and the torpor comes in the niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[spatch]

Is it a sign of ... well, I don't know what ... when your two major accomplishments the previous evening were

1. Moving the cat dish from the now closed-off kitchen to the warmer dining room, and placing them in a cardboard lid to hopefully keep Messy Eater No. 1 from spraying his kibble all over the place (when he takes too big a bite, as is his wont, he shakes his head from side to side and chews what's left in his mouth)

and

2. Finally getting 5 stars on all the Easy Mode GH2 career songs and, excitedly awaiting what nifty reward I'd unlock, earned... the right to buy an expensive guitar shaped like the US. When I actually played all the Easy Mode songs, I earned the right to buy an expensive guitar shaped like a fish. Gee, thanks.

I've graduated to Medium and have 5-starred the first tier of songs except for that goddamn Cheap Trick one which involves a few more meedly work than I've gotten down (my squeedlies are okay) and I've 3-starred about half the songs at least, and are now working to at least 4-starring those and getting extra cash before going on to the ones I know are going to kill my wrist.

Small Quibble #1: I'd like to at least see the looks of the purchasable characters or their outfits before I choose to purchase them, or else I'm out $1800 on makin someone look, uh, goofy. But to be able to hammer out the Sabbath encore as Lars Umlaut with the double-neck guitar while in full gargoyle gear was, I think worth that particular set of purchases. Oh, and the Trogdor, Freezepop and Honest Bob tracks were worth the purchase, too. But it's gonna be a while before Hippopotamosh makes any more real big money.

Comments

[cheezdanish.livejournal.com]

The secondary outfits are pretty rockin' all over. Judy Nails' secondary in particular. Go for it!

Hee hee, you're in the Guitar Hero Club now. We have beeloons.

[spatch]

Now as I understand it, each song will eventually give you $600 in total once you 5-star it, split up among 3- and 4- star ranking, right? Can't wait to see.

I did, however, also purchase the FLAMING GUITAR overlay because YOU NEED THE FLAMING GUITAR.

[single-doubt.livejournal.com]

Yup. $150 for 3-star, $200 for 4-star, $250 for 5-star (totalling $600).

A friend of mine struck on an idea, which was getting as far as you could, unlocking all of one thing (songs, for example), then making a new band, playing through again, and unlocking other items with them (guitars, outfits, whatever). I'm not a big fan of that, though, and just got the songs and whatever else looked good.

[spatch]

I thought the guitar/characters/designs only worked for each band, cross-difficulty or whatever. Huh. Once you unlock something, you unlock it for all bands past, present and future?

I also know that if you beat a song on Hard without trying it on Medium first, you get the Hard and Medium cash, which means once I get good, it's time to make a TRULY ROCKIN BAND and start on Hard.

[cursethedark.livejournal.com]

No, it's only unlocked for the one band. BUT! It also unlocks them for everyone in Quickplay and Co-Op modes.

[single-doubt.livejournal.com]

What this person said.