![]() ![]() Vicarious Visions learned from the mistakes of the first game, improving the note progression in Decades to better facilitate the awkward Guitar Grip setup. The Edgar Winter Group’s “Free Ride” is a million times better than almost every song that you slog through to get to it, and just like the original On Tour, some of the songs are also found in Guitar Hero: World Tour. The developer seemed to know this, making the 1970s the game’s piece de resistance. The 80s are a little better, but it’s the 70s that really work. But once you hit “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” it definitely starts to redeem itself. The very first song you play is “Dirty Little Secret.” After that, it’s “Crushcrushcrush.” By the time you hit “Can’t Stop,” the requisite Red Hot Chili Peppers song, you’ll start wondering if Decades is worthwhile. So what you’re really playing is ten songs from the modern “period,” which, might I add, physically hurts to listen to and play. Decades attempts to implement a unifying theme, that being “decades.” There are five lists: Modern, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s (isn’t Vicarious Visions aware that the modern period IS the 2000s?). The track list in the original On Tour was pretty much all over the place, with lots of tracks simply imported from Guitar Hero 3. Once you do manage a comfortable guitar position, the game itself is pretty cool…in theory. ![]() I found that holding the DS against my belly and rotating my elbow out to the side (thus keeping my wrist straight) was the only way to play for an extended period of time unfortunately, this problem exists in its sequel as well. There is no way to keep your wrist in a neutral position, so muscle aches build up quickly. ![]() Now, here’s why it doesn’t work: the grip is not “locked” into the GBA slot, so there’s nothing keeping it from just sliding out, which it eventually will unless you come up with some uncomfortable way of holding the grip. The DS is held book-like, and you strum by stroking the touch screen with either your stylus or an included pick-shaped stylus. It’s a largish device that wraps around the bottom of the system you literally strap your hand onto the accessory, which forces your fingers onto the four fret buttons. You see, the DS Guitar Hero games utilize a special adapter called the “Guitar Grip”, which plugs into the GBA slot. A few songs later, I had to readjust again. I popped it into my DS, and after just a few songs my hand had cramped up and I had to move my entire body to a different position. When Guitar Hero hit the DS earlier in 2008, I was very excited despite its questionable track list. ![]()
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