On the face of it, Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades is showing promise. IGN took the title out for a test strum, and we liked what they had to say about it. As well as new venues and characters, the ability to play songs from Decades against owners of other Guitar Hero DS games is an excellent addition -- the DS wirelessly transfers the audio track and note chart, essentially doubling the number of songs to those who bought the original On Tour. Speaking of which, Decades will come in two packs: one including the game and Guitar Grip, and the other with just the cart.
All of which is tremendously peachy, so what's the catch? Well, IGN also revealed the first ten songs, and in our not-so-humble opinion, they're -- nnngh -- not terribly good. Including any Fall Out Boy track is never the best of starts in our view, and as Eric pointed out, if you are going to include a Foo Fighters song, why not the superb "Everlong?" Okay, okay, so music is a divisive subject if ever there was one, but to us, this reeks of disappointment. We're certain you'll have an opinion, so check after the break for the full list.
Modern
"Dirty Little Secret" by The All-American Rejects
"crushcrushcrush" by Paramore
"The Take Over, The Break's Over" from Fall Out Boy
"The Pretender" from Foo Fighters
"Tarantula" by Smashing Pumpkins
2000s
"One Step Closer" by Linkin Park
"Remedy" by Seether
"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
"Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-15-2008 @ 7:16PM
LuigiHann said...
How many years are in a decade? I think it's 5, but I can never be sure.
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8-15-2008 @ 7:41PM
Demotruk said...
Ten. Dec- always refers to ten. Dec-ember, Dec-imal.
8-15-2008 @ 8:00PM
chibi_wings said...
what does december have to do with 10? its the 12th month -_________-
8-15-2008 @ 9:18PM
Khaki said...
It was originally the 10th, if memory and latin serve correct, July and August (Julius and Augustus) are the reasons it and November (Novus = Nine) were pushed back.
8-15-2008 @ 9:23PM
Metayoshi said...
December was actually the 10th month in an old calendar. September was 7th, October was 8th, September was 9th, and December was 10th. Years used to start with March and end with December, then January and February were added, but the old months retained their names.
8-15-2008 @ 7:16PM
Venom said...
Can't Stop is a great song. The rest is just... bah... Except for The Darkness that is just abysmal...
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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8-15-2008 @ 7:34PM
VaultICEE said...
Guitar Hero is pretty much dead to me.
I felt like they did a good job adding the Guitar Grip and the control scheme, but the company doesn't has as much love as it should for a legendary franchise, on the home consoles anyway.
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8-15-2008 @ 10:26PM
Hafk said...
I think Neversoft has plenty of love for the franchise. Pre-development of GH3, they would often have Guitar Hero nights at the Neversoft offices. A few charters were also long-time custom charters from the Scorehero community. I think it was mere lack of experience with rhythm games. As you can see in Guitar Hero Aerosmith, there are much less bugs, and their charting has improved.
I don't think Guitar Hero died, I think it just got really sick, and is now getting better.
8-16-2008 @ 12:41AM
Roto13 said...
I Believe In A Thing Called Love needs to be in World Tour. Maybe the only song I would actually sing. :P
Also, Can't Stop ftw.
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8-16-2008 @ 1:12AM
Blue_Falcon said...
Maybe my eyes are deceiving me but every one of those songs are from a period dating to or after the 2000s. The earliest I recognize is 'The Middle' which dates back to 2001. This decade isn't even over yet and they're already splitting it into two parts?
This is ridiculous.
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8-16-2008 @ 2:03AM
lorddshadow said...
well it's not the full setlist according to ign...so there might be hope for it...linkin park ftw...needs way better songs. yeah.
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8-16-2008 @ 2:36AM
Andy said...
Really? You think the setlist is nnnnghh? I already see about as many songs that I like on here as on the first game's setlist. Granted, the songs are "Pretender," "Crushcrushcrush," and "Dirty Little Secret." Two of those games are for a game that's 42000 times better (Rock Band) and the other is in a game I actually own (Gh3) (as opposed to one I don't even plan on buying).
Either way, Guitar Hero has been dead to me since GH3 killed it. Rock Band is just so much better that I feel like I'm wasting my time with anything else.
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8-16-2008 @ 3:30AM
Marzz said...
This game has a few golden tracks already.
It has the potential to be amazingly epic.
Or fail miserably. But judging from what they've got so far, pretty good. I'm beginning to think the DS series is where they're gonna be putting songs that they wouldn't want to put on the mainstream games, and i like it.
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8-16-2008 @ 3:50AM
Link408 said...
finally Jimmy Eat World, i was just hoping it would come in Rock Band or Guitar Hero World Tour form
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8-16-2008 @ 3:54AM
Link408 said...
nvm, its gonna be on RB2
http://news.cnet.com/rock-band-2-set-list/
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8-16-2008 @ 5:21AM
Abscissa said...
Hmm, yea, I'd agree on that list looking very "blah" (at best).
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8-16-2008 @ 6:49AM
FantomRedux said...
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8-16-2008 @ 6:55AM
FantomRedux said...
WTH? Since when did the comment system cut off after one character? ah well. Either way, this track list is epic, since it includes
"The Pretender" from Foo Fighters
One Step Closer" by Linkin Park
"Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
All of which are epic IMO
8-16-2008 @ 7:27AM
Maz said...
I gotta agree with the other guys in the comments here, that tracklist is awesome so far - anything from Jimmy Eat World is pure win, Can't Stop is a great song, Paramore is pretty godd and while there are better Foo Fighter songs than The Pretender, it's pretty decent.
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8-16-2008 @ 10:31AM
Franko said...
The songs are not the greatest but I think they will still be fun to play on the DS, especially with "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" because that song just makes me want to sing it all the time. To bad this game doesn't involve singing though. haha xD
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