Guitar hero

Substance · 19 May 2008 at 13:07

Guitar hero being weird

Me and a friend (utajoker) were just grabbing a few achievements for guitar hero 2, we heard that if you 100% heart shaped box on easy you get all the combo awards and the 100% award,

we were hoping to 5 star it but i guess we just weren't good enough

Jonny · 19 May 2008 at 13:13

Ripped off!

Shamikebab · 19 May 2008 at 13:13

blimey, you must have used star power really badly!!

thor · 19 May 2008 at 13:15

I've had this problem with GH2 as well - it almost seems random as to what number of stars the game will give.

gord · 19 May 2008 at 13:16

Stars are based on the score.. you need to use your star power effectively.

Substance · 19 May 2008 at 13:16

Shamikebab said:
blimey, you must have used star power really badly!!

Didnt use it at all, wasn't for the score, just going for a few easy achievements we didnt have,

Star power shouldn't matter, 100% should give 5 gold stars

Shamikebab · 19 May 2008 at 13:16

well theres a set score cut off, so if you don't use star power well then its possible to get all the notes but not reach the score boundary. This is the first time i've seen it however.

EDIT: well that would be why then

Fortyseven · 19 May 2008 at 13:43

With Guitar Hero 2 the co op was a bit screwed up. As either player can pick any level the score cut offs are much higher. My girlfriend and I got 100% on "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" on Medium and still didn't get 5 stars.

The way to see this is to both pick easy, do a song, go out, both pick medium, go into the song list and your easy score is still there.

Zefan · 19 May 2008 at 13:44

As said, use star power.

Creature · 19 May 2008 at 14:10

It's all based on the multiplyer you get. 2.8x will get you a 5 star. 100% doesn't always mean you kept streak as well, I have 3 gold stars on Trogdor on easy as I strummed after every note to keep a x1 multiplyer

utajoker · 19 May 2008 at 16:05

Creature said:
100% doesn't always mean you kept streak as well

if u dont miss a note how can u lose streak, letting go of a long note doesnt break streak, strumming when no note does break streak and multiplyer

Creature · 19 May 2008 at 16:12

utajoker said:
if u dont miss a note how can u lose streak, letting go of a long note doesnt break streak, strumming when no note does break streak and multiplyer

I was just explaining the 100% doesn't always = 5*. I hit 100% on Trogdor, yet only had a 1 note streak

Shamikebab · 19 May 2008 at 16:25

100% just means you hit every note, if you over strum (strumming where theres no note) its still possible to break your streak yet hit every note.

Zefan · 19 May 2008 at 16:26

If you strum when there's no note to play it'll cut your note streak and your multiplier, but you can still hit all the notes.

Creature · 19 May 2008 at 16:27

Yup, I hit every note, I just strummed after each one. Still 100% note's hit, just not a full combo.

Substance · 19 May 2008 at 16:27

Shamikebab said:
100% just means you hit every note, if you over strum (strumming where theres no note) its still possible to break your streak yet hit every note.

You can strum then strum again between notes, still 100% the song but only have 1 note streak

*edit* damn you guys are fast

J1234 · 19 May 2008 at 16:31

As said, the stars are based on the amount of points you get, so use the star powers.

See here for the points cut offs.

dannyjo22 · 19 May 2008 at 16:35

I thought I may as well be the 15th person in this thread to say that stars are awarded for the amount of points you get, use star power correctly.

utajoker · 19 May 2008 at 17:09

ah yes i got mixed up a bit.

the 5 star cut off for heart shaped box is 249k

Shamikebab · 19 May 2008 at 17:21

Is there a massive echo in here??

Really surreal trying to read this thread.