Full Combo, more commonly abbreviated as FC, is the term that refers to beating a song while correctly playing every note without overstrumming (strumming outside notes during gameplay). This is different from simply scoring 100% on a song, since one can "break" (reset) their multiplier, by overstrumming, and still play 100% of the notes. Every single song in the entire series has been FC'd on Expert difficulty by at least one person.
Variations[]
- Co-op Full Combo (Co-op FC): Two players on Guitar and Bass or Lead Guitar and Rhythm Guitar getting a 100% full combo on a song together in cooperative play.
- Full Game Full Combo (FGFC): When a player has full combo'd every on-disc setlist song in the game, optionally not including downloadable or streamable songs.
- Full Series Full Combo (FSFC): When a player has full combo'd every song on every game in the series (usually referring to the console games).
- Full Library Full Combo (FLFC): When a player has full combo'd every song on every game in the series (usually referring to the console games), and every song that was downloadable content.
Issue with "Trogdor"[]
The NTSC and Xbox 360 versions of the Guitar Hero II song "Trogdor" by Strong Bad, which is often the final song to be full combo'd in Guitar Hero II, is impossible on a guitar controller on Expert difficulty due to the strumming speed at the end of its guitar solo exceeding the strum limit for guitar controllers on said versions of Guitar Hero II.
To get around this issue, the PAL version of Guitar Hero II at 50 Hz has a small chance of ignoring the strum limit check, making it the preferable option to full combo "Trogdor". The team at Milohax took note of this issue and created a modified version of Guitar Hero II titled Guitar Hero II Deluxe (released on May 17, 2021) which removes the strum limit entirely, making songs like "Trogdor" (and custom songs for it with fast-strumming riffs) 100% playable on the 60 Hz NTSC version of Guitar Hero II for both PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360.
Surprisingly, in June 2021, player Sixstringcal GH was able to full combo "Trogdor" in the 60 Hz NTSC version of Guitar Hero II on an unmodded Xbox 360 with a special guitar controller that was recognized by the game as a gamepad controller, thus having no strum limit.
Full Series Full Combos by notable players[]
On Guitar, an FSFC has been achieved by 13 people. The first ever FSFC was performed by supermarble94 back in September of 2011. The list of FSFC'ers is below in chronological order:
- supermarble94
- kramral
- PrestonxPunk
- stepmania40
- megapengproductions
- A Wise Moose
- Acai
- WallpeSH
- DarklyPlays
- flamyphantom
- KingInferno93
- slashn0/dayzeed
- EvilApple567
- sleeperwave
Oddballzfrank was technically the first person to get an FSFC, but did so before Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was released. Having never finished an FGFC of that game when it did release, he does not have an FSFC.
Players such as GHAddict112, RobGHH, Zuppy, UndeadFil13QC, randyladyman and AcezeroRB are only missing one song for an FSFC. GHAddict112 is missing "Pandora's Box" from Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (this is due to the song not being unlocked by the Unlock All Songs Cheat Code), and everyone else is missing "I'm the One" from Guitar Hero: Van Halen
On Bass, an FSFC has been achieved by 15 people:
- Machchunk
- Baseballplaya987
- RobTheTigerGH
- KilljoyRPMX
- Arvain65,
- superspaz117
- PrestonxPunk
- RobGHH
- GHX
- alexhaz64
- CyanCrayonGH
- KinGod,
- BlackMateria92
- dayzeed
- TnZayy
On Vocals, an FSFC has been obtained by 8 people:
On Drums, an FSFC has been obtained by 3 people:
Interestingly, dayzeed has also FSFC'd the Rock Band series on drums, and is the first ever person to have obtained an FSFC on both the Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series.
Full Libary Full Combos by notable players[]
On Guitar, an FLFC has been achieved by 3 people: