers, which are:
Backyard Bash Mitch\'s Moose Lounge Video Shoot Ye Olde Royal Odeon Shanker\'s Island Desert Rock Tour Kaiju Megadome Lou\'s Inferno
Songs
Last, and certainly not least, we have FOUR brand new songs to announce, exclusively to ScoreHero:
- Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Master Track!) - La Grange - ZZ Top - Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (Master Track!!) - Through The Fire And Flames - Dragonforce (Master Track!!!)
(which is in addition to the already-announced songs
Alice Cooper - School\'s Out Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Master) Foghat - Slowride Guns N\' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle (Master) Heart - Barracuda Kiss - Rock N Roll All Nite Living Colour - Cult of Personality (Master) Muse - Knights of Cydonia (Master) Pearl Jam - Evenflow (Master) Priestess - Lay Down (Master) Rolling Stones - Paint it Black (Master) Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock (Master) Tenacious D - The Metal (Master) The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane Weezer - My Name is Jonas (Master)
It should also be noted that over 50% of the main-tier songs are master tracks, and over 70% including the bonus tracks!
Through this post, everyone who attended the session will add their own comments on their playtesting, but before then, some general information on the game:
- One of the biggest gameplay changes was with the system for hammer-ons and pull-offs. Rather than being based solely on the timing of the notes, Neversoft is able to program certain notes to be strummed or hammer-ons. The general guideline is, if a note is strummed on a real guitar, it will probably have to be strummed in-game. When a note is a hammer on for a real guitar, you\'ll probably be able to do a hammer-on for it in-game. This provides a much more realistic feeling to the charts.
- After our lengthy demo session, we sat down with some of the guys from Neversoft GH3 team in order to provide feedback on how the game was coming along, and what would be nice to see changed before release. We sat in for two hours and were able to discuss all parts of the game from top-to-bottom with the developers. It\'s an understatement to say that all of us who were out there are very eagerly awaiting the release of the latest game in the Guitar Hero franchise.
- "Through the Fire And Flames" is REALLY hard. We\'ll leave it to the individual posters to tell you how many times they failed it at 1-3%.
Title: Stage set for battle of the bands among gamers
Post by: Spacey on July 26, 2007, 01:27:34 pm
Just saw this on Reuters (http://www.reuters.com).
Quote from: Scott Hillis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A battle of the bands is shaping up in the red-hot genre of musical video games, with a highly anticipated debut title set to take on a hit franchise for the collective rock \'n\' roll soul of gamers.
"Rock Band", which will be published by MTV and distributed by Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research), was a star of the video game industry\'s E3 expo this month, wowing crowds by showing how up to four wannabe rockers can sing, strum and drum together.
The game is going up against "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock," the latest installment of a series that has boosted the sales and fortunes of publisher Activision Inc. (ATVI.O: Quote, Profile, Research).
Both games are set to be ready for release for the holidays and shaping up as fierce rivals with a shared lineage.
The first two "Guitar Hero" games were created by a pair of developers -- Red Octane, which fashioned the guitar-shaped controllers, and Harmonix, which crafted the games with a humor reminiscent of movies like "Spinal Tap" or "School of Rock".
The games\' success made the development teams targets. Last year Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) unit MTV Networks bought Harmonix as Activision snapped up Red Octane and the "Guitar Hero" brand.
"The music-game genre is growing explosively. I think it\'s plenty large to accommodate multiple franchises, more than two, really," said Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos.
The games feature the same basic gameplay: colored dots representing notes cascade down the screen and a player wielding a guitar, for instance, pressing matching colored fret buttons while hitting a strum bar in sync with the dots.
PLAYERS OR PRANKSTERS?
But "Rock Band" will emphasize trying to recreate the chemistry of some of rock\'s most legendary groups, tantalizing gamers with promises of reams of downloadable content including whole albums like The Who\'s "Who\'s Next."
"Guitar Hero III" touts a competitive mode full of devilish tricks such as snapping strings to sabotage opponents with the brand landing exclusive talent such as former Guns \'N\' Roses guitarist Slash, who is a professed fan of the game.
"Guitar Hero" proved music-based games, long regarded by many as little more than ambitious karaoke, can be big bucks.
Activision this month said its quarterly performance will beat expectations partly due to "Guitar Hero II", which was on track to sell 1 million copies in the period -- despite its high price of $90.
"It\'s hard to imagine Activision today without the \'Guitar Hero\' franchise. It was truly a stroke of genius to acquire that property," said Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey.
MTV has not revealed how much "Rock Band" will cost but speculation is rife that the whole package -- game, guitar, drum kit and microphone -- will run at least $200.
The games are shattering assumptions about gamers\' buying habits, proving they don\'t mind paying top dollar for a fun game that can be replayed over and over.
"I\'m not worried about the price point being a huge barrier because the experience is powerful enough," Hickey said of "Rock Band". "It\'s absolutely a beautiful product."
Financial terms between MTV and EA have not been disclosed, but simply distributing the game won\'t be as lucrative to EA as its core publishing business. Still, by attaching its name to one of the hottest new titles, EA gets bragging rights against Activision, its closest U.S. rival.
"What Activision provides now is huge muscle and know-how to take a franchise and extend it to the next level. My expectations are that \'Guitar Hero III\' will remain the leader," said Dusty Welch, Red Octane\'s head of publishing.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Wolfman on July 26, 2007, 11:10:57 pm
While I am freaked out by how much people will practice \'Rock Band\' rather than real instruments, I LOVE the fact that you will be able to jam with people from around the world. That is just so sick. Well, if it were really jamming. You\'re all just playing the prescribed parts at the same time, there\'s no creativity involved whatsoever...for now. That\'s coming in "Rock Band III" and GH6. But the idea of having 3 or 4 people in different corners of the world playing songs together is lovely.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on July 27, 2007, 12:43:02 am
Quote from: kartoon42;152958
guitar hero is a kool video game as long as you dont over do it. just dont be one of those people who spend hours playin it everyday, cause if you put that time into a real guitar or other instrument, you will be able to ACTUALLY play music, and that is always more rewarding than a video game
meh.
it\'s a moot point. at the end of the day, it\'s just a video game that happens to be \'about\' playing music..
you could make your argument for any video game on earth if you wanted to. if you spent your time playing football outside instead of madden, you could be the next michael vick. if you went outside and built walls all day instead of spending all that time playing tetris, you could have yourself one helluva masonry career. why not go out and steal real cars instead of playing grand theft auto? or save some real princesses instead of wasting your time on super mario brothers...
it\'s a video game - and probably the most fun and addicting video game of at least this decade. take it for what it\'s worth, and play it for hours and hours on end, cause it\'s FUN.
Title: Fyi
Post by: casinokid on July 27, 2007, 09:51:27 am
Zombie Gamers presents: Guitar Hero II Competition Saturday Aug. 18, 2007 Four Points Sheraton
To register and find out more Gameday details at http://www.zombiegamers.com
Saw this info. at a store for all you guitar hero enthusiasts!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Wolfman on July 27, 2007, 06:33:19 pm
Quote from: casinokid;153404
Zombie Gamers presents: Guitar Hero II Competition Saturday Aug. 18, 2007 Four Points Sheraton
To register and find out more Gameday details at http://www.zombiegamers.com
Saw this info. at a store for all you guitar hero enthusiasts!
There\'s a bar in Davis Square in Somerville, MA called Orleans that has a GH tourney every Sunday night. I\'m sure other bars do the same. Forget live bands, DJs, sports on projector screens, pool tables, beer and wine selection, karaoke, or whatever else has brought people to bars for the last 100 years. Now there\'s Guitar Hero night!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on August 03, 2007, 02:49:46 pm
Sneak peek at Through Fire and Flames by Dragonforce in GH3.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Ant-Man on August 03, 2007, 10:15:12 pm
I wore out GH 2, had to buy 80\'s and #1 in the same week...those two are weak tho, the hammer ons suck in GH1...and 80\'s was put together in 5 minutes... and ya kartoon... think GH is a good tool for rhythm at least?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on September 16, 2007, 09:59:09 am
this is supposedly the final track list for GHIII:
1.Starting Out Small Slow Ride by Foghat Talk Dirty to Me by Poison Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar Story of my Life by Social Distortion Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss Sabotage (coop exclusive) by The Beastie Boys
2.Your First Real Gig Mississippi Queen by Mountain Schools Out by Alice Cooper Sunshine of your Love by Cream Barracuda by Heart Tom Morello Boss Battle (Original Song) Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine Reptilia (coop exclusive) by The Strokes
3.Making the Video When You Were Young by The Killers Miss Murder By AFI The Seeker by The Who Lay Down by Priestess Paint it Black by Rolling Stones Suck My Kiss (coop exclusive) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
4.European Invasion Paranoid by Black Sabbath Anarchy in the U.K. by The Sex Pistols Kool Thing by Sonic Youth My Name is Jonas by Weezer Evenflow by Pearl Jam Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll (coop exclusive) by Blue Oyster Cult
5.Bighouse Blues Holiday in Cambodia by The Dead Kennedys Rock you like a Hurricane by Scorpions Same Old Song and Dance by Aerosmith La Grange by ZZ Top Slash Boss Battle (Original Song) Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses Helicopter (coop exclusive) by Bloc Party
6.The Hottest Band on Earth Black Magic Woman by Santana Cherub Rock by Smashing Pumpkins Black Sunshine by White Zombie The Metal by Tenacious D Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan Monsters (coop exclusive) by Matchbook Romance
7.Live In Japan Before I Forget by Slipknot Stricken by Disturbed 3\'s and 7\'s by Queens of the Stone Age Knights of Cydonia by Muse Cult of Personality by Living Colour
8.Battle For Your Soul Raining Blood by Slayer Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden One by Metallica Lou (Devil) Boss Battle – The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Metal Version)
Bonus: Avalancha by Héroes del Silencio In the Belly of a Shark by Gallows Cant Be Saved by Senses Fail Closer by Lacuna Coil Don’t Hold Back by The Sleeping Down \'N Dirty by LA Slum Lords FCP Remix by Fall of Troy Generation Rock by Revolverheld Go That Far by Bret Michaels Band Hier Kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen I’m in the Band by The Hellacopters Impulse by An Endless Sporadic In Love by Scouts of St Sebastion Mauvis Garcon by NAAST Metal Heavy Lady by Lions Minus Celsius by Backyard Babies My Curse by Killswitch Engage Prayer of the Refugee by Rise Against Radio song by Superbus Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs She Bangs the Drums by The Stone Roses Take This Life by In Flames The Way it Ends by Prototype Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on September 17, 2007, 07:31:14 pm
Quote from: davepeck;154054
Sneak peek at Through Fire and Flames by Dragonforce in GH3.
:wah:
Ok just revently got into the whole Guitar Hero thing, it is def addictive. Especially when I see videos like this and others on the web, it makes me me silly seeing poeple OWN shit on expert like that. I suck in comparison.
But was just wondering what the deal is with makeing other songs, have seen a bunch of vidoes online for songs that certainly on the game. Is this just for the 360? (I\'ve got the PS2) or an online thing? Just curious.
but GHIII looks awesome!, the actual main gameplay seems to have more levels and more songs, and some great songs too.
this is kinda weird...
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on September 17, 2007, 07:37:49 pm
Quote from: Me!;158881
Quote from: davepeck;154054
Sneak peek at Through Fire and Flames by Dragonforce in GH3.
:wah:
Ok just revently got into the whole Guitar Hero thing, it is def addictive. Especially when I see videos like this and others on the web, it makes me me silly seeing poeple OWN shit on expert like that. I suck in comparison.
But was just wondering what the deal is with makeing other songs, have seen a bunch of vidoes online for songs that certainly on the game. Is this just for the 360? (I\'ve got the PS2) or an online thing? Just curious.
the custom songs are for modded PS2s. you basically rip the original Guitar Hero II game to your hard drive, replace the music with different songs, along with the charts for those songs made my other people, and re-burn your custom game.
check out the FAQs on http://www.scorehero.com in the Custom Songs forum (you have to sign up there first - free of course). i\'m mkdevo over there if you want to compare scores. i\'m still working on hard, but have recently started playing on expert in Guitar Hero II.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: SlimPickens on September 21, 2007, 12:39:38 pm
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on September 24, 2007, 01:59:14 am
having been playing Guitar Hero (the first one) and god damn Hard on the first is sooo much easier than hard on II.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on September 24, 2007, 07:58:28 am
Quote from: Me!;159703
having been playing Guitar Hero (the first one) and god damn Hard on the first is sooo much easier than hard on II.
i agree with you there (i\'ve 5*\'d almost all the main GHI songs on hard), but expert is a completely different story, mainly due to the fact that the HOPO\'s BLOW in GHI.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: FrankZappa on September 24, 2007, 09:45:29 am
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on November 05, 2007, 06:02:22 pm
GH3 is incredible. i\'m stuck at 40/42 songs on hard, as i CAN\'T beat Slayer\'s "Raining Blood". going back and working on 5*-ing everything before it, and working on it in between. it\'s an incredibly hard song though.
here\'s a little youtube action of some recent performances by a few .info alumni... Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Aruny & Pitchie:
Sunshine Of Your Love - Aruny & Pitchie:
Cult Of Personality - Peck & Pitchie:
One - Peck & Pitchie:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on November 07, 2007, 01:02:56 am
I picked up a copy on sun, I def dig it. I like the boss battles, like playing with someone else without someone else.
This may have already been covered but the art looks like the Guerrillas, any affiliation?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on November 11, 2007, 01:57:33 pm
mandler, this is what i was telling you about last night:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on November 11, 2007, 06:28:17 pm
fuckin ridiculous
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: tyzack on November 12, 2007, 09:29:24 am
I know this has probably been asked in this form before and if it has, just redirect me to the reply, but how good is the band at playing the songs they cover that are in guitar hero?
also, is there an API for this that we can program breakfast songs in with?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on November 12, 2007, 09:41:06 am
Quote from: tyzack;168502
I know this has probably been asked in this form before and if it has, just redirect me to the reply, but how good is the band at playing the songs they cover that are in guitar hero?
it varies from song to song. some are GREAT, others are awful. Guitar Hero III has a lot more "master tracks" (original versions) and less covers than the previous games.
Quote from: tyzack;168502
also, is there an API for this that we can program breakfast songs in with?
totally possible. just go to youtube and search for "guitar hero custom" to see a bunch of the custom songs out there.
they\'re all based on Guitar Hero II for PlayStation2. you need a modded PS2 to be able to play games burned to DVD-Rs. basically, you rip the original GH2 disc to the computer, and there are programs where you can replace the music and note charts for the existing songs with new songs. there\'s another program to actually create the note charts. that\'s the hard (time consuming) part. if you make a shitty note chart, you might as well not even bother doing it, but if you take your time and pay attention to detail, it can be great.
check out the Software Forum (http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16) and Custom Songs Forum (http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=34) over at scorehero. there are TONS of custom songs out there.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: tyzack on November 12, 2007, 09:55:03 am
Quote from: davepeck;168503
it varies from song to song. some are GREAT, others are awful. Guitar Hero III has a lot more "master tracks" (original versions) and less covers than the previous games.?
By "the band" I meant the Breakfast; ie how good are the breakfast at playing songs in guitar hero that they (the breafakst) cover?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on November 12, 2007, 09:59:12 am
oh. um, i dunno. i think that would require way too much thinking and research. :)
i can tell you that tpalms and i are building quite the rivalry in GH3 though.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: tyzack on November 12, 2007, 10:16:28 am
Thats source hero place looks pretty cool.
Has anyone on here tried?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on December 13, 2007, 10:01:58 am
an absolutely hilarious flash video review of guitar hero 3:
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: booztravlr on December 13, 2007, 10:14:53 am
haha, nice. that guy needs to listen to some tom morello though!
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on May 21, 2008, 02:07:40 am
Guitar Hero IV pics (http://psnathome.com/news.php?extend.977)
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on May 21, 2008, 12:47:57 pm
yep, they\'re going the Rock Band route.
i really hope the RB instruments are compatible, because i will not be thrilled about buying more fake instruments.
Ted Nugent, The Eagles, Sublime, Van Halen, and Linkin Park already announced..
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 01:04:45 pm
These games are 100000% cash-cows. They are so easy to make, the only real expense is buying licenses for the songs.
[Edit] That being said, they are very good social games.
It\'s alot easier to get a mixed group of friends to play guitar hero/rock star than ghost recon, assassin\'s creed, gta, etc...
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Vassillios on May 21, 2008, 03:10:11 pm
Hopefully this new one will get my friends more into the game... they all HATE guitar hero because boring to watch someone else play. Haven\'t tried rock band with a group yet though, so this new guitar hero would prob be more fun for them.
It\'s just because they all suck... gotta be the REAL reason they hate it. I love the shit and don\'t even play my real guitar as much anymore.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 04:16:52 pm
Quote from: Vassillios;190571
they all HATE guitar hero because boring to watch someone else play.
So that means they don\'t play alot of really good (but non multi-player) games...
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on May 21, 2008, 10:59:12 pm
Quote from: davepeck;190544
yep, they\'re going the Rock Band route.
Seems to me they really didn\'t have any other choice. How else could they compete?
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: davepeck on June 04, 2008, 12:36:44 pm
wow. TTFAF on GH3 has been FC\'d!!!
amazing.
Title: Guitar Hero / Guitar Hero II / Guitar Hero III
Post by: Me! on June 04, 2008, 11:05:46 pm