Guitar Hero is AWESOME!

[gozulin]

Nuff' said.

And if that's not enough for you, this game totally shreds!

Take it from me, What happened here is that Harmonix took awesomeness, peeled it, took the little awesomeness core inside it, squeezed it and took the juice of awesomeness out. Then they boiled that juice to extract the essence of awesomeness which they filtrered to remove all the little particles of unawesomeness in there, the resulting pure, unadultered, concentrated essence of awesomeness was then cooled down and molded to resemble a ps2 dvd, put into a package with a guitar and then shipped to stores all over the U.S

It is still there waiting to be purchased by YOU

I know, you may not have money, or a ps2 and you might hate consoles and rhythm games and you may think that rock bands are all a bunch of faggoty homosexuals that ain't got nothing on your favorite rapper/country singer/boy band but you STILL want to buy this game, even if you have to buy a PS2 in the process.

Consider yourself warned.

 

[NiteWulf]

I just learned about this game when my friend bought DDR Extreme 2. It looks pretty cool, and I would like to learn guitar. I may buy it when I have some disposable income, but Dragon Warrior 8 comes first.

 

[gozulin]

Originally posted by: NiteWulf
It looks pretty cool, and I would like to learn guitar.

You're not gonna learn guitar with this thing. You will, however, get a sense of how guitar is played and get used to moving your fingers the way they're supposed to when playing a real guitar. But who gives a damn, this game is total awesomenss. loads and loads of fun.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

No PS2 here... I want this game a lot though. Any chance of a 360 version or anything?

 

[Anubis]

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[gozulin]

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
No PS2 here... I want this game a lot though. Any chance of a 360 version or anything?

No chance. You'd have to get a PS2

Originally posted by: Anubis
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Try again, the link is good. It'll work

 

[gozulin]

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[Gunther]

I agree Guitar Hero is AWESOME!!! Everyone who has a ps2 should pick it up ROCK ON!!!

 

[gozulin]

Aha! A fellow Guitar Hero in anandtech! Surely there must be more! Come hither and reveal thyselves my brethren!

 

[Modeps]

Harmonix is a fantastic company. You should by Frequency and Amplitude as well. I dont know if I'll be getting guitar hero though, as I dont play many PS2 games anymore.

 

[Leper Messiah]

bemani games for the win.

 

[gozulin]

Dude, I barely even played amplitude (I know it was critically acclaimed and all), never touched frequency, not even a rock'n'roll fan. None of the songs in the game are in my playlist for one.

And yet, the game is total f***ing awesomeness! I barely even play videogames nowadays, even AAA titles like B&W 2, F.E.A.R, shadow of the colossus, etc. get ignored after one or 2 hours of play.

But guitar hero? No sir! I catch myself moving my fingers around to make them more supple, I just LOVE the songs in there and I keep whistling bits and pieces as I go along. And I haven't even started to master Expert mode yet. They say that when you do, it's a whole other layer of fun. And I believe them because at that point, you would be actually playing pretty much every note you hear. Ah the satisfaction in that! I just can't wait! And after I master that, I'll have to try to make a fool out of myself WITHOUT missing notes, rockstar style. I'll have to practice my one-legged walks, guitar moves and other show-off moves

Get the game, I guarantee you will thank me heartily after you play it for about 30 min. And you will start preaching after you play it for 10 hours.

 

[gozulin]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
bemani games for the win.

Bemani games are fine and all but they just don't have the soul that guitar hero does. The tracks, man, the tracks! This is some wicked rock'n'roll ****** it has going. This game's got substance alright!

 

[gozulin]

Just making sure that this gets maximum exposure, it'd be a crime if ya'll didn't play this gem of a game.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

lol I gotta head on over to gunther's apt to chk this shiet out. He jacked out apt's ps2 to play this GRRR. Yes bring back the ps2 damn you!!!!

I must unlock more sh!t from soul caliber 3!

BTW, SC3 has the worse worse worse load times of any console I've ever played. It's just downright horrible.

 

[gozulin]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol I gotta head on over to gunther's apt to chk this shiet out. He jacked out apt's ps2 to play this GRRR. Yes bring back the ps2 damn you!!!!

I must unlock more sh!t from soul caliber 3!

BTW, SC3 has the worse worse worse load times of any console I've ever played. It's just downright horrible.

I don't know who gunther is or what ps2 he's using to play Guitar Hero but he's obviously a man with taste!

As for loading times, you obviously have never touched a NeoGeo CD gamepad or else the words "Loading" would take on a whole new meaning for you. That thing used a 1X cd-rom drive and you basically had to wait a whole minute before each match. so it was 60 seconds loading the game, 2 minutes of gameplay, then 10 seconds of loading menus, rince wash repeat. Over a THIRD of your time with the console was just loading times! You just can't top that.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Turn it down ya wipper snappers!

 

[EvilYoda]

If Blockbuster had a guitar to rent with the game, then I'd give it a shot. I played it a few times in the arcade along with the other music/timing games.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: gozulin

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
lol I gotta head on over to gunther's apt to chk this shiet out. He jacked out apt's ps2 to play this GRRR. Yes bring back the ps2 damn you!!!!

I must unlock more sh!t from soul caliber 3!

BTW, SC3 has the worse worse worse load times of any console I've ever played. It's just downright horrible.

I don't know who gunther is or what ps2 he's using to play Guitar Hero but he's obviously a man with taste!

As for loading times, you obviously have never touched a NeoGeo CD gamepad or else the words "Loading" would take on a whole new meaning for you. That thing used a 1X cd-rom drive and you basically had to wait a whole minute before each match. so it was 60 seconds loading the game, 2 minutes of gameplay, then 10 seconds of loading menus, rince wash repeat. Over a THIRD of your time with the console was just loading times! You just can't top that.

hahahah :laugh: :beer:

 

[fustercluck]

I didn't know it was made by harmonix, i thought it would just be another super japanese...y music game. Now i'm interested. Is it possible to just buy the guitar controller seperately? Is there more than one model of the guitar controller?

 

[Wonderful Pork]

Originally posted by: jacktackle
I didn't know it was made by harmonix, i thought it would just be another super japanese...y music game. Now i'm interested. Is it possible to just buy the guitar controller seperately? Is there more than one model of the guitar controller?

Yes, individual guitar controllers cost $40, but they all look like the Gibson SG.

 

[fustercluck]

Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork

Originally posted by: jacktackle
I didn't know it was made by harmonix, i thought it would just be another super japanese...y music game. Now i'm interested. Is it possible to just buy the guitar controller seperately? Is there more than one model of the guitar controller?

Yes, individual guitar controllers cost $40, but they all look like the Gibson SG.

Ah, splendid. Luckily i've got a birthday coming up.

How big is the gituar? It's hard to tell from googling (even though i didn't google too hard, didn't want to strain myself). I don't expect it to be like a full size gituar but some dimensions would be nice.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Ok this is getting ridiculous. Buy a real fvcking guitar and step away from the PS2. Sh!t.