{"id":1062,"date":"2008-07-01T19:18:40","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T01:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2008-07-01T19:18:40","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T01:18:40","slug":"guitar-hero-on-tour-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/01\/guitar-hero-on-tour-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Hero: On Tour with Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love music games and I love Guitar Hero but On Tour is just plain weird. Describing how it works takes far too many words so lets just say it does work, larger hands will have big problems, and the experience is only moderately satisfying. Put simply, the off-hand goes through a strap on a doohickey that fits into the GBA slot. Holding the DS like a book, the right hand clutches a stylus shaped like a guitar pick while the left hits the green, red, yellow, and blue buttons. Orange is missing, but\u00a0that doesn’t mean going from Medium to Hard is any easier.\u00a0The left screen shows the notes, the right screen shows guitar strings and you must strum and hit the buttons.<\/p>\n

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Got it?<\/p>\n

The experience is a lot like playing\u00a0real Guitar Hero. It hits the same buttons, if you will, but the style of play invites cramping. The game is crammed with low fidelity rock tracks, mostly from the original artists, but decidedly less hard rocking than Guitar Hero III and nowhere near as cool as Rock Band. I mean, are you aching to rock some Daughtry or – cringe – Smashmouth’s All Star?\u00a0 You are? Really? Okay, whatever. Oh, while I’m asking questions, is Jet paying people to including “Are you gonna be my girl?” in every music game release?<\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The kids couldn’t master the controls but they enjoyed me rocking out and it was pretty fun to play in my easy chair with them flanking me and rocking out.\u00a0 I’d love to check out the multiplayer but another unit is required for that and $50 makes this a pretty expensive product to begin with.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhthym and music game fans should buy this on principle. It’s a heck of a novelty and far better designed then some reviews would have you believe.\u00a0 If you dig innovation, this is what gaming is all about.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for music on your DS go for Elite Beat Agents, Looney Tunes Cartoon Conductor, High School Musical, import Taiko Drum Master, or for the elite, try Jam Sessions.<\/p>\n

Question: <\/strong>DS has a microphone (in fact, in On Tour the embarassing way to activate Star Power is to yell), why no Karaoke Revolution on DS?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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