Band Hero - "The Adventure" Expert Guitar 100% FC (376,538)

The Adventure - Angels & Airwaves

Oh boy. There's a lot to say about this song.

This may be the most annoying song to play in the entire game if you're going for a high score. The GH5/BH engine is very unforgiving when it comes to sustains, especially when there are two or more consecutive sustains in a row. You need to hit every sustain nearly perfectly on time in order to not drop ticks. If you start to fall behind, you need to stay behind or else you will drop ticks. This is especially frustrating on extended sustains while doing the glitch. If you drop the back end of the top sustain while doing the extended sustain glitch, you lose all extra points you would've gotten and more. It's hard to explain, but you just need to feel it. I'd like to try playing this song on GHWoR, because that game is very forgiving when it comes to sustains.

Oddly enough, the PS2 version of Band Hero uses a different engine. I think it's a modified version of the GHWT engine. It is miles better than the 360 version when it comes to holding sustains. It feels slightly easier than GHWT, but not as easy as WoR. I was able to get 377K on PS2, and that was my first try. I am not very comfortable squeezing on the PS2 engine for whatever reason, so I even missed an easy 400 squeeze. I believe the Wii also has a more forgiving ticks engine, but I'm not sure if it's as forgiving as PS2. I haven't played on the Wii engine, but Cuddlesisawesome has.

On top of the ridiculous amounts of extended sustains to glitch in this song, the BPM is around 145, which means double squeezes are just barely possible (if you're daring enough). Luckily the extended sustain glitch gives you a bit of extra star power, so a couple squeezes are a bit easier than they should be.

In conclusion, if you value your mental health and your time, don't even fucking bother trying to get a high score on this song on PS3 or Xbox 360. Stick to PS2 or Wii. Or better yet, just stay away entirely.

If you want to watch me play this song on PS2 and get 1st place by a mile, here's the video:
   • PS2 Band Hero - "The Adventure" Exper...  

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