I had previously unlocked this song in Guitar Hero II, but hadn’t got around to playing it. Last night I decided to open it up and give it a shot. Maybe it’s the chintzy synth played on keytar that reminds me of 80s inspirational music, or the rather cool arpeggios used to create much of the non-verse rhythm, but I can’t help but smile when I listen to the song. I’ll tell you what, though: it’s absolute murder trying to play this on Expert level, and it’s way up there with Freebird in difficulty.

Guitar Hero II is one of those games that is a little disjointed in its difficulty scaling. Easy and Medium are usually easy for players to cope with, but there’s a huge jump when going to Hard because of the addition of the fifth note and more complicated 2-3 note chords. I’m currently working my finger skills so that I can play on Hard, but I’m finding myself getting frustrated when I keep missing notes. Looks like there’s going to be a lot more practice time for me in the future.

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