Comments on: Guitar Hero: On Tour with Children

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:19:37 +0000

I love this game, but I am a Guitar Hero (for lack of a better term) (urg) …fanboy. I hate that term. That aside, the game played surprisingly well for a handheld. I love the game, and it kept me occupied on a long drive, lol.

By: HollyJo

HollyJo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:09:01 +0000

I’m considering this game and your review and details have been VERY helpful to me.
Thanks!!

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:51:31 +0000

My bad – that is what I meant …

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:01:25 +0000

I meant the reviewers lacked perspective.
The only perspective a consumer needs is “Is this worth my time and money?” There are a million reasons why that question can be answered as yes or no. All the above points are worth mentioning, but most of them deserve a YMMV qualification.

On Tour isn’t a great game folks. But it is a great DS Guitar Hero game.

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:17:46 +0000

I think that lack of perspective is the best description of what is happening – I wasn’t paying attention to GH 1 & 2, so I didn’t know that.

But GH games tend to be family play for us, so you are never on the controller the whole time, meaning that you don’t get the same fatigue factor.

Thanks for the nice clear list … that helps clear things up!

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:57:34 +0000

That’s lacking perspective Mike. Something I’m seeing in most reviews of this game.
Since you’ve read this post, you know I agree. Allow me to repeat:

1. It’s comfortable and non-cramping for normal sized hands, arms, and for people who follow the instructions on how to hold it. That said, yeah, don’t play it for more than 5 songs in a row maybe – but that advice is good for every music game, especially GH and RB.
2. It’s amazingly comfortable considering it’s a guitar sim for a handheld.
3. It’s easier to play sitting down than standing. (I have no idea what reviewers mean that it’s hard to play sitting down.)
4. The song list is long for a DS music game. No other DS music game like it is expandable or features downloads. (Btw, this is an asinine criticism. Guitar Hero 1-2 had no expandability beyond buying a new disc of songs – which could be done here – and Wii RockBand Guitar Hero also aren’t expandable). Also, the song list is 80% original artists – which makes this the best and most generous song list to ever appear on a handheld.
5. It comes with a really cool plastic doohickey. That’s why it’s $50.

So Mike, now you’ve heard some other stuff! Go spread that why don’tcha?

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:47:48 +0000

I have heard that it is very uncomfortable in general, and really prone to cramping if you play for any sustained period. Also heard that it isn’t very comfortable to play sitting down, which sounded weird to me.

Also heard that the song list is very short for a $50 game with no expandability or downloads …

By: Flocwald

Flocwald — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:02:02 +0000

Actually, the Guitar Battle mode can be played solo, although it is more fun with two. They have included many DS specific attacks which are fun to experience. Also, of the 25 tracks in the game, 20 are new to the series. (Yes, as usual, I wouldn’t have chosen all of them but I did discover some good music here I hadn’t heard yet.)

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:01:57 +0000

I can’t urge you to be careful enough though.
My love for this game comes – I fear – mainly for my love of novelty. If you’re the type of person who would pay extra for novelty, then you’ll like this. If value is key and you won’t put up with inherant flaws with this concept, then you might not like it so much.

I have no idea what GameSpot’s reviewer meant when he claimed it didn’t recognize some of his strums (it’s easy to miss the screens if you get too into it, staring at the other screen after all) and the unit never shifted from the GBA slot for me. I don’t GBA so maybe my GBA slot is less prone to this problem?

By: A viking

A viking — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:39:13 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of mixed reviews for this one, but I take your word over anything else I read these days so I’ll look into buying this again, though I am quite weary of that Jet track at this point. -_-