Sax Maniac's Journal: Guitar Hero III vs. Aersomith

I'm a newbie Guitar Hero player. My sister's boyfriend brought it over when visiting a while back. We fooled around with it for a little bit. It was fun, and I could do most of the stuff on Medium. So I decided to get it, you know, "for the kids". I picked up Guitar Hero Aerosmith as my first one, and I've had it for a month or two.

Which is harder, GH3 or GH3 Aerosmith? Everything I've heard says that GH3 is insanely hard, and it's dialed back on the Aerosmith.

I don't follow this. With Aerosmith, having pretty much no experience, I cleared out medium and hard in a day or two, and started in on Expert.

That kicked my ass. Wow, this is what the game REALLY is like.

Specifically, "Movin' On" and the eternal guitar solo at the end of "Back in the Saddle". I don't think I've played "Back in the Saddle" since barely getting through it on three stars. It took a few weeks, as I'd get stuck on these harder tunes for a long time.

I finish Expert, again barely, with three stars. With a lot of effort I can get four stars on a couple tunes, but it's not worth it. So the first set has four stars and I have little interest in trying to get more.

Now, I pick up GH3 and start playing. I hear it's a lot harder, so, I start on Hard. I 5-star the first song, clearly too easy, so I up it to expert. 5-star the first song again. What's going on?

I keep going. Most of the tunes I can 4-star, with the occasional 5 and 3. No fails at all. That's the first four sets, all sightreading.

The timing seems easier than Aerosmith. I can be really sloppy with the hammer-ons and it will still work, where the same timing would fail under Aerosmith.

Does it get harder??

EDIT: Holy crap, yes, it does. "Raining Blood" is one tune that I can't beat after trying it few times. After that beating Lou was a piece of cake.