The Official Guitar Hero Thread

QFT. I'm dreading it on medium, hard, and dare I say it.....Expert.

 

Wow.

My seven year-old brother just beat his career on Expert. Yes, that includes Raining Blood and Lou.

I think my parents put steroids in his ice cream.

 

Clearly.

Now who can get Through the Fire and Flames on expert?

 

No one. Absolutely no one. The YouTube vids are doctored.

 

I can just make it by on that in easy.

 

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

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Santa Monica, CA - February 15, 2008 - Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Activision, Inc.?s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith®, the first game built around the legendary music of America?s Greatest Rock ?N Roll Band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. Slated for release this June, this latest installment from the franchise with the #1 best-selling video game in 2007, puts players in the shoes of Perry (guitar), Whitford (guitar) and Hamilton (bass), as they rock out alongside frontman Tyler and drummer Kramer. Gamers will experience Aerosmith?s GRAMMY® winning career, from their first gig to becoming rock royalty, in a way that no other entertainment vehicle offers.

To celebrate this historic, ground-breaking collaboration, Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock fans will have the opportunity to download and jam to Aerosmith?s ?Dream On.? The song will be available for free from February 16-18 on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. For more information, please visit www.guitarhero.com.

?Having a game built around Aerosmith has been a huge honor and really a great experience for us,? says Joe Perry. ?We?ve put a lot of ideas into the game so that fans can have fun interacting with our music, getting inside our body of work and learning about the band?s history.?

Steven Tyler says, ?Any band that can go from ?Don?t Want to Miss A Thing? (Aerosmith?s #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking ?Sweet Emotion? to the cheekiness of ?Love in an Elevator,? to the classic ballad ?Dream On? shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a bitch, but then it goes and has puppies.?

Perry adds, ?On a larger scale, it?s cool for us to be pioneers helping to rebuild the music industry through a format like video games. It?s great for rock since the record companies are struggling to make sense of how things are changing. Fans want to get and experience music in new formats?and there are going to be some of them who will play the game, then pick up the guitar for real and start bands. It?s what?s happening now, and it?s only going to build more momentum in the future. It?s a massive change for the music business.?

?We are extremely excited that Aerosmith chose to team up with Guitar Hero, bringing one of the world?s all-time best-selling artists together with one of the biggest video game brands, to deliver a new and unique interactive way for our customers to connect with artists and their music,? said Dusty Welch, head of publishing for Activision/RedOctane. ?This partnership will give Aerosmith, a band that has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, a powerful and innovative platform to reach their fans and new audiences.?

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith brings these quintessential rock legends to the interactive realm to create the ultimate gaming experience. As fans progress through their careers in the game, they can rock out to scores of Aerosmith?s greatest hits, as well as songs from celebrated artists that the band has either performed with or has been inspired by in some way. Venues from historical moments during the band?s illustrious career offer the experience of ?sweet emotion? and further capture the essence of the band?s rise to fame.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The WiiTM version is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system version is being developed by Budcat. The game is not yet rated by the ESRB.

 

Wow, thats incredibly lame. Aerosmith? Aerosmith!?!??!? Out of all the bands they could of gone with, thats who they choose.

 

Well, at least there will be other bands in the game, as the article said. And this isn't a surprise, considering Aerosmith had some sort of deal with Activision since November-ish last year.

But I think Black Sabbath should get a game like this after GH4. Hell, Ozzy Osbourne has four songs in three Guitar Hero games (Bark at the Moon and Iron Man were both in GH1, plus War Pigs in GH2 and Paranoid in GH3).

 

I think having Aerosmith in it is awesome. They're one of the best bands of all time, definately. There are bands with more songs that have difficult guitar parts, but Aerosmith is definately one of my favorites.

 

They're definitely one of the most recognizable bands. Even non-rock fans have heard their songs multiple times, whether they know it or not.

 

Totally off topic, but nice sig Reynar!

 

They need to do a Guns'N'Roses Guitar Hero.

 

GH: Metallica would be awesome. Zeppelin will never happen. Iron Maiden would be too frustrating (I love their songs, but they are ******* to play). GNR would be awesome, Yane, I agree.

Pumpkins fan?

 

Easy is way too slow now. I can make it through on medium, easily now. I think it's my favorite song to play too.
I can do some songs now on Hard, though I'm still having difficulty trying to move my hand/fingers with that damn orange button.

 

Have you guys heard about the GH3: Dragonforce expansion? They just announced it at IGN today.

I think this is going to backfire. I don't know how many hardcore players there are out there, but there is no way casual gamers will knowingly buy this game.

Honestly I'd rather see some packs more bands I don't know well or better yet that I know, but others haven't found the awesomeness of like Clutch and Mastodon. I'd also like to see some M-rated GH games without the stupid alternate lyrics. It's really annoying when you know a song and you listen to lines like "We're gonna go downtown. Gonna beat up PUNKS" in a favorite Dead Kennedys song.

Oh and BTW the Dragonforce thing is joke. Hope you enjoyed your random finger spasms at the thought of playing more DF wankfest songs.

 

How do you set up your fingers? If you place your index finger on the green fret, move your fingers to the right one fret, so that your index finger rests on the red fret and your pinky rests on the orange fret. That way it's easier for you to stretch your index finger to the green fret rather than stretching your less nimble pinky to the orange fret. It takes some getting used to, but given time, you'll be a pro.

It helped me, hope it helps you.

 

Phew. That would have sucked. And I still would have bought it.

 

Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)

Sweet.

 

If anyone plays this on Xbox Live, add martian janitor to your friends list. I found a new addiction in playing this game online.