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Move over Dragonforce, the Bucket is reclaiming his crown
Kif | 9:18 PM on 07.26.2008 18 comments


Ever since "Through The Fire And Flames" was FC'd in Guitar Hero 3, it seems the buzz around the game has died. GH3 has always been the weapon of choice for masochistic games, so the new DLC might offer up something new. I'm sure everyone has heard about the "Guitar Virtuoso" pack. But to me, it seems like Activision want to reclaim that idea of having the unbeatable song. None more so seem to take that prize than Buckethead's "Soothsayer". Clocking in at just over 9 minutes, it features what we've come to expect from GH3 note tracks: Random notes everywhere, ridiculously hard solos, and lots of prolonged antigination. But where would all the fun be in a short song with a nice solo?



Will "Soothsayer" be the new TTFAF? Perhaps not to most people. After all, both TTFAF and "Jordan" got their titles as unbeatable bonus songs. This is just DLC designed to extend the suffering of GH3 players everywhere. Not that they won't mind, of course, but still. It will never reach that level of notority. That's not to say half the internet won't be watching a video of the inevitable day when it does get FC'd though. And it will. It's only a matter of time.

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RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 21:48
RonBurgandy2010
Damn. Well, Neversoft's gone mad with power. This is just like One on GH3 for me; I can get to the end of the song, then I fail. Nothing more irritating than failing at the very end of a very long song.
Gantz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 22:25
Gantz
What a boring song =/
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 22:38
SWE3tMadness
No way I could beat it regardless, but from where I'm sitting, TTFAF was still far harder. This is basically just COP on steroids.

That's not to say I would think it'd be fun to play, I just don't think it's the worst song on GH3.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 22:49
MrSadistic
I pray that one day, everyone will play games like GH and RB just for the fun and not want to be a massive poser d-bag and upload videos to YouTube to prove how big your ePenis is.

On that note, Buckethead knows his way around the strings but I think his songs are pretty horrible. It also doesn't look as bad as that Dragonforce song.
monsterwitglass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 23:02
monsterwitglass
I actually might get this pack. I was impressed that the pack was actually UNDERCHARTED, and the songs look fun and passible... well, this is coming from someone who passes Raining Blood easily...

BTW... DON'T THINK THIS IS COMING FROM A DIFFICULTY = <3 PEOPLE. for he record I HATED GH3. As a musician (guitar, Bass, Drums) overcharted notes drive me crazy. But these charts look good.
Hey, activision. I'll make you a deal. make the Rock Band guitars work with GH3 and I'll buy the pack. I PROMISE.

One final note... ROCK BAND IS BETTER.
T-y-l-e-r's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 23:32
T-y-l-e-r
Lol Hey Guitar hero
Lurn 2 Killswitch
monsterwitglass's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 23:35
monsterwitglass
sry. not people, person.

pwned by keyboard
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2008 23:36
braulio09
eh a few crazy parts don't really compare to 10 minutes of assrape.
ajaxender's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 00:03
ajaxender
That wasnt nearly as hard as Dragonforce. Perhaps parts were at least as hard but it wasnt 7 minutes worth...

Still, that looked like a fun song to play. I enjoyed listening to it.
gore on the floor's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 00:16
gore on the floor
Not.

Even.

Close.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 01:14
mix
IMO that song blows chunks I much prefer Dragon Force.

Those "solos" did look damn hard but if only the sound matched their difficulty.
sleepingagain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 01:15
sleepingagain
that was boring as hell to listen too
Danl Haas's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 01:32
Danl Haas
As far as difficulty, I'm going to agree with Braulio. The solos were stupid, but the song overall is still no Dragonforce.
The pacing of the song was... well...
Aertyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 02:34
Aertyr
To be honest, Guitar hero's new hammer on system makes Through the fire and the flames a joke. This song looks even easier. The hardest song ever made was Jordan, which now doesn't even faze the people who give Guitar Hero enough time like me. Rythmn games have no way to increase in difficulty at this point without adding notes for no reason.
Xerosnake90's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 04:45
Xerosnake90
No way harder than TTFAF. The solos look insane yes, but TTFAF is 8 minutes of intense playing, this is more like 2 combined minutes of tough solos and easy crap being the rest.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 12:45
Eschatos
Looks slightly easier than TTFAF. A lot of it is relatively easy.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 13:16
vexed alex
This song bored me...
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