Guitar Hero: On Tour Review

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Release Date: June 6, 2008

This is my first review, so go a little easy on me.

“Guitar Hero: On Tour” is the first “Guitar Hero” game made on the Nintendo DS. “Guitar Hero: On Tour” brings back concepts from the other “Guitar Hero” games and turns them into a DS game. Hopefully this review will give you a good idea of the game.

Gameplay:

Since this is a DS game, there is no guitar to strum on. Instead there is a grip. You connect this to your Nintendo DS by putting it in the GameBoy game slot.

When playing, there is a guitar on the Touch Screen. You hold down the fret buttons on the grip and strum on the Touch Screen. To use the Whammy Bar you must drag the Whammy Bar on the Touch Screen. And to activate Star Power you can yell in the microphone. The notes are shown scrolling down the neck of the guitar on the Top Screen.

Graphics:

I was amazed by the graphics of this game. For a DS game the graphics are very good. “Guitar Hero: On Tour” uses the graphics from “Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock”. The characters (There are six. Four Veteran Characters and two Newcomers) look very similar to “GH 3’s” characters.

The venues amaze me too. They are just as detailed as the previous game. And the same goes for the guitars. They are very detailed too. (There are ten total with one color change each.)

The only thing that didn’t live up to the previous games expectations is that the characters do not play to the music. The vocalist is has his mouth just going crazy. But that doesn’t matter.

(I rated the graphics based off of the standards of a Nintendo DS game.)

Sound:

I was flabbergasted by the sound in this game. The quality is amazing for a DS game. Most of the songs are sung by the actual artist. But some are covered by Wavegroup and Line 6. There is very little blur in the music. I am beyond satisfied with the sound in this game.

Replay Value:

Like any “Guitar Hero” game, there is a good replay value. Since this is a portable game, the game is shorter than the previous games. There is a total of 25 songs. There are five songs per venue. There was one big disappointment for me. They brought back 6 songs from “GH3”. But the new track list is very surprising with songs like “Stray Cat Strut” by “Stray Cats” and “Jessie’s Girl” by “Rick Springfield”.

As I mentioned earlier, there are features from the previous games in this one. Now I will review each.

Career:

Career Mode is like the same as the previous games. You perform shows, get a letter from your manager, get sponsored. But unlike “GH3” there are no Boss Battles. You just play four songs, play the encore, then move on.

Guitar Duels:

This is basically Battle Mode. But instead of battling celebrity rockers, you battle computer characters. This is just like career except there is no encore, and you battle on each song. There are more Battle Weapons on this game. Such as one where a fan has you sign something such as a shirt. During this time you cannot play. Some are enhanced. Broken Strings has been made where you re-attach the string to the top of the guitar. Unlike

“GH 3’s” Battle Mode, you don’t eliminate your opponent.

Quickplay:

In this mode you play the song of your choice out of the songs you have unlocked. You choose the difficulty, and then you play. The game chooses your character, guitar, and venue.

Practice:

In this mode you pick a song and play it to get better. You cannot fail the song in this mode. You also choose what part of the song you want to practice in, such as Introduction.

Tutorial:

This is a mode that teaches you how to play. There are four chapters: Basic, Star Power, Advanced, Guitar Duels.

Multiplayer:

Since I know no one who owns this game, I haven’t been able to play Multiplayer. So I cannot review it. But I will say what I know from the Instruction Manuel. There is no Wifi Multiplayer. There are four sections in Multiplayer: Face-Off, Pro Face-off, (These two are the same as the previous game’s versions”), Co-op(Two people play the same song on a team. One person plays Lead Guitar, one person plays Rhythm or Bass Guitar), and Guitar Duels(This is the same as the Single Player Mode, except the two people face each other).

Value:

I would say that this game isn’t worth $50(US). Maybe $45. But it is a very good game. I would say it has lived up to the expectations everyone has had for it. I don’t regret buying this game.

I am very sorry I couldn’t give a good review of Multiplayer. But I hope this review helped you.

Final Score:
7.5