Band Hero Guitar FC Breakdown

**Nailuj** · Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 597 Location: Daytona Beach, FL

I have to disagree with Graf completely. While IWYTWM seems like it is relatively hard, I wouldn't think that it would take more than two tries after getting the strumming parts down in practice mode. I would probably say it's no harder than Same Old Song and Dance in GH3.
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**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331

**Graf** · Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:28 am Post subject:

**Mr.Scientist** · Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 1828 Location: Quebec City, QC

I have to agree IWYTWM isn't loleasy. It sure is way easier than the likes of Raining Blood, Scatterbrain, TKAR, Six, etc., but it does require concentration. When I put the game in, I thought I would get it in about half an hour. I got -6 on my sightread, so I was fine. It didn't take long for me to FC all the sections in practice, but I just couldn't seem to do it in a real run. Either I would make a dumb mistake before the solo, because I would release a fret too fast and not get the green HOPO to register, or I would mess up the strumming in Solo2, which is the hardest part of the song by far. I had to strum it like DUDDUD DU DUDUDU D (2:35 in the video) and it feels pretty awkward IMO. I alsot had two chokes post Solo 2, due to strange Strums/HOPOs mix that I tried to downstrum and stuff.

In other words, it's tricky.

Also, I'm currently going down the setlist in alphabetical order and... I'm up to I Heard It Through The Grapevine. WOW that song is non-sense. Whoever decided to chart a TTFAF intro like section with chords HOPO as the higher notes is a complete freak.

Seriously, I have no problem at all with the trill, but hitting those HOPOs twice in the same run is going to be such a pain.

Beside that, not much to say. I got Black Cat on my first try. (Not sightread, second run.) I guess I got pretty good at learning to tap sections quickly lately.

I'm sorry it caused you trouble Graf.

And I sightread FCed Every Rose Has Its Thorn. The solo isn't hard at all when you practice it, but hitting it on sightread felt pretty good and made me :| haha. Also, other songs I found annoying to FC were:

-Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (Oh my god)
-Fascination
-Gasoline (O M G)

I'll try to finish the game up tomorrow.
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**Freezard** · Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

**11coblackwell** · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 125

I'm starting to play through these songs and from what I've played so far I think that Black Cat should be the toughest FC. It has tapping part directly followed by the weird OBOY (?) part which is hard also. IWYTWM is hard but if you can figure out/get lucky on the YB part it isn't bad because the strumming isn't bad if you strum through the hammeron, making the first two parts merge into one triplet strumming sequence. Also, Take a Picture might deserve to go around Picture to Burn and Paralyzer (which should move down a little) because it is very easy to choke on and the others are short, and Paralyzer is easy if you anchor red. I got both of those in a couple of tries and Take a Picture will take some grinding because of the length, and hopefully I don't choke on the strumming at the end.
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**superoven** · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 54

I think american pie and naive need to go down (as in harder) several places. Picture to Burn is like... really easy, it ought to go up in my opinion.
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**prognostics** · Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 1252

I sightread FC'd Rio... It's not hard at all imo.
I had a lot of trouble with YMCA though.

I Heard it through the Grapevine isn't hard if you strum the weird HOPO thing, but I didn't think to do that.

I HAVE FGFC'D THIS.

In my opinion...
65 IWYTWM(L)
64 Take A Picture
63 YMCA

**Thom1234** · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 48

From the viewpoint of a thoroughly terrible GH guitarist.

Black Cat should be a lot higher (easier,) IMO there is one slightly hard part in the solo, which I practiced twice and then FC'd the song on my first try. It should be around 57/58, since all of the songs ranked after that are harder for me.

Also, I feel that YMCA should be ranked as second hardest, as those violin runs are really tricky, much harder than the 1/2 second of difficulty in Black Cat.

**machetemonkey** · Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 3043 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

OK, in my opinion both Kung Fu Fighting and Y.M.C.A. (the two songs surrounding I Heard it Through the Grapevine) are pretty easy, and I didn't struggle too much with Black Cat (took maybe 5 runs to get it with no practice necessary). However, what the FUCK is up with the trill at the end of I Heard it Through the Grapevine?! Slider notes are supposed to be fixed in this game but I find myself getting random combo breaks on that trill for seemingly no reason. Maybe it's not the slider notes's fault and I just don't understand the rhythm (is there even one?) but nevertheless, that trill is hard. That song needs to be at least in the 60s. No way in hell is it easier than Y.M.C.A. I haven't played I Want You to Want Me (Live) yet so I'll just trust you guys that it's the hardest, but I personally would put I Heard it Through the Grapevine above Black Cat and everything else I've played so far just for that stupid trill.
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**superoven** · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 54