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 Good, but.... June 29, 2008
Dan (Everett, WA United States)
Great game, overall. The only complaint I have is that the fret pad is far too small for me. The strap that came with it makes it almost unusable (I had to remove the strap).
Other than that, a fine game for the DS.
A 40-something's take: Great alternative to the full-size July 2, 2008
imvho
I'm not the "Guitar Hero pro" like some of these other helpful reviewers; I'd played the 'real' Guitar Hero only once, this past New Year's Eve, when a couple's teen son brought his XBox + GHero to our home and we all played during our small party. Although I wasn't that great at it, it was a lot of fun, and I was instantly hooked, and very nearly bought GH for our PS2...until I came to my senses and realized that, since my husband didn't like it (so we'd never play it together and I'd have to be in a different room/TV during our few short evening after-work hours together), I'd probably rarely play it.
This little DS version is the perfect solution; I can pick it up & pop in the headphones, and play a little while on my own, whenever.
I received it only recently so have played it only about 8 hours but it's nearly as fun as the full-size version (at least for a novice like me).
However, unlike the full-size version, it's very hard to find a comfortable position in which to hold it. It's not a simple matter of wrist position, as the little booklet advises; instead, it's the fact that the console and its buttons are straight across, while your fingers are not. So if you have it comfortably set for your first 3 fingers, your pinkie's gonna miss those blue notes, and if you adjust for your pinkie, you'll soon find your hand or wrist cramping while your other fingers struggle to feel natural. And if you try to re-adjust mid-game, you risk dislodging the game from the DS slot (thereby stopping the game), because it's not a tight "snap" fit in the GBA slot.
Still, it's fun and for a novice like me will be challenging for some time to come. (The playlist has lots of songs that I like, such as Spiderwebs by No Doubt, This Love by Maroon 5, All Star by Smashmouth, etc....although in the first run-through of the first 3 levels, I actually did better on songs with which I was totally unfamiliar -- if you read music you'll probably experience the same thing.) Like the 'real' game, you can go back and Quickplay or Practice any song you've unlocked.
This is an ingenious little take on GH; I just hope the designers can go back to the drawing board and refine the GH device so that it fits the hand more naturally (and can be flipped for 'lefties'). If they can do that, it would eliminate the problem of the device slipping from the gameslot.
AWESOMENESS!!!!!!! July 16, 2008
F. S. Marshall (USA)
I Love this game! Granted, I don't own a PS2, PS3, Wii, or anything else that plays the other versions, I've only played at a friend's house. The controls are a bit awkward by comparison but I was comfy with them in a matter of minutes. I've only had the guitar grip come out twice, so no complaints there for me either. I have an older DS and was worried about it fitting but it comes with a little adapter that was easy to install. I don't see myself ever being able to pass expert, I'm having a really tough time finishing hard! It does seem to be one of those games one can get tired of pretty easily, but them again I did play every chance I got for two weeks... I think it's a great game, but it does seem like it'll be ignored for months at a time... I wish they'd come out with some sort of expansion pack or something... or maybe just a new game cartridge with new songs but just the game card so we won't have to spend $50.00 again, I'd def. be interested in something like that...
 so so July 21, 2008
M. Kawabe
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
So I surprised that It has good technology,good sound and good idea. But I think that when I play,I'll choose Wii's one.
Too Short :( July 26, 2008
Querube I. Arosemena (Panama, Panama)
Im a big fan of the Guitar Hero Series, but for me this game its too short, hope they'll release more versions for this platform.
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