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Guitar Hero

soupcan Dec 26 2007 09:58 AM

My son got 'Guitar Hero' with some GameStop gift cards that he got for Hanukkah. What a cool game. I'm sure I'm the last guy on the planet to hear about it (apparently it is quite popular). Basically you hold a guitar-shaped controller and try to hit the correct 'cords' and strum along with the song being played. Harder than it sounds. As you get better, the chords start to change faster and there's more of them. 'The song selection is fun - Slow Ride, Welcome To The Jungle, Anarchy in the U.K., Paint It Black, etc., etc. I'm not a video game guy but this one is really a lot of fun and, while not 'addicting' it certainly provides a fresh dose of entertainment every time you play. For a beginner, I'm not bad. Knowing the song that you are playing definitely helps - you sort of know what's coming as you play it. My 19 year-old nephew is a monster at it. He's a freshman at Indiana and he tells me that it's very big there and they play it a lot. After 4 days of having it and playing it I'm better than my 10 year-old but he's going to pass me quickly. He can play longer than me. This 43 year-old guy can only play two songs in one sitting. My wrist and elbow start to kill me from all the movement. Last thing I need is tennis elbow and carpel tunnel from playing a video game too long. Anybody familiar with it or play it?

OlerudOwned Dec 26 2007 10:05 AM

I just can't get into it. It's like DDR with your hand, and I was never big on DDR either.

DocTee Dec 26 2007 10:17 AM

]My wrist and elbow start to kill me from all the movement. Last thing I need is tennis elbow and carpel tunnel from playing a video game too long. Didn't Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya injure his throwing arm by playing that game too much?

cooby Dec 26 2007 10:31 AM

My son got it for Christmas as well and I did not know until I read this that you need a special controller for it, so I walked right over and told him "if you can find it, I will buy it" and they said they had already looked into it. So thanks for the heads up. Hopefully you can buy it seperately

themetfairy Dec 26 2007 10:54 AM

I bought my kids Guitar Hero II back in October, and saved it for the last night of Chanukah. In the middle of Chanukah they all played it at a friends' house and loved it - they spent the rest of the holiday figuring out how to pool their resources to get one. They were THRILLED when we gave it to them :) Cooby - getting controllers depends on which game platform you're using (Wii, X-Box, Playstation, etc.) - they're more available for some than for others.

soupcan Dec 26 2007 11:17 AM

OlerudOwned wrote: I just can't get into it. It's like DDR with your hand, and I was never big on DDR either. What's 'DDR'? ="DocTee"]Didn't Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya injure his throwing arm by playing that game too much? I can absolutely see how he could have done that. ="cooby"]I did not know until I read this that you need a special controller for it... I imagine that it is much more fun with the 'guitar' but I don't think you need it. I believe you can play it with a regular controller. At least on PS3. We bought the whole thing in one big box. I didn't know they sold it without the guitar. That's stoopid.

themetfairy Dec 26 2007 11:27 AM

DDR = [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution]Dance Dance Revolution[/url], which is another popular game.

soupcan Dec 26 2007 11:43 AM

Dance Dance Revolution? Just a hunch, but I don't think I'd have as much fun with that.

cooby Dec 26 2007 01:52 PM

soupcan wrote: We bought the whole thing in one big box. I didn't know they sold it without the guitar . I suppose if you already had Guitar Man I or II and were buying three (I did) you wouldn't need the guitar thingy. What would be really cool would be if he could hook his own guitar up to it

soupcan Dec 26 2007 02:04 PM

="cooby"]I suppose if you already had Guitar Man I or II and were buying three (I did) you wouldn't need the guitar thingy. It's Guitar Hero, dear. If it were simply 'man' I wouldn't bother. I feel I need to save people with my music. This game allows me that opportunity. ="cooby"]What would be really cool would be if he could hook his own guitar up to it. Well, thankfully, one does not need to know how to play a guitar to play the game, that's why its so popular I'm guessing

metsmarathon Dec 26 2007 05:14 PM

i can't play beyond three fingers. pinky finger never does what its told, and i don't even wanna consider what would happen if i had all five colors to worry about.

seawolf17 Dec 27 2007 07:49 AM

Effing great game. Couldn't wait; bought it the day it came out. Got through "easy" easily; having a much harder time on "medium." Dreading "hard," because you're right, the pinky's hard enough as is. Word is that you should slide up a fret and use your index finger for the two low buttons, but we'll see.

Edgy DC Dec 27 2007 12:31 PM

Guitar teachers are mixed. On one hand, it's leading to more students, on the other, it teaches you to play wrong. If you're a real guitarist, you tend to do poorly, because your hands instinctively go to the correct place on the neck.

Nymr83 Dec 27 2007 02:16 PM

]He's a freshman at Indiana and he tells me that it's very big there and they play it a lot. glad i didnt go to such a lame school. Madden all the way.

cooby Dec 28 2007 06:00 PM

Now that he's got his guitar and I've seen him play a couple of times, I agree; it's pretty cool! Tonight he played Black Magic Woman and Devil Went Down to Georgia for me.

martin Dec 28 2007 07:22 PM

the competitor to guitar hero, "rock band", is awesome. it is basically the same thing except is has a set of drums and a microphone. the drums are difficult, and are very similar to learning the actual drum parts. my mom is a director of a handbell choir. she says all her kids are improving because they play guitar hero, they are getting steadier rhythm.

TransMonk Dec 29 2007 07:07 AM

Forget all about that macho shit and learn how to play guitar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 02 2008 06:37 PM

I visited my 11-year-old nephew who got this for xmas. I thought it was cool that he loved it and was interested in learning more about Cheap Trick, Rick Derringer and Matthew Sweet & stuff. I even played "surrender" on the easy version without getting booed off the stage. But I can't imagine he's going to be playing with it next xmas. He'd had it for less than a week and was already doing some "expert" songs.