Guitar Hero World Tour
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:03 am
I know most people here aren't fans of the Guitar Hero series but for anyone who's interested here's my super-quick review of Guitar Hero World Tour...
Gameplay
Several new interesting features have been added, all of which are good. These include 'open notes' (strum with no frets held down) for the bass only, and strummed notes while holding down a sustain on another fret.
Songs
86 songs, all master tracks, no covers. A very good variety of stuff; in my opinion the song list here is the best list for GH yet. Also, for the first time Wii owners will get DLC --- they got around the internal memory issue by letting you backup your DLC to an SD card!
Graphics
Graphics are fine, except for one very important detail. If you're on a regular (non-widescreen) TV, the fonts are messed up. Some text is so squished that you can't even read it at all! This is a serious oversight, and I can't believe they released a game with this kind of issue.
Interface
The interface is awkward and strange. Not horrible, but not really very intuitive either.
Since the gameplay aspects are solid, I would highly recommend the game, but I'm amazed that they released a game with the fonts messed up so bad. Note that I bought the Guitar pack; I don't have the drums so I can't review that part, although I have heard that many people have had problems with them.
Gameplay
Several new interesting features have been added, all of which are good. These include 'open notes' (strum with no frets held down) for the bass only, and strummed notes while holding down a sustain on another fret.
Songs
86 songs, all master tracks, no covers. A very good variety of stuff; in my opinion the song list here is the best list for GH yet. Also, for the first time Wii owners will get DLC --- they got around the internal memory issue by letting you backup your DLC to an SD card!
Graphics
Graphics are fine, except for one very important detail. If you're on a regular (non-widescreen) TV, the fonts are messed up. Some text is so squished that you can't even read it at all! This is a serious oversight, and I can't believe they released a game with this kind of issue.
Interface
The interface is awkward and strange. Not horrible, but not really very intuitive either.
Since the gameplay aspects are solid, I would highly recommend the game, but I'm amazed that they released a game with the fonts messed up so bad. Note that I bought the Guitar pack; I don't have the drums so I can't review that part, although I have heard that many people have had problems with them.