Jul 07
Guitar Hero: On Tour DS Game Review
Okay folks, a long awaited port of the greatest music game of all time has finally gone portable.
Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS has on the outside all the makings of a great port. The touch screen is ready to handle constant hammerfication with the assistance of a pack in pick stylus while the innovative Guitar Grip appears to nicely replace the frets on the guitar remote for the console version.
On the inside the game is riddled with enough glitchyness to make a hardcore Guitar Hero veteran throw the DS across the room in frustration (because cleaning up hundreds of tiny plastic shards and buying a new DS isn't frustrating?).
The glitchyness I speak of runs throughout virtually every aspect of the game. For one, the DS' touch screen doesn't have the capability to keep up with the stylus' strumming. When you play the game on expert mode it is literally impossible to hit all the notes correctly (trust me, this is by no fault of my own). Next, the DS is so insanely difficult to hold in a comfortable way while playing this game, you may as well be trying to squeeze a hamster in the just the right way to turn it into a unicorn. Seriously, the only way I could find to play the game comfortably was to lay on my back and prop the DS against my chest. Next, the Guitar Grip which I found so cool at first, has a nice way of wiggling out of place mid-song. Of course, when that happens, you're prompted with a nice little message that the system needs to be restarted. Yes. Restarted.
The song list is good and pretty impressive considering it's all packed onto that little cartridge. With 25 songs ranging from blink 182 to twisted sister, you can be sure that there is something there for everyone (except maybe your pastor). The sound is decent, though you'll have to have your headphones on if you really want to hear it well.
All in all, the game is a bit too ambitious a project for the Nintendo DS. We give Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS a 2 out of 5
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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