This is a good game, and for Guitar Hero standards, sits right next to "Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's"
Took me about 8 hrs of life (playing the game, then leaving to do whatever, eat, hang out with friends) and I beat expert already. According to wikipedia there's another song to unlock by beating guitar duels, which I haven't done yet.
Overall, a good game, but they REALLY could have made the guitar grip a little better. For example, it slides out of the GBA slot VERY easily. Also the controller is VERY small. Took about a minute to get used to the small buttons, but the buttons could be bigger and much more spaced out if the guitar grip also plugged into the DS' mic + headphone ports and routed them to the outside.
Another thing I noticed: The placement of the guitar pick for storage. When Nintendo came out with the DS, the stylus came out of the top, then they moved it to the side. Good idea Nintendo. However, Red Octane fell for the exact same thing. They put it on the top, and it's fairly inaccesible. I have a habit to put my hand in first, then grab the pick, which is just irritating. Putting everything on the side of it would be better, and also the fact it slides out easily while playing is irritating. If it slips out too much the game freezes and u need to start over.
This is the first time I played a retail game in over a year. Seeing the DS firmware pop up I thought that the chip wasn't being read (My R4 has these issues). Took a bit to get used to.
Gameplay: Very easy to get used to. Double strumming is odd as hell, but it just "comes to you". The songs are pretty damn easy until the last venue, where suddenly on Expert for that Ozzy song, I could've sworn I saw Jordan's Solo B & C there. That was the only song I failed though. Difficulty leaves something to be desired.
Multiplayer: Local only. idk, I'm the only person in my neighborhood with a DS and an addiction to Guitar Hero.
Graphics: Good enough. Especially for DS.
Songs: This song was made so that people could go out and play. So there's a ton of pop songs. (Vs GH3 which had alot of metal/classic rock.) And there's no "Buy to unlock" songs which really stinks. And about a handful of songs are also on GH3 and this. And the GH3 songs copied to this game weren't really the best. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" or "Cult of Personality" would be amazing fun on this game IMO. =]
No unlockable characters. I miss the Grim Reaper. He was in every other game. Then again, the grim ripper was always the most "polygon-intensive" character i think, so they might've left him out due to hardware restrictions. However, there's two new characters.
Overall rating: 9/10. And I'm a GH fan. The odd controller that pops out and the mediocre songs lower the score.
Side note: This game feels alot like the first guitar hero. There REALLY aren't that many hammerons or pulloffs. This game feels too "strumming-centered" than "scale-centered" which is fun.
My opinion: I don't think that the grip is just buttons, i think there's RAM on it too. (No evidence to back it up) After all, it uses both slots, and it just performs more than I'm used to the DS working. However, I can't wait for some full-size conversion. =]
Took me about 8 hrs of life (playing the game, then leaving to do whatever, eat, hang out with friends) and I beat expert already. According to wikipedia there's another song to unlock by beating guitar duels, which I haven't done yet.
Overall, a good game, but they REALLY could have made the guitar grip a little better. For example, it slides out of the GBA slot VERY easily. Also the controller is VERY small. Took about a minute to get used to the small buttons, but the buttons could be bigger and much more spaced out if the guitar grip also plugged into the DS' mic + headphone ports and routed them to the outside.
Another thing I noticed: The placement of the guitar pick for storage. When Nintendo came out with the DS, the stylus came out of the top, then they moved it to the side. Good idea Nintendo. However, Red Octane fell for the exact same thing. They put it on the top, and it's fairly inaccesible. I have a habit to put my hand in first, then grab the pick, which is just irritating. Putting everything on the side of it would be better, and also the fact it slides out easily while playing is irritating. If it slips out too much the game freezes and u need to start over.
This is the first time I played a retail game in over a year. Seeing the DS firmware pop up I thought that the chip wasn't being read (My R4 has these issues). Took a bit to get used to.
Gameplay: Very easy to get used to. Double strumming is odd as hell, but it just "comes to you". The songs are pretty damn easy until the last venue, where suddenly on Expert for that Ozzy song, I could've sworn I saw Jordan's Solo B & C there. That was the only song I failed though. Difficulty leaves something to be desired.
Multiplayer: Local only. idk, I'm the only person in my neighborhood with a DS and an addiction to Guitar Hero.
Graphics: Good enough. Especially for DS.
Songs: This song was made so that people could go out and play. So there's a ton of pop songs. (Vs GH3 which had alot of metal/classic rock.) And there's no "Buy to unlock" songs which really stinks. And about a handful of songs are also on GH3 and this. And the GH3 songs copied to this game weren't really the best. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" or "Cult of Personality" would be amazing fun on this game IMO. =]
No unlockable characters. I miss the Grim Reaper. He was in every other game. Then again, the grim ripper was always the most "polygon-intensive" character i think, so they might've left him out due to hardware restrictions. However, there's two new characters.
Overall rating: 9/10. And I'm a GH fan. The odd controller that pops out and the mediocre songs lower the score.
Side note: This game feels alot like the first guitar hero. There REALLY aren't that many hammerons or pulloffs. This game feels too "strumming-centered" than "scale-centered" which is fun.
My opinion: I don't think that the grip is just buttons, i think there's RAM on it too. (No evidence to back it up) After all, it uses both slots, and it just performs more than I'm used to the DS working. However, I can't wait for some full-size conversion. =]