All of my viideogame reviews from 2025. Keep in mind that 'Date' means the date that I've finished/dropped a game rather than the date the game was released.
Status: Finished
Date: 09/03/2025
Rating: 8/10
I won't lie, I bought one of Guitar Hero's DS games mainly because I was interested in how it could work on a handheld console. I chose to start with Decades as it has the best setlist in my opinion and didn't care too much about starting with the first ha.
Anyway, I was honestly expecting it to be gimmicky and barely functioning, but I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that it's pretty good!
I found the grip to be a clever idea, utilising the GBA game insert point was creative (although it means that DSI users can't play). I often see people complain about wrist pain, and whilst I did have this if I played for hours it didn't affect me much.
Every function you'd want on a GH game is pretty much here: there's easy to expert difficulty levels, you can play both lead guitar and bass/rhythm guitar, etc.
Considering the fact that this is Guitar Hero, I should probably talk about the songs. I liked the setlist a lot. It has Buddy Holly as a playable song, which is an automatic win.
Unfortunately, the order you play songs in is completely screwed. Each venue is done by music era, it starts off with modern (mid-later 2000s) and ends with the 70s. Because of this, the difficulty of the songs are messed up. I was playing on medium difficulty and Smooth Criminal was insanely hard. All of the 70s songs were easier than Smooth Criminal.
But, besides that, I don't really have any other complaints. I think this is a really fun game and if you don't mind potential wrist pain and want a portable GH game, you should definitely check it out!
