Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

For this achievement you must 5 star 'Beast and the Harlot' on Expert or Expert Plus Drums without using star power.

The star cut-offs are as follows:

1 star - 60,000
2 star - 120,000
3 star - 180,000
4 star - 360,000
5 star - 500,000

This achievement isn't too tough compared to 'Bloody Feet' and 'Golden Voice' however might cause a few of you to get stuck. If you are a decent drummer and regularly play on Expert then this will come to you naturally after a few attempts. If you aren't an expert drummer then this song isn't too tough to learn, it's the chorus and easy patterns you want to learn, I'm not the greatest drummer in the world but I hit the goal by more than 100,000 points.

Another thing to use which may help is Hyper-speed, personally I use 4 for Guitar and 3 for drums, therefore I recommend either 2 or 3 for this specific achievement.

Don't worry about another pedal, if you can do the chorus then your foot should be trained well enough to cope with the red drum rolls whilst hitting the pedal. If not, then you still need to practice, don't expect to try and get this instantly if you're unfamiliar with expert drums.

Finally, remember not to hit that last note, you don't want to get to 500,000 and then void it by hitting the last notes, simply leave it and enjoy your achievement!

Happy achievement hunting!

For this one, you have to five star the song Beast and the Harlot on Expert Drums, WITHOUT the use of star power.

The five star cut-off is almost EXACTLY 500,000 points.

This is a toughie, since BatH is one of the highest tiered drum songs, being behind only Caught in a Mosh, Raining Blood, and the notorious Through the Fire and Flames.

I can't really give any specific pointers here, you just have to be good at drums. Some suggestions I can give though...

- If you don't normally play expert drums, you probably won't get this. It's not the most difficult drum song in the game (or in any GH for that matter), but trust me. If you aren't an expert drummer, don't even attempt it.

- I HIGHLY recommend having two pedals, even though you are not on expert plus. This helps for the beginning part (before the vocals), as well as the brief buildup before the chorus (if your right leg is getting sore) and the part after the first chorus.

- Getting the chorus down is ESSENTIAL. This is the B+R+Pedal, etc... part. There's a lot of fast off-beat kicks, so you NEED to get good at keeping combo through these. I found it impossible with Hyperspeed 4 on, but turning it down to 2 helped drastically.

- The solo. The first part (with the kicks) is easy enough, since the kick beat never changes. If you have two pedals, just keep a steady beat and hit the notes accordingly. The second part however (with the rolls) is where people tend to fail. All I can suggest is hit the reds fast, while doing the pedal the best you can. Don't worry so much about the other pads until the end. It'll take practice.

- The part where you have constant kicks as well as a constant beat (R+B, B, R+B, etc...) has been 'said' to be critical to the five star. I wouldn't say that, but it does make quite a difference.

In addition, for this part, DONT use two pedals. It sounds weird, but hear me out. When you strike the blue pad, use your body momentum to hit the pedal as well. If it sounds tiring, it sure as hell is. But, I found this kept the timing much better than using two pedals. Oddly enough.

- Do NOT hit the very last note in the song (The R+Y+Pedal). This triggers star power, though strangely it did not for me once. Only once though, every other time it activated it.

- If you're crazy, you can do this in Expert Plus if you choose. The cut-off for that is about 600,000.

When i did this, my problem was that my star power kept activating by it self. So what i did, was everytime a star power phrase came up, i intentionally missed it so i never even had star power to use. This might screw you up though because you can't afford to break your combo, but if your only misses are on SP phrases, you'll be fine.
For the drum solo, just hit the red pad the whole time and try your best with the pedal. If you hit the red the whole time, you'll overhit a bit, but its better than trying to hit the red when its actually there and missing. Finally, hit the green fill at the end of the solo, and you should be fine. I usually finish in the yellow.

This achievement can be hard if you're not really good at Drums, so I recommend getting to a point where you can 5-star most of the setlist before even attempting this achievement.

Once you reach that point, practice the Chorus section in particular: the song in itself is really not that hard compared to, say, Through the Fire and Flames or Raining Blood, but that section could give some problems, especially for people who are not "real" drummers.

When you practice that section, try playing just the kick drum, then add the snare. When you feel confident enough, add the cymbal to the mix.
If you manage to nail this section, you can pretty much get the achievement. I personally made it on my second attempt.

Be careful in the final section: DO NOT hit the last note, as many people reported that it triggers Star Power, causing you to fail the achievement.

On last note, if you're still struggling with the Chorus, try to keep the rhythm for the snare and the kick at all costs: if you manage to stay on the beat you will most likely avoid failing the song. On the other hand, it is very hard to get back on time in that section if you mess up badly.