AboutHelen Joan Casper Expertise Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions).
I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)
Experience I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.
Question I have a Playstation 2 and would like to get Guitar Hero; I've heard that the second in the series is the best however I have not played number one yet. Would you recommend that I get the first one or start with number two or shoud I say the second one? Would it be best if I got the Playstation3 and went from there?
Answer The big difference between the Guitar Hero games (just like Karaoke Revolution 1,2,3,etc.) is the song selection. Each one has different songs. I personally prefer Guitar Hero 2 (original) because I like the song selection better, but to each his own. Each Guitar Hero has easy songs, more difficult songs, etc. Now, the GH2 games and GH3 have additional things that the original GH hero did not- such as cooperative modes, more unlockables, etc. So if you have a friend with GH, you might like the 2 games or 3 better.
I recommend looking and seeing which songs you like best and start with the one whose songs you know/like. The game is much easier to learn if you're familiar with the music.
