Guitar Hero II announced! (XB360 Song packs released!)

[jcalder8]

I have the one on the top and I haven't had any problems with it.

[rbudrick]

I got this GH2 for PS2 around March 6 and I'm two songs away from beating it on Expert. I went through easy and medium without ever losing one song. I had to try 4 or 5 songs on hard several times (4 to 8 tries), but got most of them on first shot, with about a third of them on second shot. Expert's been pretty tough, though. 15-20 songs I got on first try, but some of them have taken me 10 tries, with 2 or 3 taking up to 20 tries. Insanity. I got 90% on Hanger 18 last night, being my third or fourth try, so I'm pretty sure I'll be playing Freebird tonight.

It sucks, I've only had it a month, and I'm lucky if I get to play it for an hour ever 2 days (at least for the past 2 weeks), cuz my gf is getting sick of the game, though she keeps playing it too. Game is the most addicting thing since Tetris.

-Rob

[hezeuschrist]

I have the one on top, and after an hour and a half or so this morning I can say it's not broken, but it doesn't work as well as the PS2 one. It seems like there's a half second delay or so before I can use it on a whammy-able note. Not a big deal though.

[ProgrammingAce]

I have the one on top, and after an hour and a half or so this morning I can say it's not broken, but it doesn't work as well as the PS2 one. It seems like there's a half second delay or so before I can use it on a whammy-able note. Not a big deal though.

That's exactly the same thing i've noticed too... i was chalking it down to the game and not the guitar tho. Dunno which is really causing it.

[98PaceCar]

That's exactly the same thing i've noticed too... i was chalking it down to the game and not the guitar tho. Dunno which is really causing it.

I read something about the whammy actually working correctly, but only engaging if the bar is all the way up at the start (basically looking for 100% one way). If it's not all the way up, the whammy won't start. Seems somewhat plausible as people testing the controller on a PC are reporting that the whammy is reading the proper range as it's moved.

That said I can usually get mine to work, but it's nowhere near as responsive as the PS2 was. It's actually worse than even the crappy third party guitars I have.

At least if it is the game, it can be patched.

[rbudrick]

Beat expert mode last night! Finally got through Hangar 18 and nailed Freebird on second try.

If anyone wants to hear an interview with the guitarist from GH2, it's really cool (iirc, his name is Markus Henderson). Check it out here:

http://maximumthreshold.podomatic.com/

It's a large file (147MB, I think). The first hour of the podcast is an interview with Ron Thal, the lead guitarist for Guns N Roses. So, skip past that (if you aren't interested) to about an hour, give or take 5 minutes.

-Rob

[norkusa]

For anyone who's having problems with their whammy bar, there's a fix someone posted in the official GH forums for it. It involves taking apart your guitar and messing around inside of it, but it's not that complicated. Just did it on my controller last night and it works amazingly. No more whammy bar problems!:

http://forum.guitarherogame.com/Defa...=posts&t=17898

[Buyatari]

Just got it for 360. Circuit City had a deal. Free 1600 points card with purchase. Now how do you play this thing?

[Carey85]

Yes, I also had to crack my controller open to fix the whammy bar today, and the fix does work. Just a matter of adjusting the potentiometer on the whammy bar mechanism, two little screws...

[98PaceCar]

Just got it for 360. Circuit City had a deal. Free 1600 points card with purchase. Now how do you play this thing?

Large amounts of patience and practice!! It was very frustrating at first, but once I got the hang of it you couldn't pry the guitar out of my hands!

[rbudrick]

Soo what's the pedal port for on the 360 guitars?

-Rob

[norkusa]

Soo what's the pedal port for on the 360 guitars?

-Rob

I'm guessing it will be for a foot pedal that'll control Star Power activation. Maybe whammy bar too (kinda like a wha-wha pedal).

[rbudrick]

Well, they do make Whammy pedals too. I have the Whammy 2 pedal that came out in the mid 90s. However, for the recordings in GH that used it (Rage Against the Machine), the GH team used a Whammy 1, which I noticed in one of the unlockable videos.

It would be pretty cool if they allowed a distortion pedal to switch between heavy and acoustic parts.

-Rob

[Oobgarm]

'Song Packs' are apparently up on Live now. Prices look to be causing an uproar. Imean, how can they not, at 500 MS points for 3 songs.

http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2...s-3-of-em.aspx

Looks like I no longer have a need to get the 360 version. I was looking forward to playing all of the songs in one big group, and expected to pay like $25 for all of the ones from the first GH, but that's just down the tubes now.

[GrandAmChandler]

I really hope this fails. That price is way outta line. Disappointing. A truly missed opportunity by M$.

[Darth Sensei]

I for one won't pay it.

[norkusa]

Almost $2 per song? No thanks. Especially when it's crap that I already have on the PS2 versions.

Wake me up when they release some NEW songs. Although I have a feeling that they'll just keep releasing old GH1/GH2 songs until it's time for GH3. Why put any effort into it while you can just milk your old tunes dry?

[sickdrummer420]

wow, this is crazy for 3 songs, im going to go buy shivering isles instead

[98PaceCar]

Dang. This is pretty much right above the top of what I said I'd pay for a song. Two of the packs looks ok, but the third is pretty weak.

Gonna have to think about this one for a bit.

[jcalder8]

Well I'll still buy a pack or two, its still a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a PS2 and Guitar and Guitar Hero. Of course I feel no need to own them all so I'm going to pick and chose the ones I want the most.