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Learning Guitar Hero
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19-01-2010 11:50am#1
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Playing on a harder setting is not only more rewarding but more realistic, I found that the step from medium to hard more difficult than hard to expert.
I play Rock band more so I had an option to enable break neck speed, which was very useful playing on medium as it got me used to playing faster but without being overwhelmed by a screen full of notes.
The reason I say the step up to hard was more difficult was because of the extra button to deal with
I would suggest going up to hard and playing bass for a while as you will only have single notes mostly and get you used to using the orange button.
Also before getting into a difficult to break habit ( I know from experience
) stop only using down strums now!!!!!!!!!!! When you do eventually get to expert it will be much easier to play fast sections accurately by alt. strumming (up and down). This was a serious bad habit for me to break 0 -
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No it isn't a disadvantage
I rarely 100% songs. It is not the be all. Finishing songs is more than enough. Move up to medium now I'd say and tell us what stage you're at.
As for HOPOs, you don't have to "not strum" for all of them. I strum a lot of them, it's down to personal preference and habit for each person.0 -
Don't worry about 100% that's for girls , gold stars are where it's at
Seriously though , If I went from expert down to easy I'd never get 100% either, my brain and ears would be telling me that there should be more notes than there are on screen and I'd be playing with what I'm hearing making it hard for me to play what I see if that makes sense?
I say go up to medium I will feel more natural and more like playing the song for real.
Edit: An after thought but could the root of your problem, you guitar may not be calibrated properly if you are missing notes on easy , go into the options on the main screen and then into game settings or calibration and re check it0 -
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I played through Rockband 2 on Hard and dabbled in Expert, but when I fired up GH:Metallica the first time and tried For Whom The Bell Tolls on hard it crucified me. Hard and Medium are relative terms....
Knowing a song really well - and especially knowing how to play the song on guitar - is often a real hindrance as once you get into the tune you'll start hitting notes that aren't there on your difficulty level 'cause it feels like they should be.
I'd definitely play a few tracks on Easy to get your eye in, get used to the feel of the guitar and buttons and strum bar, nail the mechanics of playing the game, but once you've 4 or 5 starred a couple of songs make the jump to Medium and play songs you've heard before (so there're no surprise tempo changes etc). After a few goes you'll be flyin'.
Now, if you are aiming at getting on to hard as quickly as possible, I'd recommend you take a few songs you know (and I mean you GH-know, not real world know) pretty well and alternate between playing them with 4 fingers in medium and 3 fingers in medium. This gets your little finger in on the action and also gets you used to moving between having your index finger anchored on Green and anchored on Red. Getting your hand to move on the neck without you having to think about it is key to upping your game, as is moving away from associating a colour with a finger. The pace of medium is slow so it gets your eye in, and if you move from some low-tier songs to some of the later ones you can increase the difficulty a little without overwhelming yourself, but you'll need a few songs on hard to remove that cushion of time between notes so you stop thinking and just play.
Having said that, I still can't beat the solo of For Whom The Bell Tolls on hard, so my method clearly doesn't work
Have to say, some of the tracks on GH:M are magic. Shame they had to include tracks from Load onwards...
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