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There are simply no words to express how absolutely impressed I am right now. Neversoft gave the gang at ScoreHero this clip of Dragon Force's "Through the Fire and the Flames" from Guitar Hero III. This is just beyond epic. Everyone of you who has every b*tched about "Free Bird" from Guitar Hero II are going to cry yourselves to sleep tonight after watching this. 

The finger aching announcements continue to impress.

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ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:32
ian_esq
HOLY SHIT!
Ajaw15's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:33
Ajaw15
the intro and 17 seconds before the end hurt my mind.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:47
Mxyzptlk
Finally I get to live out my dreams of being an obese guitar playing viking.
Sindicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:47
Sindicate
oh em gee..i don't even want to play any more guitar hero ever again cause now it seems..pathetic.

my mind is blown.
Ajaw15's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:53
Ajaw15
i was off looking throught the interblag tubes about this dragon force business. I found one of those dudes showing me how to friggin Make pac man sounds with gee-tahrs!
cbre88x's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:54
cbre88x
Freebird was a bitch until i turned on Hyperspeed. Once I turned it on, rhythmical phrases were a lot easier to read..i.e.- section i.

I wet my pants when I saw that video.

Sorry Rock Band...maybe another day..
nsolo1717's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:57
nsolo1717
that does not look like fun
ExpertPenguin's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:59
ExpertPenguin
It looks like cramps, it does.
Baron Calico's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2007 23:59
Baron Calico
Two things are certain:
1) I will never, EVER be that good at Guitar Hero.
2) I need to check out some DragonForce! Much love for that guitar work!
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:02
Wedge
Most of that doesn't look much worse than Misirlou. It'll take some practice to get the intro pattern though. I'd much rather try it on a Rock Band controller, coz' my small hands cant do hammer ons between orange and green very well. Given I still can't beat Freebird on Expert... but whatever, I'm sure I can do it on Hard at least.
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:03
Farktoid
Hyper mode helped shoot a lot of my scores through the roof. But really, if you look at this song, it's totally doable. The opening is just a longer version of a section of Misirlou, and hammer-ons and pull-offs make it a breeze.

Sure, it's gonna take half a million tries to win, but if that's what's needed to unlock One, then by cracky let's ROCK!
Racoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:07
Racoon
This looks fun, though its still a whole lot easier than Jordan, hopefully neversoft puts a crapload of songs that actually provide some challenge in this GH, harmonix sucked it with rock the 80's.
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:10
Zac Bentz
Dragonforce is one of my all-time favorite bands of all-time. I've been heard, often yelling at the top of my lungs while perched atop a greasy bar stool, that I will never ever play a Guitar Hero game until Dragonforce has a song on it. I guess it's time to see what all the fuss is about.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:14
subnet6
I could play it.
Racoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:20
Racoon
Yea well don't get to cocky subnet, the song shown in the vid isn't bad but they cut out the solo, so I would reserve judgment on it.
twincannon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:24
twincannon
omfg
Lethal Dosage's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:33
Lethal Dosage
It's adorable watching everyone go nuts over this shit. And, I mean shit in the most literal sense possible. I guess a great guitarist is defined by seeing who can mash away as fast as humanly possible, without any rhyme or reason behind their note selection.

Ever seen them play live? It's hilarious how terrible they are. A studio can work wonders.

I'm actually less excited for Guitar Hero III after seeing this. Bring on Rock Band, people.
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 00:38
Knives
@Distrato

My faces has melted again X_X

Don't look at me!!! i'm hideous!!!
onomelon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:01
onomelon
Fuck. And I thought the custom version that someone did of ThFaF looked ridiculously hard but this...this just reminds me that I will never be good at Guitar Hero. Ever.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:11
BluDesign
I hope all the fuckwits who begged for Dragonforce are happy.

Dragonforce's sped up, unlistenable garbage has now ruined GH3's playing experience.

And I thought AFI was bad.

I would've taken more Pantera over that any day of the week.
Altair78's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:24
Altair78
I wonder how many hands will be sprained by this song alone, let alone the whole game. Plus, with the solo and such, the whole song is over 7 minutes long... could anyone survive that?

Lastly, picture it... you're watching someone play that for the first time, just like we saw in the vid. The song is done, win or lose, and the person turns to you and says "Alright now... let's try the same song on Hard"
ZeeJayTL's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:27
ZeeJayTL
There is a god,


and he hates us
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:32
John B
Oh ... my ... f**king ... God ...
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:47
Cheeburga
I watch this video, and I cannot fucking wait.
I just beat Jordan on Expert.
I NEED this. NOW!
cbre88x's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 01:52
cbre88x
I don't listen to Dragonforce..I never heard of 'em before Guitar Hero..all i can say is the track is cool.

I'm still pissed I have yet to see a Dream Theater tune in Guitar Hero.John Petrucci's playing can blow any of these asses from these bands out of the water. That being said..I need some Carlos Santana, Paco Delucia, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin. And fuck..bring some Jaco Pastorius in there too.
jeffk6's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 02:12
jeffk6
i dont know if anyone saw when the did the mod of this one but that shit just looked so much harder. maybe more hard the fucking jorden on part 2
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 02:18
Samit Sarkar
Gah...looks like I’ll never beat this game. I just hope I don’t have to beat this to unlock “One”...
Lethal Dosage's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 02:28
Lethal Dosage
It's 110% confirmed to be a bonus song, so everyone can stop crying about this song anally raping them before "One" gets a chance to.

And it will. Hard. Because "One" is a truly amazing song, unlike this Dragonfarce shite.
ridley80's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 02:30
ridley80
my fingers got blisters just from watching the video
Robert's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 02:54
Robert
Get over it. Dragonforce is awesome. Just because the blinding flood of notes makes it hard to comprehend doesn't make it bad. I've seen them live, and it was great. Though I've heard that when they're drunk, as they often are, the show is sloppy and lame. I got lucky.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 03:21
Necros
@ cbre88x: It is a crime that more people don't listen to and appreciate Dream Theater.

I've seen a few clips of Dragonforce on YouTube, and they're far from perfect, but frankly, I could care less about that (it's not a band I'd care about seeing live). I care about the studio track, not their live stuff, and the studio track rocks. Anyone who says it's just random mashing should listen a bit closer. (Though I can't claim that listening to an entire CD straight through of Dragonforce is good for you.)

I'm curious how long until some intense fan (see: any Dragonforce vid on YouTube) posts something along the lines of "if it's so bad, let's see you do better," which makes no sense at all.
thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:06
thisissami
@cbre88x

yeah, some john mclaughlin would be great!!! i'd personally prefer some of leo kottke's stuff, but then again, both of the guitarists are quite a way away from rock, though they'd definitely be hard on guitar hero. (especially leo kottke with all his quickly changing 3 note chords... it'll be like 0.6x the speed of misirlou, but with 3 note chords instead of one note at a time.)
Ajaw15's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:12
Ajaw15
I gotta say there are no songs on guitar hero II that i really really like other than search and destroy and war pigs. But that doesn't mean i don't like [boldification] playing[/boldification] the other songs. you could put up a seriously shitty song and as long as it kind of rocks and is fun to play, i'll be happy to hump the guitar controller, spin around and headbang all at once for the whole thing. thats the way I feel about this, dragonforce does nothing for me at all. you wouldn't catch me dead with this song on my mp3 playing contraption. but it would be damn fun to play. if that makes sense.
thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:20
thisissami
Ajaw15 :) i agree with you 100%!!!

most of the songs on guitar hero II i would never listen to (except for strutter, war pigs, jessica, and a couple of others), but i simply love them when i'm playing guitar hero.
DoctorEuphony's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:21
DoctorEuphony
.....dude....:O
thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:21
thisissami
but sometimes i end up liking the songs because of my experience in guitar hero and end up listening to them outside of my gameplay time as well...
Ajaw15's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 04:31
Ajaw15
yeah its kind of like a suspension of taste. but yeah, I think the one i liked that i hadn't heard before was radium eyes. just because it sounded so dang freaky.
Ezruh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 05:43
Ezruh
@necros
i think i listen to this song's whole cd once a day.

when i heard this song was to be on gh3, i did a backflip.
(same thing with "one")

now all i want is the crusade, by trivium
Remz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 05:53
Remz
screw the crusade, we are the fire motherfucker.
Pyramid Head's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 05:58
Pyramid Head
Holy mother of fuck!
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 06:18
Kif
@Distrato: Yes, someone did post this a few days ago ):<
Ezruh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 07:11
Ezruh
@rem
why not both =D
and yeah, and some malmsteen too, pls
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 07:17
subnet6
Oh hell, Angelo, (formerly Michelangelo) would eat all these guitarists for lunch. Fastest......Player.......Ever. I've met him, teched one of his clinics for Washburn back in the day. He is absolutely insane.
Ezruh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 09:07
Ezruh
i saw a video of him once (michael angelo batio), and it was absolutely stunning.
he played using all legato phrasing on a two guitars at once, and was playing power chords by playing one string on each guitar
absolutely insane
definedglory's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 09:11
definedglory
Oh sweet baby Jesus. Wow. I don't really know what to say to that.
Xeniteone's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 10:27
Xeniteone
Most of the songs on GH, I wouldn't listen to. As long as it's fun to play w(ho)tf cares? Everybody's bitching about what song sucks or whatever, well, skip that song, nobody wants to hear it. This song looks hella hard, I'd never beat it, actually, but I'd like to try.
TheTaj's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 10:36
TheTaj
Xeniteone is right!

It's a crappy song, and I don't see myself playing it other than in Hard Career mode to get some extra cash. :P
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 10:42
brainderailment
DragonForce loves them some video games, check out their music videos, I can't remember which song, but they are playing a video game (with regular controllers) and controlling themselves in the game playing guitars. So basically they were playing guitar hero without a plastic guitar.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 10:43
brainderailment
BTW, if you are able to play this, then your talent is severely misplaced. If you can control your fingers with this much speed and precision, you must be decent at playing a real guitar.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2007 13:15
Necros
@ Ezruh: If you can listen to the whole CD straight through, you must have the patience of a saint. Then again, I've been told the same thing for Coheed and Cambria.

Speaking of which...how about Ten Speed (of God's Blood and Burial), Welcome Home, or Apollo II: The Telling Truth for Rock Band? Singing like a five-year-old girl being optional, of course.
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