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Guitar Hero on Tour: Decades Review
As the second Guitar Hero DS title released in less than six months, you might expect that Decades is fairly similar to the original On Tour. Mostly, you'd be right. However, Vicarious Visions deserves praise for improving this game in a couple of areas. Firstly, the soundtrack is much more appealing to fans of the ''big boy'' version, featuring some dynamic rock songs new and old. Secondly, the new song-sharing feature allows you to stream songs off a friend's copy of the original (and vice versa) for multiplayer. However, the sad fact remains that I don't think there's really anything that the developers can do to fix the game's true problems: the frustratingly inexact touchscreen strumming and the fact that playing this game is an ergonomic nightmare, especially for those with larger hands. Ultimately, what I remember most about this game is the wrist and neck pain.
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