Anyone else ever play this? I picked it up last week at Best Buy and have been fucking hooked on this shit. Might be the best video game related purchase I've gotten in a long ass time. Seriously, so fucking good.

i watched two kids play at the best buy on clark street. what makes this a game exactly? does the guitar save the world or something?

I played this (or a varation of it) in an arcade a year or so ago. It sucked because I knew I was hitting the "notes" just right and at the right time, but somehow I kept missing. And I play (er, used to play) DDR, so I thought I had enough rhythm to at least pass this game on easy. But no.

its pretty much DDR but with a guitar. all rhythm based. hit the notes as they come up on the screen by strumming and pressing the cooresponding color "string" button.

i cant quite explain the addiction of the game. i guess its just retardedly addicting somehow. i can get some backup on this....waiting for deja andy to come to my side on this one.

That's Gitaroo Man, which uses a regular controller. But what a game!

Guitar Hero is indeed amazing. I got back into it today and can feel the rock juice flowing through my veins once more. Looking forward to a duel with Derek.

Undo - What you played was likely Guitar Freaks, which this game draws inspiration from. Guitar Hero is said to be much better, though... and if you have rhythm, you'll do well at this. I've never played guitar in my life, but I'm a drummer, and I got good at this game rather quickly.

And Gitaroo-Man... I didn't think it was the greatest thing around. Even though it's been reprinted, used copies still go for $40. Insanity.

I got Guitar Hero for Christmas and I love it. About two months ago, I was going through a period where I didn't have much school work to do, so I ended up playing the game for about 2 hours a night. I had to take a break from it for a couple weeks because I would close my eyes and see the notes coming down the "screen."

Rumor is that there is going to be a full-fledged Guitar Hero 2 along with a bunch of "theme" packs.

Not rumor; fact! RedOctane said they have "five or six" Guitar Hero titles in the works for release by next summer. The story was up on 1up.com about two weeks back.

Does it teach you how to play or just test your coordination / willingness to play air guitar for hours on end?

If I played this game once, chances are pretty good that I'd never be able to stop, so it's probably best that my video game knowledge never advanced past 1997.

It won't teach you how to play real guitar, but it's pretty simple to pick up and play. When the note hits the buttom of the screen, hold the corresponding fret button and strum/tap the strum bar.

I can play the real guitar pretty well. So you'd think Guitar Hero would come easy...

WRONG. I suck at that game. Stupid Guitar Hero.

My buddy's girlfriend is a violinist and she's supposedly amazing at this game. He says she beat it on Expert, which is astounding.

He also exaggerates. I should request to see it in person.

so my roommate has been hooked on this lately. only thing is he is probably the stiffest person in the world. he leans against out beds as if he were too cool for school when he plays.

i, on the other hand, nearly broke my ankle the other night jumping off of my desk at the end of a big solo and then bumping into one of my friends.

it was some frantic shredding.

I actually play sitting, it's just easier for me to keep control.

is this anything like the game that kid was playing in Lost in Translation when Scarlett was walking through the arcade?

It's been a while since I've seen it, but he was probably playing Guitar Freaks, which is the inspiration for Guitar Hero. The interface is quite different though, as are the song selections. I think Guitar Hero actually has more buttons, too.

I so love this game. I bought it for my 8 yr old son for Christmas. I almost didn't buy it for him because I thought it would be to hard for him and he would grow disinterested in it. Boy was I wrong. He seriously rocks at this game. Lately he has been taking great pride in beating my high scores. It is so extreme that when Iron Man (a song in the game) comes on the radio, he plays air guitar and mimics the notes with his fingers like he is playing the game. Huge bonus - when I want him to do something all I have to do is promise that I'll let him play and he'll do anything.

I played this at the Best Buy on Clark, and if you can play guitar for real it's actually harder to get the hang of at first. Namely, because the "notes" you're suppsoed to play aren't exactly accraute with how the song really goes. For example, "I Love Rock & Roll" is one of the songs you can play. And if you know how to play the song on a real guitar, the guitar hero version is vastly different in its rhythms. Otherwise, it is indeed like crack. And in the 10 mintues I played, I kicked some decent ass.

That's true, especially on the lower difficulties (since it's so basic). Try out the harder versions, they may be more similar to the real thing.

Seriously, the harder ones become more and more of a bitch as the thing goes on. But they're so great.

Dude, we need our gee-tar battle and soon. We shall discuss this during today's buttraping midterm.

Absolutely. It must be done...

Also, I'm considering writing a story about college students and Guitar Hero either for the Flyer or for my Feature Writing class... trying to figure out if it's worth it, and if so, which venue would be best for it.

Interview about Guitar Hero II

There's not a ton of info in it, but this is some cool still like how they're expanding the two-player mode.

Tell me about the 2-player mode. Do you each have to buy the guitar gear, or do you just hand it back & forth?

You need two controllers, although I think it is possible to use a regular PS2 (but I'm not sure how much fun that would be). On Guitar Hero 1, what happens is you switch off playing parts of the songs and in a few parts are both playing the same thing. It's not as cool as it could be, but it's still a lot of fun just to have two people playing at the same time. It really sounds like they're trying to make that aspect of the game better in the next one with the interview saying that they'll have one person playing lead and another playing a seperate rhythm or a bass part.

Guitar Hero 2 - First tracks revealed

http://my.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3150362&did=1

oh crap dude, reverend horton heat! the kinks!!! butthole surfers!!!! i am pumped with these seven already...and just imagine how many more killers will be on there. THE KINKS!!!

any idea when this is 'dropping?'

I call November.

One of the comments on that story

I wish they made one for Xbox or GameCube.

Guitar Hero II is going to have a master track version of "John the Fisherman" by Primus

Current song list for Guitar Hero II:
Primus - John the Fisherman
Anthrax - Madhouse
The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
Motley Crue - Shout At the Devil
KISS - Strutter
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Rush - YYZ
and...


Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

You said it. 15 years of playing guitar and I am HORRIBLE at this game, just awful. My girlfriend, on the other hand, who has just barely learned how to play three chords on an acoustic guitar, figured it out in about 5 minutes. One of my bandmates has it at his house and they go nuts on it, going head-to-head and everything.

best game ever, man.

There is a video up on gamespot.com that confirms that "Freebird" is in Guitar Hero II and it is rumored that "Killing in the Name" is also going to be in the game.

Even more new songs confirmed:
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
The Police - Message in a Bottle
The Pretenders - Tatooed 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

I still like DDR better. Which in America, makes me gay, I guess.

But the characters in Guitar Hero are better by far.

well i'm sold.

spinal tap alone sells me on this



amazing

I'm psyched about The Police.

I'll be gunning hard for a review copy from one of my employers. But if not, that's a first-day purchase for sure. We'll need to arrange several Hero parties, Derek.

Bless my bizarrely free subscription to this magazine!

i tried to play "Take Me Out" at best buy on that thing.

So after I found out I passed the Kentucky Bar yesterday, I decided to reward myself by buying a PS2 and Guitar Hero. I haven't had a console video game system since like 1990, but I've heard so many great things about this game that I decided to do it. I played for about an hour last night, playing the first 8 songs on easy and hit about 95% of the notes. Very fun. My 7 year old daughter is dying to play.

yeah, I got hooked on the sample copy at Best Buy, and ended up buying game & system (first VG system I've bought since I got an N-64 for my Bar Mitzvah in 1999). Beaten all but the last two on expert. Feel like those might take me a while.

Fun game, yeah.

shit well you're probably better than me at that game then.

Okay, I think I need to get a PS2 now...I've never played or even seen the game, but judging from the comments I've seen, I know I'd love it. The guys from Opeth were recently quoted about how they're completely addicted to the game.

The new GH2 is going to have a Voivod song, too.

Guitar Hero II officially announced for Xbox 360. Probably won't launch until next year, but... downloadable content.

i got an IM about this today. said person was really, really really excited it seemed

SANS-WIREZ

I want it. Supposedly they're releasing an official wireless controller for PS2 for $50 this fall too.

What system did you get?