Let's Talk About Guitar Hero!!! PS2 & Xbox 360 versions!

[den68]

Made it through the Easy tour last night. And got all the way to the last set of songs on Medium before calling it a night...at 4:30AM. Glad I don't have to work today.

The toughest song so far seemed to be Crazy by Heart. It seemed a little faster paced for a song on medium. I almost failed it but pulled through at the end. Phew!

To all the GH experts out there. When would you advise making the jump from Medium to Hard level? Right now I'm skating by on Medium (most songs at 3 stars, and a few 4's) and am curious as to if everyone out there decided to get 5 stars on Medium before moving on to Hard or if you just jumped right into Hard right after completing the Medium tour?

Does it make the transition from Medium to Hard level easier if you get 5 star rankings on all the Medium songs or doesn't it matter?

I jumped right in to hard. That's where the real fun starts anyway, but I breezed through easy and medium. If you're struggling with songs on medium it may not hurt to try to 5 star a few before moving up. At the very least play a few as warm ups before tackling songs on hard.

[phoenix1967]

I 5-starred the Easy Tour to unlock a new guitar and some achievement points. Now I'm working on 5-starring the Medium tour to do the same. Got about 12-15 songs knocked out so far.

And I bought all the songs from the Store. 

[Tynstar]

I started playing GHII this weekend. I am playing on easy and I have unlocked the set containing John the Fisherman. That song is amazing and the fact that you can play the bass makes it even better. But other then that I am disappointed in the song selections. In every set there is only 1 song I really like and 2-3 songs I can cares less about. I hope the remaining sets are better. At least i will be able to get the Guitar Hero 1 songs from the market place.

[phoenix1967]

At least i will be able to get the Guitar Hero 1 songs from the market place.

Has that been confirmed?

[Tynstar]

At least i will be able to get the Guitar Hero 1 songs from the market place.

Has that been confirmed?

I thought so. If not Scott is sad.

[phoenix1967]

I've 5-starred half the songs on the Medium tour and beat my first song on Hard!

On medium, I noticed that if you match the last attempt (star-wise), you don't get any money. You have to get the next level or higher. Does this happen at every difficulty?

[djbeatmongrel]

I've 5-starred half the songs on the Medium tour and beat my first song on Hard!

On medium, I noticed that if you match the last attempt (star-wise), you don't get any money. You have to get the next level or higher. Does this happen at every difficulty?

basically it works out like this, when you beat any song on the main tiers from medium up through expert you get cash. each song has a set amount of cash you can earn for it on a difficulty. you can either get all the cash for the song by just five starring it or progressing and getting the cash in increments by 3 starring, 4 starring, then 5 starring.

Example:
song A yields a total of $600 dollars on one difficulty
3 starring first try = $100
4 starring after 3 starring = $200
5 starring after 3 and 4 starring = $300

4 starring first = $300 (sum of 3 starring and 4 starring)
5 starring after only 3 starring = $500 (sum of 4 and 5 starring)

5 starring first try = $600

i hope that makes sense

[phoenix1967]

That makes sense. However, I wonder if they changed it some. Because I've seen amounts of $150, $250, and $450 along the way.

[djbeatmongrel]

That makes sense. However, I wonder if they changed it some. Because I've seen amounts of $150, $250, and $450 along the way.

the prices i put werent really accurate i just made it easier numbers for the example

on second thought they're might be a price structure change due to the 10 extra songs being availible

[phoenix1967]

It's official. On teamxbox last night I read that Guitar Hero 3 will be coming out this fall for the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii and even the DS(?).

[Tan]

GH I song packs now available on Xbox live. Thank god I've got the PS2 version 

In exchange for 500 points you can get one of the following three clusters, for just over $2 per song:

    * Pack 1: "Bark at the Moon," "Hey You," "Ace of Spades"
    * Pack 2: "Killer Queen," "Take it Off," "Frankenstein"
    * Pack 3: "Higher Ground," "Infected," "Stellar"

By this standard, the 48 songs of GH (selling for $40 new on PS2) would cost you just under $100 on Live.

Better load up on those new Point cards they've just released. 

[phoenix1967]

Tan, is that $40 PS2 price for GH1 with the guitar or without? And if it's with the guitar, what store is offering it at that price? Any links?

[den68]

that's for just the game. I saw it at Best Buy last night for that price. GH2 sans guitar is $50.

[phoenix1967]

Crap. I wonder if anyone even still sells Guitar Hero 1 bundles?

[Tan]

Why not just buy a GH II bundle and then find the GH I game itself?