Guitar hero

[Miss-taken]

How exactly does this game work? Do you need to be able to play the guitar already??

TIA

[Mattk]

no but im sure it helps!
its basically a dance mat game but rather than dancing the correct steps you havw to play the right notes.

[spudmuffa]

I would get a Playstation 2 first of all. Hope this helps.

[CheekyChops]

Very simply - you buy the guitar with the game. On the 'neck' of the guitar are 5 coloured buttons. On the part of the guitar where you would normally strum the note, there is a lever type thing.

When the music is playing, on screen you will see coloured buttons come past, you have to hold the appropriate colour on the neck and 'strum' the note using the lever/button thing.

You can play easy mode which only uses 3 of the coloured buttons and makes it a hell of a lot easier than trying to use all 5!

[doomey!]

you can also use a control pad, except it is much harder that way.

It is a brillaint game btw. I assume your trying the 360 version, which has exclusive doomloads..etc.

[redhead23]

no u get the guitar with the game its a good game its fun it just takes soem getting used to
but you do not have to have had any guitar experience

[198x]

Actually doomey!, there is no Guitar Hero for the 360.

There is Guitar Hero 2, but not Guitar Hero.

As for the original question - if you are wondering about the 1st Guitar Hero for the Playstation 2 then you can actually play the game with a normal PS2 controller and not have to worry about buying the additional 'guitar control pad'.

You don't really need to play the guitar to play the game, you basically need a sense of rhythm. Also if you've heard of the songs then it'll be easier to play. I'm a guitarist and my friend is a drummer, we play just as good as each other.