I've been playing guitar hero about two years now. When I first started playing it was only when I went over to a friend's house. We would go vs. on medium. When I bought the game for myself I jumped right into hard mode and beat it as soon as I could... took maybe a month. Then expert took maybe another two months. In another two months I could 5 star everything on hard and in another three months I could 5 star everything on expert.

Over the last two years I've slowely gotten better and better. And now I'm insanely good at it. This is the best game I ever played in my life. I can 5* Through the Fire and Flames on Expert (not bad for a pot head). And I've never met anyone in RL that can beat me.

I downloaded Guitar Hero: Metallica a few days ago and I've managed to 5 star every song in the game. But its a great set list with some pretty challenging stuff.

I can't recommend this game enough. I'm sure not everyone will like it. But personally, I've never gotten more mileage out of a game.