My Guitar Hero 3 bundle and copy of Guitar Hero 2 finally arrived today. You know how sometimes people can pick something up and discover they’re a natural at it without any prior exposure or practice?
Well, that’s not me. :P Even the medium difficulty in GH3 is kicking my ass so far. In order to proceed past the second tier, you have to defeat Tom Morello in a ‘boss battle’, and I’m stuck on that right now. I also went and tried out GH2 for a bit and it’s medium difficulty is definitely a bit easier. My main problems right now seem to be with parts that wildly jump between the frets, where I just can’t keep up and get out of sync, and long sections of quickly repeated notes, where I just can’t get the right rhythm.
I left the careers at the second tier in both, but unlocked a few of the bonus songs out of curiosity, including the infamous Jordan. I actually did better on it (88%/4 stars) than I did on Trogdor (80%/3 stars), though again this is just on medium. My highest score so far (around 118k) is actually from one of these bonus songs, specifically the Freezepop one. And I actually managed to get the ‘perfect song’ achievement in GH3, though admittedly from when I was first fooling around at the Easy level…
As for the guitar itself, it works pretty well, with none of the problems some other people have had about the detachable neck being loose and the frets sometimes not working. The only quirk is that I pretty much have to hold it vertically straight up to trigger star power, though that might be intentional.
And, as the title implies, my arms are already sore. I have to get into the habit of holding the frets properly; by default, I put too much pressure when pushing on it and my hand cramps up fairly quickly. I also still have to adjust the straps to hold it properly while standing, as proper rocking out does not involve sitting. And there’s already a slight bruise on my right arm from where it lies against the edge of the base…
Edit: Oh, and you can even follow along on my stats page at the official site.