4. High Score Addiction
Whether you were playing solo, or with a group, attempting to one up your previous score was always fun. It seemed inevitable that, on one song or another, you would find yourself stuck in a loop of replaying until you felt satisfied with your score. Learning which parts were great for milking your whammy bar, or when to activate your overdrive, always proved to be an addicting experience. This desire for the best score possible exponentially increased once you brought a full band into the equation. No one really ever wanted to watch the score be the lowest it possibly could which helped create those extended play sessions. It also factors perfectly into my next reason...
3. Playing Your Favorite Song To Perfection
It was incredible how often I heard people saying, "One more song. Just one more." Once you started playing it seemed even harder to stop. Unless, you were one of those people who wanted to play every single day and bordered on an incredibly unhealthy obsession with starting your own "Rock Band". No Steve, I will not make a fake rock band with you and travel the country with our plastic instruments. Sorry. The idea of playing as a band to perfection was great because it allowed for an increased level of enjoyment that you were able to get out of playing with a group of friends. It was an even greater experience when one of your friends consistently screwed up so bad that it gave you someone to blame for the band's failure. Just make sure you watch the person that takes all the credit when the band does well...we're all looking at you Steve. Click "next" below to read on...