Hippies. Those tree hugging bastards. If it wasn't for them we would have won the war in 'Nam. Well they're back. And now, they want to rock. In Activision's latest GRIPing (yes that's a pun) addition to the Guitar Hero franchise, You get to play as a Terminator, gone back in time to destroy Sarah Connor through the power of rock. Wait. That's not what the game's about? Well, blow me. It is now.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades takes you through different time periods of rock to give you a taste of how rock is now compared to how it was when my parents were my age. Players take on difficult challenges like strumming back and forth on the touch screen, and dealing with all the horrible cultural references. (r0x0r? I don't think so.) All in all, Decades is exactly what you think it is: Guitar Hero with hippies. But let's get past the insanely psychotic career mode and my strange fear of hippies and talk about some gameplay.


Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades is basically On Tour with a better set list, some new modes, and still no online multiplayer.

Decades brings to the table what On Tour did way back when it was released: a Guitar Hero game you can play as you're waiting for your turn on Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero. With new songs, a new mode, and a new multiplayer addition, Decades will bring happiness to your Nintendo DS. Among the new modern artists joining the fray are Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, and of course, Alien Ant Farm. With time travel possible thanks to this game, you'll be rocking out to many a classic tunes, from Journey to Bon Jovi, to Blondie, and even Los Lobos.

New to Decades is the ability to play the Bass. You can now choose to be a bass guitarist and play though a song using your mad bass skills. Of course, it feels the same as playing as the lead, just without the crazy face-melting solos. Bass is recommended if you have yet to play On Tour and are new to the Guitar Hero scene, but I feel many players who have played Guitar Hero will jump right into Hard or even Expert. I played through the entire bass career on Expert.


Playing bass is actually pretty fun. Some songs have such a scary bass part it makes me want more.

My favorite part of Decades is Song Share, the ability to connect with another player with On Tour and play the songs from on tour on Decades and vise versa. This makes multiplayer even more enjoyable than before. The rest of the modes are kept intact, with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mindset. However, what is broken is the online multiplayer. It's almost non-existent. Actually, it is. The lack of any sort of online multiplayer really makes me want to shed dying seal tears. Then again, if it did have online it would be pushed back by Nintendo's Friend Codes of Doom, but I would have liked to see some online fret ripping going on.

Since we touched the career a little bit, let's go in depth. The career is short. Five venues, five songs each. If you choose to do both careers and the Guitar Battles career, if should last you a few days, though it will be sorely repetitive playing songs you despise over and over. With three songs to unlock, one for each career, you'll be sucked into the gameplay until you unlock them. Then you'll wish for that online multiplayer.


If you hear someone yelling "PENIS!" into their DS, you know they're playing Guitar Hero. Or maybe that's just me...

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades will keep you rocking wherever you go. With it's freakish hippies and annoying catchphrases, you'll be dancing in a shirt and underwear in no time. Going back to the good old days is always good. Unless it involves hippies. The addition of some new modes and the ability to play On Tour songs via multiplayer is a big plus, but due to a lack of online multiplayer, a hit-miss set list, and those horrible commercials,  I give Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades three hammer-ons out of five.

*** out of ****

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