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Kaboomer
05-25-2008, 11:37 PM
I was on a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles (a week ago) and was talking to a guy in the business class line Southwest line before boarding. Then we boarded and we each had an aisle seet towards the front of the jet. Then another guy sat down next to him in the window seat in front of me.

While we were sitting there waiting to pull back from the gate these two guys wip out there DS's and I was peering over the seats. Low and behold they were playing GH. Come to find out they were both producers (they worked for Activision) on the game and let me play it.

They indicated it would have 27 songs total. It comes with the plug in fret keys (4 of them not 5 like on the guitar) and a adjustable hand strap. Then you hold this the DS like a book. The Fret controller has customizable skins just like the guitar did. You strum on the right side w/ a pick stylus which conveniently stores inside the fret controller.

I notice the fret buttons were a bit close together for me as an adult w/ bigger hands, but it didn't feel to bad. I played for about 30 minutes. The developer card I was playing also had the new James Bond Game and also the new Call of Duty on it.

The Fret controller was very high quality feeling and looked plain cool. Everyone sitting around us, even the "older" grandparent type people were wondering what we were all playing.

My first impressions was it was pretty sweet! They are going to sell assloads of these !
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Icarus Moonsight
05-26-2008, 01:47 AM
Wow. I'm actually surprised it played well. I thought the 4 button add-on looked rather clumsy. Upgraded from "pass" to "try". :p

Thanks for sharing. :)

josekortez
05-26-2008, 07:38 AM
It's cool they let you try the game but I would have also taken the opportunity to ask for promotional swag.

thetoxicone
05-26-2008, 08:13 AM
It's cool they let you try the game but I would have also taken the opportunity to ask for promotional swag.

Or made sure to keep an eye on them after the flight to see if they set their ds down at all.

Dain
05-26-2008, 08:07 PM
Wow, that's awesome. It's time like this I wish my brother Sloan still worked for Activision :(

rbudrick
05-27-2008, 05:53 PM
I wonder if the controller is gonna come in Gibson and Strat brands, lolz.

-Rob

Kaboomer
05-27-2008, 09:27 PM
Forgot to say there will be different skins you can buy for the Fret controller. I was pretty happy with the quality of the item. It looks very cool! Well, heck, I guess I did mention this in my original post. Getting old is a bitch !

ErmangelnSeelen
05-27-2008, 10:45 PM
That's pretty cool. I was pretty big into the GH series, and I was going to pass this one up as a money-making portable..

Maybe now I will try it out! Also, really cool story, that was pretty lucky =P

JunkTheMagicDragon
05-28-2008, 08:41 AM
lame trailer:
http://kotaku.com/5011292/rip-guitar-hero-2005+2008

setlist made of fail:
http://www.destructoid.com/guitar-hero-on-tour-setlist-misses-the-point-84046.phtml

with more than a couple proper songs, it might have given me forced me to count my 'reasons to buy a ds' on more than one hand, but twas not to be.

dcescott
06-10-2008, 10:05 PM
Birthday gift card for 50 = GH on the DS. I was going to get the universal GHIII for my mbpro laptop but this'll do. At first I was skeptic, but now I can't wait to play it! Thanks dude, I was looking for an honest review!

Icarus Moonsight
06-11-2008, 01:55 AM
Set list has landed the DS version back into Passville for me. Damn, they almost had me there. LOL I'm not spending that much moolah to play four songs! There are more songs but, the rest suck or I am completely apathetic to their inclusion. I say again, PASS! :p


"Are You Gona Be My Girl" - Jet
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
"Breed" - Nirvana
"China Grove" - The Doobie Brothers

Slate
06-11-2008, 10:54 AM
Cool, I was wondering how one would play it. I don't think I'll buy it though. It sounds a bit awkward to play, And only 4 frets.. I have to have all 5.

If you ever meet a developer for GH again, Could you recommend this song?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=chZgEIN30nk&fmt=18