Guitar Hero and <i>Dumbus Americana</i>

Chad.mundt · #1 05-09-2007, 02:16 AM

I just heard someone tell me that Guitar Hero is harder than the actual guitar...

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TheWolf · #2 05-09-2007, 02:29 AM

Yes if you are Scott Ian of Anthrax that applies, everyone else not so much!

Scott Ian Shreds on stage then loses at Guitar Hero

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...92706:bassist:

fenderx55 · #3 05-09-2007, 02:57 AM

Dude, try Push Push (lady lightnin')... that's some hard stuff right there.

moogboy · #4 05-09-2007, 06:24 AM

it is. at least it is harder to me.

NickyBass · #5 05-09-2007, 06:29 AM

Hmmmm...makes you wonder why they just don't learn how to play guitar instead of a video game.

threshar · #6 05-09-2007, 07:42 AM

I haven't played guitar hero yet, but I'm told it is absolutely crippling to folks who actually play a stringed instrument. Even with that said I'd like to try it out some day. It is basically DDR for your fingers.. not that I play DDR, but I have watched some people play it!

Wizardgoleman · #7 05-09-2007, 09:48 AM

I have played Guitar Hero...it is completely different than playing an actual instrument...someone who is so used to playing the real melody on the neck and now is only playing a rhythm on all of 5 buttons and pushing a little lever....its hard to grasp that when you want to play the actual song

Yngwie 4String · #8 05-09-2007, 11:32 AM

I dominate guitar hero (my myspace has some early proof). I dont think its harder, just diferent.

Seigi · #9 05-09-2007, 12:27 PM

I love guitar hero. All my guitarist and bassist friends who play it are verty good at it (except for this one amatuer bassist who thinks he only needs to play the root notes to be good)

IanStephenson · #10 05-09-2007, 01:10 PM

Love GH - Some of the tracks are a bit obscure (at least in the UK), but it's great fun. Cherry Pie in in GH2 is probably one of my favourites to play - a song I'd almost forgotten, its such a cool riff to rock out to.

It does capture SOMETHING of playing, but it's just a game - you can pick it up in a few minutes, so it's not exactly that hard (though it does get very harda t the end). It occured to me that setting it to medium or easy might be good practise for a beginner learning to keep one finger per fret?

Ian

Matt Till · #11 05-09-2007, 03:46 PM

That scott ian video is hilarious: Well, the thing that makes guitar hero a bit trickier: It's a one string instrument essentially. I can play Cochise on guitar, but not guitar hero (on the hard level). Well, I can, but I just barely get by.

It is harder in that sense, no string skipping. The other thing, when you do power chords, sometimes it's only a one fret difference, so it's an odd chord shape for someone who plays... chords.

It took me a while to get it, it's like 2 different instruments.

dconrad · #12 05-09-2007, 05:39 PM

...on the other hand I just bought my first bass because my friend and I played a lot of co-op GH2 and I liked "playing" the bass so much. My guitarist friend says it's easier in some ways, and tougher in others.

So far *I* sound better in GH, though.

davedamage · #13 05-09-2007, 08:08 PM

i don't really think the playing guitar hero and playing guitar/bass are really comparable. i've found the the muscle memory i've built up in my hands the last 13 years interferes with me playing the game and actually knowing how to play the damn song makes it even worse since you're taking something that might move all over the fretboard and beating it out on five buttons. the only advantage i think a guitarist/bassist has over one who isn't is a sense of rhythm. also, i'll never knock megadeth for being bad musicians, quite the opposite, but i would LOVE to see them beat hanger 18 on expert.
hard? yeah, but not that hard. then again, i just beat the game on expert yestrday.
however, this pisses me off...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEjyuw42YY

Pete C · #14 05-09-2007, 08:29 PM

Why don't they just buy a guitar or bass instead?

JansenW · #15 05-09-2007, 08:42 PM

Why can't someone create a video game that uses a real guitar/bass and music notation/tabs? (This, perhaps would require a special pickup). This would be way cooler.

SuperSnake2012 · #16 05-09-2007, 09:07 PM

I play guitar and bass and I love Guitar Hero (I'm actually one song away from completing it on expert difficulty). I really hate when people compare it to playing real guitar... if you do that, you're missing the entire point. The game is just a form of entertainment... video games are simulations of real life situations. Why play Madden when you can throw around the football in real life? Why play GTA when you can kill people in real life?

I hope my point is somewhat clear

It's a great game, I'd certainly recommend it to anyone. Playing bass will definitely knock out the learning curve of having to get some sort of rhythm

moogboy · #17 05-09-2007, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by davedamage

however, this pisses me off...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEjyuw42YY

that kid is soooooooooo fake! he just acted like he was playing. he was miming to something that someone else did. the best part was when he hit a chord and started to do a fake windmill and the chord kept playing, or the parts when he turned around and did some serious faking. i want to see that kid stand in front of me and play Psychobilly Freakout on Expert and do that good.

Pete C · #18 05-09-2007, 10:20 PM

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Why play Madden when you can throw around the football in real life?

It lacks the complexity of a full team, even if it is simulated.
My point is that why play something like Guitar Hero when you can pick up a good starter for a bit more of a cost and practice on that for five hours, about how much time one of my friends practices on the game. Not only will you be getting the same thing but chances are that it will pay for itself.

manicbassman · #19 05-10-2007, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete C

Why don't they just buy a guitar or bass instead?

I did...

mind you, I had played Guitar & Bass before a long time ago (back in 70's in punk bands) and have noodled a bit ever since on an acoustic guitar...

stillborn86 · #20 05-10-2007, 02:18 AM

An actual bass or guitar music reads relatively to the music or tabs. And what I mean by that is: Tabs give you a number on 4, 5, or 6 lines for each string, and music gives you symbols for every note.

Guitar Hero gives you five buttons which represent frets, and the music on the screen represents strings with complete disregard to fretting. I believe that is what makes it harder to play. I work at a Game Stop and have noticed that overall (not completely, but for the most part) people who play any guitar or have played the guitar, find it more difficult to play the game, and vice-versa, and I will admit that I am one of those people.