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Guitar Hero Video Game Review and
Resources
Guitar Hero PS2 and Guitar Hero
XBOX 360 - Wii
How To Play Guitar Hero
How To Play Guitar Hero 1 and How
To Play Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3, World
Tour
How To Play The
Guitar Hero Video Game
A very unique game for the
PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It features a
Guitar shaped controller that is either wired or wireless depending on the
controller. The wireless guitar controllers are a bit more expensive.
The controllers actually come with stickers to decorate the guitar. Guitar
Hero I (1) and Guitar Hero II (2) Feature many mainstream artists songs from
mostly the Rock Genre. The basis of the game is that there is a scrolling
fret board in the middle of the screen that will show different colored blurbs
that correspond to the 5 colored buttons on the controller. As the note
comes to the line on the screen you must hit the correct colored button on the
guitar controller while hitting the strum button in the center of the body of
the guitar. The strum button simulates picking the strings although there
are no strings on your controller. While you are perfecting your guitar
techniques you will be able to see characters such as Axel Steel performing the
song. You can tell the game makers paid attention to detail, because the
guitarist actually looks like he is playing the correct notes most times.
There are 4 levels including Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. The higher
you get in each level the better venues you will perform. For example, as
you move through the easy level and master a certain number of songs, you may
move from playing a dive bar up to a stadium packed with fans. As you move
up in level they add more buttons for you to use while playing he game. For
Example, in easy mode you may only have to master 3 buttons on the controller,
but when you move to medium you will use 4 buttons.
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Guitar Hero Chords
To
master playing chords on Guitar Hero you must hit 2 buttons at the same time
when you see 2 of the colored blurbs together on the game screen. So if
you see the green and red blurbs coming together on the screen fret board you
would press the green and red button on the controller while hitting the strum
button with your other hand.
Guitar Hero Whammy Bar
Sometimes you will see a note with a long line attached. This means you
must hold the note on the guitar controller for as long as the line appears.
When you hold notes this gives you the opportunity to use the Whammy Bar on the
Controller. The Guitar Hero Whammy Bar allows you to change the pitch of
the note your holding much like a real tremelo bar (whammy bar) on a guitar.
Using the Whammy in later levels can also help increase star power which we'll
explain below.
Scoring Meter
The meter on
the bottom left of your screen calculates score. 50 points / note in easy
mode and 100 points / note in the rest of the levels. As you get 10 notes
in a row correct your score multiplier goes up.
Star Power
There is a Star
Power meter to the right of the screen. As you play certain notes during
the game that have stars on them, this increases your star power in blue.
As the blue meter gets past the half way point you are now star power ready.
The more you let the meter increase the more time the star power kicks in for
your game.
A good idea is to wait until your multiplier on the scoring meter is at 4x, then
when you engage star power your multiplier will show 8x for the length of the
star power. To engage Star Power simply lift the headstock of the guitar
controller vertically in the air while you are playing. The headstock of
the guitar is the top of the guitar near the colored buttons. Another way
to engage star power is to hit the select button on the controller
How Does Playing the Guitar Hero Game
Compare To Playing Real Guitar?
I get asked this question a lot
since I play guitar, which is why I decided to put
this page on my site. While this game is NO substitute for learning or
playing the guitar, it does simulate some guitar basics. The process of
holding a note while hitting the strum button is a lot like the action you would
take in playing a real guitar. Also, The use of the whammy bar and hand
eye coordination is similar as well. Holding chords is another feature
that is similar. In reality playing a real guitar is a lot more
complicated and takes sometimes years just to master the basics of holding you
hand to form chords and soloing etc. You move your
hand along the fret board a lot more on a real guitar and there are many
techniques to master. This is not to take away the fun aspect of guitar
hero. I feel its an extremely fun game, is great for hand eye
coordination, and is similar to a real guitar in some respects.
