Yeah. I still can't believe our score on that Coheed and Cambria song. First time I heard it or played it and we managed about 650k.

Will have to jam again sometime.

That's one of my favorites to play in the normal setlist. I managed to gold star it yesterday and was shocked when I did . No one ever seems to pick it when playing online, though. One of the two times I've managed to get leader, I chose it and the bassist left immediately after it started .

Do I just suck or is there a possible problem with "refractory period"? On songs where there's a very fast string of the same note (such as Paranoid) I can never make the full string, it seems like the strum bar doesn't 'bounce back' as fast.

That was good score, and if I hadn't fucked up and missed the final note it would've been even higher!

Well, I do suck, and I probably miss a note or two in about 1/2 of those strings. The Police song, forget the name (not DLC), really got me. It was one of only 2 songs I've 4 stared on medium. Those long and fast strings do seem a bit easier using my Les Paul.

Wait...gold star? Is that higher than 5 starring?

Gold Star = 100% notes hit

Yes, it's either in the game design or the Strat. Pisses me off, because in GH II I would have been able to hit all of those notes.

Is anybody using their MS headset for singing? We can't seem to get it working right...

I had not had it unlocked until a little while ago. I got to the set with that song and Enter Sandman on solo tour. I'm definetly going to play it again and that song has me scoping out their cds on iTunes. I liked the sound of what I heard. I read they are all part of some big story. Is it good to start with their first cd and work up, or what are some of the highlights of the cds to check out?

Anyone with problems, I suggest you go through EA's warranty support. One of my drum pads didn't work and they will advance ship a replacement and include prepaid shipping label for the non working drums. Quick and easy online, no need to speak to someone.

So, I'm sitting here, and all I can think about is how I hope and pray that I get my bundle tomorrow from UPS. After watching a video of the drums on '...And Justice For All', my anticipation just went up another five notches. I've always been more of a drums person. Guitar Hero got me into guitars, but it's always been drums for me, which is why I couldn't resist this game.

I doubt I get more than 2 winks of sleep this weekend. Question though, say you do the drums and vocal, can you do the BWT then, or do you have to have another person?

I take it this is the video you're talking about:

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Yep. It looks insanely fun.

My dog chewed the ball off of one of my drumsticks. Great.

I think my Strat has begun double strumming. I was playing I Think I'm Paranoid on hard, and most of it is single notes. I'd play the note and let go of the strum bar, and when I let go the game would make the broken note sound and my streak counter would go back to zero. I switched to the Les Paul and had no problems.

I've been using it, but I would imagine (or at least hope) that the Harmonix mic works a lot better, because the MS headset leaves a lot to be desired. It's like sometimes I can hear myself good and sometimes not at all. But it gets the job done.
Can anyone who has both do a quick comparison because I am seriously considering going out and buying the bundle so I can have the mic if it works a lot better.

I think mine is broken as well. I was alt-strumming through the whole game with no problems. Tonight, I played about 20 songs, finished up solo guitar career. When I tried to play another song, I would keep missing notes as it sounded like the guitar was strumming twice when I was pressing down. Up strumming seems to work as expected. But down strumming either doesn't work, or hits extra notes.

I am not very happy that 2 days after I get the game one of the instruments is already broken. I guess I'm going to have to contact their support and get a replacement shipped to me. I have read that a lot of people are experiencing the same problem. I can imagine this is costing them a ton of money and reputation.

I just played a song that I had 5* and got about 150k on it and hit 99% of the notes. I played it just now and got only 4*, 91% notes hit and 46k.

And I can def say it isn't just a case of me not hitting notes.

I plugged in my guitar hero 2 guitar and played the song again. I got 5* 130k 99% and a 813 note streak.

wow. And hard. I don't know if RB can "teach you to play the drums", but I can definitely see some of the stuff learned (rhythm, coordination, etc) to be very applicable to real drums.
Why were some of his pads taped?

I do have both, and just now tried the mic that came with it - I got 89% on Paranoid on medium. It seems much nicer.

I THINK you can use any USB mic, so there may be a ~$20 or so mic out there that would work just as good?

EDIT: I wonder if something like this would work? http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-97855...5789527&sr=1-1

OK, so this is lame.

My wife and I are playing the World Tour mode, and we're two cities in...yet we just had a popup saying that in order to gain more fans, we have to move up a difficulty level.

I'm holding my own on guitar on medium, but the drums are HARD even on easy for both myself and my wife. So basically, two cities in, career mode is over? We pretty much can't advance further?

So disappointed.

if the drums are too hard, why not have one of you sing

I shouldn't have to do that. We should be able to play the game the way we want to play it. She loves drumming, even if it is on easy. Whoever heard of a career mode that you can't even complete without moving up to a higher difficulty level? I mean, we're two cities in.

Holy I played through on an SDTV for the first 12 hours or so during thanksgiving. Came back today and set it back up. I can't even get 15% in on the drums on medium on the easy songs that I could play on hard. I FCd a few songs on expert with the guitar sight reading, and now I can barely get through them. Calibration doesn't help one bit after messing with it forever.

Eh? The wife and I are playing the multiplayer band and we are advancing, I am doing the guitar and she is singing on Easy. With that said...

The strumming is messed up on this guitar. It seems like it is way too stiff for the faster notes. Plugged in my Xplorer and it worked just fine. And the drumming takes quite abit of calibration to get going properly, mine still isn't 100 percent.