guitar hero 3 info

[mj23]

share some info on guitar hero 3 for example

i play on hard/expert-beat all songs on medium but i got perfect on a lot of songs on easy

my favorite song on there is my name is jonas-weezer and before i forget-slipknot i kinda like through the fire and flames.

I have it on my xbox 360

the first song i got a perfect on-miss murder-afi-easy

biggest note streak-918 through the fire and flames easy ;D

[Tagen]

I play on Medium/Hyperspeed 5.
Favorite songs are One, Paint it Black, and Even Flow.
I hate Miss Murder with a passion because I hate emo.
Biggest Note Streak: How many notes are in Story of My Life?
I have it for Wii.

[Hobbes]

All 5 stars on easy.
Half way through Med. Mostly 4 and 5 stars so far.

What does hyperspeed do for you?

[TrakMastaTom]

Beat it on Expert, then sold it cause I got Rock Band.

Best songs on it:
Black Magic Woman by Santana
Pride And Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Knights Of Cydonia by Muse
Cliffs Of Dover by Eric Johnson

The only thing I didn't do in that game that I really wanted to do was beat Through The Fire And The Flames on expert, but Hey-zeus Christ...

[BRODYMAN]

Easy - all *****
Med - beat all songs but Raining Blood, but I suck at the battles...wussed out of all of them.

Through The Fire And The Flames just scares me. I need to put in more rehearsal time.

[mj23]

my only problem with through the fire and flames is that i got cross-eyed about 5 minutes in

[Hobbes]

Easy - all *****
Med - beat all songs but Raining Blood, but I suck at the battles...wussed out of all of them.

Through The Fire And The Flames just scares me. I need to put in more rehearsal time.




Who are you again?

Raining Blood sucks. Was the only song I had to try really hard at to get 5 stars on easy. I couldn't get a the red green red notes for some odd reason, I was playing them too fast and not strumming the middle note.

Anyway I know that once I beat Med I'm going to have to start over, training myself to use my index finger to play the top 2 frets.

[Tagen]

All 5 stars on easy.
Half way through Med. Mostly 4 and 5 stars so far.

What does hyperspeed do for you?

Hyperspeed makes it fast but they're more spaced out.

[BRODYMAN]

Easy - all *****
Med - beat all songs but Raining Blood, but I suck at the battles...wussed out of all of them.

Through The Fire And The Flames just scares me. I need to put in more rehearsal time.




Who are you again?

Raining Blood sucks. Was the only song I had to try really hard at to get 5 stars on easy. I couldn't get a the red green red notes for some odd reason, I was playing them too fast and not strumming the middle note.

Anyway I know that once I beat Med I'm going to have to start over, training myself to use my index finger to play the top 2 frets.


Raining blood does suck...I had to move onto med and go back for that one. For too long I was mocked by:Easy
41 of 42it was quite embarrassing.

I just don't play it nearly enough...I get crosseyed very quickly. It also doesn't help that I got it at about the same time as Mario Galaxy, RE4, DDR (yes that DDR) and my brand new DS w/ Phantom Hourglass.

[tanc24]

This thread went quiet, so I'll try to revive it. I'm hoping to get some advice from you more experienced players. 8)

I delved into Guitar Hero for the first time this Christmas, purchased the Guitar Hero II Bundle Pack, thinking it would be a fun party game. As I'm sure happens to everyone, my friends, family (wife included) were instantly hooked, and our lives were transformed forever.

I have essentially mastered Medium difficulty on GH2. I've rented GH3 and GH 80's and can pretty much rock those on Medium as well.

My question is... How do you progress from Medium to Hard? Where do you start? What is the proper hand placement? Do I keep my pinky on orange at all times and use my index finger to transfer from Green to Red, or do I have to shift all my finger up and down the neck by one fret?

Please advise. I want to prove to the world that I am the TRUE Guitar Hero! ;D

[Hobbes]

Well I'm retraining my index finger to play the top 2 frets, and only sliding my hand when I have to play a chord. To do this I started over on easy only using 2 fingers to play. I have heard this is the way to go. When I tried to slide my hand up and down I'd "lose" where my fingers are at.

[tanc24]

When I tried to slide my hand up and down I'd "lose" where my fingers are at.


Same thing happens to me.

Trak Masta says he beat the game on Expert. I'd like to hear what he has to say.

I'm definitely going to try playing easy with only two fingers. Brilliant idea, but hitting the Hammer On/Pull Offs (Green to Red to Yellow, etc.) seems like it would be very difficult with only one finger once you get into the Hard mode.

[nu_skool]

I play GH alot and have 5 starred all but a few songs on expert.......(raining blood through the fire and flames and the way it ends) I love this game and if you havent payed it do so because its a ton of fun! If you are a fan check out www.scorehero.com im a member there as well. My favorite song on GH3 would have to be One by Metallica

[mj23]

beat medium and easy on gh3 yesterday(fingers have blisters-10 hours of play) but hards impossible ill probably try easy with two fingers

[nu_skool]

The trick to moving to hard...which is not impossible mj lol is just practicing and getting a feel for that orange button, get used to sliding your hand up....remember you have 4 fingers and there are only 5 buttons. gettin that pinky into shape helps too dont forget about it haha.

[Tagen]

gettin that pinky into shape helps too dont forget about it haha.

Yes it does, I never used my pinky for anything and it was really weak. I'm not lying.
I'm better at playing bass now though.

[powerfullove]

Let's see. I just finished getting 5 stars on every song (including bonus songs) on medium yesterday, and I've just defeated Slash on hard. Can't say I have even FOUR stars on any song on hard though, still getting used to that orange button. :)

[nu_skool]

youll get there i remember backwhen i thought the blue button was tricky to hit lol....now i rock!!! now if only my xbox worked i could go play >:(

[Tagen]

youll get there i remember backwhen i thought the blue button was tricky to hit lol....now i rock!!! now if only my xbox worked i could go play >:(
Red Ring of Death?

[nu_skool]

yessir just booted it up one day, it froze, i got the red rings, and now all i get is a black screen

[TNTisKING]

What is the red ring of death?

[Hobbes]

What is the red ring of death?

It's what happens when you rush a game system into the market.

From, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems

When a Microsoft Xbox 360 console experiences a "general hardware failure", three flashing red lights appear on the front of the console, known by gamers as the infamous "Red Ring of Death" (RROD for short), it is also known as the "Red Ring of Doom". Exactly how many users have experienced this problem is unknown to the public.

Oh and let's stay on topic here. If you guys want start a new thread about the rings of doom. And I may split this thread when I get some time. Sabby if you see this go ahead and do so if you want.

[tanc24]

To get us back on topic, I hear NuSkool say that he uses the "Fret Shifting" strategy.
How do you keep your hands in proper position?

Perhaps I just need to practice, practice, practice.
Unfortunately, I don't have time or the energy. :'(

[nu_skool]

well its really hard to explain, but i use my thumb as an "anchor" if you will...lol When i shift my hand all i really do is slightly push with my thumb to the left which moves my whole hand slightly to the right. Or if there is just one orange note and not a slew of them just stretch your pinky over there asnd press the orange button! Or you can feel your way down the frets and once your index finger leaves the first green fret and you still feel four frets you know your pinky is on the orange because there are only 5 buttons. It definitely helps to be relaxed, dont grip the guitar with a death grip just chill lol. But really it just boils down to getting a feel for the frets...practice practice practice 8)

[powerfullove]

Anyone get five stars on Raining Blood in Hard Mode? God, it's KILLING me right now.

[mj23]

updating my first post:
got 502 streak on knights of cydonia on easy

got 5-star on all easy songs

[TrakMastaTom]

Trak Masta says he beat the game on Expert. I'd like to hear what he has to say.



I never did any of that "Easy with two fingers" mumbo jumbo. I just put all my fingers on their respective frets, and when I need to hit an orange note, I move my hand down. The yellow fret has a little bump on it, and I use that to keep track of which finger is on which fret.

Right now I am playing drums on expert in Rock Band. Now THAT is a challenge.

Grr...

[mj23]

I never did any of that "Easy with two fingers" mumbo jumbo. I just put all my fingers on their respective frets, and when I need to hit an orange note, I move my hand down. The yellow fret has a little bump on it, and I use that to keep track of which finger is on which fret.


that actually makes a lot of sense

[Hobbes]

Trak Masta says he beat the game on Expert. I'd like to hear what he has to say.



I never did any of that "Easy with two fingers" mumbo jumbo. I just put all my fingers on their respective frets, and when I need to hit an orange note, I move my hand down. The yellow fret has a little bump on it, and I use that to keep track of which finger is on which fret.

Right now I am playing drums on expert in Rock Band. Now THAT is a challenge.

Grr...


Finshed easy with my 2 fingers idea, about half way through med all 5 stars, playing with what I learned. I can now play the top 2 frets with my index finger, which will leave my pinky for the orange fret. Playing this way also allows me to shift my fingers up and down as stated above. So basically retraining worked well for me, and now I have a better feel for the frets, rather than being locked into 1 finger 1 fret, which is how I learned to play to begin with.

It you can jump up to hard and just do a hand shift, then more power to you, but if you are having problems you may want to think about re-training your fingers as I did.

[ilovepandas]

i just recently got used to the orange fret. my hands are small cuz ima short girl. is the dragonforce song on guitar hero 3 or rockband i cant remember right now cuz ive been playin them both. anyways its madness on expert. well its madness no matter what

[nu_skool]

Trak Masta says he beat the game on Expert. I'd like to hear what he has to say.



I never did any of that "Easy with two fingers" mumbo jumbo. I just put all my fingers on their respective frets, and when I need to hit an orange note, I move my hand down. The yellow fret has a little bump on it, and I use that to keep track of which finger is on which fret.

Right now I am playing drums on expert in Rock Band. Now THAT is a challenge.

Grr...


I have a friend who is really good at the rock band drums on expert and it definitely takes skill. Although im pretty good at guitar I can only play drums on hard and even on hard i struggle

[mj23]

i updated my first post because it said i dont have gh3 but now i do on my xbox 360 and my biggest streak was 561 on my name is jonas-medium-missed one note

[ilovepandas]

i like how freezepop songs are crazy hard

[Hobbes]

Working my way through hard, it's humbling. Mostly 3 stars, a few 4 starts, no 5 stars. Each time I play I get better though, so there's improvement. Not like there wasn't lots of room for it though... Having a hard time getting the star power on hard. My hand also continues to adjust to the 5 frets, it's tired after I play. Yes it's hard to get old.

Also need to practice the hard level pull offs and hammer ons.

Slash continues to taunt me, I get him so close he's flashing, but then I miss my power up and it's all over.

[mj23]

i too am slowly progressing through hard yesterday i beat talk dirty to me on hard in my career but now im stuck on rock and roll all night

iits because im still working on 5 starring all songs on medium.yesterday i five starred one by metallica
now i just need to five star raing blood, number of the beast and a few others i think the numbers of songs left to five-star on medium is actually like 6

[Hobbes]

Beat Slash at lunch. Seems he couldn't take an expert level up, with double notes at the end.

Also I have problems with the game, songs skipping, audio off, until I updated my Wii.

[nu_skool]

Yeah youll find yourself improving all the time. I remember when i first tried to move to expert i beat one song then i beat another and before i knew it i had beat about half. I got alot better really quick after i was stuck on hard for what seemed like forever. Now i consider myself pretty skilled being able to play flawlessly through a bunch of expert songs

[mj23]

raining blood is now the ONLY song i cant five-star on medium

[Hobbes]

So the Japan stage songs own me.
Hard.

Some of them I can barely get started in... Going to have to slow them down and practice. You know hit MOAR notes! :D

Sometimes I find that cranking it up with hyper speed helps as well, then regular seed seems slower.

[mj23]

five-starred all songs on medium(raining blood was hard :o)

whats hyper speed?? ???

[Hobbes]

whats hyper speed?? ???


It's a cheat you can enter, it's under options on the main menu. It speeds up the notes, but spreads them out. Check out gamefaqs for the code. Debate rages whether it's "cheating" or not.

I need to go back and 5-star all the medium songs sometime. I hate raining blood though.

[oasis]

what i have yet to understand about the guitar hero games is the game has almost no graphics this entire game could easily be but into high def graphics with no problem yet they uses crappy cartoon characters and another thing that i hated in GH2 was they used clones of the entire crowd they would have like 5 separate people then make them all do the same thing ... why on earth could they not do better its not like it would eat up to much memory the game only holds songs ...

(but don't get me wrong Ive been a huge fan of guitar mania in the real arcades for years... way way before guitar hero came out)

[mj23]

i am doing hard now(in the england place)

longest streak 702 in story of my life
first medium perfect
story of my life-702 notes

[oasis]

for all you fans

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/245205/

[mj23]

nice well im now stuck on slash on hard

cant get any weapon combos

[Hobbes]

nice well im now stuck on slash on hard

cant get any weapon combos


Took me a while as well, I'm suck at Japan, and I mean stuck. I can barely get started when I fail the song.
Time for practice. MOAR NOTES!

[powerfullove]

whats hyper speed?? ???


It's a cheat you can enter, it's under options on the main menu. It speeds up the notes, but spreads them out. Check out gamefaqs for the code. Debate rages whether it's "cheating" or not.

I need to go back and 5-star all the medium songs sometime. I hate raining blood though.


I never understood why hyperspeed is considered cheating.

[mj23]

i beat slash yesterday

in japan i beat stricken by disturbed and ive been practicing the others because i cant beat them. i noticed hobbes and i are going at the same pace

[Hobbes]

i beat slash yesterday

in japan i beat stricken by disturbed and ive been practicing the others because i cant beat them. i noticed hobbes and i are going at the same pace

Yeah a whole new level there.

I spent the weekend with friends playing co-op. It's sweet to have 2 guitars!

[mj23]

after three months i beat japan on hard. i easily beat number of the beast and cliffs of dover but then the last two songs left on hard are raining blood and one

i also updated the first page