If anyone doesn't know what it is. It's a game for the PS2. It comes with a special guitar controller you use to play the game. It mostly focuses on rock music ranging from David Bowie to Pantera.
I've had the game since the beginning of Jan. and I still play it regularly. Now, I've been trying to 5 star each song on expert. I only have about 12 more songs left.
yes i do play guitar hero. got it around christmas and still play it. and i must say your incredible. i can hardly play any songs on expert. i can play all level 1 songs (other then i wanna be sedated) and iron man. i can almost do ziggy stardust but the last 5% gets me. and bark at the moon is just way too hard on expert.
I found Cowboys From Hell to be harder than Bark at the Moon. That opening riff for CfH was killer at first but now I glad that I've finally gotten the hang of playing it today. I was able bump my score from 125000 to 1400000, but it's still 3 stars.
So far I've 5 starred every song to the 4th tier. The 5th, I just need Higher Ground and No One Knows, I'm close to it though with them. On the 5th, Texas Flood, Frankenstein, and Cowboys From Hell are 3 stars, while I 4 starred Bark at the Moon. I don't remember all of the bonus songs I still have left.
I played myself out of Guitar Hero about a month ago, but this past week I've played through some songs again. I have 5 stars on everything until the last tier. After that it goes like this:
Godzilla - 5 stars
Texas Flood - 3 stars
Frankenstein - 3 stars
Cowboys from Hell - 4 stars
Bark at the Moon - 3 stars
Also, Cowboys is so much easier then Bark at the Moon once you figure out the opening riff. Less places to mess up a combo to keep your score going.
P.S. I think Texas Flood may be the most complex song in the game.
PPS. I just played and checked the scores, my 4 star Cowboys is at 180,000 … so aim for that range if you're still trying to bump your scores up
I just bought PS2 and Guitar Hero. So far I love the game, worth of every penny. I kind of wish the game would have an European localization though. You know, with few indie band from here and such.
that game sounds really cool, i think i may buy it someday…. that and Gitaroo Man, which is addictive as hell btw!
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I'm sorry to bump up an old topic, but are there anymore players? I'm still regularly playing this trying to beat me old high scores. I'm also excited about Guitar Hero II coming out in November.
Also for anyone that's intrested in an online ranking, www.scorehero.com is nice. You can compare your scores with other and see how you're doing. You can also get tips on playing and star power strategies from the forums. So far, I've noticed one other AP member, JDOmnislash.
I actually played GH at a Best Buy, its so much fun!! I so want to get it now! I'm ok at it, I play left handed, and I can sorta play on the medium difficulty
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Well, I don't play that frequently anymore. But I have beaten every song on expert at least once. But 2 videos on Gamespot put me to shame easy. One has a guy getting 100% on killer queen (expert) and another 97 or something around there on bark at the moon(expert). Plus, on the latest episode of button mashing a gamespot editor COMPLETELY owns a contestent in You've got another thing comeing on hard mode. Man, watching him use the whammy bar….
edit - Oh, by the way, about the second one: Warpigs solo+expert=IMPOSSIBLE. If i recall correctly, that solo is crazy and goes on for like a good 4 minutes.
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I actually played GH at a Best Buy, its so much fun!! I so want to get it now! I'm ok at it, I play left handed, and I can sorta play on the medium difficulty
ok, i'm left-handed, too, how did they manage to make the game the same for us, let-handed-freaks? is there an option to switch the order of the strings or something?
Yeah, in the options menu you can turn on an option to have the guitar switched to left handed. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that just allows you to play with the guitar the opposite way.
Either way, after playing at Best Buy for about 15 minutes, I mastered Bark at the Moon on Medium. I'm so great. Next step, master it in Hard.
I'm struck with Bark at the Moon on Hard. I always die somewhere around 13%. These games hasn't never been my strong point but it's still fun though.
Well, I don't play that frequently anymore. But I have beaten every song on expert at least once. But 2 videos on Gamespot put me to shame easy. One has a guy getting 100% on killer queen (expert) and another 97 or something around there on bark at the moon(expert). Plus, on the latest episode of button mashing a gamespot editor COMPLETELY owns a contestent in You've got another thing comeing on hard mode. Man, watching him use the whammy bar….
100% Killer Queen isn't that bad. I've managed to do it a couple times already. You should try finding Krimsonmunkes movies on Youtube for 2 really good videos.
I'm struck with Bark at the Moon on Hard. I always die somewhere around 13%. These games hasn't never been my strong point but it's still fun though.
Do you try to downstrum all of the notes? If so, stop, and strum up and down for those quick green notes.
Yes, Reviveing it again. But I am very very dissappointed with redoctane. Why? Heres the list of revealed songs for the second one so far.
Arterial Black - Drist (original track as a bonus song) (Never heard…)
John The Fisherman - Primus (original track) (Same...)
Madhouse - Anthrax (Also...)
Psychobilly Freakout - The Reverend Horton Heat (again...)
Shout at the Devil - Mötley Crüe (one last one...)
Strutter - KISS (heard a couple times on radio i believe...its ok)
Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots (cool)
War Pigs - Black Sabbath (total sweetness)
Who Was in My Room Last Night? - The Butthole Surfers (eh?)
You Really Got Me - The Kinks, as performed by Van Halen (also cool)
YYZ - Rush (cool again..)
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (god....save us all...)
Huh, interesting. I'm not familiar with most of these songs currently. But, theres over 55 songs so i'm sure I'll know more. I still think warpigs is gonna be damn hard.
Oh, and if you didn't guess. I DESPISE Guns N' Roses. Axel Rose has THE WORST voice ever... I can't stand to listen to him sing. I don't mind the music but the singing....oh god the singing...
Oooooo a few gems in the GH2 line up, namely warpigs, johnthefisherman and psychobilly freakout.
Being a guitarist I thought this game was the dumbest idea ever, but playing it is fun and addictive. (Pretty frustarting when I can play cowboys from hell in real life but not on a fake guitar, lol)
Freebird by Lynard Skynard was just confirmed. Check out official video 2.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero2/media.html?sid=6156130&autoplay=6156130
they should put some Metallica songs in there… that would be so awesome to try playing Master of Puppets or Battery, lol! i'd kill my handa but i'd probably have fun doing it lol
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Freebird by Lynard Skynard was just confirmed. Check out official video 2.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero2/media.html?sid=6156130&autoplay=6156130
Move over warpigs.
While Master of Puppets would be delightful at first and annoying later but regardless, alot of fun. I think if there was a metallica song I would want No Leaf Clover, Unforgiven, or One. Even if they don't turn out very hard.
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Oh God, why Freebird? They even specifically insulted it in the first game. Why give into the hype of on e of the worst songs to ever be famous?
Anyway, I have to say, I am EXTREMELY surprised and pleased at the inclusion of one of Stone Temple Pilots' songs. That's one of their best songs, too. The songs that I'm praying will appear still are Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions and Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. Both are really famous and I think they would go well in this game. Anyway, very happy with the list so far, excluding Freebird. Even though I have Guns n' Roses because of Axel Rose's voice, you're basically playing as Slash, not Axel, and Slash is one of the best guitarists out there, in my opinion.
I plan on getting the game sooner or later from one of my friends
Move over warpigs.
While Master of Puppets would be delightful at first and annoying later but regardless, alot of fun. I think if there was a metallica song I would want No Leaf Clover, Unforgiven, or One. Even if they don't turn out very hard.
yeah, those would be fun songs to play as well. i'm just surprised at the lack of Metallica songs in this game…
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Well, there's always room for new songs in Guitar Hero 2! I'm looking forward to playing that.
well this thread needed something big to bump it so here ya go
Guitarin on the 360
Yes, another revival. BUT, I bring big news. RedOctane has confirmed a list of 40 songs and 24 unreavealed unlockalbes.
and here they are.
! Opening Licks
Danzig–"Mother"
Cheap Trick--"Surrender"
Motley Crue--"Shout at the Devil"
Wolfmother--"Woman"
Encore: Spinal Tap--"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight"
! Amp-Warmers
Kiss--"Strutter"
Nirvana--"Heart-Shaped Box"
Police--"Message in a Bottle"
Van Halen--"You Really Got Me"
Encore: Kansas--"Carry on Wayward Son"
! String-Snappers
Alice in Chains--"Them Bones"
Foo Fighters--"Monkey Wrench"
Iggy Pop and the Stooges--"Search and Destroy"
Pretenders--"Tattooed Love Boys"
Encore: Black Sabbath--"War Pigs"
! Thrash and Burn
Butthole Surfers--"Who Was in My Room Last Night"
Mathew Sweet--"Girlfriend"
Rolling Stones--"Can't You Hear Me Knockin'"
Warrant--"Cherry Pie"
Encore: Guns N' Roses--Sweet Child O' Mine
! Return of the Shred
Primus--"John the Fisherman"
Rage Against the Machine--"Killing in the Name Of"
Sword--"Freya"
Thin Lizzy--"Bad Reputation"
Encore: Aerosmtih--Last Child
! Relentless Riffs
Allman Brothers--"Jessica"
Heart--"Crazy on You"
Stone Temple Pilots--"Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart"
Stray Cats--"Rock This Town"
Encore: Jane's Addiction--"Stop"
! Furious Fretwork
Anthrax--"Madhouse"
Lamb of God--"Laid to Rest"
Living End--"Carry Me Home"
Reverend Horton Heat--"Psychobilly Freakout"
Encore: Rush--"YYZ"
! Face-Melters
Avenged Sevenfold--"Beast and the Harlot"
Dick Dale--"Misirlou"
Megadeth--"Hangar 18"
Suicidal Tendencies--"Institutionalized"
Encore: Lynyrd Skynyrd--"Free Bird"
I have a feeling misirlou is gonna be a bit tough…
ooo that guitar looks like the one that James Hetfield uses!
and that is a pretty cool list for the second game… Yay Stone Temple Pilots! and Aerosmith... Alice In Chains.... even Lamb of God..? cool~!
weird to not see any Ozzy songs..... and still no Metallica, wth?
well, i did talk to some guys at a Best Buy and asked why there isn't any Metallica songs... i guess getting the rights to their songs is way too expensive.... those bastards. Damn you Lars!
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Awesome freaking list. I had resigned myself to not seeing that many songs that I knew, but wow. They really pulled out all the stops, even with some obscure songs. Oddly enough, I was just thinking the other day how "Killing in the Name Of" would make a really good Guitar Hero song. I was hoping for Don't Fear the Reaper and anything by The Scorpions, but I'm happy with this list right here. Seeing Jane's Addiction on there made me incredibly happy, even if seeing "Heart-Shaped Box" made me want to puke up an organ.
And I saw Misirlou preformed on a video on Gamespot, which oddly enough wasn't in their video section but was instead just hanging out in the little video player off to the right. It looks insanely, insanely hard. I would have lost after less than 5%, and I would have lost my sanity after 2%.
This list is making me want this game more and more. I can't wait now.
EDIT: Wait, I lied. You can see Misirlou here.
oh yeah, go figure they'd have Nirvana in there… ugh. Never did like them.
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Funny this thread should pop up. I started re-playing it yesterday.
It's a good game. I'm looking forward to the sequal. I'd love to see Tenacious D's "Wonderboy".
this is the bonus track list for the 360 version
**Xbox 360 exclusive tracks
Xbox 360 exclusive Gibson Explorer controllerA press release update published on January 20, 2007, indicated that there will be 10 more additional songs included,with the previously announced 10 in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. The songs that have been confirmed at this time include:
"Hush" - Deep Purple
"Dead!" - My Chemical Romance (this band FAILS beyond redemption)
"Billion Dollar Babies" - Alice Cooper
"Salvation" - Rancid
"Possum Kingdom" - Toadies
"Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" - Rick Derringer
"Life Wasted" - Pearl Jam
"The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"Drink Up" - Ounce of Self
"Kicked to the Curb" - Noble Rot
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Don't Fear The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Baby, You Wouldn’t Last a Minute on the Creek (Acoustic Version)" - Chiodos
"Sugar" - System Of A Down
"Paint It, Black" - Rolling Stones
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"People Are Strange" - The Doors
"Riders on the Storm" - The Doors
"Revolution Deathsquad" - Dragonforce
"Dirge Inferno" - Cradle Of Filth
WTF they get MAIDEN and COOPER…...ARGH!**
"Hush" - Deep Purple
"Life Wasted" - Pearl Jam
"The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Don't Fear The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
"People Are Strange" - The Doors
"Riders on the Storm" - The Doors
GOD DAMN YOU XBOX!!!!!
this is the bonus track list for the 360 version
**Xbox 360 exclusive tracks
Xbox 360 exclusive Gibson Explorer controllerA press release update published on January 20, 2007, indicated that there will be 10 more additional songs included,with the previously announced 10 in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. The songs that have been confirmed at this time include:
"Hush" - Deep Purple
"Dead!" - My Chemical Romance (this band FAILS beyond redemption)
"Billion Dollar Babies" - Alice Cooper
"Salvation" - Rancid
"Possum Kingdom" - Toadies
"Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" - Rick Derringer
"Life Wasted" - Pearl Jam
"The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"Drink Up" - Ounce of Self
"Kicked to the Curb" - Noble Rot
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Don't Fear The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Baby, You Wouldn’t Last a Minute on the Creek (Acoustic Version)" - Chiodos
"Sugar" - System Of A Down
"Paint It, Black" - Rolling Stones
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"People Are Strange" - The Doors
"Riders on the Storm" - The Doors
"Revolution Deathsquad" - Dragonforce
"Dirge Inferno" - Cradle Of FilthWTF they get MAIDEN and COOPER…...ARGH!**
Do you have any sources for this because everything under "kicked to the curb" by Noble rot looks like BS
OMFG… My Chemical Romance?! Are they serious.... UGH...! What a crap band.... Well, hopefully the unlockable songs are much better this time around to make up for most of these being craptacular.
I'm so tempted to get a 360 someday...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_II#Soundtrack
A press release published on January 9, 2007, indicated that there will be 10 additional songs included in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. The songs that have been confirmed at this time include:[11]
