So does it really feel like you're back to square one?

**mninp** · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1303

I'm getting more and more interested in GHL and I think I might pick it up. I am quite excited to be starting "fresh" again, since my fondest memories of Guitar Hero was during the first few months of playing GH1.

Is it like a completely fresh start, or just a slight learning curve that, if you were good at the other GH games, you'll pick up in a day or two?

**2003041** · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 1384 Location: MA

**mninp** · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1303

Ok thanks. Another question, why are all the songs not up yet for score tracking? I noticed The Looking Glass isn't there as well as many others...isn't there supposed to be 100 songs in game?

**Kubuh** · Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 1765 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**mninp** · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1303

**SlasherManEXE** · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2634 Location: NY

I feel like my first hour or so was exactly like 2005. But things slowly accelerated, and I feel like my progress has been going by a year each day, slowly coming back to current skill

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**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331

Am I doing as well as I used to? No, not at all. I used to be able to FC about half of most GH games on expert, and 5 star everything as well (except eruption curses), and now I am getting 4 stars on things like Skrillex. A lot of practice is going to be required to get to where I was (I don't think I'll be as good at this game). Some of the chords are uncomfortable, and a lot of songs seem really overcharted with strange transitions.

Overall the songs themselves are easier though. When you compare something like Love Bites being hard versus something like TTFAF, one is definitely more difficult to actually play on guitar. The game seems to know this and opted for less intricate tracks which I think is fine, the Joe Satriani song on GHTV is for example a less technical song than Satch Boogie. If they put TTFAF or Satch Boogie in this game it would be basically impossible

I like chord heavy songs in this game they are more interesting, but solos are typically a nightmare. I don't even know where to begin, and without hyper speed it's just a mess. I used to love playing songs with solos, now I prefer songs without them in this game
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**UndeadFil13QC** · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:36 am Post subject:

The first five minutes you have no idea what you're doing, then it gets better. Then you take a break and when you come back you have no idea what you're doing.

It's pretty much the same as learning chord changes in previous GH games, except the transitions are a lot more difficult and some chords are actually physically hard to do. Also, expect to miss HUGE sequences of notes by playing on the wrong row. It happens to the best of us, too.
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**HeroMaster47** · Joined: 23 Oct 2015 Posts: 128 Location: Australia

It does to some degree. I used to be able to FC some tough stuff on expert with the traditional layout, but I had to start on Advanced because I was utterly clueless when I tried Expert to start.

Learning the new chords and being able to smoothly transition through them, especially the bar chords is very, very difficult. Solos will look like a massive jumble of notes when you first look at them, but once you get more familiar with the now layout, you'll start to pick up on the patterns.
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**buMf00d** · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 863 Location: Netherlands

**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331

Remember the first time you played 3's and 7's on expert on Guitar Hero 3? That's what bar chords with extra notes are like

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