Transition from GH2 to GH1

**byoon** · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 144

So I got GH2 and have loved it, so I went out and bought GH1 today. I know I have read that HO/POs suck in GH1 so I'm just wondering, do I try to strum every note no matter what? I'd like to get into the right habit before I have to change later. I'm talking about expert of course.

**saxev2005** · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: Re: Transition from GH2 to GH1

**Sully** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4570 Location: Tampa, FL

Strum everything.

I started with GH1 when it came out but only played very casually. I just went back to it to give it some serious effort and I've had to adjust to the ho/po crappyness, too.

**byoon** · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 144

I understand how the HO/PO system works in GH1, I was just wondering if it's better to learn how to use it or to just strum every note

Thanks Sully, I guess I'll have to learn how to strum the HO/PO notes quickly and efficiently.

**Nulien** · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Hamilton, ON

I'll use HO/POs when it's just a quick pair of notes. The rest of the time, I strum pretty much everything.

I find they're easier to do if you HO/PO the second note just slightly later than you'd expect it to work. If you're the slightest bit early, it won't work.
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**raptorz44** · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 515

I made the transition and it made me better at hopo on gh2

**raptorz44** · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 515

I made the transition and it made me better at hopo on gh2

**mrseb** · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 343 Location: Swansea, UK

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**Pandelerium2021** · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:04 am Post subject:

this doesn't have to do with HOPOs, but does anyone else find that, after playing GHII for a while, going back and playing GHI seems easier? maybe it's just me, but after playing GHII for weeks straight when it first came out, i went back and played GHI to find myself getting more 5 stars on expert songs and FCing hard songs.

**Subliminal** · Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 37

**byoon** · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 144

Yea I find GH1 to be very easy. I've played through the 6 tiers already so excluding the bonus songs, I've 5 starred all of them with one sightread except for 4 songs. Frankenstein and Texas Flood got me barely any points away from 5 stars and BATM and CFH got 3 stars. Looking forward to playing the harder bonus songs as well...but this whole "strum everything" is killing me on the harder songs.

**Tomthegod** · Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 48 Location: Rockypoint, NY

yea, i though guitar hero 1 was very easy, and when i got GH2 i breezed through it in 3 days on expert (still cant beat JORDAN! though)
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**kungfumidget** · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 97

I went back and the solos that seemed impossible before were so much easier and seemed a lot more managable. I also used to think TBW was super fast, and playing it once would wear out my strum arm, but it was totally managable. The only one I still really suck at is CFH, but I only played it twice and still got a big improvement on my score... And I kept messing up by forgetting to strum in TF.

And in response to the initial question, it's very difficult to learn how to use the GH1 HOPO system. The big problem with it is you can try and try, and the timing window is so small, that most people get frustrated missing easy notes and repeatedly breaking combos. I think almost everyone would tell you just strum.

**byoon** · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 144

Ok so...you ARE supposed to alt-strum those more difficult "HO/PO" passages such as the CFH riff right? Stupid GH1

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