Guitar Hero
July 6th 2006 -
Actually, when I last reported on Guitar Hero, I hadn’t finished crossroads. I have now, though, and I’m down to the last two songs in Expert level: Cowboys from Hell and Bark at the Moon. They’re not even remotely fair: I can barely get past 10% of Cowboys from Hell, and Bark at the Moon is even worse. I think I should probably practice them up in Hard mode for a while, and see if I can get a better score there.
Meanwhile, I’ve been going through the other songs again, marvelling at how easy everything seems in retrospect.
For the record, I still don’t do hammer-ons or pull-offs properly. Haven’t got the hang of them, though I hear you’re supposed to hold them slightly longer/later than you might expect. Techniques that really do work are sliding my index finger up and down the buttons for “runs” of notes, and double-strumming (strumming both up and down on the strum bar) – essential.