Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)

[Misfit]

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Its best to up-strum and down-strum but several guitar players have made a living only down-strumming (James Hetfield comes to mind). Its definitly harder to play a solo that way but it can be done. I'd reccommend playing up and down and just get used to it that way. It might feel odd at first if you're used to just down-strumming and it may even throw your rhythm off at first but you'll get the hang of it and be playing faster in no time.

[goh]

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I only do down. If I do down then up I always do it too fast and end up taking a hit to my meter even if I hit the note. I don't hold it like a pick though like it seems most people do. I just use my thumb. Also I don't always use the strap,I'm tall though so it's ussally better without it for me.

Medium will seem as slow as easy after playing on expert for a whlie.

[NYG_Meth]

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You guys know how theres supposed to be like five Guitar Hero's coming this year. Maybe Avril and Ashlee are signed for one of the different versions. Like Guitar Hero: Talentless Whore Edition.

I personally thought that was hilarious lol. Anywho, regarding strumming up and down or only down, I've been able to have great success strumming only down on hard mode, but I think I'm going to try and transition to up AND down. I've tried a few times and it really throws off my rhythm, but I think once I get used to it, it'll definitely help with some of the faster solos. As for sliding, I forget who asked. For a while, I had the hardest time getting used to sliding once I made the transition from medium to hard. All I can say is keep practicing. The notch on the yellow button is there for a reason, and that's to give you a reference point, so you don't get lost when you're sliding up and down. I admit, it takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, you don't even think about sliding when you do it, it just becomes second nature.

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Its best to up-strum and down-strum but several guitar players have made a living only down-strumming (James Hetfield comes to mind). Its definitly harder to play a solo that way but it can be done. I'd reccommend playing up and down and just get used to it that way. It might feel odd at first if you're used to just down-strumming and it may even throw your rhythm off at first but you'll get the hang of it and be playing faster in no time.

Billy Joe Armstrong too for the Greenday fans out there - though that might be because, and I don't want to say he's bad cause I love their stuff, but he doesn't really have much skill as a guitarist. I've got to think that even he alternates a little when soloing though just because it makes things a lot easier. Soloing at least, you can't get much simpler than banging out power chords with downstrums only, or more fun...

[goh]

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Greenday = Punk and more recently Pop Punk. Punk + great guitarist...well yea. "It's ok if you only know 3 chords just put them in the right order" Not hatin on punk or anything I like it just don't be expecting Hendrix quality guitar playing.

The guy that did Stroke and China Grove did another song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riAmaZFnCxk

2 new songs announced today on a video at gametrailers.com Last Child by Aerosmith and Hangar 18 by Megadeth. Hanger 18 was not the song mentioned in EGM because they mention it again in the vid and say it's about 8 minutes long. I'm thinking Master of Puppets.

The Ashlee Simpson thing was a joke seeing how there is no October 2006 issue of Teen People.

"However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shutter publication of Teen People effective immediately. The last issue to be released will be for September 2006. There were numerous reasons cited for the publication shutdown, including a downfall in ad pages, competition from both other teen-oriented magazines and the internet along with a decrease in circulation numbers." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Magazine)

[Blzer]

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Does anyone know if there's a demo that's supposed to come out for GH2?

[goh]

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Yes there'll be one in OPM with YYZ,Really Got Me,Strutter and one other song they didn't mention because it wasn't announced at the time.

[Blzer]

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Will it be multiplayer? And do you know when that issue comes out?

Sorry for asking all of these questions... but thanks in advance if you can answer them.

[goh]

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Don't know about multiplayer and I guess it's in the next issue but I don't know when they come out.

[goh]

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Law suit coming soon: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157917...stnews;title;0

Better get those wireless V's while you can.

[Brian_OS]

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I got one, I had to rig up the strap peg so it would stay on. Other then that it works great!

[bcruise]

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Just picked it up the other day, and I'm having a blast - I can see why everyone likes it so much. So easy to pick up and start playing (I blew through Easy with just one fail having never picked up a guitar in my life), but it sure gets tougher as you move up.

You guys are gonna laugh, but right now I'm struggling with No one knows on Medium - I can't even get through 2 verses of the baseline yet. For most of the medium songs I had to use my Star power to keep from bombing out during the solos - maybe I should stop trying to squeak by and actually get the fingerings right.

How did you guys progress through the game - did you go for 5 stars before moving on to another song, or just do what I did - just try to beat them?

Right now Bark at the Moon and Cowboys from Hell are a distant vision for me - I don't even want to think about them.


Oh, and I can up-and-downstrum just fine, I even hit the right buttons most of the time, but more than anything my timing when strumming is a bit off. Having played in a concert band during high school (no guitars, obviously ), I'm not used to playing on an upbeat.

[RockinDaMike]

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I really want to get the first game since I just got a ps2. But i'm wondering if i should wait and get the 2nd game with the new guitar. I wonder what the differences are from the new and old one.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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I really want to get the first game since I just got a ps2. But i'm wondering if i should wait and get the 2nd game with the new guitar. I wonder what the differences are from the new and old one.

The guitars are only going to be cosmetically different. I'm HOPING that's the only difference, since I plan on having my wife join me in some two player co-op action when the sequel drops!

[goh]

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I was stuck on No One Knows too. I finished Bark at the Moon and Cowboys From Hell before I finished that one. Actually CFH only took me 2 trys,No One Knows took like 80. I moved up to hard by just playing the songs I liked on hard.