Guitar Hero 2?

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:54 am

I keep seeing this videogame advertised and keep asking myself why? It unfortunately appears as if it's very successful, probably because it is easier than learning the actual instrument (never played it, not sure I'd want to either). Friend wanted me to teach him, he could've been up and running in a few weeks with tuning, exercises, chords, and scales, but opted for Guitar Hero 2 instead

Guitar is something that can provide enjoyment throughout your life, but a video game simulating it?

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:18 am

I tried playing it in an arcade when i was in Cebu last spring

Billy Batz · Post by **Billy Batz** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:25 pm

I started a topic about that game in this forum months back. The game makes me laugh. Then when I see youtubes of guys who are wiz's at the game I think to myself, if you actually spent that much time and energy on a real guitar you would look cool and talented instead pathetic

Maybe they are guitar players and thats why theyre so good at the game but it seems to me having the learned muscle memory for guitar techniques might work against you trying to play a song with a toggle switch and buttons which work in a different pattern.

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:06 am

Billy Batz wrote:I started a topic about that game in this forum months back.

Didn't see your thread, sorry about the repeat.

If it had strings, it might be interesting, but buttons

swid · Post by **swid** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:41 am

It's just a game. Playing guitar isn't for everyone, but it's just meant to give people the sensation of what it's like to play guitar. I used to work at Harmonix (worked a little on GH 1 and have music in 1&2 and the upcoming Rock Band), and the company basically was founded with the philosophy of having an accessible way to give non-players a taste of what playing music is like, to hopefully generate an interest in learning to play.

There's a whole generation of kids who otherwise wouldn't have, discovering old classics of rock music and picking up guitars because they played those games, and that's definitely a good thing. Sure, personally, as a player, I'd always rather pick up a real guitar and play than pickup a plastic guitar and pretend to, but it definitely has its place.

funk49 · Post by **funk49** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:04 am

Here's one of the most wackiest things I've ever been told.

My nephew who graduated HS this last year told me that there were kids in school that were really good in the game and that they had groupies chasing after them. You read it right...GROUPIES!

I can't imagine being able to pull chicks because I can score high on a video game. My response to him was, "you think these guys are getting girls...you should see what you can do when you can really play an instrument."

By the way, I'm great in video games and have been playing for 23 years but I'm not to hot in GH.

WilliamTheSwan · Post by **WilliamTheSwan** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:55 am

My little brother loves that game and so do the junior highers I worked with in the youth group. It seems everyone who's good can't play guitar and the guitarists are terrible. I played against the singer/acoustic player from the band I was in and the junior higher laughed at us (plus it was on like easy).

It's fun but not like the real thing for sure.

toner · Post by **toner** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:14 pm

A friend of mine has three boys and the youngest (age 6) is awesome at it. He can beat anyone! There must be some kind of inverse relationship between cognitive development and video game skills.

I agree that it's good for exposing kids to (mostly) classic music. The really sad side of it is 25-year-old pot head wannabe's thinking they're rock stars...