Today I wanna talk about a game that I have not seen all of, quite crazy to hear from someone that's trying to come off as a serious reviewer


The other night I was torn from playing L4D to go help my uncle break in his brand-new Guitar Hero: World Tour set that he'd just gotten.

Guitar Hero is firmly set in the Party Game demographic. I thought Guitar Hero 3 was a very fun game.

Then I played every song ten times and with one guitar and nobody that cares enough to use the controller it soon was cast away into a corner to collect dust for three months. The only thing that would keep GH4 alive for longer than that for me is the Drum Set

Well, as soon as I walked in I was enlisted to replace my aunt as drummer on Some Might Say by Oasis

As far as the songs are concerned I am happy, here is a full list. Most complaints are about the songs being not new enough. In my opinion there could stand to be a little more trimming (there was a bit of silence after we went through Stillborn... it was that bad)

The hardest thing about speaking your peace about games like this is not whining about the mechanics of it, the game itself works quite well. But being a music game one's taste in music dictates whether you will love it or hate it. I myself listen exclusively to the oldies station and refuse to try anything made after 1990 without three friends demanding that I do (examples being Oasis or Travis)

Its not that I outright refuse to like new music, I just see to much bad stuff to fish through the sea of crap to find it, that and every time I attempt to go modern it fights back (case it point, I turned to the Superhits of Now station the other day and heard Numb by Linkin Park and My Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, Yeah, new music all right)

The last two paragraphs are not really related to the game but I feel you need to hear this reviewers tastes before taking my word on what you wanna go with.

On the actual in-game side of things, Guitar Hero delivers its usual list of venues to rock out on, such as a Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific ocean or maybe a few stories up in Times Square!

Before you go expecting it I never got to toy with the character building bits of guitar hero*, I was playing with people who got impatient after five seconds of not playing a song. So the Music Studio was also out the window (well, not entirely, we messed around with making a tribute to Special Ed for five seconds without knowing what we were doing) But when you get a game like this, if you are drooling to hear the details on Wristband variety and how many tops you can unlock you really need to re-think your priorities man...

The mic works fine, sadly I actually know this first hand by testing it out on two songs... dogs in North Dakota were looking around trying to find the source of this vile note...

One of my bigger comments on the instument kit is the Guitar.

The new guitar has this new section that is supposed to simulate holding a note on a electric guitar (instead of strumming you just move your hand down the neck and hold down the buttons)

Its a cool idea but its implementation is a little clunky and you can just continue on strumming on like normal with no penalty for ignoring the slider bar. With that being said I would still suggest getting the new guitar for the bigger and better Whammy Bar and the quieter Strum Bar

And for the grand finale, the Drum Kit

It works very well, I have not tried the Rock Band 2 set yet, but the little fact that RB2's set will set you back a extra $50 for cymbals and its not as perceptive as the GH4 set makes me want World Tour more.

I've heard many a complaint about the drums, I had only one issue with the set and that was that the pedal slides away if its not set on carpet, playing a hardwood floor gets frustrating as you have to pause and pull it back every five beats or so.

All in all? If you have friend that will participate in the band, maybe even someone stupid enough to get on the mic, I would very much suggest getting GH4.

If you are a loner looking to live out some rock fantasies, try it at a friends house first. Just like all games of this sort it will grow old fast if you are playing by yourself

Hope you enjoyed reading. Ninja Out


*I did see the triumphant return of Clive Winston, my favorite GH character that was left out of 3 for some strange reason...

I've been a writer for most of my life, never finish much. But for some strange reason i've gotten the notion into my head that I want to review games for a living. It's kinda a flooded market so i'm doing my best to make a impression in the gaming world

I have done a few reviews here and there but you my friend are witness to my first one at a new site. I like what I've seen D-toid so far so I expect to do alot

One of the important thing about a reviewer is his bias.

We all are biased to something, I do pick favorites in game devlopers. I do not take sides in the console war thought. I like to think of myself as a mercenary. If I see a bad argument being made for one side I will jump in and defend the correct one

Game-wise I tend to like shooters and platformers. The very first game I bought with my money was Ratchet & Clank 1, essentially a hybrid of the two

I own a PS3 and a 360, I play the heck outta both of them.

And as far as my predjudice towards developers is, I'll just name a few of my favorites

Insomniac
Bungie
Naughty Dog
Valve

So, thats my poorly thought-out "about me" blog. I will be doing some blogs that aren't reviews just to keep it fresh but right now I'm working on doing Left 4 Dead...