Practicing TTFATF

I’ve been practicing Through the Fire and the Flames on Expert lately on GHIII on my X-Box 360. I’m still having alot of trouble getting the intro nailed down, my fingers just can’t seem to move fast enough. Once, I taped down the green button and made it through the intro only to fail 89% of the way through the song… <.< I know the tape is cheating but I’d like to be able to complete it at least once :P

My GHIII Experience

I got Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Nintendo Wii five days after it came out. I launched straight into Hard mode (I’d had plenty of experience on GHII though I never owned the game… I can play expert on GHII) to unlock all of the songs. In a couple of hours, I’d beaten all of the songs except “Raining Blood” by Slayer, and the battle against Lou of course. So, frustrated, I played at it over and over. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get past the part I was stuck at (Mosh I). So, to vent some steam, I played through Career Mode on Medium to unlock the ultimate goal: “Through the Fire and the Flames” by DragonForce. Finally unlocking this song, I foolishly thought I could beat it on Hard. I failed miserably at 2%. I toned it down to Medium and made it through with only three stars. Sad. Next, I played on Easy, and let me say, if anyone capable of playing hard doesn’t get five stars on TTFATF, they need to go beat their heads into a wall and stay there… Anyways, I practiced some more, but still couldn’t beat “Raining Blood” on Hard. I decided to give TTFATF another shot and went into practice mode to nail the intro. Let’s just say I still haven’t quite “nailed” it, but I can play through it without failing. At the end of the song, I was sweating like no tomorrow. Playing difficult songs takes alot out of you!

 Overall Review of GHIII:

 I enjoyed the gameplay. Guitar Hero III has a great blend of classics and newer music, ranging from “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns ‘N Roses to “Miss Murder” by AFI. They’ve even got Slipknot (“Before I Forget”) and Metallica (“One”)! I have to say, they didn’t have very many of what we would call Rock Anthems like GHII did. There’s nothing as classic as “Carry On Wayward Son” on the set list, and all of the Extra songs are foreign to me (as in I’ve never heard of band nor song before). The online battle function is pretty much awesome, though on the Wii it’s rather hard to find a match. Overall, I’d give Guitar Hero III four stars. I know I’ve still got plenty of enjoyment to squeeze out of the game.