Remember last year when I finally caved and bought Pete a Nintendo DS for his birthday? And then this year when I got him the Guitar Hero game for it? Well, he loves it. He feels cool knowing the songs and doing the lead-guitar thing. He's always saying, "Mom, watch my hand when I do this one!"
So of course I jumped at the chance when Mom Central offered me a copy of "On Tour: Modern Hits" to review. Pete loves it. He says the songs are even better on this one than on the ones he has ("On Tour" and "On Tour: Decades"). He particularly likes "Still Waiting" by Sum 41 and "Miss Murder" by AFI. (Huh? Howzat? Kids these days....). He likes that the songs are really challenging but not impossible to "beat."
I had feared that the hand-held DS guitar grip would be too big for Pete's hand, but he manages it just fine. He uses the other hand to tap the guitar pick on the screen for each chord. It also comes with stickers you can use to decorate the hand grip to personalize your "guitar" for yourself.
All in all, this is a really fun game and Pete thinks it's way cool. Or whatever kids say these days.
How old do you think a kid should be to play Guitar Hero? My coming-up-on-8-year-old is interested, but I know it's a drag when the game is too advanced. On the other hand, we're all a little tired of Mario . . .
Posted by: Wendy | July 02, 2009 at 01:31 PM
I think what they say is that it's "sick" or even "sick nasty". Or maybe that's outdated by now too.
Posted by: Elena | July 02, 2009 at 03:06 PM