Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

[Fash]

Anyone else play this? I'm not a big Aerosmith fan, but I wanted more songs to play so I picked it up. I think the game is easier than GH3 and RB overall, since I blew through hard and expert. The only song I haven't beat is the final encore.

The song you unlock in the credits (kings and queens) is a cake-walk compared to dragonforce.

Also, i thought there would be more songs... only seeing 31 in career mode, +2 for the battle and credits songs. Meh.

[Funkmasterr]

I got it too, and after tonight I'll only have one achievement to get

There are a few more songs you can purchase with in game money from the vault (I think there are maybe 10 or so total.)

It is definitely easier, I am able to beat all songs on expert. Kings and Queens is probably my favorite song on the game both to listen to and to play

It seems like all the issues with wireless guitars were fixed with the guitars that shipped with this game, so that's nice too.

[Truant]

technically speaking, Aerosmith is easier to play than roughly half of the songs on GH3. (I'm talking actual guitar, not the keyboard parts they make you play in GH3)
I wouldn't expect it to be that hard, despite the fact that GH3 was harder the play than a majority of the actual guitar parts due to shitty programming.

That's why I enjoyed RB so much more was that it was closer to actual guitar parts and not just ridiculously difficult for the sake of achievements.

[Funkmasterr]

technically speaking, Aerosmith is easier to play than roughly half of the songs on GH3. (I'm talking actual guitar, not the keyboard parts they make you play in GH3)
I wouldn't expect it to be that hard, despite the fact that GH3 was harder the play than a majority of the actual guitar parts due to shitty programming.

That's why I enjoyed RB so much more was that it was closer to actual guitar parts and not just ridiculously difficult for the sake of achievements.

I agree. I'm not sure what the developers of Guitar Hero don't understand about game design. You don't design the difficulty and 50% of the achievements in the game so that only about 5-10% of people can play on expert/get the achievements.. The kiddies that can 5 star through the fire and the flames on expert can play the hacked guitar game for the pc or find a new hobby.. seriously.

[Jice Virago]

The song selection was pretty horrible and the difficulty was all over the place in this game. Two fucking versions of walk this way, but no Just Push Play? No Living on the Edge? Hardly anything from Pump or Permanent Vacation? How about instead of 3 fucking Perry solo songs no one gives a shit about, you put Dude Looks like a Lady, Other Side, and Jamie's Got a Gun in instead?

They spent way too much time on the motion capture and not enough time picking likable songs or making descent note charts. My wife spent one night unlocking all the songs and have not touched it since. For comparison, I ahve played Rocks the 80s several times since this game came out, and that involves grabbing the PS2 guitar and switching over to an old console. Given the song selection, I can't even recommend this game even if you are an Aerosmith fan.

[Fairweather Pure]

I almost bought this on an impulse buy but instead waited and looked up the song selection at home.

I will not be buying this game. This should've been an Aerosmith's Greatest Hits collection and it's just not. It makes me a little nervous for the Metallica pack. If the vast majority of songs for that game are from their latest album and Some Kind of Monster, I'll pass on that too.

[Animalor]

They priced this all wrong is the major problem.

I am an Aerosmith fan and I'm not picking this up at the full price.

39$ would've made this a lot more worthwhile.

[Funkmasterr]

The song selection was pretty horrible and the difficulty was all over the place in this game. Two fucking versions of walk this way, but no Just Push Play? No Living on the Edge? Hardly anything from Pump or Permanent Vacation? How about instead of 3 fucking Perry solo songs no one gives a shit about, you put Dude Looks like a Lady, Other Side, and Jamie's Got a Gun in instead?

They spent way too much time on the motion capture and not enough time picking likable songs or making descent note charts. My wife spent one night unlocking all the songs and have not touched it since. For comparison, I ahve played Rocks the 80s several times since this game came out, and that involves grabbing the PS2 guitar and switching over to an old console. Given the song selection, I can't even recommend this game even if you are an Aerosmith fan.

Living on the edge is in like the second or third set.. *cough*

I'd rather have the perry solo songs that are hard to play and take some practice than Janie's Got a Gun which you could probably gold star on expert blind folded. These games to me are less about liking the songs than how fun they are to play, and the slow easy shit or even medium level shit is just not all that fun for me.

Edit: I do agree that it should have been priced cheaper.

[Fairweather Pure]

These games to me are less about liking the songs than how fun they are to play, and the slow easy shit or even medium level shit is just not all that fun for me.

Man, I couldn't disagree more. It's all about the songs. I play songs better that I know, and even better if I like/love the song.

[Funkmasterr]

These games to me are less about liking the songs than how fun they are to play, and the slow easy shit or even medium level shit is just not all that fun for me.

Man, I couldn't disagree more. It's all about the songs. I play songs better that I know, and even better if I like/love the song.

I used to be that way more.. But now that I can beat nearly any song you throw at me on expert on my first try without trying too hard, I tend to get bored a little easier.

[Jice Virago]

Thats great for you and the Chris4Life people out there, but the other 99% of the audience just wants to have fun and enjoy the music, at least for the Rock Band crowd. I am not saying that because my wife and I are scrubs either (we are pretty much in the top 2% on the PS3 leaderboards for RB), I enjoy just banging out a fun song even if everyone else is on easy and I am playing something on expert. Thats the reason I enjoy RB so much more. Its less dick measuring and making stupid charts that are designed to be a video game and frustrate people. This is why I think GHWT is ultimately going to fail, because Activision seems to think liscensing popular shit exclusively equates to fun, when its really all about the note charts being reasonable and fun to play.

Oh, and I said Living on the Edge, but I meant Eat the Rich. The song selection still sucks balls, compared to what it could have been. If you really want to play hard things for the sake of dick waving, there is a ton of obscure bullshit charts in the bonus content of GH3.

[Funkmasterr]

Thats great for you and the Chris4Life people out there, but the other 99% of the audience just wants to have fun and enjoy the music, at least for the Rock Band crowd. I am not saying that because my wife and I are scrubs either (we are pretty much in the top 2% on the PS3 leaderboards for RB), I enjoy just banging out a fun song even if everyone else is on easy and I am playing something on expert. Thats the reason I enjoy RB so much more. Its less dick measuring and making stupid charts that are designed to be a video game and frustrate people. This is why I think GHWT is ultimately going to fail, because Activision seems to think liscensing popular shit exclusively equates to fun, when its really all about the note charts being reasonable and fun to play.

Oh, and I said Living on the Edge, but I meant Eat the Rich. The song selection still sucks balls, compared to what it could have been. If you really want to play hard things for the sake of dick waving, there is a ton of obscure bullshit charts in the bonus content of GH3.

It has nothing to do with dick waving, it's the challenge. I don't know why you always have to be a prick about things..

The majority of people playing these games (rock band or guitar hero) are NOT playing on Easy/Medium. You can study the leaderboards closer and see that without even looking too hard.

I also didn't say I like how guitar hero makes the charts stupid just to be hard.. I don't like that, I want it to match the song. However, I choose to play mostly the more difficult songs just because thats what is FUN for ME. There are plenty of songs in both the games that are hard and it isn't solely due to the charts being made inaccurately.

[Jice Virago]

Well the difference is in having fun just jamming with friends vs furiously trying to Full Gold something to pump your online score. I do get bored if something is too damn easy, but I care a hell of a lot less if its in group mode, even with some unknown online schmoes, because it is fun. And I would also not use Leaderboards (or Scorehero) as a means to determine what the average person is playing at, difficulty wise, because it only reports the highest score. This means if a household of people have one guy playing expert, while the other three family members are playing easy/medium, only his score and difficulty get chalked up. The vast majority of people I have played online with either play medium or hard, with some easy and expert mixed in. Guitar Hero may be a different story, however, since it seems catered to the epeen crowd.